Old dog with plenty of tricks
No one gave Jehi Willis a chance of winning anything in 2009. The “White Piston” was racing his second season for the Paul Feeney Group’s Husqvarna Team on the new WR300 which was nothing like the class-leading electric-start KTM 300 EXC of the time. Husqvarna’s entry into the 300cc two-stroke market in 2009 was perceived as rudimental with a bike that offered nothing new.
The WR300 had the same strange-feeling ergonomics that the WR250 had been running for years and it was still kick-start only. The engine packed some punch but it was lethal in the wrong hands or tricky conditions. The power came on like a crazy cat with sharp claws that wanted to
