For 16 years at Monster Energy Kawasaki, Mike Williamson has been helping riders win races. From a mechanic for Tim Ferry, James Stewart, Ryan Villopoto, and Davi Millsaps to a crew chief for Eli Tomac, Mike’s been a part of a lot of wins and titles for Team Green. Nine of them to be exact. Quietly, Mike’s got to be way up there for all-time mechanic wins.

And then he was gone.

After the Atlanta Supercross, Williamson put in his notice and left the team. No one, including Mike, was talking much about the decision at first. My attempts to get anything from the higher-ups at the team were rebuffed, Mike wasn’t sure he wanted to talk about it and that left everyone on the outside puzzled as to why now, in the middle of SX, he decided to leave.

Way back in my mechanic days, I worked with Mike at Red Bull KTM for a couple of years. So while we’re not best friends, we have known each other for a long time. This past Monday, he came on the PulpMX Show and decided to talk about his decision to leave the team and what’s next for him.