#8 & #9

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Edited Date/Time 5/18/2017 3:31pm
How come no one has been assigned # 8 or #9 ? Does Tedesco have #9 tied up ? I can't remember when we had a # 8, who was the last guy to run #8 ? Langston ? Albertyn ? Guy Cooper ? Marty tripes ? Laughing

I was checking 2017 #'s for curiosity and noticed no one has # 8 or 9. Who was the last # 8 ?
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TDeath21 5/18/2017 12:10pm
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Langston was the last number 8. Canard, Wilson, and Reed are the only ones without a single digit number that can take it if they want to I believe.
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Ted722 5/18/2017 12:11pm
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Maybe no one new is eligible for a single digit. Need a National championship, right? Regional Supercross won't do.
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Ted722 5/18/2017 12:26pm
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8 on a Husky has looked nice in the past. Chuck Sun circa 1978.



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cali11 5/18/2017 12:32pm
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I think Stew will take it at the end of the summer
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tek14 5/18/2017 1:13pm
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#7 will be free as well?
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bvm111 5/18/2017 1:23pm
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You are not assigned they are earned.... therefore until a new National level champion is crowned and he requests one they are then vacant.

Im pretty sure this has been covered a couple hundred million times and certainly not a secret... albeit a stupid rule!
Black Diesel Bomber 5/18/2017 1:30pm
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tek14 wrote:
#7 will be free as well?
What does Stewart need to do to keep his number? I know it's a certain amount of points needed but I don't see him making that happen anytime soon.
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RPM68 5/18/2017 1:42pm
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tek14 wrote:
#7 will be free as well?
he has to not score 25 (?) points next year as well.

2 years of less than 25 points if im not mistaking.
Track and Trail 5/18/2017 1:51pm
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I heard Webb is gonna take them both after he wins the outdoor title. He's keeping the two as well.
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cali11 5/18/2017 3:20pm
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What if Reed decided he wanted #8? Could he take it since he has past SX/MX titles? Or would he have to have chosen it after he won the titles? So do you have a time limit to choose?
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aeffertz 5/18/2017 3:31pm
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So the guy that finishes 2nd in points in the 450 class isn't eligible for a single digit number thats available the next year? What kind of crap is that?
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kzizok 5/18/2017 3:53pm
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aeffertz wrote:
So the guy that finishes 2nd in points in the 450 class isn't eligible for a single digit number thats available the next year? What kind...
So the guy that finishes 2nd in points in the 450 class isn't eligible for a single digit number thats available the next year? What kind of crap is that?
Single digits, and/or career numbers are reserved for champions. That rewards them to be able to establish a "brand"(marketing), with a number, over a longer period of time vs. changing every year. Thats just a generalization and Im just a messenger.
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sumdood 5/18/2017 5:06pm
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"Marketing" And trying to make it easy to identify riders for the "Average fan" F-ed up the most perfect numbering system in any sport. Brutally honest and unique to moto. First gets # 1, 2nd gets # 2, ....Oh never mind the common sense train left the station years ago Laughing
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dl117 5/18/2017 6:51pm
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kzizok wrote:
Single digits, and/or career numbers are reserved for champions. That rewards them to be able to establish a "brand"(marketing), with a number, over a longer period...
Single digits, and/or career numbers are reserved for champions. That rewards them to be able to establish a "brand"(marketing), with a number, over a longer period of time vs. changing every year. Thats just a generalization and Im just a messenger.
Just single digits are for champions, I believe it's top 10 overall in points can chose career number
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Wandell 5/18/2017 7:22pm
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Yep, 8 & 9 won't be assigned. Someone has to earn them by winning a title.
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kzizok 5/18/2017 7:33pm
5/18/2017 7:33pm Edited Date/Time 5/18/2017 7:35pm
kzizok wrote:
Single digits, and/or career numbers are reserved for champions. That rewards them to be able to establish a "brand"(marketing), with a number, over a longer period...
Single digits, and/or career numbers are reserved for champions. That rewards them to be able to establish a "brand"(marketing), with a number, over a longer period of time vs. changing every year. Thats just a generalization and Im just a messenger.
dl117 wrote:
Just single digits are for champions, I believe it's top 10 overall in points can chose career number
Correct. I was meaning to say champions can select a one digit but can also pick a two digit number. I worded it wrong.

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