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Everything I read, Mookie priced himself out of any ride he was going to be offered. He won a 250 Championship and thought he was going to sign a contract with a HUGE payday. When he held out for too much money, any ride out there was gone.
It is not a secret that Mookie NEVER has been into training much. He has always been the guy that wanted to go to the lake and fish instead of training. I am just guessing, but he probably puts in some laps during the week, but is no where close to the amount of time the top guy are spending in the gym, on the road bike, or watching their diet.
If Mookie or Bubba wanted to race, go buy some bikes and be ready to go at A1. Wilson bought a Yamaha and a Sprinter and was at A1. The bikes today are so good that anyone can buy a bike, and with the money buy A kit suspension, Ohlins and some motor mods and be competitive. Does not take trick Ti parts to make a bike competitive in todays world.
End of the day, Mookie has a lack of drive issue. No different than Bubba right now, he is not showing up unless someone is writing a big fat check. If he wanted to race he would be there racing.
Mookie will be a 10th to 15th place rider. And if any of you think he is going to do better outdoors in a 30 minute plus 2 lap moto, your crazy.
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- Grant started 15th, had his fast lap at 11, had a bad lap but finished strong
- Musquin started 8th, had the flu, and soldiered on to a 13th
- Stewart started 5th and within 5 laps started dropping anchor.
Who knows what's really going on. Could be bike setup, mental, conditioning, girlfriend, etc...where have I heard this before?
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Whats-up-with-Tomac,13133…
Would be cool if Malcolm answers any question this week with "Yeah, I just got some arm pump. I'll be back."
I don't know what your body composition is like, but if you're bulking up you need to cut it out and just get lean on the exercise bike so you can last 20 laps.
Sincerely,
Someone who stayed at a Holiday Inn Express
Worse track gets less he riders like earlier in same day.
At practice he did quad clean like it was sunday ride.. when they did show him main he could not even clear doubles and was one of slowest at same rythm line. If you practice alone at Florida and ride hard CA tracks it wont be shock to have armpump when every landing gets rutted.. when you get armpump there is not worse feeling than jump in ruts.
If he started to work harder mid season it will only hurt his performance now and maybe help more summer if he keeps going.
Its easy to be a critic at a keyboard, but most of those critic would whine about being criticized in their own life.
My point is I do think he's made his own bed a little bit regarding his current level of support.
Has he indicated that he even wants to do the outdoor series?
it is brutal sometimes. how can you be one of the best on the planet at your "job" . not get paid a ton. risk your body etc. then get torn apart for only getting 15th against the best on the hardest tracks. I don't think its his results. its the image of not training to get said results. look at tomac. maybe mookie gets his set up dialed and doesn't get wore out so bad.
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