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Outdoor championship........check
SX Chamionship .....check (2 of em)
Start and operate you're own Team with great success..........check
Promote and win you're very own races series.........check
Lots of guys have done the team manager/mentor thing. A few guys have had the balls to spend their own $ and start a team. But I challenge you to find a racer that has done all of these things with this level of success.
Flame on!
SX Chamionship .....check (2 of em)
Start and operate you're own Team with great success..........check
Promote and win you're very own races series.........check
Lots of guys have done the team manager/mentor thing. A few guys have had the balls to spend their own $ and start a team. But I challenge you to find a racer that has done all of these things with this level of success.
Flame on!
Smartest athlete in our sport? Probably so.
But he is a smart business man. Thats for sure.
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1st Carmichael
2nd Mcgrath
3rd Stewart
4th Reed
5th Villopoto
but when you call him the most successfull, you have to remeber RC (and a heap of others) both never ran out of offers so did not have to start a team, Also MC started his own team,
I think Chads plan to keep the team going after he has finished riding will be the true test, there has been very few long term teams out there, Pro Circuit is the obvious one, but alot of others have been and gone
I'm a big Reed fan and I believe he can do it with time.
But no one can "ever" take anything away from what Chad has accomplished. Kind of a trip, my best friend, my older bro and i were just talking about this subject and Chad this morning.
Remember when his bike broke leading a national moto, the camera was on him walking off the track and you heard him say, "get me out of this contract Bob!" He was not a happy camper back then, and look at him now! Prob one of the coolest guys out there, and so happy on and off the track. I dig how they (He and Ellie) share pics of Tate growing up and stuff, they have a rad little family unit gong on!
He is a righteous dude!
One of my all time fav pics:
Outdoor....check
SX Championship......check (7 of em)
Started his out team with Bud Light......check (and won a championship)
Started his out race / freestyle series.....check.
there's a lot of young guys could learn alot from reed and his attitude to the sport. lets hope team 22 goes on for a long time.
Guys are right, not the most winning, but hes one of the most successfull. His career longevity is outstanding and he's doing very well out of it, in for so long and not just riding around for a paycheck.
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So you kicked Decoster in the balls.
Knocked Bailey out of his chair.
I'll agree agree with RC and MC being up there, Stewart great 15th place finish for being number three on your list, I'll put Dungey over him.
Reed is up there, the guy got honored by the Australian government( mean while JS7 gets bailed out of jail).
1&2.)RC/MC(tie)
3.)Decoster
4.)Reed
5.) Bailey
Stewart has stayed in his own country - Chad left aus at 16 on his won for the gp's
Chad had to work alot harder to get into the ama, james was always going to get a ride there (not dissing his ability, but the yanks have alot better opportunitys and chances to make it.
Chad has been more consistent and a more reliable racer, james has showed brillance on many occasions but has never lived up to what was expected of him, as many said he would be the man to dethrown RC and dominate. While james has done well for himself, I don't think many people would believe you if you told them that he would only win 2 sx and 1 mx champs after this many years in the big boy class.
1st Carmichael
2nd Everts
3rd Mcgrath
4th Decoster
5th Stewart
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