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Roczen and Crashing
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Hopefully he pulls it together at budds. The soil and hilly nature of the track should suit him I reckon.
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i bet marvin muse can will be crazy fast next season as well.
He is just getting a taste of racing at the highest level. Just like American racers fresh out of the amateurs, it can be overwhelming at first.
Yes it does.
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There are only 3 other people who are creating this "intensity" in the AMA 250 class this year. If they weren't there, then Roczen would do what he did in the GP series last year.
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if i didn't know better i would say ken was struggling with fittness and its causing him to loose focus at the end when he gets tired.I couldn't believe he lost that yesturday 10second lead goed down still has 3 seconds on them with 2 to go and he couldn't get his rythem back, maybe ken has put to much pressure on himself to win one of these things i'm sure he will get there in the end
Tommy is better now too,he started of good when he went over but was injured pretty early and never fulfilled his real potential imo,Kenny will get it down soon,as you say there are 3 really fast guys in there,its a VERY tough year to go and race them on their own tracks,the advantage isn't with him in many ways afterall
Portugal was a good one,it showed what Herlings was potentialy capable of and it wasn't even 1/2 way into the season too,Kenny was getting the overalls and was more consistent but Herlings matured more and more,his MXdN ride at the end of the season,he certainly didn't look like he was still only 16 the week before,I think he'd be pretty awesome in the US if he decided to go in a couple of years
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A good example is last weekend, where the battle was constantly ongoing for the leaders. First having to get rid of Wharton, then Barcia wouldn´t stop trying to pass etc etc. It´s a constantly ongoing battle throughout the motos. In the GP´s however, the battle rarely start until the end of the motos. They ride around and buy a little time before the passing starts. In the nationals you rarely see anyone wait for the right moment, wether its 3 laps into the race or in the last 3 laps. And I believe that is very hard to adjust to for someone like Roczen, and I know it would certainly make me crash more if I had to start riding at 100% throughout the motos, with constant pressure from several other riders if you make the slightest mistake. So no, I don´t think the intensity level is the same.
Add this with the current talent in the 250 nats this year and it´s quite obvious that Ken has a steep learning curve in the nationals too, not just SX. But I think he will figure it all out, I´ve seen him ride with more aggression than this
The only other class that can match it per head for talent is the MX1 GPs this year. You have to say KR was unfortunate to pick THIS exact year to make his America debut. Not that it wasn't tough last year but really he would've only had to deal with Wilson as a serious threat. Everyone else last year was misfiring - Baggett, Tomac, Barcia etc.
But of course, that's life. It is what it is. I must say there's a lot of very interesting posts in this thread.
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