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Since a rookie fresh out of the 125 class went to Round 1, with the gate full of heavy hitters (Stanton, Bradshaw, ect) and mopped the floor with them for 10 of 15(?) rounds.
Could history repeat itself with Barcia?
He is running the #15....backwards. He's on a Honda. Stanton himself is his surrogate daddy. Justin and Jeremy both start with a J.
All kidding aside, as much as people love MC, those who lived through those years of him winning 13-15 races a season.... talk about leaving the stadium after he holeshot to beat the crowd out of the parkinglot.
Could history repeat itself with Barcia?
He is running the #15....backwards. He's on a Honda. Stanton himself is his surrogate daddy. Justin and Jeremy both start with a J.
All kidding aside, as much as people love MC, those who lived through those years of him winning 13-15 races a season.... talk about leaving the stadium after he holeshot to beat the crowd out of the parkinglot.
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For some reason Carmichael's reign is probably the only time a riders superiority didn't bother me so much. I don't know why, I guess he was exciting to watch even when he was way out front and Im much more of a Motocross fan.
I have a vague memory of Vuillemin breaking a streak at Minneapolis.
For my family it was later "ABC"...Anybody But Carmichael.
Watching MC's career start to finish was a pleasure for sure. I'm glad I was around during his reign. MC is a legend for sure.....and it when it came to SX.....nobody ( and I mean nobody!) was better than him.
was watching some of the season reviews from the early 90's (thanks terry) and its cool to see MC hanging it out at times as i was used to the super smooth precise style of later 90's MC
It really is gonna be a Classic Racing Season.
3 years ago RD won rd 2 and the championship with 6 wins in his rookie year
so not quite 20 years...
jus' sayin'
(yes, i know, MC IS THE KING) i was one of the fans that actaully loved his win streaks and didnt want to see it end...
Just keepin the love alive.. hahaa
( I ate breakfast this morning at the cafe that was interviewed in the latest TGO episode with RD, pretty neat for this little town)
Pit Row
Though now I would probably be bored out of my mind if someone dominated like that again, I was in pure awe as a kid. His progression level was so far (probably close to ten years) ahead of the competition. I remember him in '94 blowing by Stanton in a set of whoops at Huston like Stewart did to RC in Dallas 2006. And to think he had only been racing dirt bikes for around seven years at that time!
I really think his bmx background put him a notch above the competition technique jumping wise. He was a California State Champion two years in a row I think, which is a big feat considering how big bmx is there. He was the first the emphasize staying low over jumps and seemed to attack the track on his Honda like it was a one lap race. https://youtu.be/FAopIF7Ljmo
McGrath? I can look back now and appreciate his work, but I detested him back then. Nothing personal, I just hated going to the races (or watching) and knowing who was going to win before the gate dropped. One of the reasons I liked Yogi so much was that he had the audacity to actually race McGrath.
Geoff
Funny, considering Barcia, 20 years later just won the now "premier" off-season event, the MEC.
The parallels between MC's 92/93 and Barcia's 12/13 campaign are striking.
If you recall, MC won his regional 92 SX title, but got beat by Emig and Swink (his team mate) outdoors. Barcia won his 12 SX title, and finished behind Bagget and Tomac (his team mate) outdoors
Thus far, its been a virtually identical situation that i've been watching relatively closely.
Pastrana could have been the next "guy", I dont think anyone to this day has the sheer bike handing skills he does. Anyone that can wheelie an entire rhythm lane WHILE looking 30 rows up into the bleacher and nodding at the crowd is a freak.
Who will the next guy be? Some might say it's Adam C, but I don't see him doing anything otherworldly, yet.
Many will disagree with this, but I think Stanton took the old entertaining bam-bam and is turning him into another Stanton.
I think the next big guy will be the reverse-Doug Henry, if you know what I mean.
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