Is no one going to talk about RJ??

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I use to stay more informed on am. mx, but not too much the last few years. I have heard of RJ Hampshire before, but the kid won all 6 motos and is on a Geico bike. Anyone think he will be a legitimate threat for the remaining nationals? I know some years the talent is deep like it was with Stroupe, Canard, Izzi, and Hahn and other years its not.


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mgifracing 8/2/2014 7:09am
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I think he will step in and surprise a few, possible top 10.
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bsharkey 8/2/2014 7:38am
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best pro class weve had in years in the ams. those Hondas are the best bikes I believe in the ams now too from what ive heard from other pro riders. I think a bunch of this years pros will surprise people
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burn1986 8/2/2014 7:39am
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There was already a thread on Ricky Johnson (RJ) a little while back, where he said James was the most talented of all time.
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burn1986 wrote:
There was already a thread on Ricky Johnson (RJ) a little while back, where he said James was the most talented of all time.
arent we just hilarious

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burn1986 wrote:
There was already a thread on Ricky Johnson (RJ) a little while back, where he said James was the most talented of all time.
10,000 comedians out of work and you are trying to be one. Fail
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burn1986 8/2/2014 7:53am
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Who is this kid?
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trailhopper 8/2/2014 7:58am
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The last time a racer swept the pro class at LL's was like 19 years ago. Pretty impressive.
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Mr Bean 8/2/2014 7:59am
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burn1986 wrote:
Who is this kid?
This might help -
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Slow on the draw again! The curse of old age! Laughing
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The Kid is an amazing talent. If you don't know who Hampshire is, you will shortly.
F150Motocrosser 8/2/2014 8:13am
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Objectively speaking, anyone know how stacked Hampshire's competition was compared to AC & Webb's when they hit the Nationals after their last trip to the ranch?
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Wandell 8/2/2014 8:42am
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The young man definitely looked impressive this week. I'm anxious to see how he does next week against Martin, Web, Baggett and Musquin.
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F150Motocrosser wrote:
Objectively speaking, anyone know how stacked Hampshire's competition was compared to AC & Webb's when they hit the Nationals after their last trip to the ranch?
Neither of them raced a class at Loretta's before going pro.
F150Motocrosser 8/2/2014 9:03am
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F150Motocrosser wrote:
Objectively speaking, anyone know how stacked Hampshire's competition was compared to AC & Webb's when they hit the Nationals after their last trip to the ranch?
Gringoe wrote:
Neither of them raced a class at Loretta's before going pro.
You're right.. 2012 was their last year (in Supermini & 250B mod, respectfully).. I just remember them making their Nationals debut at the tail end of the season, which is what must have made me think it was post-LL...

Sounds like all eyes will be on RJ at Monster Cup (he'll be racing that, yes?)
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trailhopper wrote:
The last time a racer swept the pro class at LL's was like 19 years ago. Pretty impressive.
Matt Bisceglia swept the pro sport class last year. Bell swept one of the A classes the year before that.
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mx836 8/2/2014 10:00am
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The kid is going places for sure. The talk has been Smith, Smith, Smith for years now, all while RJ continues to rack up the wins.
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F150Motocrosser wrote:
Objectively speaking, anyone know how stacked Hampshire's competition was compared to AC & Webb's when they hit the Nationals after their last trip to the ranch?
I think its a ton better. plessenger , alldredge, smith, these 3 ALL can win then you have sayanai, hoeft ,rhezland, and a ton of others right there too. some guys had a few bad motos so that helped him but he was on point all weekend. no excuses, he got it done

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bsharkey 8/2/2014 10:04am
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mx836 wrote:
The kid is going places for sure. The talk has been Smith, Smith, Smith for years now, all while RJ continues to rack up the wins.
that might be true but smith has been hurt a lot this year. just like alldrege the last 2 years. hoeft and saynai have been injured a lot as well. I know its part of the game but it doesn't help for sure
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mx 219 wrote:
I use to stay more informed on am. mx, but not too much the last few years. I have heard of RJ Hampshire before, but the...
I use to stay more informed on am. mx, but not too much the last few years. I have heard of RJ Hampshire before, but the kid won all 6 motos and is on a Geico bike. Anyone think he will be a legitimate threat for the remaining nationals? I know some years the talent is deep like it was with Stroupe, Canard, Izzi, and Hahn and other years its not.


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Is he racing Unadilla? With his 1-1-1-1-1-1 scores, I'm expecting him to do real well and be inside the top 7.
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trailhopper 8/2/2014 10:14am
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trailhopper wrote:
The last time a racer swept the pro class at LL's was like 19 years ago. Pretty impressive.
GrapeApe wrote:
Matt Bisceglia swept the pro sport class last year. Bell swept one of the A classes the year before that.
all 6 motos? no
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mx 219 wrote:
I use to stay more informed on am. mx, but not too much the last few years. I have heard of RJ Hampshire before, but the...
I use to stay more informed on am. mx, but not too much the last few years. I have heard of RJ Hampshire before, but the kid won all 6 motos and is on a Geico bike. Anyone think he will be a legitimate threat for the remaining nationals? I know some years the talent is deep like it was with Stroupe, Canard, Izzi, and Hahn and other years its not.


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implicate order wrote:
Is he racing Unadilla? With his 1-1-1-1-1-1 scores, I'm expecting him to do real well and be inside the top 7.
They said he will be at Dilla.
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GuyB 8/2/2014 10:29am
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I haven't seen RJ ride, but my quick take on having watched many riders do their first nationals is that adrenaline is a huge factor, but that they discover the pace, intensity, and length of motos make it ab whole different ball game. You can practice for it, but you can't replicate it.

The other difference is doing it each weekend, for multiple weekends in a row. The three at the end of the season is a good intro.
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Yes he will be at Dilla...

Also what makes this cool, his sister had a baby while there at Loretta's so he became an Uncle!

I have know the family for years, his dad and I used to race at the same tracks back in the late 80's early 90's

This makes me really happy for all of them!





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bsharkey wrote:
that might be true but smith has been hurt a lot this year. just like alldrege the last 2 years. hoeft and saynai have been injured...
that might be true but smith has been hurt a lot this year. just like alldrege the last 2 years. hoeft and saynai have been injured a lot as well. I know its part of the game but it doesn't help for sure
Alldrege doing any Nat's this year? Heard a couple people on here saying he would make waves from the get go. Who's faster between him and RJ?
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IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to be there.

hats off to Hampshire on sweeping the motos, I really thought AP and Alldredge had the field covered but the training RJ has been putting in with Reed really paid off. it's a bummer that Smith hurt his ankle and AP had the bike issue but RJ was on a roll. again, IMO, this years LL group of A riders is about as deep as it's ever been. there will be a few of them that we'll be hearing about for a while to come.
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Team Ideal wrote:
IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to...
IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to be there.

hats off to Hampshire on sweeping the motos, I really thought AP and Alldredge had the field covered but the training RJ has been putting in with Reed really paid off. it's a bummer that Smith hurt his ankle and AP had the bike issue but RJ was on a roll. again, IMO, this years LL group of A riders is about as deep as it's ever been. there will be a few of them that we'll be hearing about for a while to come.
Reed? I thought it was ferry. Maybe I heard the announcers wrong? The kid rips and is fast on a supercross track
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chrisbuehler 8/2/2014 12:51pm
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Team Ideal wrote:
IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to...
IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to be there.

hats off to Hampshire on sweeping the motos, I really thought AP and Alldredge had the field covered but the training RJ has been putting in with Reed really paid off. it's a bummer that Smith hurt his ankle and AP had the bike issue but RJ was on a roll. again, IMO, this years LL group of A riders is about as deep as it's ever been. there will be a few of them that we'll be hearing about for a while to come.
The trio of Sroupe, Izzi, and Canard was one of the most talented to come out of LL in recent memory. Will Hahn was in there too. Even though Canard is the only one with a championship resume and still riding, Stroupe and Izzi massively underachieved. Stroupe particularly could have been a world beater IMO. Even with all his troubles, lack of consistent training and riding, you could see his speed was gonna translate to the 450 the brief couple times he raced it. With all that said, you think this yrs class matches up?
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He looked solid the whole time. Had some luck go his way with plessingers bike letting go in 250A butade his own luck the whole week.

From what I heard he's been training with both Chad Reed and Tim Ferry, probably more with RedDog. I think those guys know something about preparing for pro nationals.

Im looking for him to do well in the big leagues. I consider well to be a top ten in one of the next 3 races.

He also won last years MEC amateur race.
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Team Ideal wrote:
IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to...
IMO Hampshire, Alldredge and Plessinger will be top 10 threats. I'm not sure any of them will pull it off but they have the speed to be there.

hats off to Hampshire on sweeping the motos, I really thought AP and Alldredge had the field covered but the training RJ has been putting in with Reed really paid off. it's a bummer that Smith hurt his ankle and AP had the bike issue but RJ was on a roll. again, IMO, this years LL group of A riders is about as deep as it's ever been. there will be a few of them that we'll be hearing about for a while to come.
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Reed? I thought it was ferry. Maybe I heard the announcers wrong? The kid rips and is fast on a supercross track
It is actually both Reed and Ferry that he trains with

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