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Desalle vs RV at the Nats in 2013.
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Look at Covington, he's like 10-15 places further back then usual while RV was pretty much in the fight for the lead (except for Nagl in that 2nd moto)
The comparison with Desalle is stupid though. He didnt know Argentina and Thailand either and he didnt prepare or set his bike up for the nationals at all, plus he was in the middle of a world championship.
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but ,we still felt rv would podium every week,every moto..or at best,have the fastest lap of the race.
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And more importantly:
This shit ain't over yet. It's a long season with still allot of points to score. We've seen that mistakes are easy to be made. RV still has a good shot at scoring some 1-1 races while the rest is looking for pennies in the dirt.
Pit Row
What's next SX race program format for our Nationals?
DISCLAIMER: I know everyone and their brother in the industry loves the one day format but I am not down and have never been down with the one day National program. Flame away.
Cracks me up how people talk that racing on Saturday is such a challenge for RV. Was it such a challenge for our riders when we had a two day format?
Yeah I would defiantly say are tracks are more wide open, if you watch them and also listen to the people who have done both series it is generally expressed quite frequently. AC himself as said because of the nature of are tracks he would take the more powerful 450 over a 350, track prep is a key difference.
Where did I say RV could not handle a two day format?? How bad do our boys "MX" chops look in the AMA? I am fully aware that Roczen is are reigning champ but it took him a few years to get are easy "SX/MX" tracks down didn't it?
Just because RV is-int winning dosent mean our series is losing out it just means there different, they always have been. Desalle and Kevin were not even in the same zip code as RV on our different tracks.
First off the RV two day format comment wasn't directed to you. Teuchensthal was anything but a pit bike track. When I first got to Latvia I was unimpressed but after the first practice I was like WOW. As the day wore on it got even more gnarly
I wasn't pissed when Larocco first jumped that section at Red Bud but seeing the video of that idiot jumping 250 feet on MX track with riders on pissed me off big time. That isn't MX; and that fool put others at risk.
I contend there is a huge amount of talent on both sides of the pond and avoid like the plague "my dad can beat up your dad" discussions on which series is better. I also contend that the direction MX is going in the US is not serving us when it comes to the MXdN. The situation we have today IMHO in the states are the hybridization of MX tracks is increasing injuries while decreasing our chances at the MXdN. Not saying I am right just sharing my opinion as a 58 year old MX racer and lifelong fan.
What LaRocco did was part of the evolution of the sport, there is no point in having the bikes we have today if we want to keep our tracks like they were 35 years ago. I am a little for the hybrid tracks (NOT UTAH) just because are bikes have advanced so much its cool to see what they really can do. That Idiot has the biggest balls of all time though!
Part of the MXdN problem is the constant disadvantage we are at, I personally think the MXdN should be in the US once every three years. So the GP guys can come and deal with what we have too, and as long as I am dreaming I want Pureto Rico to be a legit B team.
I Don't want to seem like a dick I am just sick of people on here saying the sky is falling because RV is not winning every race in a completely different series. We don't have to change anything IMO just like the GP's did not have to change when the USA was winning every MXdN.
I keep beating the dead horse about changing the tracks to explore if there is in fact a correlation between today's injuries and where the sport has evolved to. It is possible that even if the tracks were changed to more traditional AKA European MX tracks there would be no change in the injuries. It is crazy however to just do the same thing year after year. Just because we change the complexion of outdoor MX doesn't mean we're stuck with it forever. Keep in mind I am 58 so I fully appreciate if you think old school is the 90s how I can come off like I want a flat racing surface. Not the case.
decided to race & make some dough because of a break in the GP schedule.
He sure as hell wasn't on his works bike. Might of been a 450 right off the showroom floor or another practice bike.
Davey paid him in cash to avoid all those direct deposit or out of country checks to avoid headaches. I could not
believe he finished that high.
he finished 5th,6th,5th,7th, hell he must of beat some of our factory riders on a bike that wasn't even his.
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