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Now since I posted this, he will win the championship and make me look silly
2010 SX - 6 wins
2010 MX - 19 moto wins & 10 OA's
2012 MX - 18 moto wins & 10 OA's
2015 SX - 8 wins
*Yes, I'm a nerd for knowing these stats...
2010 SX was probably his least dominant championship. Other than that, he pretty much kicked ass the years he won. In fact, the years he's been consistent but lacked the race wins are the years he's come up short. But I do agree that SX had nothing to do with his preparation coming into outdoors. He should of had plenty of time to test cruising with a huge lead and wrapping up the championship early.
"...the excuse of "chasing setup" does get a little old. One of the best things I ever heard Ricky Carmichael say after getting beat was that he just got beat. He would congratulate the winning rider and reiterate that he got his ass handed to him and that he had work to do that week. Maybe that was his way of reminding himself why he was going to be working so hard the ensuing week. Either way, his honesty was refreshing, and I always respect a rider who calls it like it is and doesn't try to make an excuse, even if there is something going on."
Not saying you don't have a point when it comes to a rider like Reed maybe. There is more than bike setup going on with Reed. You call it an excuse whereas I call it a reason. You can see Dungey has improved from week one to week two as far as setup. So it's just Dungey being honest in this case.
Dungey is struggling with his bike in some areas and you can see it in many instances. Tomac isn't having those struggles so that tells me that Dungey is probably losing a bit on the bike setup.
I don't know that Dungey would keep up with a perfect bike setup, but he would definitely be closer. Tomac is just blazing the trail.
I'm a huge fan of Eli fan, but I hope Roczen and Dungey can find that extra speed and keep this championship close.
Speaking of Dungey specifically, I’m sure he didn’t have an ideal setup at Hangtown and was closer at GH, but Tomac is just riding better right now. And while Tomac looks and says he feels great, how could someone argue that it’s not possible even his setup couldn’t be just a bit better at any given time. Theres always room for any bike to be at least a little better.
Intelligent. Sustainable. Minimalism expressed physically.
That said, I've never been "IN" to him because I can't imagine him having a bad day at work, getting in his shitty car and driving down some backroads while drinking and going in hard on life and existentialism and shit.
Can't relate, man.
It's a long season with a lot of things happening between now and then.
See you at the end of summer.
Should be some great racing for all of us.. in both classes..
Be nice to see Dungey, Amart and Jmart all on that podium in the same weekend..
Pit Row
With you wrapping the Championship up early and the Lucas Oil Pro Motcoross Championship right around the corner, were you guys able to get going on the outdoor testing for Hangtown earlier than normal?
Yeah, after Houston we started riding outdoors once a week which I think has been really helpful. Obviously, you can’t eliminate outdoors. You have to keep up on that aspect of it all, but with the short time we have from now until Hangtown—it’s only two weeks from now, or actually less than that with press day—we try to get ahead of the curve as much as we can. I think we did that and have been testing coming into this week. We’re building, slowly gaining ground and making the best use of the time we have because we have got to be ready. Right when things start we need to have a good setup and be ready.
You guys at KTM have an all new bike for 2015 and it obviously proved it’s worth in Supercross. How do you think the new bike is going to work for you outdoors?
Outdoors it feels just as good. I’m really happy with it, and we’ve actually been finding some great stuff testing that we were able to incorporate this weekend. We’re finding new things, even for next year’s Supercross season. I don’t wan’t to settle, but it’s also great to see the team keep trying to improve the bike—the chassis, the suspension, whatever it is. Our test rider, Ryan Morais—who does a great job—he was able to come up with some stuff. I rode that last week and they incorporated that into our Supercross package and that ended up helping me with traction and comfort here in Las vegas. It’s nice to make changes to the bike and already make it better for next year.
To answer your question, though, outdoor suspension testing is going good. I think it’s more just getting used to it because we are so used to riding such stiff suspension then we go to something that moves so much more. You have to take your time with the setup. You can’t rush it. I don’t like this, I don’t like that, I think maybe it’s just more having to get used to it.
Every race, Ryan's KTM is looking better and better. Time will tell...
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