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Red Bull KTM Factory Team Issues a Statement Regarding Marvin Musquin and James Stewart Racing Incident at Atlanta Supercross
MURRIETA, Calif. – Following an intense moment on the final lap of Saturday’s 450SX Main Event in Atlanta, the Red Bull KTM Factory Team would like to issue a clarifying statement regarding a highly discussed incident between Marvin Musquin and James Stewart.
While racing his teammate Ryan Dungey for what would have been his first career 450SX Class victory, Musquin made a mistake on his own that ultimately caused him to come up short on a triple and lose the lead position. Stewart, who was not competing for the lead, happened to be near Musquin during his error and has since received undeserved criticism for the incident. The Red Bull KTM Factory Team would like to clarify that there are no hard feelings toward Stewart.
Red Bull KTM Factory Team Manager Roger DeCoster added, “After the race a lot of blame was given to James and I just want to make things clear that the mistake from Marvin was not directly caused by James and we shouldn’t blame him for it. Credit to Marvin, he rode an amazing race and was under tremendous pressure from Ryan for the majority of the race. To lead for 19-consecutive laps is no easy task and how quickly he has adapted to the big bike class in just eight rounds is very impressive.”
Musquin went on to capture a career-best second place finish at the Georgia Dome, while his teammate Dungey took his fifth victory of the season.
All involved are Red Bull backed,but still,that's a classy/cool PR.
Very cool they put that out.
Wish they would do this stuff more often when similar shit happens.
On a side note..
It wouldn't surprise me if James showed up at Daytona and won by 20 seconds.
Kinda a redemption.
I wouldn't put it past him.
Pit Row
WRONG
That's just funny.
You guys DO REALIZE that BL OWN's your asses on this one, right?
Lots of folks in here seem to think "they know"...
They don't.
They weren't there -AND- they've never been there.
That IS the point made throughout this thread.
So, they are talking out their asses.
Aka "WRONG".
BL kicked some ass up in h'yar!
I'm jus' sayin'...
You can have eye! And have valid points as a non racer!
according to MXA
95% of the bikes sold never see a track.
The best rider will never be discovered!
The best rider in the world doesn't race!
Such a small % of people get to race , let alone take it anywhere
But if you haven't raced, you haven't experienced riding without a seat belt, & letting go of the fear of a bone crushing crash caused by others and pushing yourself beyond the daily pain of previously breaking every bone throughout your life and pushing thru the pain , cuts , burns , blisters & getting back up bleeding and your only concern is to get going again! exactly as fast as you were going before the crash! or get carted off!
...from zero to hero back to zero! It's not fun! Non racers don't get this! They crash! They bleed and call it a day! Racing Is a passion! The ultimate test of man and machine and no protection! And everyone you knew that did it was crazy! They were known as crazies! And the people that raced had families who knew everything about the trials and tribulations of a racer and the family (and friends) gets to see first hand what we go through dealing with injury , rehab and sometimes much needed caregiving! caretaking! Non racers know the sport ,just different aspects of it! Non racers and non riders opinions are sometime better because they are outside of the box - And we can all watch the same screen and see if someone does a bonehead move on the track!
But none of that matters -
The number of racers are down over the last 2-3 decades!
So chances at stardom are actually better than ever for today's racer! The racer pool is so small that the chances at stardom are better than when millions of bikes were sold a year! You were literally 1 in a million if you reached stardom back then!
Gates were over flowing! Nationwide! Worldwide!
Now barely any bikes get sold and only 5% of those sold see a track and only a small, small % of that seek glory
That's why you never raced
You were too smart
You weren't known as one of the 'crazies'
that basically means -
your opinion & insight is valued on every topic
guys that say different , hit there heads too many times !
Sorry,,,
we're racers
we're dumb
Being a practice rider ONLY vs a racer are as different as night and day.
Lining up behind the start gate with a 30 second board up and a gate FULL of maniacs knowing you could end up in the hospital or the graveyard.
Your heart rate is at MAX level as well as your adrenaline pumping through your veins.
Nothing in the world can replicate that feeling.
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