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Obviously you don't know me, I've been cheering for Dean Wilson to get a Kawasaki ride but I don't think his finishes are going to help the size of his contract if he gets a contract with anyone. My guess is he will have to go the Josh Grant route to fill in when somebody gets hurt then prove his worth.
I ride, I respect him, I want him on the team I cheer for......get it?
Dean's a good guy, and seems to be a hard worker. His finishes coming off the double ACL (and nasty staff infection) were surely not what he's hoped for...but a whole helluva lot better than some would have done.
All that said, I hope Dean gets a solid ride. He deserves it.
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As a side note: I doubt any of the Wharton's will end up at a dead-end job, that family is loaded!
He came back to get gate drops and race while still filling weird about dabbing or putting down his leg. Thats heart and effort knowing the importance of getting the most race time before the end of the season. Should have been a lot better says who? You?
Maybe you think how he did with the bad knees factored in was good enough to land a sweet deal?
Are you afraid my opinion is going to cost him a contract? His finishes cost him the KTM contract! Just facts.
I guess you added the "so far" to cover your ass ?
There's a few guys on here that actually know what they are talking about and UpTite is one of them. You could learn something in here, if you pay attention to whos posting accurate information......
Rumors of him having and offer for MXGP with Suzuki 450, but also him willing to stay in US, but not having anything yet for that.
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Wilvo starting is own team (simpson, tonkov) means STR and Standing construct are loosing the biggest sponsor. Wil we see them back in 2017?
24MX?
Magee?
Ken de Dycker told it's gonna be difficult to find a team because al lot of teams are in financial troubles.
Already said by confirmed today : Zach Pichon to Team Suzuki Everts for the EMX2 !
Now a speculation, just a thought but I heard Maxime Renaud may not be with Yam in 2017 ; my guess is he will go to CLS Kawi to replace Ferrandis in MX2 (or EMX2?). Prado killed it but Renaud did pretty good too, 12th in moto 2 for his first GP, in the sand, after a season injured, and on a semi(?) official YZF. He is also 15 or 16.
Pretty happy to see that French MX is in good hands if the above happens ; Rubini and Goupillon are coming too, and I would not be surprised to see Pichon exploding under Everts (top 3 EMX2 2017, top 10 MX2 2018, top 3 MX2 2019).
Watch out Evert's son too, I guess the Pichon family will contribute to make Liam a big championship caliber.
Then trying to backtrack...
Interesting, looks he is done with Europe. Suzuki appears to be his first choice in terms of teams, but he may go elsewhere.
Since he came back at Millville he showed progress up to the point of Ironman, which was a bad day at the office. We will see how the GPs go, if conditions are good he will hang it out.
Dean will have a ride, it just probably won't be on the KTM Factory Team unless some crazyness happens, which is a bummer because he really wanted to prove he deserved that ride, and he really only got 4 races on the bike at peak condition with a solid offseason training program not a mid season recovery program.
Dean was bummed they didn't text or call him back to see if he was being considered or not, which isn't that big of a deal to send a text. "Yes you're being considered, we will let you know as soon as we make our final selection." Or "No, your results have not been up to par with our other options for our A Team." (I.e. Making plans with your US based team to have your bike and mechanic and everything shipped to Italy takes an effort that shouldn't be left until the last minute.)
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