Two Stroke @ A1

500guy wrote:

saying the truth is not being a hater, the guy just doesn't belong out there.

rrjr wrote:

Ronnie Ford trying it again. 132.970 best lap in 1st practice

Pete The Fisherman wrote:

He is closing the gap every week and I'll give him credit for that, but I still think it's a bit sketchy having him out there.

kiwifan wrote:

Great, another guaranteed 10+ page 2 stroke thread, like we needed more lol

ML512 wrote:

Missed the 40th spot by 20 seconds this week...he was 48th, at the rate we're losing riders he may make it in a night show. I'm...

Missed the 40th spot by 20 seconds this week...he was 48th, at the rate we're losing riders he may make it in a night show. I'm scared for that occasion...

kijen wrote:

You should be scared that the sport is so weak that there are probably better riders, but it's not worth it for them to try. The...

You should be scared that the sport is so weak that there are probably better riders, but it's not worth it for them to try.

The very fact that the top 5 in arena cross could qualify but don't because where they would finish does not pay much money.

But the fact that more people would be able to watch on TV to see this guy who is not "qualified" ride in the night show......so we're growing the sport......now that is scary.

how bout the 250 class? there are only about 5 decent riders within a couple seconds, then it falls off fast, probably 25 guys will be lapped before it's half way over....and probably 10 guys will be rolling over most jumps after a couple of laps, looking back to stay out of the way..... scared?

so it's scary for an old guy on a 2 stroke to roll jumps, but ok for younger guys on 4 strokes to roll jumps, gotcha

either way it don't really car, it's a boring sat afternoon

-MAVERICK- wrote:

He's throwing money away. Does he not realize he's at the bottom of the qualifying sheet at each event. Seriously, he'd be better off donating that...

He's throwing money away. Does he not realize he's at the bottom of the qualifying sheet at each event. Seriously, he'd be better off donating that money to a charity. At least it would be going towards something worth it and not Feld Entertainment or whoever is collecting those checks.

Is he delusional? Going through a midlife crisis? Living in the past.

I guess you could say the good thing is that he's out there on a 250 2-stroke and not a 450.

Just imagine how that would go.

kijen wrote:

You should be scared that the sport is so weak that there are probably better riders, but it's not worth it for them to try. The...

You should be scared that the sport is so weak that there are probably better riders, but it's not worth it for them to try.

The very fact that the top 5 in arena cross could qualify but don't because where they would finish does not pay much money.

But the fact that more people would be able to watch on TV to see this guy who is not "qualified" ride in the night show......so we're growing the sport......now that is scary.

how bout the 250 class? there are only about 5 decent riders within a couple seconds, then it falls off fast, probably 25 guys will be lapped before it's half way over....and probably 10 guys will be rolling over most jumps after a couple of laps, looking back to stay out of the way..... scared?

so it's scary for an old guy on a 2 stroke to roll jumps, but ok for younger guys on 4 strokes to roll jumps, gotcha

either way it don't really car, it's a boring sat afternoon

ML512 wrote:

I'm saying scary when he actually makes a night show and is lapped four times in a seven to eight lap heat race.

-MAVERICK- wrote:

He's throwing money away. Does he not realize he's at the bottom of the qualifying sheet at each event. Seriously, he'd be better off donating that...

He's throwing money away. Does he not realize he's at the bottom of the qualifying sheet at each event. Seriously, he'd be better off donating that money to a charity. At least it would be going towards something worth it and not Feld Entertainment or whoever is collecting those checks.

Is he delusional? Going through a midlife crisis? Living in the past.

I guess you could say the good thing is that he's out there on a 250 2-stroke and not a 450.

Just imagine how that would go.

kijen wrote:

um....it may be a bucket list thing? ya know hey I qualified for for a pro SX race, wish I could tell that story. As for...

um....it may be a bucket list thing? ya know hey I qualified for for a pro SX race, wish I could tell that story. As for throwing money away you could say the same for 35 of the 40 that qualified, they have no chance of winning, so whats the purpose of racing?

almost anyone can donate to charity, wheres the fun in that?

ever been to a SX race? if so why did you not give the the 40 bucks to charity, better then giving it to feld...

hey this is fun.....judging people and telling them what they should be doing with their money and life, cool stuff.

-MAVERICK- wrote:

He's throwing money away. Does he not realize he's at the bottom of the qualifying sheet at each event. Seriously, he'd be better off donating that...

He's throwing money away. Does he not realize he's at the bottom of the qualifying sheet at each event. Seriously, he'd be better off donating that money to a charity. At least it would be going towards something worth it and not Feld Entertainment or whoever is collecting those checks.

Is he delusional? Going through a midlife crisis? Living in the past.

I guess you could say the good thing is that he's out there on a 250 2-stroke and not a 450.

Just imagine how that would go.

kijen wrote:

um....it may be a bucket list thing? ya know hey I qualified for for a pro SX race, wish I could tell that story. As for...

um....it may be a bucket list thing? ya know hey I qualified for for a pro SX race, wish I could tell that story. As for throwing money away you could say the same for 35 of the 40 that qualified, they have no chance of winning, so whats the purpose of racing?

almost anyone can donate to charity, wheres the fun in that?

ever been to a SX race? if so why did you not give the the 40 bucks to charity, better then giving it to feld...

hey this is fun.....judging people and telling them what they should be doing with their money and life, cool stuff.

-MAVERICK- wrote:

I've been to an SX race and I've donated to charity, so what's your point? My point is if you know you're nowhere close to make...

I've been to an SX race and I've donated to charity, so what's your point?

My point is if you know you're nowhere close to make the night show why waste your money lining up. He knows he's been at the bottom of the qualifying list each time he's tried and he hasn't improved in any of his attempts.If you're not improving, isn't that a sign to stop? It's just common sense.

By the way I wasn't telling him what to do with his money. I just suggested he should do something better with it, like donating it to charity. Does Feld really need that entry fee? No. Could that money be more useful going to someone like Jessy Nelson? Absolutely. If he's going to spend the money regardless, why not spend it on something useful. That's just my opinion.

JSmith wrote:

Have you considered that maybe he is having fun?

seth505 wrote:

This just in: If you're not that good, stop putting any money toward riding and give that money to another rider who got hurt and was...

This just in: If you're not that good, stop putting any money toward riding and give that money to another rider who got hurt and was possibly better than you before they got hurt!

seth505 wrote:

This just in: If you're not that good, stop putting any money toward riding and give that money to another rider who got hurt and was...

This just in: If you're not that good, stop putting any money toward riding and give that money to another rider who got hurt and was possibly better than you before they got hurt!

kijen wrote:

Why do people tell other people what to do? I think you should sell your motorcycle and give the money to a rider who is hurt...

Why do people tell other people what to do?

I think you should sell your motorcycle and give the money to a rider who is hurt, it's not like you ride the bike to its potential anyways. You really just wasted all the effort the engineers put into designing the bike.

Yeah I'm joking.....

ML512 wrote:

Missed the 40th spot by 20 seconds this week...he was 48th, at the rate we're losing riders he may make it in a night show. I'm...

Missed the 40th spot by 20 seconds this week...he was 48th, at the rate we're losing riders he may make it in a night show. I'm scared for that occasion...

JSmith wrote:

Have you considered that maybe he is having fun?

-MAVERICK- wrote:

Well fun or not if he's serious about being out there to try and make the night show he should spend a lot more time at...

Well fun or not if he's serious about being out there to try and make the night show he should spend a lot more time at the test track and give it a try when he finds a couple of seconds more per lap if he wants to even come close to making it. If he's just out there to have fun he could do that at his local track with the other 40+ year old vets. That's where he belongs in my opinion.

Phillip_Lamb wrote:

why do you care so much? i talk about this sort of thing with my old buddies all the time "how cool and fun would it...

why do you care so much? i talk about this sort of thing with my old buddies all the time

"how cool and fun would it be to show to an event, even if i couldnt make, just to hang out in the pits as one of the guys and go out on the track??"

I met him, hes a really nice guy, he used to race pro and recently had been doing lorettas on a 450, he jumped on the 250 cuz it was fun, thought about showing up to the sx races and said WHY NOT??

To me, he's living the dream. He's actually out there doing what everyone fan wants to, yes he's slow and out of place, but last i checked he was out there.

8686 wrote:

Qualifying times showed Ronnie not as "off the pace" as previous rounds. Anybody watching that can verify he had picked it up some and looked better...

Qualifying times showed Ronnie not as "off the pace" as previous rounds. Anybody watching that can verify he had picked it up some and looked better at Arlington?