Two Stroke @ Daytona

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Starcrossed 3/7/2017 5:41am
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Starling is injured, but there will probably be ten more entries for Daytona by Friday. Toronto was probably the only chance Ronnie would have had. Only...
Starling is injured, but there will probably be ten more entries for Daytona by Friday. Toronto was probably the only chance Ronnie would have had. Only one rider from the 250 class didn't race there. It's the whole border deal. Maybe in Jersey, when the interest has shifted to outdoors, there will be a low entry count.
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Last night, Justin told me he would line up this weekend.
That's good to hear. Justin seems like he's really on his game this year. He's gotten some of his best results ever in the 250 West class, and looked like he would be one of the few guys making the 450 mains after transitioning from 250 West. Based on the posts he's made here, he seems like a really cool cat. I hope he's able to qualify at his home race in FL. I'm sure there will be a large contingent of his family and friends there to support him, plus all of his VitalMX family. Get him a sticker to run, from the home team. Grinning
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thorns wrote:
He qualified for toronto as well, but they stopped him from racing as his lap times were too slow.
GuyB wrote:
I guess you missed the part where he was on the gate for the heat race...but he did pull off after the first turn. That allowed...
I guess you missed the part where he was on the gate for the heat race...but he did pull off after the first turn. That allowed him to get the money he earned for being in the night show.
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Really?

My bad, I thought I heard on the Toronto podcast they wouldn't let him run.
Mathis did say on the podcast that he was pulled and not allowed to race. I just listened to it. Sounds like he got it wrong.
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I like this guy. give him a break. When most if you haters reach 40 you will understand. Two stroke in sx is just a bad idea though. He isnt hurting anyone. I am sure after the season is up he will hang it up and look back and say i am glad i did it, i am also glad i dont have to do it again. If you are reading this ronnie....you have my respect for trying......and put a shitload of oil in uour gas and smoke em out!!!!!
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jbrown15 3/7/2017 10:01am
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I like this guy. give him a break. When most if you haters reach 40 you will understand. Two stroke in sx is just a bad...
I like this guy. give him a break. When most if you haters reach 40 you will understand. Two stroke in sx is just a bad idea though. He isnt hurting anyone. I am sure after the season is up he will hang it up and look back and say i am glad i did it, i am also glad i dont have to do it again. If you are reading this ronnie....you have my respect for trying......and put a shitload of oil in uour gas and smoke em out!!!!!
I`m not a hater, I just don`t know how he`s allowed to race. Like I said his lap times are 10 seconds slower than the 40th place rider. And he could very well end up hurting someone by getting in the way. If he wants to race on the national level wouldn`t he be better off trying his luck in AX?

At least there his lap times might be a little more respectable and might have a chance at making the night show.

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I`m not a hater, I just don`t know how he`s allowed to race. Like I said his lap times are 10 seconds slower than the 40th...
I`m not a hater, I just don`t know how he`s allowed to race. Like I said his lap times are 10 seconds slower than the 40th place rider. And he could very well end up hurting someone by getting in the way. If he wants to race on the national level wouldn`t he be better off trying his luck in AX?

At least there his lap times might be a little more respectable and might have a chance at making the night show.
Maybe he's allowed as he's got pro card, paid the fees, got on his bike and gave it a go (sadly slowly).

Maybe others will see him giving it a go and will try as well - why not if you can afford to.
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jbrown15 3/7/2017 10:25am
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I`m not a hater, I just don`t know how he`s allowed to race. Like I said his lap times are 10 seconds slower than the 40th...
I`m not a hater, I just don`t know how he`s allowed to race. Like I said his lap times are 10 seconds slower than the 40th place rider. And he could very well end up hurting someone by getting in the way. If he wants to race on the national level wouldn`t he be better off trying his luck in AX?

At least there his lap times might be a little more respectable and might have a chance at making the night show.
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Maybe he's allowed as he's got pro card, paid the fees, got on his bike and gave it a go (sadly slowly). Maybe others will see...
Maybe he's allowed as he's got pro card, paid the fees, got on his bike and gave it a go (sadly slowly).

Maybe others will see him giving it a go and will try as well - why not if you can afford to.
Some how I don't think they'll be giving him his pro card to race supercross next season after seeing what's happening this season.
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jeffro503 3/7/2017 12:14pm
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There is a dude around here that is kind of a little dickhead....and couldn't win a Junior class race on a local level. He was grand fathered in as a pro since i think 2000. Couple years ago....he was 35 seconds a lap slower then Tevin Tapia that won the lcq at washougal. Every single year he tried the national....and looked like a retard doing it. Few years ago at the PIR pro shootout...they pulled him out of practice because he was rolling everything. Damn near got landed on. Other riders complained and the pulled him.

If you're 35 seconds a lap slower then the guy winning lcq....you have no business being out there. And yeah...i know the dipshit pretty well.
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jeffro503 3/7/2017 12:16pm
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Fwiw....Ronnie sounds like a good dude and he would of waxed the guy i was talking about.
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There is a dude around here that is kind of a little dickhead....and couldn't win a Junior class race on a local level. He was grand...
There is a dude around here that is kind of a little dickhead....and couldn't win a Junior class race on a local level. He was grand fathered in as a pro since i think 2000. Couple years ago....he was 35 seconds a lap slower then Tevin Tapia that won the lcq at washougal. Every single year he tried the national....and looked like a retard doing it. Few years ago at the PIR pro shootout...they pulled him out of practice because he was rolling everything. Damn near got landed on. Other riders complained and the pulled him.

If you're 35 seconds a lap slower then the guy winning lcq....you have no business being out there. And yeah...i know the dipshit pretty well.
Hahaha with the initials RR? He was at Horn this weekend and threatened to leave if they didn't change his moto score.....................
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Poor Ronnie, man I hope he don't be reading all this. If you do, then I for one think your a top man for just having the drive and desire to do it!, who gives a shit about your lap times or your speed, you are living it and doing way more than any of us could ever wish to.

Good on you Ronnie!.
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Buckit 3/7/2017 2:35pm
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Hahaha with the initials RR? He was at Horn this weekend and threatened to leave if they didn't change his moto score.....................


this?
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jeffro503 3/7/2017 3:08pm
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jeffro503 wrote:
There is a dude around here that is kind of a little dickhead....and couldn't win a Junior class race on a local level. He was grand...
There is a dude around here that is kind of a little dickhead....and couldn't win a Junior class race on a local level. He was grand fathered in as a pro since i think 2000. Couple years ago....he was 35 seconds a lap slower then Tevin Tapia that won the lcq at washougal. Every single year he tried the national....and looked like a retard doing it. Few years ago at the PIR pro shootout...they pulled him out of practice because he was rolling everything. Damn near got landed on. Other riders complained and the pulled him.

If you're 35 seconds a lap slower then the guy winning lcq....you have no business being out there. And yeah...i know the dipshit pretty well.
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Hahaha with the initials RR? He was at Horn this weekend and threatened to leave if they didn't change his moto score.....................
YEP!! That would be the moran I am speaking of! The back story on the MF'er is something else entirely. I grew up with him and know him quite well. Someone you wouldn't even buy a used bic pen from....it would be out of ink.
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jeffro503 3/7/2017 3:11pm
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Hahaha with the initials RR? He was at Horn this weekend and threatened to leave if they didn't change his moto score.....................
Buckit wrote:


this?
YES!
Travis_Hudson 3/8/2017 11:27am
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We have all known these types of dudes.....Tongue
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Tracktor wrote:
Hahaha with the initials RR? He was at Horn this weekend and threatened to leave if they didn't change his moto score.....................
Buckit wrote:


this?
jeffro503 wrote:
YES!
I'm not even from the NW, go up there every year for PIR and the national. Got family that lives in camas. And I know of this dude and how big of a joke he is lol I love that you brought him up
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jbrown15 wrote:
I don't get it, why are you guys excited to see him at the races? He's laps times are 10secs a lap slower than the 40th...
I don't get it, why are you guys excited to see him at the races? He's laps times are 10secs a lap slower than the 40th place rider. He's a danger to be out there.
If you could only hear the sound of that 50 hp 2 stroke, and the cheer s that go up in the pits when it warms up. You may understand . If your too young to appreciate that particular part of history associated with the harmonics of a 2 stroke exhaust note... Well then there lies t h e answer. I for one remember watching Kenny Roberts Sr. Race in the Astrodome and grew up around Bultaco Astros pitched side ways. Along with the factory Honda's Scream on MX tracks before works bikes were outlawed.
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aeffertz 3/8/2017 5:51pm
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Put yourself in his shoes, though....

If I was allowed and had enough money to travel around and ride perfectly prepped SX tracks all around the US on a 250 two-stroke... I don't care how much slower I am, I'm sure as shit going to do it!

He's not breaking any rules and I'm sure he's having a blast. He doesn't race the event, so who cares. He's only out there for C qualifying. Who wouldn't go out there if they had the means?

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web mx 3/11/2017 3:53pm
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jeffro503 wrote:
Put James Stewart of 2005 on that 17' TC 250......that would be a sight to see! Whoopin' some 450 ass right there! As far as Ronnie...
Put James Stewart of 2005 on that 17' TC 250......that would be a sight to see! Whoopin' some 450 ass right there!

As far as Ronnie goes....he has to be a pretty badass rider in his own right. And I'm sure on local days , he mops up pretty good , but this is SX against the best guys in the world. So I'm not sure what he was expecting. He gave it a shot though.
Daytona is closer to MX than any other SX and he seems to still be off pace at 21 seconds a lap slower than 40th,thought maybe he would be a little closer than this.
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305FC250 3/12/2017 6:13am
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My optimism for the guy has been dwindling more and more after each event.... Figured he'd get better over the course of the season, and I thought the Daytona track may have suited him better but he's making no progress at all...
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MXD 3/12/2017 6:16am
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So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again this week? He's either a danger or he's not. That decision baffles me a bit.
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hvaughn88 3/12/2017 6:21am
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MXD wrote:
So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again...
So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again this week? He's either a danger or he's not. That decision baffles me a bit.
He wasn't yanked last week
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So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again...
So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again this week? He's either a danger or he's not. That decision baffles me a bit.
hvaughn88 wrote:
He wasn't yanked last week
My bad, I thought I heard Matthes mention it on the Pulp show. GuyB also made a reference to something along those lines although I don't remember exactly what he said.
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MXD wrote:
So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again...
So they determined that he wasn't good enough to automatically transfer to the night show last week and yanked him but they let him try again this week? He's either a danger or he's not. That decision baffles me a bit.
Typical AMA, they make things up as they go along.......
Instead of complaining about Ronnie, why doesn't anyone talk about the real problem.
Why are there only 50 guys trying to qualify? Could it be pro purse, promoter issues, cost of 4 strokes, 450cc too big, rider's staying C for Loretta Lynns? It is not his fault he can make the "Night Show", it signals a bigger problem with the sport. I think it's great he's out there, on a 250cc two-stroke, probably faster than most of us, and has some sweet strumpets for a Pit Crew.
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Oooops, forgot to attach the pit crew "Strumpets"

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Oooops, forgot to attach the pit crew "Strumpets"[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/03/12/180959/s1200_PitStrumpets.jpg[/img]
Oooops, forgot to attach the pit crew "Strumpets"

2 stroke, 4 stroke, this guy is not even 85cc Novice class speed. I appreciate him doing his thing. Maybe his only goal was to do the series. More power to him.

MC would would top 10-12 the main on a 2 stroke if he was in race shape. And hes what now? 45-46?
smashingpumpkins167 3/12/2017 9:43am
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Mayn5e something good will come out of this and somebody who wants to get a lot of publicity and actually has a chance will try to qualify on a two stroke.


I vote for Jerry Robin
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