biggest heart-breakers in moto

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Motoxdoc 4/15/2017 10:55pm
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How about the time McGrath pulled off in a SX race because he was having a bad race and his pride wouldn't let him ride around at the back of the pack. That wasn't heartbreaking THAT night, but I guarantee you he got that shitty feeling in his chest later that year when he lost a close title to Emig!
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Motoxdoc 4/15/2017 11:02pm
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Jamal#440 wrote:
Forget about races, careers and championships, the biggest heart-break was the loss of Bruce Bunch, Rick Hemme, Kyle Flemming and anyone who died racing moto.
greenmx5 wrote:
Josh lichtle at red bud.. heat stroke trying to get his bike started after going down on the last lap
Yes Jamal.....good point! People lost before their time......Jim West and Gaylon Mosier can be added to that list.
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jemcee 4/15/2017 11:14pm
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Well injuries and deaths aside..
I thought it was really shitty in 2010, I can't remember exactly but it was definitely last round, I'm pretty sure Pourcell was out front and Canard was buried (maybe that's not accurate) and all Pourcell had to do was finish and he'd have won the title but he had a shitty little crash and broke his collar bone or dislocated his shoulder, which would've been bad enough but it was the second time in as many years he'd gotten painfully close..
This happening was one the stranger and funnier moments though haha


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Jamal#440 wrote:
Forget about races, careers and championships, the biggest heart-break was the loss of Bruce Bunch, Rick Hemme, Kyle Flemming and anyone who died racing moto.
greenmx5 wrote:
Josh lichtle at red bud.. heat stroke trying to get his bike started after going down on the last lap
Motoxdoc wrote:
Yes Jamal.....good point! People lost before their time......Jim West and Gaylon Mosier can be added to that list.
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Slosh 112 4/16/2017 3:55am
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Barrzy256 wrote:
Josh Coppins leading the GP championship with a huge margin, only to injure himself and watch it all slip away
Yep that was a heartbreak. I was reading the round recaps month by month in ADB mag (before live streaming) I was going for him like he was a true blue aussie, reading about him leading and then losing like that.
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Barrzy256 wrote:
Josh Coppins leading the GP championship with a huge margin, only to injure himself and watch it all slip away
Slosh 112 wrote:
Yep that was a heartbreak. I was reading the round recaps month by month in ADB mag (before live streaming) I was going for him like...
Yep that was a heartbreak. I was reading the round recaps month by month in ADB mag (before live streaming) I was going for him like he was a true blue aussie, reading about him leading and then losing like that.
Then he went straight back to being a kiwi haha
UpTiTe 4/16/2017 8:14am
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84, cant remember the guys name, but he had a 3 race lead in the 125 GPs and got speared in practice and broke his leg.

RJ vs Hansen 82 RJ

Glover vs Ward 85, Glover broke his hand the week of the last race leading the points.

Langston breaking his wheel.

Pourcel falling in the last race.





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Bradshaw 1992

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AHRMA361 4/16/2017 9:47am
4/16/2017 9:47am
Don't remember the track. Colorado maybe? Mike Alessi when he crashed on that blind jump and got run over numerous times. That was really ugly and hard to watch.
eric513anderson 4/16/2017 9:58am
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AHRMA361 wrote:
Don't remember the track. Colorado maybe? Mike Alessi when he crashed on that blind jump and got run over numerous times. That was really ugly and...
Don't remember the track. Colorado maybe? Mike Alessi when he crashed on that blind jump and got run over numerous times. That was really ugly and hard to watch.
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Huevos 4/16/2017 10:52am
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Surprised no one has mentioned this guy. Heart still hurts for him.

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PFitzG38 4/16/2017 2:18pm
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jk367 wrote:
Am I wrong in thinking even if rynos chain wouldn't have broke he still wouldn't have won because lamson was ahead of him anyways? He ended...
Am I wrong in thinking even if rynos chain wouldn't have broke he still wouldn't have won because lamson was ahead of him anyways? He ended up third in that moto
My bad. Those were two separate races. I'm not even sure if the race he lost his chain was part of the series Kenworthys got rained out - don't think it was
motov8tedcre8tor 4/16/2017 4:29pm
4/16/2017 4:29pm
JS7 career after about 2009 has to be HOF material here!
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Barrzy256 wrote:
Josh Coppins leading the GP championship with a huge margin, only to injure himself and watch it all slip away
Thay was sooo shitty. He was fi ally going to get that elusive 450 world title and got hurt. I think he had over a 100 point lead too. Kinda reminds me of max nagl who i thought was going to win the 2015 mxgp world title only to get hurt at his home gp. IMO the biggest heartbreak would be in '01 when langstons rear wheel broke, that title was his. He did get redemption though.
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doofy 4/16/2017 7:35pm
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motov8tedcre8tor wrote:
JS7 career after about 2009 has to be HOF material here!
Which part?

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GuyB 4/16/2017 7:48pm
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SeaClassExpert wrote:
Michael Byrne breaking his arm at Unadilla while having the ride of his life.
I thought it was his leg, but carry on.

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