Upgrade to enjoy this feature!
Vital MX fantasy is free to play, but Premium users receive great benefits. Premium benefits include:
- View and download rider stats
- Pick trends
- Create a private league
- And more!
Only $10 for all 2026 SX, MX, and SMX series.
even try in the first moto. If he had hurt himself in that first moto crash you'd probably be the first one saying he should have rode for the points, got the championship and show everyone what he's got at the USGP in a weeks time.
The Shop
Luxon 4-Post Bar Mounts
$189.95 - $239.95
Free shipping: VITALMX
Next week ET3 will win, the euro's are not used to the heat and we have seen Jeffrey and almost everyone struggle at Ottobiano this year. if there is a challenger for Tomac it wil be Cairoli as he's allowed to use cortisone inhalers for his "astma" and we have seen he was pretty good at Ottobiano where others struggled with the heat and humidity.
All in all Awesome to see JH go from 39th to 1st (would have been 2nd if Marvin did not move over) Noren who was down on the ground with JH also managed to get 6 points.
Congratulations to ET3 for his first ever AMA 450 outdoor championship, it has been a long road since his crash with the Geico honda during the 3th round of 2015.
Marvin's DNF with the front brake issue will haunt him for a long time he could easily rode the race and score atleast some points this field is not super deep and should have been able to score a handfull of points. Same counts for his weirdo crash at Milville he should have settled for 2nd. Although he missed the championship by a few these lessons will help him in the future though
Bagget has proven to be a contender in the 450 outdoors we have seen el chupacabre this year so it's only going to get better.
We all know that a truly unrestricted ET3 has way more in the tank than what he showcased today. Is the bike a tick off and he doesn't have 100% comfort/confidence? Is there an unknown physical issue or is there something mental? Maybe he was just in Dungey/racecraft mode as best he could be, though Dungey didn't have all the little errors that Eli has.
If ET would have finished 30 sec ahead of Marvin straight up without anyone making any errors and JH still bested him, then I would believe that both riders showcased their abilities to their maximum. From past performances we know that this is not the pinnacle of Tomacs game. I do realize how ironic this paragraph is considering he just wrapped up a championship.
All these AMA/GP riders are obviously elite, though there are many tiers. I believe that there is more depth in the GP series at the moment but if you take the top 3-5 guys from each one you find another level. They are all savages that when at their best is unbelievable!
The whole two best series in MX on each side of the pond is goofy in some ways. In auto racing F1 is considered the pinnacle of auto racing, MotoGP is the top of the pavement guys so maybe the top three AMA guys should bump to MXGP? They would then be racing a world series, because call it what you want, AMA racing is national racing.
It has been an issue for some years for some people as he gets a ( unfair ) advantage but he has a legitimate subscription for it ( I have Asthma as well and the advantages off a cortisone inhaler are pretty big, for me as i have a very bad asthma, don't really know how big the difference is for someone thats in shape)
Oh, and remember how Charlotte showed us that Webb was "the best young rider"? Remember that?
Had he not had that little mistake he could have won the Moto possibly and sealed up the championship. There was no way he could just ride around in second. Either race to win or just have points sucked away from you like what has happened to Eli previously.
He's done worse without a crash. So yeah, he did what he should have done which was race to win. Sure, he crashed going for it. But that's better doing that and finishing 5th then riding around and finishing 8th or worse. He wasn't riding over his head. He had a mistake going for the lead. He finished better doing that then bleeding away points like he was doing.
Pit Row
The ass hurt from last year mxgp races must of been bad for a few of you.
Americans will be doing to same next weekend when Eli beats the "euros"
Terrific ride by Herlings. Tomac earns his title. All good.
Saving it up for after next weekend.
EDIT: "Target Rich" environment
I wouldn't make too many judgments from The Ironman. Except that Herlings is really impressive and MM, ZO and AC rode hard.
The rest of them pretty much mailed it in, and Eli did what he had to do.
Very little drama as usual. I mean c'mon, did anyone really think ET wasn't going to win the title?
I've went to this race every year except this year. I only live 1.5 hours away but it 's just not worth it to me anymore.
The racing isn't that great, and most of the riders are just wanting to get the season over. Add to that all the good riders who are injured. The facility is awesome and the fans deserve a better show. If JH hadn't come over to race there would be very few story lines.
The crowd was clearly not as big as previous years, even though we had perfect weather here.
Our sport needs to do something to make the final races more compelling. Instead of it dwindling down and ending with a whimper. We need some sort of season ending excitement. Otherwise the crowds will continue to decline. IMO
Post a reply to: Ironman MX National Bench Racing - The Motos