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I hope he gives another shot at sx events !
How that happened I don't know.
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MEC is invite only correct? So they must of invited him before Imola hence he would of still been amateur at the time.
But you can race in EMX250 with a pro card. Steven Clarke raced EMX250 and has raced pro in the AMA Nationals in the year before.
Like you said maybe they got their invites before doing those races but in my opinion those 2 should have been replaced by 2 other riders.
But at the same time, it should only be Pros allowed at MXdN..
A buddy signed up for the GP in Gaildorf, Germany in 2011 because it was a dream for him to do it.
Finished last in both motos, 15-20 seconds slower a lap than the front and at least 10 seconds slower than the second-to-last guy.
Close to 40 years old and definitely not a pro.
At an AMA national he would have never qualified
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But I'm just saying, just because someone did a GP doesn't mean he's a pro.
Brian will be an "amateur" including 2019
As I mentioned above he'll be racing the next SX in France. If he lines up in the SX2 class against the likes of Escoffier, Bourdon, Lebeau, Roussaly, Do, etc. there's no way he should continue to be eligible to race as an amateur.
Hold a pro license, line up at a pro race, cross the gate, you're pro.
At least that's how it should be.
As some above have speculated, he probably got the invite / entered well before Imola, And , a few of the young blokes he was up against are making far more money as ''shAmateurs" than he currently is.
Up here if one of our pro racers wants to race an AMA national they have to go through the CMA/FIM to get the proper paperwork done before they can line up. All 3 of our guys that lined up for the MXdN had to go through the CMA/FIM to get an approval. It would be the same process if one of our guys wanted to race an MXGP event.
I can't see that only the US and Canada have to go through that process. I'm sure guys from Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, etc. all have a similar process they have to go through with their FIM affiliate.
If not, I'd say that it's not only stupid but unfair to the other nations.
It's already dangerous seeing C/Beginner riders on the track at the same time as the B and Pro riders at the practice track, change that to national pro and world class racers and that's a recipe for disaster.
I guess money talks and that's all that counts.
For the record, I do think Moreau is in a sense a professional rider. The same can be said for a whole bunch of other EMX riders since they basically don't do anything else than ride dirt scooters for a living. But the same goes for all the other guys that lined up for the "amateur" all stars race. Anyone saying those guys are really amateurs are kidding themselves. Same could be said for some supermini riders also.
My race licence is no different to Dean Ferris race licence.
If I chose to, I could enter a round of the Australian motocross chamiponship, I would be so much slower than the leaders it would not be funny, but I could enter.
No such thing as a pro licence, just a national senior licence.
Interesting to see what some people consider a Pro. If being paid to ride, with all bikes, gear, parts and tech support provided, that would have to be considered a professional rider. That is what you do to make a living no matter what your age. Would not most of the front runners in the Amateur scene in the U.S actually be considered professional sports people?
Their main focus and what keeps them going in life is earned by racing a dirt bike.
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