Do you think Mike Brown could get 7th OA in MX1 GP's

How many times has Brownie raced Glen Helen again??? Oh yeah, isn't he from the US as well?

Didn't he win a moto over there in MX1?

I don't know. I was shocked he was even out there. Mike Brown is one of my favorite riders of all time, great to see him do so well!

I'm sure he could.

No, I didn't, but I was happy to see him do so well.

Certainly didn't expect to see him finish ahead of Shorty.

I think it was at the Japanese MX1 G.P. a couple of years back.

I would have to agree Jay, he's tried many times and the GPs were just not working out for him.

Some on here seem to think the GP's are a cake walk.

Very different.

I think the conditioning the WORCS series brings showed alot this weekend, most of those guys did very well on the roughness Glen Helen brought Saturday......

Yup. He is probably in superior shape and after doing WORCS he was good to good for two moto's

sean hamblin also went to the gps and he wasnt doing so good top 20, he came to the us again and starting riding top 10 again

I dont think the 450 class in the US is as "stacked" as what people want to believe.

I wont be surprised by years end looking over the results and seeing MA RV and CR on the box pretty much every week and a rather big gap to 4th. Of course there will be the odd flash in the pan ride by someone, but hey even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile, right?

Wrong.

Care to add your reasoning? or you just dont like what was said? haha

Do you think the podium at the GP's would look the same as here if those 3 were doing the GP's? I also think you have to add Grant in that mix.

Hard to say, would definately add Cairoli in the mix. They have a lot of guys out with injuries at the moment. Very rarely does a guy from the US go over there and dominate straight away in the GP,s. Likewise a GP rider going to the US and dominating straight away.

Mike looked really good on Saturday. He was on fire out there.

I would love to see Cairoli mix it up with those 3. I would be curious to see how the AMA would treat his aggresive style.
You're right Steve, he was on fire.

I think if he got the starts he got on Sunday, yes he could finish 7th overall at a GP
He would not have got 7th last Sunday with mid pack starts.
Great ride for him though and he will keep the #3 for another year

Yeah, he could get 7th O/A in one GP having ridden like he did Saturday. We've seen some pretty ordinary 6th place finishes in Euroland. If your point is that the MX1 guys are looking good this year, I agree, the top guys seem to be hauling right now.

Brownie rode GH well.
He did the # 3 justice.

It was a great ride by him, and I have always been a fan of his. Anybody remember a few months ago all the complainers who said he should hang up his boots when he raced a SX. I am glad Brown didn't listen. Hope he races a few more outdoor races.

At the end of the day, he gets the #3 for 2 more years.

Good ride!

I think with all the injuries now hed do it but at the start of the season Im not so sure. Check the quality of rider outside the top 10 in Bulgaria. Shame about the injuries, Ive never seen anything like it!

1 9 de Dycker, Ken BEL FMB Suzuki 39:32.380 20 0:00.000 0:00.000 1:52.192 2 53.908
2 6 Coppins, Joshua NZL MNZ Yamaha 39:34.034 20 0:01.654 0:01.654 1:52.455 3 53.782
3 5 Nagl, Maximilian GER DMSB KTM 39:35.514 20 0:03.134 0:01.480 1:52.232 10 53.888
4 7 Barragan, Jonathan ESP RFME KTM 39:37.047 20 0:04.667 0:01.533 1:51.644 19 54.172
5 19 Philippaerts, David ITA FMI Yamaha 39:53.141 20 0:20.761 0:16.094 1:52.922 6 53.559
6 8 Leok, Tanel EST EMF Yamaha 39:56.809 20 0:24.429 0:03.668 1:52.786 16 53.624
7 222 Cairoli, Antonio ITA FMI Yamaha 40:07.013 20 0:34.633 0:10.204 1:52.482 9 53.769
8 11 Ramon, Steve BEL FMB Suzuki 40:11.438 20 0:39.058 0:04.425 1:52.794 10 53.62
9 100 Strijbos, Kevin BEL FMB Honda 40:12.667 20 0:40.287 0:01.229 1:53.449 16 53.31
10 25 Desalle, Clement BEL FMB Honda 40:25.985 20 0:53.605 0:13.318 1:53.338 4 53.363
11 12 Vuillemin, David FRA FFM Kawasaki 40:34.391 20 1:02.011 0:08.406 1:54.197 9 52.961
12 14 de Reuver, Marc NED KNMV Honda 40:43.359 20 1:10.979 0:08.968 1:54.028 6 53.04
13 32 Priem, Manuel BEL FMB Aprilia 40:49.111 20 1:16.731 0:05.752 1:54.903 3 52.636
14 16 Noble, James GBR ACU Suzuki 40:52.210 20 1:19.830 0:03.099 1:55.886 6 52.189
15 90 Pourcel, Sebastien FRA FFM Kawasaki 40:52.491 20 1:20.111 0:00.281 1:54.992 17 52.595
16 20 Aranda, Gregory FRA FFM Kawasaki 41:00.343 20 1:27.963 0:07.852 1:53.978 4 53.063
17 77 Terreblanche, Shannon RSA MSA Kawasaki 41:45.119 20 2:12.739 0:44.776 1:56.384 6 51.966
18 37 Krestinov, Gert EST EMF KTM 39:33.099 19 1 lap(s) 1 lap(s) 1:57.138 7 51.631
19 24 Church, Tom GBR ACU CCM 39:48.105 19 1 lap(s) 0:15.006 1:56.319 7 51.995
20 46 Dougan, Jason GBR ACU CCM 39:55.365 19 1 lap(s) 0:07.260 1:56.737 6 51.809
21 75 Wouts, Kevin BEL FMB Honda 40:00.105 19 1 lap(s) 0:04.740 1:57.703 5 51.384
22 56 van Vijfeijken, Rob NED KNMV Yamaha 40:01.476 19 1 lap(s) 0:01.371 1:58.390 5 51.085
23 74 Steinbergs, Ivo LAT LAMSF Honda 40:13.035 19 1 lap(s) 0:11.559 1:57.232 4 51.59
24 33 Carlsson, Johan SWE SVEMO Suzuki 41:18.024 19 1 lap(s) 1:04.989 1:58.470 13 51.051
25 115 Campano, Carlos ESP RFME Yamaha 26:57.919 13 7 lap(s) 6 lap(s) 1:53.179 6 53.437
26 10 Melotte, Cedric BEL FMB Honda 22:31.863 10 10 lap(s) 3 lap(s) 1:55.185 6 52.507
27 23 Kempelis, Filips LAT LAMSF Honda 21:01.440 9 11 lap(s) 1 lap(s) 2:01.219 4 49.893
28 211 Mackenzie, Billy GBR ACU Honda 17:19.408 8 12 lap(s) 1 lap(s) 1:54.337 7 52.896
29 17 Swanepoel, Gareth RSA MSA Kawasaki 18:32.301 8 12 lap(s) 1:12.893 1:54.708 6 52.725
30 15 Bill, Julien SUI FMS Aprilia 5:51.305 2 18 lap(s) 6 lap(s) 1:56.851 2 51.758

If they held the GP1 race at Glen Helen, then the answer would be a definite yes.

USGP...... Please

Yeah, how does that work exactly that they call it a "world" championship but don't have a race in the largest moto nation in the "world"? Interesting that one.

I beliive it goes to more countries than the World Baseball series...

There was supposed to be a US round this year remember. I also understand that there hasn't been a round in America for some time because the US fans couldn't be bothered to turn up to watch.

I think Brown was 7th at the end of the 2007 season - and until he quit GP's half way through last year he was consistently the fastest starter. He wasn't getting such great results last year though.

too funny, the Euros that come here are the top guys, experienced guys, like Searle and Pourcel. We should send Windham , Ferry , etc. or some of our next level guys over and bring home a few championships. Barcia , Canard, and the rest of our young guns will give the invaders all they can handle. The Euros always seem to forget what happens everytime we send a team to the Des Nations? the last time we sent ou rtop guy to Europe was in the 70's when Lackey went over and quickly became a top rider at a time when Europe ruled MX.