Craig out at Geico for 2021

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Enzo Lopes (lol) iirc
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ML512 6/16/2020 4:31pm
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JGR riders:
Christian Craig
Ben LaMay
Jimmy Decotis
Cade Autenrith
Alex Martin
Chad Reed
James Stewart
Les Smith
Enzo Lopes
Josh Summey
Josh Hansen
Eric Sorby
Josh Grant
Justin Brayton
Davi Millsaps
Freddie Noren
Joey Savatgy
Weston Peick
Phil Nicoletti
Justin Barcia
Justin Hill
Travis Preston
Justin Bogle
Kyle Cunningham
Kyle Chisholm
Cody Cooper
Gavin Faith
Michael Byrne
Vince Friese
Broc Tickle
Kyle Peters

And I’m still missing a few...

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haydos25 6/16/2020 4:32pm
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Isaac Teasdale
Malcolm Stewart

Can we start a list of riders that nearly went there as well haha. Dean Wilson, Cooper Webb etc. etc.
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ML512 wrote:
JGR riders: Christian Craig Ben LaMay Jimmy Decotis Cade Autenrith Alex Martin Chad Reed James Stewart Les Smith Enzo Lopes Josh Summey Josh Hansen Eric Sorby...
JGR riders:
Christian Craig
Ben LaMay
Jimmy Decotis
Cade Autenrith
Alex Martin
Chad Reed
James Stewart
Les Smith
Enzo Lopes
Josh Summey
Josh Hansen
Eric Sorby
Josh Grant
Justin Brayton
Davi Millsaps
Freddie Noren
Joey Savatgy
Weston Peick
Phil Nicoletti
Justin Barcia
Justin Hill
Travis Preston
Justin Bogle
Kyle Cunningham
Kyle Chisholm
Cody Cooper
Gavin Faith
Michael Byrne
Vince Friese
Broc Tickle
Kyle Peters

And I’m still missing a few...

Didn’t Gavin gracyk ride for them too?
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Renner153 wrote:
Didn’t Gavin gracyk ride for them too?
Gracyk!! thats the name i was trying to come up with. My brain kept thinking Dietrich but i think he was like Valli yamaha or Motoconcepts or one of those other semi privateer yamaha teams of the day.
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Craig is a talented rider and a super nice person. That being said, he won't make it 8 rounds on a 450 SX bike. He gets...
Craig is a talented rider and a super nice person. That being said, he won't make it 8 rounds on a 450 SX bike. He gets hurt wayyyyyy too much.
These riders need to put on muscle. You hit the ground hard weighing 145 pounds skin and bones, you’re gonna break stuff.
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mx1313 wrote:
Craig is a talented rider and a super nice person. That being said, he won't make it 8 rounds on a 450 SX bike. He gets...
Craig is a talented rider and a super nice person. That being said, he won't make it 8 rounds on a 450 SX bike. He gets hurt wayyyyyy too much.
Mossy wrote:
These riders need to put on muscle. You hit the ground hard weighing 145 pounds skin and bones, you’re gonna break stuff.
You put on very much muscle and you can't go as fast.
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GuyB wrote:
Who remembers very early in his career when he rode for JGR? (No, that's not a hint...just a reminder that he's ridden for them a long...
Who remembers very early in his career when he rode for JGR? (No, that's not a hint...just a reminder that he's ridden for them a long time ago.)
Budd's Creek 2009
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Craig isn't a bad guy, I think he's really talented and such a smooth rider to watch, he's just always shitting the bed in the main event, sometimes not his fault. I'd much rather see him on the 450 he needs to get off that 250, Geico just has way to many dudes and he's been there forever. The only time he really pissed me off was when he was a dickhead and punted Alex Martin off the track in qualifying in 17, and Alex hit so damn hard could have broke his back all because He accidentally got his Craig's way and he through tantrum about it.
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hamncheeze wrote:
I dare you to compile a list of every rider who's ridden for JGR. That would be a task!
GuyB wrote:
Just to get you started... (No, I can't rattle them all off.) Josh Summey Josh Hansen Davi Millsaps Josh Grant James Stewart Christian Craig Vince Friese...
Just to get you started... (No, I can't rattle them all off.)

Josh Summey
Josh Hansen
Davi Millsaps
Josh Grant
James Stewart
Christian Craig
Vince Friese
Justin Brayton
Jimmy DeCotis
Kyle Peters
Alex Martin
Chad Reed
How is stew not the first on that list!!!!!
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BallzoutBoy 6/16/2020 7:13pm
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Nick Paluzzi had a fill in ride.
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inthebadboycorner 6/16/2020 7:18pm
6/16/2020 7:18pm
ML512 wrote:
JGR riders: Christian Craig Ben LaMay Jimmy Decotis Cade Autenrith Alex Martin Chad Reed James Stewart Les Smith Enzo Lopes Josh Summey Josh Hansen Eric Sorby...
JGR riders:
Christian Craig
Ben LaMay
Jimmy Decotis
Cade Autenrith
Alex Martin
Chad Reed
James Stewart
Les Smith
Enzo Lopes
Josh Summey
Josh Hansen
Eric Sorby
Josh Grant
Justin Brayton
Davi Millsaps
Freddie Noren
Joey Savatgy
Weston Peick
Phil Nicoletti
Justin Barcia
Justin Hill
Travis Preston
Justin Bogle
Kyle Cunningham
Kyle Chisholm
Cody Cooper
Gavin Faith
Michael Byrne
Vince Friese
Broc Tickle
Kyle Peters

And I’m still missing a few...

It's like a revolving door of dissapointment.
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Factory Honda and Kawasaki need to go to 4 Pro riders per team!
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Man I know it’s slightly off topic, but sometimes it’s easy to forget how many crazy talented riders JGR has had over the years.
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Craig’s father in law is an owner of the geico team.
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kapaa10 wrote:
Craig’s father in law is an owner of the geico team.
Yes, we know
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VasageXx wrote:
Craig isn't a bad guy, I think he's really talented and such a smooth rider to watch, he's just always shitting the bed in the main...
Craig isn't a bad guy, I think he's really talented and such a smooth rider to watch, he's just always shitting the bed in the main event, sometimes not his fault. I'd much rather see him on the 450 he needs to get off that 250, Geico just has way to many dudes and he's been there forever. The only time he really pissed me off was when he was a dickhead and punted Alex Martin off the track in qualifying in 17, and Alex hit so damn hard could have broke his back all because He accidentally got his Craig's way and he through tantrum about it.
You are holding a grudge for something that happened in 2017? and Alex "accidentally got his Craig's way..." I think you mean 'in Craig's way', and if so how is that Christian's fault?
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hamncheeze 6/16/2020 11:57pm
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Well done ML512!
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philG wrote:
I feel that Freise is a solid Pro who deserves his place at MCR.. he is over delivering, for the talent he has, compared to Hill...
I feel that Freise is a solid Pro who deserves his place at MCR.. he is over delivering, for the talent he has, compared to Hill.

And you can bet he isn't expensive.

Hill has shown flashes of brilliance, but lets be honest , since the first time he stepped on to a 450, every race since has been a disappointment, he has been OK, but he should be better than OK.

Craig has been a solid performer on a 450. He is wasted on 250 IMO.

But only so many seats to go round.
I thought Hill was fantastic this year up until the break.
Although very disappointing when he was on JGR.
I agree Friese has been good though. his improvement over the past 5 years has been fantastic
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Underground 6/17/2020 12:27am
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ML512 wrote:
JGR riders: Christian Craig Ben LaMay Jimmy Decotis Cade Autenrith Alex Martin Chad Reed James Stewart Les Smith Enzo Lopes Josh Summey Josh Hansen Eric Sorby...
JGR riders:
Christian Craig
Ben LaMay
Jimmy Decotis
Cade Autenrith
Alex Martin
Chad Reed
James Stewart
Les Smith
Enzo Lopes
Josh Summey
Josh Hansen
Eric Sorby
Josh Grant
Justin Brayton
Davi Millsaps
Freddie Noren
Joey Savatgy
Weston Peick
Phil Nicoletti
Justin Barcia
Justin Hill
Travis Preston
Justin Bogle
Kyle Cunningham
Kyle Chisholm
Cody Cooper
Gavin Faith
Michael Byrne
Vince Friese
Broc Tickle
Kyle Peters

And I’m still missing a few...

Wow, that really makes them quite the institution which they should be commended for, giving that many riders a good bike to race and lot of them I'd say a pay cheque too.
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devindavisphoto 6/17/2020 1:46am
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A lot of people are hard on Craig's results, and I agree they aren't great, but how many guys out there not currently on factory rides can go out and win heat races and finish on the podium here and there?
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BallzoutBoy 6/17/2020 2:19am
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Jealousy. Craig is livin the life.
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Racerman967 wrote:
My money would be with MCR replacing either Hill or Friese
My money is on SOMEBODY replacing Hill at MCR at any rate. I think Craig would only improve on a 450 of MCR's caliber.
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devindavisphoto wrote:
A lot of people are hard on Craig's results, and I agree they aren't great, but how many guys out there not currently on factory rides...
A lot of people are hard on Craig's results, and I agree they aren't great, but how many guys out there not currently on factory rides can go out and win heat races and finish on the podium here and there?
This is a valid point. I can only think of Jacob Hayes, but he is not young and he is also injury prone.

Another factor here is just the sheer number of riders FC Honda has in the pipeline. Even losing Sexton and Craig leaves them with JMart, Shimoda and the Lawrence bros with Carson Mumford waiting in the wings.
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Team Tedder next year with Marty D.
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DownSouth 6/17/2020 7:40pm
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ML512 wrote:
JGR riders: Christian Craig Ben LaMay Jimmy Decotis Cade Autenrith Alex Martin Chad Reed James Stewart Les Smith Enzo Lopes Josh Summey Josh Hansen Eric Sorby...
JGR riders:
Christian Craig
Ben LaMay
Jimmy Decotis
Cade Autenrith
Alex Martin
Chad Reed
James Stewart
Les Smith
Enzo Lopes
Josh Summey
Josh Hansen
Eric Sorby
Josh Grant
Justin Brayton
Davi Millsaps
Freddie Noren
Joey Savatgy
Weston Peick
Phil Nicoletti
Justin Barcia
Justin Hill
Travis Preston
Justin Bogle
Kyle Cunningham
Kyle Chisholm
Cody Cooper
Gavin Faith
Michael Byrne
Vince Friese
Broc Tickle
Kyle Peters

And I’m still missing a few...

Renner153 wrote:
Didn’t Gavin gracyk ride for them too?
Add in Nick Paluzzi.
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dirtworldmx 6/17/2020 8:03pm
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mb60 wrote:
Team Tedder next year with Marty D.
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