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Does anyone know where his full podium interview is at? The interview at the end of the full race posted my RacerTV is edited.
But it is seldom brought to light because it is such a small industry the riders just try to save face for the next run around. Also i feel like many of them think they have to keep up the perception because so many of their peers have bought into it. At the end of the day it is their choice to try and race for a living, its just a shame that some others try to scavenge off of that drive at times.
Just my 2 shekels, many different ways to view all this. Dirt bikes are fun.
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Huh.. your right here is the edited version for anyone who wants to check it out.
There were concerns from the OEM involved in that team about what Stu might say or do.
And supposedly he went to some of the team’s sponsors during negotiations and tried to get his own private deals put together.
Just what I was told...never met Stu personally, just heard a bit about his negotiations this year from two teams that were talking to him about a potential deal.
I don't blame him though. He took a chance with Sherco for big money. That flopped and now he needs to make as much as he can in the relatively short time he has left in his career.
I’d say his salary range with most teams would be 80-100k. If he can do what he says, he negotiates better bonuses and will clean up. He also has to work with the team’s brands, if he wants so many of his own people involved he will likely need to setup his own program. Salary in the range of a KR or Taylor Roberts is unlikely to happen.
If you heard it from the same brand I heard it from, it would have been good for them just to have the #1 plate on their bike at the NEPG rounds for the remainder of the series. Something I don't think they have ever had or at least not in a LONG time.
Almost no one has budget left for 2020 this late in the year, it's all spoken for. Next year is a totally different deal.
He is certainly a top contender, but his resume is not that great to command a big salary. If he gets a good bonus program it won't matter. At this point some team can slap a #1 plate on their bike for this year and very possibly next year in NEPG. That has value to any team marketing enduro models.
This reminds me of Brad Lackey, World Champ who couldn't get anyone to work on his terms the next year. He did it his way.
Stu popped off on the podium, "Where is your overall?" obviously directed to Factory One Sherco. He was brought to tears for a moment. It's hard not to be a fan.
Let's not forget that last year at the same race he was 1/2 mile from winning when his KTM quit running. He's hard on bikes and he knows it.
He could bring a lot of excitement and entertainment for fans if he can stay involved at the top level.
In the beginning of the season when he was on the Factory Sherco (A new factory team).... He was leading Kailub Russel by about 3-4 seconds on the last lap of a harescramble and blew the last corner of the race. Kailub R got by him and took the win in the last few seconds of the race.
Well then......when SB was on the podium he said something like... "We dont even have f--king Quick Fill gas tanks yet... Lots of shit needs to change!" (referring to the fact that the new shercos still didnt have a factory quick fill valves and he had to remove the gas cap himself coming into the pits and lost about 8 seconds. Those 8 seconds were the difference in losing the lead in the last corner.)
I guess Sherco didnt like that. Dude got fired.
Im sure there was more instances... but you get the idear.
He is like the Bob Hannah of enduro/harescrambles.
I love it.
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He’s always been riiiight on the edge of making something really happen in the way of a championship run. He’s a bad dude. I can understand him being pissed about not having the proper tools to make that happen. Hell, I remember he was running orange chain guides in the off-season because he couldn’t get parts.
Either way, he’s great for the sport. So is Sherco. They’re helping a lot of dudes right now. I wish them both the best.
I'm the biggest Ricky Russell fan around, but it's been awhile since Yamaha had a legit contender in GNCC that could show up and win any weekend. It's time, they have a rich history of GNCC success, someone needs to bring the fight to KTM/Husky.
I was pointing out that he was the most recent guy to win on a Yamaha, but even then he was not a threat to do that every weekend.
A healthy Stu and he and KR split a few championships. Stu and Mullins were KRs only real competition.
Did they realize Stu was gonna bleed the whole operation dry just on the parts he was gonna go through? Cause lets be real, they just aren't quite up to the task, must be a graveyard of them alongside his garage right now unless Sherco took the time to come pick up the pieces
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