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I probably wouldn't take it that far, but something definitely needs to change starting from the bottom up if American racers ever want to be on top again.
https://gatedrop.com/jett-lawrence-on-emx-v-the-us-amateur-system-and-t…
https://gatedrop.com/jett-lawrence-on-emx-v-the-us-amateur-system-and-t…
I don't know for sure but I would bet the Euro kids are getting a lot more gate drops on different tracks and conditions than the American kids.
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Who cares who’s amateurs are faster? It’s a hobby, there’s less than 100 pro riders world wide making a living doing it, and it could all disappear at anytime.
If your lucky enough to race on the weekends, have fun! And it really doesn’t matter who’s faster.
But for the riders trying to get to the top they need rough, they need technical, and they need competition. American Motocross dominance was at its hayday when riders were practicing at places like Palm Avenue, Central, and Croom and they raced all the time.
He said the amateurs here struggle when moving to the pro ranks because they aren’t used to longer racing time with more laps. They also don’t know how to race a longer race since they’ve grown up racing sprints. His stance is Europe doesn’t have that issue which makes it easier to transition into the professional ranks since their amateurs race longer races very comparable to the pro series. Develops better endurance and race craft to prepare you for a professional career.
Who cares if he has no amateur championships. He has a Professional championship title! How many guys will win Lorettas and Mini O’s but will never win a pro championship title? A LOT
And to all you guys saying: but he didn‘t do shit at LL or it‘s a media thing. Grow up, he‘s one of the few who really can compare.
Too many classes to fit in, too few meetings and too short motos.
Maybe no coincidence that 4 out of the 6 2021 Outdoors places were guys with MXGP/EMX experience.
Imagine if that would've been the mentality over here when US was on average better in pretty much everything regarding moto.
america has way more riders, because its way more fun, euro practice tracks are hard core and rough as fuck,
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He’s prob in the best position to comment. He’s seen both ends of the stick and just won a title!
But honestly how do you think these fast kids in the States would go heading to Europe to race even EMX?!
It’s not an attack on the US, just stating his opinion on the amateur systems between the two. And he is one of only a handful with first hand experience at both. I think it’s great to hear his opinion.
I think we all can agree that there are some issues with the US amateur system. Huge money early on, short races and it’s pretty staggering how little the guys race, although that does seem to be somewhat improving.
No not talking about the racers.
Let’s see how well a weekend Euro rider stacks up at A1 against some of the B class kids racing SX futures this year.
Couldn’t agree more though that at the big amateur nationals have it be just the actual amateur classes that mean something. Who cares about +40 c titles at wherever.
My local series I follow does 6 laps and even that is borderline. Because even 6 laps is 11-14 minute motos depending on lap time.
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