Supercross/Motocross needs more Stankdog.....

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First off let me say I know I am opening a can of worms to the whiners and complainers, so what.

Supercross and Motocross needs more Stankdog type individuals in the sport and on the main stage. The type that want to do something against the norm, bring a knife to a gun fight type.

Look at the reaction he received from the fans Saturday night in Oakland when he made the main out of his heat, sure there was a first lap pile up and the West Coast maybe thinned due to injuries but he did it.

Look at the reaction he receives at the Outdoors, I hate this is his last year to race professionally so who is the next to take fill his spot?

The sport is what we all do for fun and this just adds to the excitement and wagers.
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What it needs is an equal displacement rule at the top to allow more individuals and characters and 2 Stroke kooks to get involved, but we all know electric bikes will probably take over long before that happens... Shame the AMA are so fucking stubborn.
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1/19/2022 7:12am
His Cooksey interview was a little more interesting than his 'gram rant. My wife came in and saw him on the tube and asked, 'does that old dude ride?' I showed her a couple of videos. She said..."I guess he does!"

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His Cooksey interview was a little more interesting than his 'gram rant. My wife came in and saw him on the tube and asked, 'does that...
His Cooksey interview was a little more interesting than his 'gram rant. My wife came in and saw him on the tube and asked, 'does that old dude ride?' I showed her a couple of videos. She said..."I guess he does!"

I watched the Cooksey interview as well, thought it was interesting...
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We need a sanctioning body who recognizes that 4 strokes have destroyed the classes.

I'm a Matthes fanboi, he can do no wrong
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I actually like Stank and I think it's awesome he made the main. Guy has more talent than I'll ever have. I DON'T think we need more like him. I like the faces of MX to legitimize the sport. All of us on here know the sport and know the physical demands of it. We also know the antics of guys like Stank and Ronnie Mac. Outsiders don't understand either. I tell people unfamiliar with the sport how physically demanding and rewarding the sport is. Then they see a 30y old pot smoking, beer drinking guy all over IG, YouTube, etc and then they give me the cross eyed look like I'm full of BS. I personally think MX needs alot more guys like Dungey, not Stank, but I'm old so I'm sure I'm not with the mainstream on this.
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1/19/2022 12:29pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 12:29pm
I don’t want the sport to become mainstream. It’s still a Grassroots sport that is still affordable. Dudes can still race the outdoors Nationals or SX pretty easily.
If we “grow” I see that going away. Let’s be cool with our identity!
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Wow Kooksey and Stenk together….I can’t think of two other people that make shit up for attention….
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Stank had me at Boston Terrier....
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motodad312 wrote:
I actually like Stank and I think it's awesome he made the main. Guy has more talent than I'll ever have. I DON'T think we need...
I actually like Stank and I think it's awesome he made the main. Guy has more talent than I'll ever have. I DON'T think we need more like him. I like the faces of MX to legitimize the sport. All of us on here know the sport and know the physical demands of it. We also know the antics of guys like Stank and Ronnie Mac. Outsiders don't understand either. I tell people unfamiliar with the sport how physically demanding and rewarding the sport is. Then they see a 30y old pot smoking, beer drinking guy all over IG, YouTube, etc and then they give me the cross eyed look like I'm full of BS. I personally think MX needs alot more guys like Dungey, not Stank, but I'm old so I'm sure I'm not with the mainstream on this.
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching another guy 2nd place his way to championships.
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1/19/2022 12:57pm
I think we have what you are asking for.

Roczen and Cianciarulo are both well spoken and give great/truthful interviews.

Plessinger has a huge and awesome personality and makes everyone laugh/smile.

Barcia and Anderson ride with their heart on their sleeve and leave nothing on the track, yet seem like great guys enjoying life off the track.

Tomac, while a beast is a quite guy and that's also great, he is doing it his way.

Then add in all the privateers and the crazy awesome personalities and stories they have, from ARay, Enticknap, Stank and more.

My point with all this is we have a big variety in people, personalities, both on and off the track. Its that variety that makes it all great and entertaining.
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1/19/2022 1:01pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 1:05pm
ArmPumped wrote:
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching...
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching another guy 2nd place his way to championships.
"...2nd place his way to championships".

Better check the win list.
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I don’t want the sport to become mainstream. It’s still a Grassroots sport that is still affordable. Dudes can still race the outdoors Nationals or SX...
I don’t want the sport to become mainstream. It’s still a Grassroots sport that is still affordable. Dudes can still race the outdoors Nationals or SX pretty easily.
If we “grow” I see that going away. Let’s be cool with our identity!
If the sport grows that means there's the potential for more sponsors, teams, rides, jobs, etc.

How is that a bad thing?
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1/19/2022 1:06pm
We need a 2-stroke Supercross series. 4 stroke supercross has become precision gymnastics.

When they bring the electrics, I'm out.

Flame on....

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1/19/2022 1:17pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 1:23pm
Stanks an embarrassment, such a cockhead.

Imagine being that cooked in the head that the first thing you could possibly think of doing when you finally qualify for a main event is to go on a social media foul mouthed rant over something that didn’t happen.
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1/19/2022 1:22pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 1:23pm
Yeah, more drunk morons is what the sport needs.
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Stanks an embarrassment, such a cockhead. Imagine being that cooked in the head that the first thing you could possibly think of doing when you finally...
Stanks an embarrassment, such a cockhead.

Imagine being that cooked in the head that the first thing you could possibly think of doing when you finally qualify for a main event is to go on a social media foul mouthed rant over something that didn’t happen.
Couldn’t agree more. That’s the most F’d priorities.

Sit back and take it all in, enjoy the moment with your friends and fans.

We don’t need more drama queens who go straight to social media and make a bitch storm over misheard rumours. Hero to zero in my opinion.

It would have been great to hear him on Pulp if he hadn’t acted like a complete moron. I’d be so gutted if I supported his program.

I guess he can go bro down with gypsy and cooksey for his ego stroke.
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It’s dirtbikes guys….. it’s an action sport. This isn’t golf. I’m literally in disbelief how many people on here expect pure professionalism from these young dudes. And crying about stank smoking pot making it not seem difficult to your friends that don’t ride….give me a break bro. This whole stank situation made me realize how lame people that ride actually can be. All along I thought it was a bunch of badass dudes on this forum
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1/19/2022 2:57pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 3:05pm
ArmPumped wrote:
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching...
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching another guy 2nd place his way to championships.
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"...2nd place his way to championships".

Better check the win list.
I feel like you know exactly what I’m saying. Dungey is 6th on all time wins list in the premier class but tied for 3rd. He had an amazing career. Great rider. Not taking away anything from him he did exactly what he needed to do. But he was more of an ultra consistent podium guy than say a dominating performance guy when it came to Supercross. I just remember being bored watching his championships when it seemed to come from a lot of guys ahead of him taking themselves and each other out. He stayed safe and smart and he’s better off because of it so you can’t knock it, but again, boring.

I did the homework. His last title he won 3 races. That’s the Dungey I’m talking about.
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enketchum wrote:
We need a sanctioning body who recognizes that 4 strokes have destroyed the classes.

I'm a Matthes fanboi, he can do no wrong
The mx community got what it wanted! The people had to have bikes that cost 35% more money to produce and 2 times the money to maintain because the factory guys were riding them! Now you are complaining about getting what you asked for!
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1/19/2022 3:13pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 3:17pm
Pro Mx / SX has been trying to become mainstream and more professional since the 90’s. As a fan, do you think it’s been a success or do you miss the good old days?

I for one miss the good old days and guys like Stank are a throwback to funner, simpler times. Riders with personality who had genuine smiles who were actually able to have fun, box vans parked on the grass, less separation between the haves and the have nots.
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Right, Stankdog is literally the dude in the "When Men were Men" thread, wrenching his own shit, telling non-believers to fuck off, smoke rolling from the van, putting a bike in the main that shouldn't be, except doing it in a time when old farts call everyone under 35 a pussy.

And now those same dudes that got a chub from a guy having a cigarette hole in his helmet are going "but it's the devil's lettuce, what a loser."
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1/19/2022 4:18pm Edited Date/Time 1/19/2022 4:20pm
Right, Stankdog is literally the dude in the "When Men were Men" thread, wrenching his own shit, telling non-believers to fuck off, smoke rolling from the...
Right, Stankdog is literally the dude in the "When Men were Men" thread, wrenching his own shit, telling non-believers to fuck off, smoke rolling from the van, putting a bike in the main that shouldn't be, except doing it in a time when old farts call everyone under 35 a pussy.

And now those same dudes that got a chub from a guy having a cigarette hole in his helmet are going "but it's the devil's lettuce, what a loser."
No one gives a shit that he smokes weed dude. People are annoyed with his stupid rant. You don’t have to make stuff up to try and get a point across.

I always liked Stank. I’m a die hard 2 stroke guy and his videos were always cool. His rant was just really dumb.
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nytsmaC wrote:
Pro Mx / SX has been trying to become mainstream and more professional since the 90’s. As a fan, do you think it’s been a success...
Pro Mx / SX has been trying to become mainstream and more professional since the 90’s. As a fan, do you think it’s been a success or do you miss the good old days?

I for one miss the good old days and guys like Stank are a throwback to funner, simpler times. Riders with personality who had genuine smiles who were actually able to have fun, box vans parked on the grass, less separation between the haves and the have nots.
It's not that he has personality.
It's that I don't like his personality.
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I love all of it. I like the button downed types at the top and I love the characters sending it for all their worth in the LCQs. It's exactly like a local race. You get all types and it's a part of moto.

I love that a guy called Stank Dog is the talk of the town.
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1/19/2022 5:35pm
ArmPumped wrote:
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching...
Dude the Dungey years were some of the most boring in my personal opinion. He had an incredible career but I have no interest in watching another guy 2nd place his way to championships.
Good thing Dungey had plenty of wins to back up the titles.
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1/19/2022 5:43pm
ArmPumped wrote:
I feel like you know exactly what I’m saying. Dungey is 6th on all time wins list in the premier class but tied for 3rd. He...
I feel like you know exactly what I’m saying. Dungey is 6th on all time wins list in the premier class but tied for 3rd. He had an amazing career. Great rider. Not taking away anything from him he did exactly what he needed to do. But he was more of an ultra consistent podium guy than say a dominating performance guy when it came to Supercross. I just remember being bored watching his championships when it seemed to come from a lot of guys ahead of him taking themselves and each other out. He stayed safe and smart and he’s better off because of it so you can’t knock it, but again, boring.

I did the homework. His last title he won 3 races. That’s the Dungey I’m talking about.
Watch 2010, 2015 (8 wins) and 2016 (9 wins) sx. He won a lot, but you cherry pick the one title-winning season where he won three.

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1/19/2022 8:36pm
Actually (sadly) the majority of dirt bike riders ARE like Stank dog..
We just don’t see them at local races and here on Vital..
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It’s fun to have an outlaw in the sport for us core fans who understand what he’s doing, but that’s not what I want to represent the sport as a majority.

You don’t talk about JT$’s sister that way tho, that’s where I draw the line.

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1/19/2022 10:17pm
I bet those Dungey Championship bonus checks didn't even clear the bank, with all those 2nds, what a bum he is/was.



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1/20/2022 1:15am
"The type that want to do something against the norm"

I agree! Travis Pastrana is the same. (Think MXoN, RM250)
Ive said it before, that winning is NOT the only thing that sells bikes/product.
If, lets say Yamaha put a big name on a YZ250 and sent him to race, he aint gonna win, we know it, he knows it, but its a spectacle which will excite some people, it make a group of people go home wanting to buy a YZ250.

An example I used before: Imagine if a Factory paid a big star BIG money and handpicked races across the globe to promote their product in.
One week he could be at Anaheim, the next week he's on an MXGP grid, the next week he's in Canada riding a 125... and so on.
Hes not gonna win any of the championships and likely not any of the races, but its a spectacle which will make people interested to follow & eyes on the bike/kit will result in sales. Its not all about the win. And the rider is earning good money without the pressures of chasing a championship.

This board would blow up if Yamaha announced Villopoto entering a one-off EMX125 race! The interest that would attract would be HUGE!

Stank is doing the Austrian 125 a thousand Favours-itd be so cool to see the KTM group acknowledge that.
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