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Just watched ML512s Why hasn't Tomac re signed with Star Racing and was thinking about Herlings hopefully racing the Lucas Oil MX Nationals this year. How great it would be to get a Tomac, Anderson or Barcia over to MXGP for a season or two. I read where Barcia wants to move to Europe (or was it England?) ultimately so he'd might be the best prospect. Barcia is a great mud rider too.
After RV's MXGP mulligan, it's time the stars and stripes are represented again in MXGP.
After RV's MXGP mulligan, it's time the stars and stripes are represented again in MXGP.
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Likelihood of getting another TOP US rider in their prime contesting all of the MXGPs is low, but there are certainly riders who are more suited toward MX than SX that could do decent over there. Someone like Savatgy, who I think has several good years left in him, could do with a break from SX. It seems to be the source of most of his injuries and he is more than a halfway decent outdoor rider.
Give a rider like that an opportunity to focus solely on outdoor tracks, and he could thrive. Mike Brown, Talon Vohland, Donny Schmit, Jimmy Button, Ryan Hughes: they were all very-good-but-not-top-tier SX racers, but their time on the GP circuit (when they couldn't find a good ride stateside) turned them into formidable outdoor beasts.
Would love to see that happen again.
he cant survive an SX season,, would be great to see him in the GP's
I've said it before but in my opinion J-Mart isn't in the top 5 of 250 SX riders but he is top 3-5 in all of American outdoor racing regardless of bike size.
It sounded like if he couldn’t find a ride here, he would be open to offers to race over there. Just wouldn’t take a pay cut to race that series over this one.
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But at least AC has the pure speed. But a US rider needs to come over in time and put in the work. It’s a shame that RV was out of it mentally before he even came over. Had he put in the winter training in Belgium with the same work ethic as he did when he trained with Baker, i am pretty sure that the outcome of his MXGP adventure would have been way better.
The Bulldog that A mart is, i could see him get some decent results to even if i think that he should need to clean up his riding a bit and ride a little smoother on the tracks here.
As far as the US riders with decent speed and a riding style suited for GP’s the list would be AC, Sexton and Craig for me.
The US OEM's will still fill bikes/rides for both SX and MX as that is important for US sales.
I dont think they will have a ton of riders go SX only - not sure the money is there either.
And look at the MXGP's with 25-30+ bikes on the line, Not a lot of rides to go around.
Just does not seem like a lot of riders will do it. Maybe a few, and hope it happens - but just don't think it will be a lot of them.
My guess is it would far exceed any national series indoors or out.
It’s true some of the flyaways arnt as ideal as e European tracks, but sometimes thats what goes with the territory of daring the be a proper world championship & leaving the local conveniences.
There’s a level of pride that money cannot buy from standing on top of a podium, hearing your national anthem play far away from home. It’s a real shame the fireworks & hotdogs have blinded the US industry from that.
I always through US was one of the proudest nations…
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