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Dylan passes Barcia on the inside of a slow, very off camber, sweeping right turn. Out of that sweeping right is a tight left hand turn. Dylan could have bee lined for the inside of that left hander and chopped Barcias front. But he didn’t. Dylan went to the outside leaving Barcia room on the track. Rather than using that inside, Barcia went straight to the outside. Prior to squaring it as he hit Dylan he is effectively 90+ degrees off the direction he would be going if he were trying to ride the track. My point is, if you understand that corner, his move is much worse than the video makes it appear.
I'm almost certain Cairoli went down on his own on the first lap and Barcia ran over his arm while he was down.
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We are slipping ever closer to Idiocracy in this country.
https://youtu.be/Jaw2GM7IqmM
Pit Row
Ryno?
Maybe post retirement Brian Deegan?
Not sure if any of them had as big of following as Barcia, or were hated as much by the competition.
Yes, Vince Friese!! How could I have forgotten about him. I suspect that Barcia has him beat, especially since the Mookie incident and now this, but I could be wrong.
I didn't pay much attention to MX/SX during the times of Ryno and Tyler Evan so I'm googling them now.
Thanks all for the answers.
The straw broke the camel...
The sanctioning body issued a punitive judgement based, from my knowledge, on something nobody saw except… Wilson and there seems to be a lot of opinion mixed into his retelling of the event.
SX/ MX, to me, was one of the last real human experiences. Maybe this applies to MX more than SX but I believe it was Hannah that said something like “I’ve lost races on great bikes and won races on horrible bikes.” In MX what you personally have has been more important than what you ride to the gate on.
In the Haiden Deegan story, what a poor decision by him, he is responsible for his actions, to line up at the gate on something questionable that can discredit him and his actions and reputation at an amateur event. Now the bike is more important than the person and other persons. How did the sanctioning body handle this? Poorly.
I was never interested in Barcia before he was a privateer as I was deployed and didn’t have access to these things. Plus, I don’t care about 125/ 250s. In fact I knew very little of him but thought he was all hype and no substance but, this changed. As a privateer he displayed great desire and ability. He fought his way back and re earned a place in the sport. He may never win a 450 championship but neither will ~95% of all 125/ 250/ 450 racer. In fact Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki haven’t won an SX title since Barcia has been in the 450s either, only Yamaha has with Tomac. What Barcia has done in this time is an incredible triumph.
I’ve watched his GoPro and read the comments. It seems people think that pushing someone off of their line at race speed is acceptable. It also seems people think Barcia should have then surrendered the position. In the second Barcia had to assess the situation, then the second he had to control his bike, then the second he had to navigate the new line, then the second he had to successfully turn the bike, at race speed I think constitutes racing. To me, surrendering is not racing and if pushing people off line is fine then so is brake checking.
In the time I have been aware of Barcia, I’ve never seen him target anyone. I’ve seen Tomac and Stewart target others but Barcia appears to always be racing. This is what I want to see.
To those that say GasGas should hire someone better. I agree. They should hire someone that can beat Tomac, Webb, Anderson, Ferandis, Dungey, Stewart, etc. That someone looks a lot like Barcia. GasGas did a great job hiring a racer like Barcia.
The sanctioning bodies are losing me. I’ve lost interest in SX. The handling of the Deegan/ Star/ amateur situation bothers me. The probation, loss of positions and disqualification for racing is unacceptable to me.
"I dropped to 4th, I was trying to get back to 3rd, I lost the front on a small corner, so I was trying to get up, everybody avoided me except Justin Barcia, he just hit me straight."
(AC222 interview on LebigUSA)
What a surprise...
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