Why are no sx/mx champions from the city or burbs?

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TJMX947 10/17/2022 7:40am
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Not a Champion but Nick Romano is from Brooklyn - There is a track in Long Island, I read that his dad took him riding once per week. There is a privateer from NYC, Rashidi Kerrison. Similar deal from what I heard, getting seat time I'm sure is a struggle.
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AceDudemeisterX 10/17/2022 10:10am
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I dont think Adam Cianciarillo was from the country. Chase Sexton is from outside Chicago but I don't know how rural that area is. Blake Bagget...
I dont think Adam Cianciarillo was from the country.

Chase Sexton is from outside Chicago but I don't know how rural that area is.

Blake Bagget was from California and a national champion, but his career was handicapped by not having a famous father.
I thought Bagget’s career was handicapped by Barcia.
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early wrote:
I dont think Adam Cianciarillo was from the country. Chase Sexton is from outside Chicago but I don't know how rural that area is. Blake Bagget...
I dont think Adam Cianciarillo was from the country.

Chase Sexton is from outside Chicago but I don't know how rural that area is.

Blake Bagget was from California and a national champion, but his career was handicapped by not having a famous father.
Baggett is from Grand Terrace. Like ten minutes from downtown San bernardino
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Kyle Peters (current and 3x Arenacross champion) is from Greensboro, NC which is a good-sized surburb in NC. Like others said, Cooper and Romano are from big cities in New York. K Dub was from Baton Rouge, LA but moved to the middle of nowhere in Mississippi!
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profeshenal125 10/17/2022 12:34pm
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early wrote:
I dont think Adam Cianciarillo was from the country. Chase Sexton is from outside Chicago but I don't know how rural that area is. Blake Bagget...
I dont think Adam Cianciarillo was from the country.

Chase Sexton is from outside Chicago but I don't know how rural that area is.

Blake Bagget was from California and a national champion, but his career was handicapped by not having a famous father.
profeshenal125 wrote:
Chase is out in the sticks 90 mi from Chicago. The kid on a kx super mini that beat Deagan last yr. A polish kid his...
Chase is out in the sticks 90 mi from Chicago. The kid on a kx super mini that beat Deagan last yr. A polish kid his parents r from Poland he lives in the city of Chicago. Not a rich neighborhood either. Blue collar area.
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Oak Lawn Illinois is not the City of Chicago, but close to the South Side....n yes Janik FLIES! Very humble kid. Really want to see him...
Oak Lawn Illinois is not the City of Chicago, but close to the South Side....n yes Janik FLIES! Very humble kid. Really want to see him succeed.
Oak park not close to the south side it’s on the south side. Look at the 1980 low viaduct map and the townships around it. Calumet park, blue island, Dolton, Harvey etc extremely violent ares. I worked pipeline & utility work all ovr Chicago and 43 states. City work in a tanker , 10 yrs of s side railyards . You might b thinking of oak park off the Eisenhower that’s still in the city but north side and very nice beautiful area. M_m mars is there .


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Dungey doesn’t count, Belle Plaine (where he grew up) is a huge stretch to call a suburb and there’s several tracks in the immediate surrounding area. Sexton either, that part of Illinois might as well be Bumfuck, Iowa.
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Because riding wheelies thru urban areas in traffic is not conducive to a long life and they haven't put any SX whoops on the interstates yet. Except between San Antonio and Dallas on I-35.Laughing
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profeshenal125 10/17/2022 12:57pm
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davis224 wrote:
La Moille is definitely a small country town about 20ish miles from one of the best tracks in the midwest, and less than 10 miles from...
La Moille is definitely a small country town about 20ish miles from one of the best tracks in the midwest, and less than 10 miles from a fairground track and an indoor track.

1 of the best Midwest tracks ? Sunset ridge or mt carrol. Byron to the north was great in 98. Mendota mega cross correct ? Riders made great money there yrs ago along with Byron and lake Geneva Wi.
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How long a time frame does your question cover, because I doubt the "el cajon zone" was a rural area with spacious private estates?
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profeshenal125 wrote:
Chase is out in the sticks 90 mi from Chicago. The kid on a kx super mini that beat Deagan last yr. A polish kid his...
Chase is out in the sticks 90 mi from Chicago. The kid on a kx super mini that beat Deagan last yr. A polish kid his parents r from Poland he lives in the city of Chicago. Not a rich neighborhood either. Blue collar area.
Banzai551 wrote:
Oak Lawn Illinois is not the City of Chicago, but close to the South Side....n yes Janik FLIES! Very humble kid. Really want to see him...
Oak Lawn Illinois is not the City of Chicago, but close to the South Side....n yes Janik FLIES! Very humble kid. Really want to see him succeed.
profeshenal125 wrote:
Oak park not close to the south side it’s on the south side. Look at the 1980 low viaduct map and the townships around it. Calumet...
Oak park not close to the south side it’s on the south side. Look at the 1980 low viaduct map and the townships around it. Calumet park, blue island, Dolton, Harvey etc extremely violent ares. I worked pipeline & utility work all ovr Chicago and 43 states. City work in a tanker , 10 yrs of s side railyards . You might b thinking of oak park off the Eisenhower that’s still in the city but north side and very nice beautiful area. M_m mars is there .


Paper maps and payphones?

Driving through a third world country?
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profeshenal125 10/17/2022 1:04pm
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steezenation wrote:
Dungey doesn’t count, Belle Plaine (where he grew up) is a huge stretch to call a suburb and there’s several tracks in the immediate surrounding area...
Dungey doesn’t count, Belle Plaine (where he grew up) is a huge stretch to call a suburb and there’s several tracks in the immediate surrounding area. Sexton either, that part of Illinois might as well be Bumfuck, Iowa.
Haha yeah A bit of a drive to Iowa but an easy 1. Top 3 or 5 areas in the country for riding and racing. Chases area that is. I see the most off rd bikes in IL. Or Wi. Of all the states. I rarely see a bike in so Cal.
profeshenal125 10/17/2022 1:24pm
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Banzai551 wrote:
Oak Lawn Illinois is not the City of Chicago, but close to the South Side....n yes Janik FLIES! Very humble kid. Really want to see him...
Oak Lawn Illinois is not the City of Chicago, but close to the South Side....n yes Janik FLIES! Very humble kid. Really want to see him succeed.
profeshenal125 wrote:
Oak park not close to the south side it’s on the south side. Look at the 1980 low viaduct map and the townships around it. Calumet...
Oak park not close to the south side it’s on the south side. Look at the 1980 low viaduct map and the townships around it. Calumet park, blue island, Dolton, Harvey etc extremely violent ares. I worked pipeline & utility work all ovr Chicago and 43 states. City work in a tanker , 10 yrs of s side railyards . You might b thinking of oak park off the Eisenhower that’s still in the city but north side and very nice beautiful area. M_m mars is there .


JustMX wrote:
Paper maps and payphones?

Driving through a third world country?
Yeah pretty much ne to fl. There is no English. That is a super rare map I,m maybe 1 of 3 in the country with 1. I still use the map for the inner city. Even a trucker gps doesn’t work for the inner city. Unless you like to drive 12 blocks up to a 12.4 then 8 blocks to a 13.0 then 7 blocks to a 10.9. They stopped handing them out a few yrs ago to rr drivers because they don’t know how to read a map.
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JOE_SPROCKETS#1 wrote:
Didn’t TP199 grow up in Annapolis that’s pretty
Much Washington DC
bite_the_curb wrote:
pretty sure his family owned a construction business and they lived out in the subburbs or a more rural area
mxb2 wrote:
Bingo. Davidsonville ,. 10 mins. From me
Thought you moved to Ohio many years ago?
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steezenation wrote:
Dungey doesn’t count, Belle Plaine (where he grew up) is a huge stretch to call a suburb and there’s several tracks in the immediate surrounding area...
Dungey doesn’t count, Belle Plaine (where he grew up) is a huge stretch to call a suburb and there’s several tracks in the immediate surrounding area. Sexton either, that part of Illinois might as well be Bumfuck, Iowa.
Yeah I was wrong about Sexton, it thought he was closer to Chicago. AC's hometown is listed as Port Orange FL by Daytona. Baggett was the last California champ before Craig.
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davis224 wrote:
La Moille is definitely a small country town about 20ish miles from one of the best tracks in the midwest, and less than 10 miles from...
La Moille is definitely a small country town about 20ish miles from one of the best tracks in the midwest, and less than 10 miles from a fairground track and an indoor track.

profeshenal125 wrote:
1 of the best Midwest tracks ? Sunset ridge or mt carrol. Byron to the north was great in 98. Mendota mega cross correct ? Riders...
1 of the best Midwest tracks ? Sunset ridge or mt carrol. Byron to the north was great in 98. Mendota mega cross correct ? Riders made great money there yrs ago along with Byron and lake Geneva Wi.
Sunset Ridge. Mini Red Bud
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Chris Blose-Phoenix
Justin Buckelew-Albuquerque
Shaun Kalos-Phoenix
Sorry, not chanpions but great riders
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Kent Howerton, San Antonio
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OleTex wrote:
Kent Howerton, San Antonio
Originally from Kansas and San Antonio was not much of an urban area back in the early 70's.

Plus there were tracks all over the area at that time.

Certainly not like today where the only track in the SA area is Cycle Ranch which may or may not be open at any time depending on how morning yoga goesLaughing for the lifestyle guru that has owned it into the ground for the past 10 years.

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davis224 wrote:
La Moille is definitely a small country town about 20ish miles from one of the best tracks in the midwest, and less than 10 miles from...
La Moille is definitely a small country town about 20ish miles from one of the best tracks in the midwest, and less than 10 miles from a fairground track and an indoor track.

Sunset Ridge baby!!! Between there, Saturday Night Megacross at Mendota, and the indoor track, that's a good set up.
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CHaynes 10/18/2022 5:23am
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JOE_SPROCKETS#1 wrote:
Didn’t TP199 grow up in Annapolis that’s pretty
Much Washington DC
He actually grew up dead in the middle of Annapolis, but the family all lived on the same road and they had the concrete business, which had about 1.5 acres of total property. But all that was there was BMX jumps and a little pit bike type track. There were a few small practice tracks around us though, and he had one of his own in Crownsville that was super sketchy (can be seen on Mini Warriors 2 and Terrafirma 3). Then it was onto what is now known as Pastrana Land, and the rest is history.
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OleTex wrote:
Kent Howerton, San Antonio
Dave v3.0 wrote:
Originally from Kansas and San Antonio was not much of an urban area back in the early 70's. Plus there were tracks all over the area...
Originally from Kansas and San Antonio was not much of an urban area back in the early 70's.

Plus there were tracks all over the area at that time.

Certainly not like today where the only track in the SA area is Cycle Ranch which may or may not be open at any time depending on how morning yoga goesLaughing for the lifestyle guru that has owned it into the ground for the past 10 years.
SA population was about 850k at that time, though I’m not sure what the criteria is.

Having grown up in SA, you are absolutely right about track availability. I had one of the best practice tracks 2 minutes from our house. Saturday was always a blast!
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bite_the_curb wrote:
pretty sure his family owned a construction business and they lived out in the subburbs or a more rural area
mxb2 wrote:
Bingo. Davidsonville ,. 10 mins. From me
lumpy790 wrote:
Thought you moved to Ohio many years ago?
Yep, but lived in md also
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JOE_SPROCKETS#1 wrote:
Didn’t TP199 grow up in Annapolis that’s pretty
Much Washington DC
CHaynes wrote:
He actually grew up dead in the middle of Annapolis, but the family all lived on the same road and they had the concrete business, which...
He actually grew up dead in the middle of Annapolis, but the family all lived on the same road and they had the concrete business, which had about 1.5 acres of total property. But all that was there was BMX jumps and a little pit bike type track. There were a few small practice tracks around us though, and he had one of his own in Crownsville that was super sketchy (can be seen on Mini Warriors 2 and Terrafirma 3). Then it was onto what is now known as Pastrana Land, and the rest is history.
Now in severna park. Tp lives.
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Kids in cities play sports that make real money Woohoo parents who want their kids to ride are more likely to live in rural areas where you can ride…

Romano is from Queens, Cooper from Long Island, JLaw from NJ. It’s possible, just not common. Besides a few months off in the winter, no reason you can’t moto down a ton if you live in south jersey. So many sand tracks, englishtown and field of dreams are great too.
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RichieW13 10/18/2022 3:03pm
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Cole Seely isn't quite a champ, but he is maybe from Newbury Park, CA (sometimes results say Sherman Oaks or Costa Mesa). There haven't been any legal tracks within 45 minutes of that area in decades.
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