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Hopefully they give Webb the exact same deal. Kenny vs Webb every race would be ideal.
Good for Kenny, gets to travel the world for a few years with his family on his way out. Also, I bet the homecoming at the German round is going to be something special for him.
Interesting that they still haven’t names a venue or even country for the Asian round yet
The only positive I see from this is there are going to be a lot of factory/ good rides opening. Fast forward two year and our gates will have half the riders and Jett will be winning by 1+ minute. Web, Kenny, Anderson, Marv, Bam, tomac maybe, Shane, Joey, colt, chiz, etc poof gone from our series racing 1/2 year making more money.
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Exactly! I just booked a hotel for the German round.
Our loss! I wish the riders were as passionate about the outdoors as the fans are.
Isn't this what the Paris Supercross series does, pay start money to get big names on the ticket?
Then I guess then the "other " series will have to do the same. Last I checked these guys are doing it for the $$ as well as for the love of the sport.
What a waste of his talent....
It's not like he's washed up in SX and outdoors and needs to do this.
Lame move Kenny.
The other series, WSX, is fully professional, not Pro/AM like SX/Outdoors.
That is part of it's attraction.
“Golden Parachute Kenny” gonna need that cash to Bro down in Cali when the phone stops ringing
Totally different scenarios. That’s a one off race that anyone can enter. They pay some riders to show up to help sell tickets. WSX is a series and a buy in and only supposed to field riders from the teams that did the buy in. The promoters are going over the teams and hiring their own riders. Same thing they did last year with Kenny.
If he felt he could take the SMX overall title and it paid more, maybe he would be racing outdoors this summer. A competing series that pays more will pressure other series to compete for racers by paying them more. This doesn't strike me as any different from him getting a GP motocross ride that paid him more than racing in the US-based series. Our series would lose a talented rider who makes a race day more interesting.
Or maybe he wouldn't be racing this summer even if SMX wasn't around. He hasn't won an outdoor title since 2016, has physical issue, and is going to be 30 next year. He certainly shouldn't need the money that would come with it.
Maybe racing 6 rounds indoors, around the world for much more money just sounds a bit more appealing to him, his family and management than doing 12 rounds in buttf..k nowhere of an amateurishly organized outdoor series he’s already won twice?
I know you yanks are pissed he isn’t racing your series, but come on... who wouldn’t do the same?
Great series for guys not willing to put in the work and dedication for a outdoor summer. I'm old school and salute the boys of summer. The 250 series is going to be wild.
This WSX series is going to suck for outdoor moto fans. $$$ seems to be the root cause of guys doing it over MX.
So Ken will do a select few 1 off outdoor MX races? Not going to be his best effort if training only for SX.
Pretty bummed about this as an old school outdoor MX fan...
Count me as one moto fan who won't be watching WSX. Kenny is sand-bagging at this point.
More money for less work doesn't sound lame to me, sounds pretty smart.
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Cool that he is skippng moto, giving a chance for someone else to get 5th.
Of course ill watch wsx, but dont really care who wins, for me its the same category as arena cross. Love of the sport, nope. Love of the $$$$, and thats fine i get it, but stop withe BS of fans and growing the sport, 0001% of riders ride SX....
Yeah, the highest paid guy in the sport for the last umpteen years is hard up for money.
He doesn't need to train for WSX.
I think i had more than enough after 17 rounds of supercross,obviously,he went after the money,good for him.
But i rather watch motocross nationals
I think it would be 99.
Just like last year.
They said from day one fairness and equity were some keys values of the relationship with the teams.
There's still quite good money to be made... but less than last year.
98? Or did he get hurt in outdoors in 98? I see he did the first 3 rounds.
Tough pill to swallow for us fans but I am sure he’s making a boat load of money to ride in a B league series. Financially it makes sense and the WSX gets the biggest name in the sport. Selfishly I hate this move.
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If Bailey wants to pay “start money” to his reigning champ? Well, that’s just a smart move for both parties.
At this point, KR is…by far…the biggest thing…biggest name…in WSX. If he can get a solid 6-7 figures to do the series AND still stays in the running for SMX, too? More power to him.
If someone like Savatgy gets in there and beats KR…? Well, maybe he…Savatgy…gets one if these deals in the future.
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