Forkner return?

Gator724
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Seen he’s close to release, can we expect him at any nationals this year?

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5/9/2023 7:45am

Man do I want old Forkner back. That speed and talent early on was incredible. I’m hoping he can stay healthy for an extended period here soon and do what Hunter has done after dealing with so much injury. 
 

don’t know if he’s back for nationals at all.

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vdrsnk04 wrote:
Man do I want old Forkner back. That speed and talent early on was incredible. I’m hoping he can stay healthy for an extended period here...

Man do I want old Forkner back. That speed and talent early on was incredible. I’m hoping he can stay healthy for an extended period here soon and do what Hunter has done after dealing with so much injury. 
 

don’t know if he’s back for nationals at all.

I suspected around Dilla the night of A1. I know hes pretty far ahead of schedule tho

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vdrsnk04 wrote:
Man do I want old Forkner back. That speed and talent early on was incredible. I’m hoping he can stay healthy for an extended period here...

Man do I want old Forkner back. That speed and talent early on was incredible. I’m hoping he can stay healthy for an extended period here soon and do what Hunter has done after dealing with so much injury. 
 

don’t know if he’s back for nationals at all.

he never lost his speed. He lost the luck that he never had.

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With so many injuries sustained by riders in the supercross meat grinder I will be very happy for many to return, Forkner included.  Racing is always better with him in it.

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5/9/2023 12:09pm Edited Date/Time 5/9/2023 12:10pm
Gator724 wrote:

Seen he’s close to release, can we expect him at any nationals this year?

Yes. How many is tbd. Wants to get enough points to do the SMX rounds

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5/9/2023 12:17pm

We need every rider back and healthy.  The more the better.  

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The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

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So he's not in for nationals? bummer man.

How much longer is his contract anyways

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5/9/2023 3:11pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

What are you talking about? This is a stupid statement. 

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5/9/2023 3:13pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

What are you talking about? This is a stupid statement. 

Maybe he's just comparing them because they're both from the same Midwest area. #district18

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5/9/2023 3:29pm Edited Date/Time 5/9/2023 3:30pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

It’s the usual thing with two young riders who are hyped to be the “next big things”.

One of them turns out to be.

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Maybe he's just comparing them because they're both from the same Midwest area. #district18

I'm pretty sure La Moille is in District 17.

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5/9/2023 5:39pm
Hcallz5 wrote:

So he's not in for nationals? bummer man.

How much longer is his contract anyways

One more year

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I'm a fan, really liked his aggressiveness and skills on the bike. 

Hate that he had such a serious injury early on.

Imo, he has the speed and skills to come back strong!

 

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5/9/2023 6:23pm

Maybe he's just comparing them because they're both from the same Midwest area. #district18

RyanD797 wrote:

I'm pretty sure La Moille is in District 17.

Hunger games??? Lol

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5/9/2023 6:34pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

What are you talking about? This is a stupid statement. 

Maybe he's just comparing them because they're both from the same Midwest area. #district18

Hes #District17 buddy boy

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5/9/2023 6:45pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

he's actually WON quite abit ....in between diggers.........................

like to see him finish a season healthy and build on that .............ala Hunter...........

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5/9/2023 6:49pm

I’d like to see him on a 450. Seems like when these guys are suppose to win a 250 championship and don’t bc of whatever reason they stall out. Look at j mart in the 250s. He should have moved up after his 2nd title. 

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I talked with his dad on Sunday. Austin is ahead of schedule as far as healing and hoping to get back on the bike in a few weeks. He was saying they will be missing some rounds to start the season but will be racing this season. 

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I talked with his dad on Sunday. Austin is ahead of schedule as far as healing and hoping to get back on the bike in a...

I talked with his dad on Sunday. Austin is ahead of schedule as far as healing and hoping to get back on the bike in a few weeks. He was saying they will be missing some rounds to start the season but will be racing this season. 

That’s good to hear 

5/9/2023 8:13pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

What a dumb comment. If Lawrence hadn’t clipped that tuff block and cross jumped him, followed by a freak incident on the start straight (wtf) he could easily have titles.  

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Funny how the minidads incluide themselves

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5/9/2023 8:25pm Edited Date/Time 5/9/2023 8:35pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

What a dumb comment. If Lawrence hadn’t clipped that tuff block and cross jumped him, followed by a freak incident on the start straight (wtf) he...

What a dumb comment. If Lawrence hadn’t clipped that tuff block and cross jumped him, followed by a freak incident on the start straight (wtf) he could easily have titles.  

It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment.

I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no one presumed Chase would have the results he does and Austin none.

Austin with and Chase without (round the other way), absolutely.

Austin was the star and Chase was the pretender back then.

 

edited to add:

I think PC themselves need to take a look at their program, this many years, across so many riders,  such "bad luck" no longer makes sense to me.

AC said on Pulp this week, his fast practice times are a hangover from PC days where that is the focus at the practice track. These days he is spending time at the practice track working for more consistency and long-term capability than pure outright speed. Or something like that....

Mitch is famous for saying "The fastest guy usually wins the series".....BUT that is only true if you can finish the damn thing! Smile

There's another, even more famous saying...."To finish first, first you must finish:.

If that is still how PC work, it might be time to adjust focus slightly...

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Madkiwi wrote:
It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment. I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no...

It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment.

I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no one presumed Chase would have the results he does and Austin none.

Austin with and Chase without (round the other way), absolutely.

Austin was the star and Chase was the pretender back then.

 

edited to add:

I think PC themselves need to take a look at their program, this many years, across so many riders,  such "bad luck" no longer makes sense to me.

AC said on Pulp this week, his fast practice times are a hangover from PC days where that is the focus at the practice track. These days he is spending time at the practice track working for more consistency and long-term capability than pure outright speed. Or something like that....

Mitch is famous for saying "The fastest guy usually wins the series".....BUT that is only true if you can finish the damn thing! Smile

There's another, even more famous saying...."To finish first, first you must finish:.

If that is still how PC work, it might be time to adjust focus slightly...

Austin’s most recent wreck he was being careful and had been riding within himself leading up to that, trying to build back and get stronger. I know we don’t want to hear it, but sometimes things seemingly come out of nowhere.

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5/9/2023 8:36pm Edited Date/Time 5/9/2023 8:37pm
Madkiwi wrote:
It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment. I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no...

It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment.

I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no one presumed Chase would have the results he does and Austin none.

Austin with and Chase without (round the other way), absolutely.

Austin was the star and Chase was the pretender back then.

 

edited to add:

I think PC themselves need to take a look at their program, this many years, across so many riders,  such "bad luck" no longer makes sense to me.

AC said on Pulp this week, his fast practice times are a hangover from PC days where that is the focus at the practice track. These days he is spending time at the practice track working for more consistency and long-term capability than pure outright speed. Or something like that....

Mitch is famous for saying "The fastest guy usually wins the series".....BUT that is only true if you can finish the damn thing! Smile

There's another, even more famous saying...."To finish first, first you must finish:.

If that is still how PC work, it might be time to adjust focus slightly...

Dude do you know the odds of being cross jumped over the finish line, then having a freak crash on the start straight, both of which ended his seasons with bad breaks that required surgery?  Those are extremely rare in the sport.  Hell, Chase was lucky when he yard saled over the bars several times in the last couple years.  The sport is gnarly and luck plays a big part. 

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Madkiwi wrote:
It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment. I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no...

It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment.

I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no one presumed Chase would have the results he does and Austin none.

Austin with and Chase without (round the other way), absolutely.

Austin was the star and Chase was the pretender back then.

 

edited to add:

I think PC themselves need to take a look at their program, this many years, across so many riders,  such "bad luck" no longer makes sense to me.

AC said on Pulp this week, his fast practice times are a hangover from PC days where that is the focus at the practice track. These days he is spending time at the practice track working for more consistency and long-term capability than pure outright speed. Or something like that....

Mitch is famous for saying "The fastest guy usually wins the series".....BUT that is only true if you can finish the damn thing! Smile

There's another, even more famous saying...."To finish first, first you must finish:.

If that is still how PC work, it might be time to adjust focus slightly...

burn1986 wrote:
Austin’s most recent wreck he was being careful and had been riding within himself leading up to that, trying to build back and get stronger. I...

Austin’s most recent wreck he was being careful and had been riding within himself leading up to that, trying to build back and get stronger. I know we don’t want to hear it, but sometimes things seemingly come out of nowhere.

Despite what I wrote (now edited), totally agree with you. Sometimes shit just happens.

It is a tough game!

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5/9/2023 10:42pm
philG wrote:
The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him...

The fact that he is still winless on 250 and Sexton has 2 Championships, and is the hottest property on the market, has to tell him he is going about it wrong. 

 

What a dumb comment. If Lawrence hadn’t clipped that tuff block and cross jumped him, followed by a freak incident on the start straight (wtf) he...

What a dumb comment. If Lawrence hadn’t clipped that tuff block and cross jumped him, followed by a freak incident on the start straight (wtf) he could easily have titles.  

Title's??? More then one?

That's hilarious. 

Since the jett incident. There has been 1 mx series. That he was zero chance of winning.

And this recent sx series that he crashed out on round 1.

So that leaves the series that the incident occurred. And if they both hopped up and continued. Jett easily had him handled  that series. The race they crashed jett crashed on the start an had caught forkner in 7 laps.

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5/9/2023 11:27pm
Madkiwi wrote:
It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment. I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no...

It's no more dumb than your "if only he hadn't...." comment.

I think he makes a totally valid point. At that point in their careers, no one presumed Chase would have the results he does and Austin none.

Austin with and Chase without (round the other way), absolutely.

Austin was the star and Chase was the pretender back then.

 

edited to add:

I think PC themselves need to take a look at their program, this many years, across so many riders,  such "bad luck" no longer makes sense to me.

AC said on Pulp this week, his fast practice times are a hangover from PC days where that is the focus at the practice track. These days he is spending time at the practice track working for more consistency and long-term capability than pure outright speed. Or something like that....

Mitch is famous for saying "The fastest guy usually wins the series".....BUT that is only true if you can finish the damn thing! Smile

There's another, even more famous saying...."To finish first, first you must finish:.

If that is still how PC work, it might be time to adjust focus slightly...

Dude do you know the odds of being cross jumped over the finish line, then having a freak crash on the start straight, both of which...

Dude do you know the odds of being cross jumped over the finish line, then having a freak crash on the start straight, both of which ended his seasons with bad breaks that required surgery?  Those are extremely rare in the sport.  Hell, Chase was lucky when he yard saled over the bars several times in the last couple years.  The sport is gnarly and luck plays a big part. 

Remember Hunters crash at A2 last year? He caught a break because the series went back east but he got away without serious injury. You never know what is going to put a rider out. Chase has been pretty lucky or he is just genetically tough.

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Dude do you know the odds of being cross jumped over the finish line, then having a freak crash on the start straight, both of which...

Dude do you know the odds of being cross jumped over the finish line, then having a freak crash on the start straight, both of which ended his seasons with bad breaks that required surgery?  Those are extremely rare in the sport.  Hell, Chase was lucky when he yard saled over the bars several times in the last couple years.  The sport is gnarly and luck plays a big part. 

It was not a ''freak crash''.

Austin could have backed down and prevented it.

The throttle works both ways.

 

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Gator724 wrote:

Seen he’s close to release, can we expect him at any nationals this year?

Paroled ??

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