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Haven't heard any news on either one in a while.
Retired? Still rehabbing?
Anyone heard when Malcolm Stewart and Christian Craig are coming back?
Craig has just gotten back to riding, he had complications with his elbow but is finally back. I don’t think he’s racing SMX.
I don’t think Stewart is back on the bike yet (could be but not that I’m aware of). He’s coming back soon.
Oh malcolm Stewart's still alive?
Craig just dropped a vid on his YT channel he's back riding. What a shit summer for him to be hurt. He could have done damage on the 450 with this summers field
Craig and AC would have been competing for the lowest placing factory rider just like they did in SX.
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Craig has pretty pretty impressive the last couple seasons jumping on 450 outdoors. Short memory.
Somebody has to be there. However, 5,6,7 is not too shabby given first two positions were basically a lock. Whichever, he would have been top finishing Husky so there’s that.
Yea, it would suck being that slow, rolling around the track in 4-7 place making 500k a year.
Not to shabby, lol.
Never understood the hate for Craig. Guy deserved the 450 ride. He might not be a top 3 guy but dang when all is racing he is a top 10 guy. Will people hate on Justin Cooper or Hampshire when he moves up.
Meh…
Masterpool/Harlan/Norén are top ten guys!
Not really the same. We are not far removed from Craig looking faster than anyone on a supercross track on a 250 and to bring it up again, he was very good outdoors the last couple of years. Top of the next tier guys.
Im sure Husky did not sign him to be a top ten guy…
How did a thread asking when two great riders are returning turn into one of them not deserving a ride and bashing AC in the process?? Geezus
I agree, I'm sure they didn't, but at the same time it's not like Craig has had a super long time to get into the swing of the Husky or back into the swing of 450 indoors, and I agree with the dude above he wasn't bad at all outside on the Yamaha 450.
I'd guess he'll still be where most people expect when he gets back, but to give him the benefit of the doubt there's no telling how much he'll improve yet, when back to full strength and fully at home and dialled in with the white bike.
I can admit , I expected him to be more of a top 5 guy during supercross... when you watch his vlog's it seems like sometimes he cant get out of his own way.
Having said that, the bike will be unchanged this season so setup shouldn't be an issue. All depends if 4 months is enough time to get back in shape, and find some speed.
Mookie will be back on within a month.
You can't even compare those guys to Craig 😭
I dont get it either. The guy shreds, and coming back from a broken back and the surgery he had to hope to even be able to ride let alone race SX / MX again is unreal. The surgery scar is unreal! Most critizing and hating on him probably have bedsores on their asses and blisters on their fingers from the tv remotes.
I mean look at all the Roczen fans that sympathize because he broke his arm and came back, hahaha
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The bigger question is, when they come back, how long will they be back before going out again?
This won’t age we’ll come SX….
If Masterpool lines up for 450sx he’ll be lucky to top 10 the LCQ.
Masterpool was better than this to lol all while riding with appendicitis
Oh really? When did he race 450sx with Appendicitis?
He was dealing with it at SMX. He was on some nasty antibiotics.
Yeah....I was asking about Supercross.
Smx was basically supercross, same guys he’s racing as he will be come A1 I think he’s still a top 10 guy , why he’s not factory is beyond me
With all due respect, you're delusional...
He only got 1 top 10 at the SMX rounds, in a weaker field than he'll be facing in SX...with no whoops in SMX.
Quick look at the vault shows he's got ZERO top 10s in 250sx, average finish of 15th in the 250sx races that he's been in and you somehow think he's a top 10 guy in SX?
Wanna make a wager? I like easy money.
I like where this going. What would the wager be? Top ten at the end of the supercross rounds or just A1? Totally understand his previous finishes in 250sx weren't anything to write home about but it seems like hes packed on some muscle (maybe will gel to the power of the 450 in SX better?) and rode well in MX. It is a real juicy bet but totally has sucker bet written on it.
I'd say he'd need to finish in the Top 10 in more than 50% of the races to be a "Top 10 guy" right?
That means he needs to beat at least 6 of the guys below every week. MOST of the guys on this list have at least one 250sx championship....Masterpool hasn't even got a top 10 in one single 250sx event.....
Tomac
Webb
Justin Cooper
Sexton
Plessinger
Anderson
Cianciarulo
Roczen
Barcia
Jett
Hunter
Ferrandis
Craig
Stewart
Nichols
Bloss
Masterpool 450 and 250 career are not even compareable , I’d say he makes top 10 50% of the time but honestly anyone from 5-10 can be all over the map sometimes it’s more of a watch and see , he came into his speed when he swapped to 450 and doesn’t even have a full season on a 450 yet
He also came into a severely depleted field when he moved to 450s....he even did interviews pretty much saying they moved to 450s cause they knew it would be easier.
Dude has ZERO top 10s in the 250 class in Supercross and very little SX experience even....it's delusional to think he's gonna be a Top 10 guy his first year on 450s, on a first year privateer team...
He may get some Top 10s, but I'd be very shocked if they came before about round 12 when the meat grinder has really settled in. He'll be doing pretty good just to make it a full year without getting hurt himself or quitting for some reason like he's been known to do.
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