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Seems like this SX only stuff might actually be a bad idea for SX/MX riders at the top of their game. I'm not sure, but taking the entire Summer off from racing Outdoors seems like it would be a Disadvantage for the up-coming SX season that starts in January. You can train your ass off as much as you want, but nothing prepares you like Seat and Racing time on a Dirtbike. I think James Stewart is eventually going to regret this SX Only Contract he signed, because he's been Pro now since 2002 and should probably have a lot more AMA titles than he's gotten. I know at one time, he talked about beating all the records, but now you hear nothing about that. Supercross is cool, but nothing really beats the Outdoors in my humble opinion, it's where we all learn to ride and it just seems like racing Motocross bikes should be. James Stewart is one of the fastest riders we've ever seen, but it's a shame he chooses to not race the Nationals and I think he's cheating himself. Maybe all that fame and money is making him lazy and that's more important to him then the Legacy he leaves behind. Just seems like a terrible waste of Talent for what usually is a short lived career at the top of your game.
The SX only guys think that they are prolonging their careers....
Was he at the top of his game at A 1?
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Heard it from LB's & James own mouth in the past.
Something along the lines of...
"I think by a rider not racing both series it will prolong their career"
They have to "think" it because I'm sure they don't have a crystal ball.
You and others care more about the outdoors than most of the pro level riders do. Almost all of those guys on the gate have been racing every weekend since they were very young kids.
They enjoy every minute they have off.
I made a comment about this in another post ...the only rider to pull it off and still dominate was MC I can't think of another rider that going SX only has increased their speed and winning ratio please correct me if I'm wrong. I think it is not only slowing him down but it is killing his confidence and like it was mentioned above training and racing are 2 different things and when you take off that much time and try to race with younger riders that have been riding both series they seem to keep their speed, mojo and confidence for the next year, yes I know James is hurt but riders in the top of the class that ride both are catching up to his speed ....IMO
I hope he gets back to dooing both because I really do think it is causing him to go backwards a little from not being there and racing ....hopefully he realizes this and comes outdoors to play
Regretting a SX-only contract? When his career is over would be the appropriate time to ask that question. Now? Everything posted here is just speculation.
It was less of a job and more just for fun back then.
Not so today.
So a while back I posted that LarryB was working on killing outdoor motocross. He posted back saying I was way off track and he wanted Stewart to stay out of outdoor motocross to extend his career. So put him in the x-games on concrete? Stewart got hurt there before he even got to race! Now he's off to a really bad start to the 2010 SX Series making some serious mistakes and you know he's got to be hurt. It got me to thinking. Did Stewart not racing the Outdoor Series hurt him as far as being able to ride at that pace around other racers? Not that I have ever ridden at that level but wouldn't it be wise to maybe re-think the SX only strategy and maybe race some of the outdoor series for 2010 just to stay in racing form? Maybe go ahead and race the whole outdoor series? What do you think LB? I just wonder, is James thinking for himself at this point in his career or what/who? If asked, I wonder what he really wants to do at this point in his career, besides win the 2010 SX Championship. I wonder if he's thought, man I should of raced the outdoors?
Great racing is what I'm interested in, any form.
If at the very least you gotta admit stewy hangs it out, almost all the time!
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A racers life should be lived hard and fast i think. Use that 10 year window to win anything and everything while you are on top of your game. Prolonging your career won't mean anything if you can't run the pace any more.
I also think , that when you take time off from the outdoors , you start to diminish your speed a little over time. There is a lot of money and championships guys like Stewart are missing out on.
Reed : I think knows his career has only a couple more years left. I think that is why he is racing all year long , stacking up the bank account. A couple more years ( mark my words) Stewart and Reed both will be fighting to even get on the box.
It happens in this sport , just like any other sport. The young guys replace the older guys. It's sad , but it happenes.
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The season needs to be shorter. Not just for the health of the riders but also for economic purposes for the teams. I don't care if they cut races out of both series and combine them but it needs to be shorter.
If not the outdoors series will lose more and more riders and teams every year.
Reed was struggling before he got hurt and if your logic were correct he would have come in firing on all cylinders.
Time off let's these guys heal up.
That's an opinion.
As far as Reed. It came right out of the horses mouth that they were having some issues. His times were off and he really didn't look very good.
This is a young man's sport--Kevin Windham notwithstanding. In my opinion, Stewart made a mistake by listening to Brooks' pitch on the indoor only crap. He's lost an enomous amount of of respect from a lot of fans. Not all of em, but a lot of em.
And in the end, going supercross only at such a young age may have added more tarnish to his legacy than all the supercross wins in the world can restore.
I can be the fastest person at a track laptime wise when nobody is around but throw 20 riders in the mix and not only do I have to be fast but I have to learn how to deal with traffic, lappers etc that are not my friends.....you can only keep that fresh from racing them
Honestly,
From a marketing perspective, the numbers of fans that follow this sport are very small in general and those who care if James runs the outdoors are even smaller. What you need to understand is that those small numbers are not going to affect Red Bull or the San Manuel Indian Tribe and their casinos. And forget about Yamaha because they don't fund these race programs to sell YZ 450s. They fund these programs to name brand in general and selling some bikes in the process just sweetens the deal. The same goes for Rockstar, Makita, Geico and Monster.
Reality is that from a marketing perspective, it really doesn't matter what your or I think.
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