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Edited Date/Time 1/13/2024 9:21pm

Just wanted to say I am happy for the guy. Good to see him 5th in points while not on a factory ride, I know only 2 races in. But I’m just thankful we still get to see him race! 
 

Keep it up out there DF14!

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1/13/2024 9:29pm

Ferrandis certainly looks to be enjoying racing again, and that can only be a good thing.

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1/13/2024 9:34pm

I'm not a fan, however I was impressed with his work tonight.    

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1/13/2024 9:37pm

If he is really comfortable then outdoors will be a lot more interesting then last year…that’s for sure!

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1/13/2024 9:38pm

I concur. 
 

 

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1/13/2024 9:42pm

Come from behind win in heat and all the talk is about Hunter. Crashes on the start when Jason goes down and comes from basically last to 6th and nothing. He gets no respect at all. 

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1/13/2024 9:44pm

I didn't realize he went down in turn 1. Great ride. He'll be on the box in no time 

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1/13/2024 10:32pm

He's looking spicy again this year.   Great to see. 

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1/13/2024 11:04pm

Looks happy it's good to see ! 

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1/14/2024 3:57am

His last lap was very close to his fastest lap, hope he makes it through SX healthy

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1/14/2024 4:28am

He actually had the same results last year. He went 4-6-5 first three rounds of SX. Seems likes he’s always had the speed in SX just hasn’t been able to stay injury free

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vdrsnk04
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1/14/2024 6:28am
Spudinki45 wrote:
He actually had the same results last year. He went 4-6-5 first three rounds of SX. Seems likes he’s always had the speed in SX just...

He actually had the same results last year. He went 4-6-5 first three rounds of SX. Seems likes he’s always had the speed in SX just hasn’t been able to stay injury free

Except he was on a factory ride last year. Thats a huge difference. Phoenix Honda has no where near the resources Star Yamaha does. So it makes where he is at that much more impressive and shows why he should be on a factory ride over others.

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1/14/2024 7:08am

                I enjoy his watching his race prowess, and his interviews are pretty damn honest. I do wonder if Dylan and Eli had a bit of a personality clash at Star last year.

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1/14/2024 7:59am
                I enjoy his watching his race prowess, and his interviews are pretty damn honest. I do wonder if...

                I enjoy his watching his race prowess, and his interviews are pretty damn honest. I do wonder if Dylan and Eli had a bit of a personality clash at Star last year.

I think Eli’s camp is so to themselves, that it’s hard to clash with anyone on the team that isn’t directly in their camp. 

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1/14/2024 8:58pm
                I enjoy his watching his race prowess, and his interviews are pretty damn honest. I do wonder if...

                I enjoy his watching his race prowess, and his interviews are pretty damn honest. I do wonder if Dylan and Eli had a bit of a personality clash at Star last year.

I think Eli’s camp is so to themselves, that it’s hard to clash with anyone on the team that isn’t directly in their camp. 

IMO, I wouldn't say they clashed personality wise but I would figure that most of the teams resources were focused on trying to make Eli happy and Dylan was just the second rider and felt unappreciated.

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1/15/2024 1:52am

He was quietly very impressive last night. He was way way back and got back to 6th. He actually finished about 3 seconds back of McElrath in 4th and at the end he was lapping about 10 seconds faster than everyone else. Great job for him and the team 

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1/15/2024 12:11pm Edited Date/Time 1/15/2024 12:12pm
HuskyEd wrote:
IMO, I wouldn't say they clashed personality wise but I would figure that most of the teams resources were focused on trying to make Eli happy...

IMO, I wouldn't say they clashed personality wise but I would figure that most of the teams resources were focused on trying to make Eli happy and Dylan was just the second rider and felt unappreciated.

There are egos in MX just like in every other motorsport. You see it a lot in this sport, with guys like Sexton jumping ship to KTM from HRC Honda when he realized the Lawrence bros would be getting the attention over him...even though he'd just won a SX championship, and kept Eli Tomac on his toes outdoors. The factory Honda was made the scapegoat...but IMO it was something to blame the switch on. Chase wanted to be a team leader somewhere, and get the attention he felt he deserved. I agree with you...that Dylan didn't want to play second fiddle to Tomac, even though he looked great the last few outdoor rounds on the Star Yamaha. 

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1/15/2024 1:04pm

He is the first rider to achieve two top tens in a row in the 450 class in his first season on a Phoenix Honda. This season is so full of firsts it's remarkable.

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1/15/2024 1:28pm
davis224 wrote:

His last lap was very close to his fastest lap, hope he makes it through SX healthy

His last lap was 1 second slower than his fastest lap.....which was 4.5 seconds slower than Sexton's fastest.

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1/15/2024 1:35pm
Spoonguy wrote:
He is the first rider to achieve two top tens in a row in the 450 class in his first season on a Phoenix Honda. This...

He is the first rider to achieve two top tens in a row in the 450 class in his first season on a Phoenix Honda. This season is so full of firsts it's remarkable.

lol you are so butthurt about the Hunter brothers

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davistld01 wrote:
There are egos in MX just like in every other motorsport. You see it a lot in this sport, with guys like Sexton jumping ship to...

There are egos in MX just like in every other motorsport. You see it a lot in this sport, with guys like Sexton jumping ship to KTM from HRC Honda when he realized the Lawrence bros would be getting the attention over him...even though he'd just won a SX championship, and kept Eli Tomac on his toes outdoors. The factory Honda was made the scapegoat...but IMO it was something to blame the switch on. Chase wanted to be a team leader somewhere, and get the attention he felt he deserved. I agree with you...that Dylan didn't want to play second fiddle to Tomac, even though he looked great the last few outdoor rounds on the Star Yamaha. 

It didn't work like that.

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1/15/2024 2:08pm

Seems like he couldn’t get his brain wrapped around the Yamaha!

 

didn’t he beat factory Honda this week? 😂

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Running Pirelli tires too. 

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1/15/2024 2:42pm
davistld01 wrote:
There are egos in MX just like in every other motorsport. You see it a lot in this sport, with guys like Sexton jumping ship to...

There are egos in MX just like in every other motorsport. You see it a lot in this sport, with guys like Sexton jumping ship to KTM from HRC Honda when he realized the Lawrence bros would be getting the attention over him...even though he'd just won a SX championship, and kept Eli Tomac on his toes outdoors. The factory Honda was made the scapegoat...but IMO it was something to blame the switch on. Chase wanted to be a team leader somewhere, and get the attention he felt he deserved. I agree with you...that Dylan didn't want to play second fiddle to Tomac, even though he looked great the last few outdoor rounds on the Star Yamaha. 

Antonioni wrote:

It didn't work like that.

And, you were there at what point?

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1/15/2024 4:34pm
Kawboy14! wrote:

Seems like he couldn’t get his brain wrapped around the Yamaha!

 

didn’t he beat factory Honda this week? 😂

he did ...perhaps he can give the laws a few tips during the week on mud riding..........although from memory not seen the boyz struggle in mud so much prior.........

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1/15/2024 4:48pm Edited Date/Time 1/15/2024 4:48pm

I have always liked his style. But pretty nice to hear a guy say what is on his mind and be honest about it . Be interesting to see how he stacks up outdoors.

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1/15/2024 5:29pm

why is someone "not a fan" of any of these guys. never makes sense to me.

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