Stark Varg Racing Debut

And when he said, “it’s the best bike I’ve ridden now give me one Stark”. He definitely comes off as a little pompous/ entitled. 
 

I used to be a member of the moto academy but the last few months have turned me off and I canceled a couple months ago. 

AXUK round 5 Aberdeen, in the heats Bogle gets 2 wins, Brunell goes 2nd and 3rd, Wade 6th and DNF (possible crash on the first lap, out for the night).

Kullas won both of his heats as well.

In the main it's another win for Kullas, and a repeat double podium for Stark, this time with Bogle in 2nd and Brunell in 3rd. 

Bogle got the fastest lap, he lead the first 12 laps but Kullas got him 5 laps before the checkered flag, 3rd weekend racing the bike, he's getting there.

Super subs Zaragoza, Lozzi and Do end up 4th, 5th and 8th, respectively.

I thought the varg was not supposed to be competitive in pro racing?

I'm confused. Are you Pro Varg now ? 

 Sidenote, I saw a really cool photo of an Owl and was going to share it in my next reply to you. But the person who posted it deleted it. So Then I started to wonder if  You might have an alter ego on Facebook and did not want to expose yourself by sharing the Owl photos' on the wrong profile.

Was this the photo?

Wasn't that one. But thanks for the laughs!!   

I always wondered what E-tards look like.

AX UK round 6

In the heats, Brunell gets 2nd and 3rd while Bogle went 3rd and 1st. Other heat winners were Kullas and subs Zaragoza and Lozzi.

Kullas was again unstoppable tonight, 3rd win in a row in main event. Brunell in 2nd and Bogle in 4th make a Do sandwich, the ex-Stark rider back on the podium in 3rd, splitting the 2 Stark riders. Do had a good race, fastest lap, lead the race before Kullas overtook him on the 6th lap and Brunell passed him 2 laps before the end.

Zaragoza and Lozzi got disappointing 8th and 12th, probably some crash involved.

No Eddie Wade tonight, he must have gotten injured yesterday...

Quick chat with Jack Brunell recapping his career

Little clip from Friday action

Jack Brunell still leads the championship, 1 point in front of Kullas with 2 rounds to go, the way Kullas is riding, I can't see it to be honest. Bogle leaps to 3rd in the standings.

Some pictures from last week Belfast rounds

A certain Northern Irish rider 6 times world champion happened to be in the neighborhood 

Just to spice things up in AX UK, this weekend Le Soub will be riding a 3rd Kawasaki for Dirt Store Kawasaki 100% french team (he will ride along Do and Lozzi).

Cédric Soubeyras is one of Europe greatest Supercross riders, 6 France SX titles, 3 Europe SX titles, 2 AX UK titles (among other national MX titles). One highlight of his career was 2nd place at Paris SX 2021, behind Musquin, ahead of Brayton, Bogle, Reed and Cairoli. Earlier this month he just become King of Dortmund at last (Kullas was 4th).

Allez le Soub ! He will also get his first taste competing against Bogle on the Varg, that he will likely race again in France SX tour later this year.

Hey why not throw another french SX specialist into the mix? The 4th Frenchman is Yannis Irsuti, 2017 and 2022 SX tour champion (SX2).

He will ride a Varg for the first time (at least in a race), and maybe get a taste for it in view of 2024 SX tour?

Unlike Australia or France, Portugal don't want no stinkin'electric bikes.

https://www.motosport.com.pt/motocross/motocross-exclusao-de-participac…

AXUK round 7 Birmingham results are in.

First things first, Soub was on 🔥

Veni, vidi, vinci, he won both his heats and main event 👏

Things started ok for Stark, with Bogle taking 3rd and a win in the heats, Brunell got 2nd... then a DNF. Kullas got similar results to Brunell, unfortunately his own crash resulted in a suspected broken collarbone so he was out for the night.

The other heat winner was Thomas Do, Soub's teammate for the night.

Soubeyras won the main with Do and Woodcock completing the podium.

Great night for the french riders, a lackluster round for Stark with Brunell 4th and Bogle 5th, actually that's the first round without a single Stark rider on the podium.

This championship turned into a race of attrition, Brunell stayed healthy and already has one hand on the trophy, 12 points lead with one race to go, I think all he needs is a top ten result at Wembley to be crowned champion and bring Stark their first pro title at their first try?

Trevor Jones you legend, after round 2 he is still running away with US sprint enduro series Pro E championship 

He was not completely alone, this time there were a couple of other Stark riders in amateur electrics.

Overall he finished 65th over 280 riders.

It's hard not to notice that throwing Do on a 450 KX he's not familiar with was enough to make him his old self. 

If you check the best laps, you notice that he's only half a second behind Soubeyras (way faster than he ever was on "the best motocross bike in the world"), while Bogle and Brunell are quite a bit slower -even without good ole whoops to allow them to lose a bit more time... 

It's hard not to notice you're cherry picking your 2024 AXUK data.

Do on the Stark: 4 podiums in 6 races.

Do on the KX: 2 podiums in 5 races.

Now let's do Jack (who switched the other way, from ICE to the Varg)

Brunell on the Husqvarna: 3 podiums in 6 races.

Brunell on the Stark: 4 podiums in 6 races.

They do not appear to fare that much worse on the Varg, do they?

And here's a look at their on track battles over 11 races, who finished in front of the other?

Do on Stark VS Brunell on Husqvarna: 4 to 2

Do on KX VS Brunell on Stark: 1 to 4

Sure Do was riding really good on the Kawi at Birmingham and that's good to see, but that was just the first time he beat Brunell on his old bike.

He needed a little time to get used to a real bike again after months of getting bad habits.

Maybe I missed it, but I was very surprised you didn't toot your horn when the Stark took its firts aver red plate like two races ago... 

Here goes your bonus...

So much anticipation you're the only one on this board that gives a single fuk.

Man, they got the red plate last month at round 2, we're at round 7.

Now that you mention it that may be why I missed my January bonus 

Did people already comment on Pastrana testing the Stark saying it’s good for freestyle since it flips easy?

You know how interested I am in their results. I solely rely on you... and I have no memory of you jumping up and down about that red plate. I'm a bit disappointed.

"I don't care about Stark and neither does anyone else"

*comments two seconds after any Stark thread is bumped*

Sooner rather than later we will find out if a Varg is able to finish a 2 h GNCC race with a decent time.

https://enduro21.com/en/racing/latest/gncc/gncc-to-allow-electric-motor…

Aargh you beat me to it lol, “201!! Omg!!”

Hurrah!

https://enduro21.com/en/racing/latest/extreme-enduro/taddy-blazusiak-to…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tna09g0G4k

And once again, Beagle's caught not doing his job.

Try saying Stark Varg start device.