Who are the actual championship contenders?

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Mavetism wrote:
And he wasn't even fading early in the season last year, he just was really off speed wise, but kept getting better and better once they...

And he wasn't even fading early in the season last year, he just was really off speed wise, but kept getting better and better once they figured out what to run on that bike. I guess not racing outdoors and not training at 100% throughout the whole year also seemed to help him? The last time he didn't race outdoors before that (2020) he nearly won a championship after and still had fading issues. Speed wise he is faster since then, but the field is also different, can't have any first turn pile up.

Man it would be fucking awesome to see him winning a sx championship on the yellow bike before he retires.

I'm not the biggest Kenny fan. I certainly don't dislike him. What an amazing story that would be. From the injury and everything he had to deal with afterwards, to riding the bike that was supposedly going to hold him back. I'd love to see it

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I'm not a fan of Jett, but my biggest  fear is if he figures out how to start getting  the holeshot  every week  in SX.  

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2/14/2024 11:10am

I'm not a fan of Jett, but my biggest  fear is if he figures out how to start getting  the holeshot  every week  in SX.  

This is literally everyone's fear.

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I'm not a fan of Jett, but my biggest  fear is if he figures out how to start getting  the holeshot  every week  in SX.  

This is literally everyone's fear.

It's the same for all of the top 5ish guys...  Right now a holeshot from any of those is game over.

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2/14/2024 1:12pm

Jett or the ground, because that is the only competitor that has a chance of beating him in the championship.

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Zähl mich nicht aus # Nackenbrennen

Zähl mich nicht aus

# Nackenbrennen

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As a German, the translations don’t make any sense. google translate is not your friend! Just to give you some feedback from a native speaker.

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2/14/2024 1:19pm
Jabe wrote:

As a German, the translations don’t make any sense. google translate is not your friend! Just to give you some feedback from a native speaker.

Just pretend I said something witty or funny. Problem solved 😌 

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Jabe wrote:

As a German, the translations don’t make any sense. google translate is not your friend! Just to give you some feedback from a native speaker.

ILoveMoto wrote:

Just pretend I said something witty or funny. Problem solved 😌 

It’s not a problem! I just like it that German came up here. 

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It’s not a problem! I just like it that German came up here. 

Kroc would have appreciated my effort 🇩🇪 🙂

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2/14/2024 1:38pm

I'm actually surprised how up in the air it still is after 6 rounds. There's been only 1 guy to win twice. As soon as the podium starts looking the same every weekend or every other, we won't know. But the season starts at Daytona.

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2/14/2024 1:58pm

Jett is gonna win and further cement his holiness. Wish someone else would at least take it this year, but unlikely....then the Hunter brothers experience will know no bounds, yet a privateer can't sell t-shirts. 

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Jett is gonna win and further cement his holiness. Wish someone else would at least take it this year, but unlikely....then the Hunter brothers experience will...

Jett is gonna win and further cement his holiness. Wish someone else would at least take it this year, but unlikely....then the Hunter brothers experience will know no bounds, yet a privateer can't sell t-shirts. 

The potential is certainly there but we simply don't have enough data to come to conclusions...yet

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I like how the thread asks ACTUAL contenders and most of us couldn’t just say the 2 or 3 😂. At the end of most posts it’s a top 3 then. “But so and so could” just reaffirming that this series is still way too close to call. 

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2/14/2024 8:43pm

ferrandis and all above him in points are still in it!

 

hunter too far down....

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Historically only McGrath and Tomac won championships at the age of 28 or older. Tomac was 29 when he won his last championship. I think we can agree those are all time great riders. That narrows the contenders who are under 28 years old down to Jett and Chase. Webb and Plessinger are 28 so one of them could sneak in if Jett and Chase get injured. Interestingly enough Jett and Chase are 1-2 and Webb/Plessinger are 3-4 in points right now. If Roczen can leapfrog Anderson in points you will pretty much have the top 7 riders in reverse age order.

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2/15/2024 7:25am

I'm not a fan of Jett, but my biggest  fear is if he figures out how to start getting  the holeshot  every week  in SX.  

This is literally everyone's fear.

Press516 wrote:

It's the same for all of the top 5ish guys...  Right now a holeshot from any of those is game over.

Right. So far pretty much the guy that won the start won the race except the triple crown and SD where Kenny crashed 

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This is literally everyone's fear.

Press516 wrote:

It's the same for all of the top 5ish guys...  Right now a holeshot from any of those is game over.

crusty_xx wrote:

Right. So far pretty much the guy that won the start won the race except the triple crown and SD where Kenny crashed 

Which is pretty lame tbh. I’ll die on the triple crown or 2 moto format hill  

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