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I guess we will see. 👊🏼
Meh, he never got inside the top 15 when he was getting gate drops before and at Loretta's. I'll stick with my opinion.
Dude I hate to break it to you but you really are the one lacking the ability to think and be reasonable. Did you see what place Jett Reynolds got? You want to tell me that kid hasn’t been left behind by his peers because of time off the bike? He still scored points. There’s some truth that maybe Ferry didn’t have the talent to be on a factory team and being at the test track made that glaringly obvious.
Love when guys like you come here on the same forum that everyone is using and use the condescending “mom’s basement” claims to try to convince yourself you’re somehow better and that your opinion is somehow more valid than your peers in the same forum.
Newsflash, it’s not. & everyone here can voice their opinion just like you did. Continue in denial while the facts continue to present themselves.
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Judging by his performances amongst his peers he is neither as fast nor talented as them. In a competitive atmosphere that won't do. There is a lot of blame for his performance on his contractual situation with Triumph, yet he is the one who agreed to those terms. He put himself in that situation. A pro at anything first requirement or task is involving yourself in circumstances where you are most likely to succeed. At this young Mr. Ferry failed.
...being the adult in the room always gets a lot of hate.
It was one race.
"it's not like his speed was 37th fastest."
Right he was 30th fastest lmao. He's 10 seconds off the leaders every lap. Name one racer that came from that far down to be a top ten guy. You can't.
Langston on Whiskey Throttle said he wasn't qualifying when he was first in GPs so I guess maybe there is hope for little red dog
GL also had a dad who sold everything they had to get there and told GL if he wanted to quit that they had no home to go back to!! GL had that pressure on him at 15 years old, I doubt Evan has that kind of pressure on him.
So he decided to do it backwards?
He threw away a factory ride because he couldn't post on IG and they allegedly didn't have parts blah blah. Now he finished basically last two motos in a row. Clearly he is not ready for the show and was getting worked by the Swoll and Savtagy at the practice track. We don't need to "give him a break" or whatever excuses you made for him, because he is lining up in the pro class. Maybe he needs to take a year to get ready, race another year of amateurs, or try arena cross. Then return when he is ready to race at this pace.
We HAVE been seeing and it doesn't look promising
I always dreamed of being a pro racer and racing some nationals, I know being a top guy was unrealistic, but my dream was to qualify and maybe I could work myself up to being a 20-30th place guy..
A close friend of mine with very similar speed made it into a National, I was planning to try for one later in the year.. he got the 39th position, the difference in lap times between him and the top guys was a lot, and he was just an obstacle for everyone to pass, it was at that moment I knew I wasn’t good enough for what I wanted..
I was a fast local guy, but have been passed by guys like RV like I was going in the opposite direction, I can’t understand how they go so fast. Learning to go that speed or anywhere close to that was going to be impossible.
If Ferry is running around in that spot, yet had a factory Triumph deal, that blows me away that he left the team knowing how far off the pace he actually is. If it was me given the factory treatment, there isn’t a chance in hell I’m leaving..
I would more likely say they realised around the time of outdoor testing that ferry was sooo far off, they cut him because it’s a terrible look for Triumph to be barely qualifying..
I agree. I think he was way off the pace of Savatgy and Swoll and they had to have a conversation......and agreed to amicably part ways mutually. If Evan would have just said that on Pulp instead of IG banger BS or other "team issues", he would have saved some face.
I’m thinking we are all missing the real story. Which is out of respect for his dad they kindly told him to quit to save face. Nothing wrong with not being a top guy. Who knows I could be wrong.
Good read…. Similar story for me. I ran the qualifier’s at Hangtown twice. Really lacked the speed in 1980 and was in a qualifying spot in ‘81 when I lost a water pump on the RM125x…. Good local pro, but the fast guys are on a completely different level.
Back on topic, does Ferry score any points over the next couple weeks?
I'm ignorant on this team he is on. Is the bike capable? Everyone knows the 250 class is not the place to be on an underpowered bike.
It’s NOT the bike…
but with all the heat he got for parting ways with Triumph, it would have been interesting to see what some people in here would said if he rolled in at the same spot on a factory bike.
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Gotta love when people propose an opinion, convince themselves of it, and then present it as fact. Sometimes in the span of 2 sentences, that is some skill.
This is where I’m at, also.
Let’s see how he does over the next few weeks…and hopefully he stays off the ground.
Give him a few more races before telling him to hang the boots up. Jesus.
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Put RJ and the full PC squad in and does he even qualify?
Isn't this all a wee bit the fault of Matthes soft balls towards his best friends kid? And after that "interview" he all made the move "understandable" and "clear" for us idiots by implying that Triumph has no parts and was run poorly. Now we "normal idiots" see bikes being delivered at dealerships and the poorly run team is scoring more than decent results for a "rookie team". The only bad thing that I've heard is that the 450cc engine/frame is behind on schedule.
This would make sense. Would be a bad look for a brand new team to have someone not qualify because they weren't fast enough.
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Regis, why did they part ways with Triumph? Give us the backstory if you're going to scold everyone for calling out a spade.
Exactly, Triumph's effort has looked pretty good despite how shitty Matthes insists that it is. Perhaps his insistence is based on the Ferry family perspective. Reading between the lines, because nobody tells the complete story, it appears Triumph didn't give as much effort or support to Ferry because he wasn't putting in the effort or had the pace of Swoll and Savatgy. I think everybody needs to be clear as well that the speed of a person on a motorcycle is in no way a statement of the quality of the individual. Young Mr. Ferry could very well be a great kid with a bright future, who happens to not have national caliber level speed. Nothing wrong with that.
I get you are talking about the interview, but Steve has not said Triumph is doing shitty in any way, actually quite the opposite. The Brand is absolutely crushing it for being a brand new platform.
Riders can progress as pros. Some just a little, and some a lot. Deegan progressed a lot since his SX Futures race where he rode wild and unrefined. Plus he simply didn't have the speed.
Ferry is different for sure. But I'm taking a patient outlook on him. I actually want him to succeed, and hope he can have good luck as well. I'll wait and reserve judgement until the season is done.
I find it way to harsh how some on here have bashed him. As a father myself, I'm sure some of what's been written here would be hurtful to Tim and his wife. People are way too judge mental on a young guy just starting out in the pros in an extremely hard sport.
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