Towers MX2 debut

After two races in Europe, Gavin Towers will race in the MX2 class this weekend at the Grand Prix of Maggiora in Italy. 

https://mx1onboard.com/new-kids-on-the-block-emx250-top-riders-set-to-r…

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6/13/2024 6:46am

Indonesia is a great round to debut at if your team is going. Worst you can finish is 20th!

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6/13/2024 6:48am Edited Date/Time 6/13/2024 6:48am

Indonesia is a great round to debut at if your team is going. Worst you can finish is 20th!

Definately, as Maggiora will not be easy to score points for the new kids...

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6/13/2024 9:37am

does towers beat chambers???? hmmm

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NicNak wrote:

does towers beat chambers???? hmmm

No

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It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he can do. 

Covington did it and should have stayed here on Husqvarna, but decided to go back and it finished him, he would have been a solid 450 GP guy, and Zacho came here and raced MX2, won races, because there was no ride for him in the US, and now he has 2 AMA titles. 

Will he win, no chance, will he learn, and be a better rider , deffo. 

 

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philG wrote:
It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he...

It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he can do. 

Covington did it and should have stayed here on Husqvarna, but decided to go back and it finished him, he would have been a solid 450 GP guy, and Zacho came here and raced MX2, won races, because there was no ride for him in the US, and now he has 2 AMA titles. 

Will he win, no chance, will he learn, and be a better rider , deffo. 

 

Zach has four AMA titles.

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Why move him up , why not let him get some experience in emx ? 

6/16/2024 3:17pm
64smoker wrote:

Why move him up , why not let him get some experience in emx ? 

I believe there was no EMX round this weekend. 

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6/16/2024 4:41pm
philG wrote:
It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he...

It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he can do. 

Covington did it and should have stayed here on Husqvarna, but decided to go back and it finished him, he would have been a solid 450 GP guy, and Zacho came here and raced MX2, won races, because there was no ride for him in the US, and now he has 2 AMA titles. 

Will he win, no chance, will he learn, and be a better rider , deffo. 

 

What are you basing SX isn't Towers strong point on?

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64smoker wrote:

Why move him up , why not let him get some experience in emx ? 

I believe there was no EMX round this weekend. 

Oh i see 👍 makes sense thanks 

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6/16/2024 11:54pm

I thought that was decent. He was better than Chambers and Chambers has a lot more experience.

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6/17/2024 12:17am Edited Date/Time 6/17/2024 12:19am
Motofinne wrote:

I thought that was decent. He was better than Chambers and Chambers has a lot more experience.

hmm when I look at the results chambers finished in front of towers no?

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Motofinne wrote:

I thought that was decent. He was better than Chambers and Chambers has a lot more experience.

matze wrote:

hmm when I look at the results chambers finished in front of towers no?

Yeah i should have specified.

I thought he rode better, or at least just as good as Chambers. Either way, i thought he did well again! Of course not anything mind blowing but good enough!

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philG wrote:
It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he...

It sounds as if SX isnt Towers strong point, like Masterpool and Covington, so rather than give up, he comes to Europe to see what he can do. 

Covington did it and should have stayed here on Husqvarna, but decided to go back and it finished him, he would have been a solid 450 GP guy, and Zacho came here and raced MX2, won races, because there was no ride for him in the US, and now he has 2 AMA titles. 

Will he win, no chance, will he learn, and be a better rider , deffo. 

 

What are you basing SX isn't Towers strong point on?

The fact he doesnt have a ride , after being a top amateur, as soon as he had to do SX. 

The point was more on the guys who came here and did OK,  IMO Towers has more potential than Chambers. 

Anyway, he got a point, Lata who is also an EMX250 guy got on the podium. 

Maggiora is a goat track at the best of times, its seat time against guys he never raced , which will help him in EMX. 

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6/17/2024 5:04am

The results don't really show it but he's riding pretty good. The conditions in the 3 rounds he did were far from ideal. Super rutted and rainy Teutschenthal, wet sand in Latvia and again rainy and rutted in Italy this weekend.
He came from down on the ground to 22nd moto 1. And that's with a full field with a bunch of EMX riders added.
2nd moto he made up like 15 sec on Valk in the last 10 minutes of the race and damn near passed him.

Aside from Lata who had a standout performance his riding was pretty much on par with the best EMX riders

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6/17/2024 6:26am

He scored a point...  I didn't think he would.  The kid has room to grow and I hope he can handle the huge culture change and just go with the flow and make his way up the results sheets week in and week out.  I like having a couple guys from the US to root for in the GP series.

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He needs a dry round 

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