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Watched the replay this morning.
Despite what Stewart said about him moving over to let them by,
He set the entirs move up two turns earlier, in order to run Jett wide, then slow to set a pick for Chase.
He was literally crawling on turn exit when he had Jett boxed in.
That's not racing.
But like I said elsewhere, Jett was having none of it, and immediately cut inside to pass Chase again.
I like Anderson,
But he's become irrelevant to the front running 3-4 riders.
The way I saw it, Anderson pushed Jett wide to allow Chase through but Jett still pulled Anderson’s pants down for the world to see.
"he had every right to."
In what book does he have every right to fuck up a championship run? Remember Art? There's a race going on son and you ain't in it.
TM
By the sound of the Aussies, if a Lawrence is in the picture, everyone should just pull over and let them by. Isn't that what started this whole thing, when JA21 didn't just pull over for Jett at San Diego???
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At the moment of the pass, Anderson was sixth in points, and ahead of Jett in the race.
You may have already predecided how the race would turnout at that point, but if every racer on the track did that, there would be no race.
Anderson had a decision to go inside or outside of that turn. Going outside gave him the advantage over Jett who was pressuring him the most. He couldn't protect both the inside and the outside line at the same time.
Whether you like what he did or not, he was in the lead position at the moment, and 'had every right' to choose how to take that corner. And he was in the race at the time, and he is still in the championship points race in sixth position.
No no... You can't defend another rider if the Lawrences are involved.
I like Jett, don't like Hunter. But mostly, find their rabid, insufferable and over the top fans to be a bit too much...
You go with that. But if he were "racing" for his own position in the championship standings, he might want to rethink his strategy. But if he's just screwing with another rider for petty revenge, he's doing great.
TM
The only strategy that will work for the field against Jett at the moment is better starts and more speed. Yet they still must race...or quit.
I on the other hand, I think you should bang and block someone until you finish in front of him or until he passes you and pulls away. It’s a fucking race! Sometimes a 35 minute race comes down to one bang and block session; if you come out on top in that 10 second altercation and the other rider backs off, you win the moto. Other times the guy being banged and blocked is so relentless, he eventually passes the blocker and pulls away.
it’s not like there’s some unsaid rule that if a guy is faster than you, you should open the door for him.
You have it wrong. I want Anderson to race. The point is, he wasn't "racing" he was trying to inflict petty revenge. If he were racing, can we agree it was pretty bad strategy to gift the pass to Chase and get embarrassed by Jett after intentionally slowing him down?
TM
Yet somehow the pitchforks come out when it's Vince Freisie(sp?) doing it....
How do you know Jason “wasn’t racing” and that he was trying to inflict petty revenge? How do you know he wasn’t 100% focused on keeping Jett behind him and had no idea Chase was about to get a two for one?
In the old days, people valued the stop at nothing to keep somebody behind you attitude.
Sometimes vital members complain if a racer lets somebody by too easy and sometimes they complain if they don’t let them by easy enough. I say fight for every position, from in front or behind This is motocross.
So what are we really arguing here? I say it's intentional petty revenge, you say it's him being stupid. Either way it was bad racing. That decision cost him 2 positions. And embarrassed to boot. And, I like JA, I can only imagine what people who don't like him think.
TM
Petty, Stupid or Embarrassed? Really? Those are the only options?
Maybe a hair more speed, and he held his position? Racing is one battle at a time. Win each and every one, and you may like the outcome.
As for the speed, Jett has the whole field covered, except (maybe) Chase.
But I still expect the whole field will race him. Tomorrow (and the next corner) is a new challenge.
I don’t think one pass was made on the outside in that corner the whole day. If Anderson RACED for his position, he would have stayed on the inside, the fastest line in that corner.
But he let his emotions cloud his judgement there.
Had he just focused on being the fastest rider possible around the track, he would have kept the lead longer than what he did.
All the bullshit swinging here, the fact is he chose to push Jett wide to block a pass, and he intentionally slowed him down.
All intention was to be a dick, which is what he proved to be, again.
The facts, and the intention.
Jett and Hunter asked for it, from the wrong person (Hunter lap down takeout attempt and Jett "he deserved to get punched in the face" comment). This will not be the last time it happens ladies. Anderson knew he was going to get passed regardless, and you should be happy Anderson was actually easy on him, this time.
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I'm pretty surprised this warranted a thread with angry people posting. You'd think he ghosted his bike at Jett. Ando slowed him down in a corner and then they both continued to race without further incident.
A lot of Vital members seem to think that if you can't lead every lap to the finish then you don't have a right to holeshot the race. Also, while only one person can win a championship, people seem to think every factory rider that doesn't win should be fired at the end of the season
AMA must have had a talk with both the brothers and Anderson after the last SX round.
Nothing has happened since then, this was nothing dirty and im sure they wanted to end this before it became a full on war with two riders against one.
For even if people like to think that Anderson could be the bad guy here, the brothers have showed that they would stand united against him and had enough of his shit, so this would be a endless retaliation game until all of them would be put on probation or DQ:ed
Such a good take, he has only won the most prestigious dirt bike racing championship in the world but he's not talented.....
All I see is a bunch of fucking cry baby Aussies in here because someone didn't immediately roll over for little Jettson....
Downvote this post if think everyone should just make way for Donut Boy.
interesting, you'd think if they ONLY hired riders to win, they would have more wins.
Keep doing what your doing Jason....I want to be entertained.
I find it ironic that they cry about this as they were racing for position but don’t see a problem with doing it a lap down…they’re so pissy that he has now called Anderson names in at least three separate threads. Maybe a touch too emotionally involved….
Eh, can't blame 'em I suppose. I mean do Australians have anything besides Jett & Hunter to be proud of?
Anderson is talented and fast but he has became irrelevant due to Jett / Hunter / Chase and Justin Cooper
the sun is setting on a lot of factory 450 stars some are taking it better than others
No, you read that wrong. The options were "petty revenge" or "stupid and embarrassed". Mind you I don't think he's stupid. But those are the choices, 2 choices not 3.
complaining about Jason is fanboi garbage. We didn't see Jett grab Anderson's helmet after the race so at least somebody is learning
I suspect that Anderson knows the Lawrences don't even really consider him any sort of rival, he's pretty much irrelevant to them. That was the attitude driving Jett's frustration when JA wouldn't get out of the way in supercross. From Jett's point of view he's just some guy from another era holding him up. For someone with Anderson's ego who can't accept they're on the way out, this is all too much for him.
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