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And Jaroslav Falta.
Who was pretty much unbeatable back then.
After further thought it has to be MC just for the way he changed how people ride SX and his influence on the sport as a whole.
To focus more on sx is silly, dirt bikes man. Racing dirt bikes. These guys work their whole life for it, combine them both.
ehhhh I might be dumb & ignorant here but I felt MC wasent nothing special and tht stew along with TP199 revolutionized SX , granted at the young age i got introduced to the sport it was RC , DV , TP 199 , reed & stew so i was prolly growing up watching a outta prime smoked MC , but after seeing the comments i gotta school myself on MC back in the day
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While MC wasn’t necessarily scrubbing he brought/established bmx style in SX where he was soaking up jump faces, wheel tapping, and trying to stay lower then everyone else. The whole sports progression would have been slowed if MC didn’t come along.
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Dungey. Who else won SX, MX, Mxon?
Lawrence second. Perfect season MX, SX champ.
Sorry but MC doesn't have the MX championship. Perfect season MX does beat Mxon win I feel like given how few has pulled a perfect MX season.
Lawrence won one race in Mxon. MC had a fourth as best and didnt even count his second race. Also no MX wins.
MC had one ex 450 champ on the line (Stanton, right?) for SX. Jett had 4.
It's pretty clear looking at facts who is the all time best rookie.
You can't count what they did after, if we are talking about best rookie. Something about vaccum I think 😁
If you’re only talking SX, then honourable mention to Chad Reed.
He adopted MC’s style, but came in as a foreigner without much big SX experience, yet he absolutely cleaned up in his one and only 125/ 250 year.
Then he waltzed into the premier class the next year, won A1, and preceded to give RC (who’d dethroned the King) nightmares by winning more rounds than him. In the end he was only seven points from dethroning the GOAT because of one or two rookie mistakes.
If someone came in and did the same now, it would blow people’s minds.
Yep, Chad’s rookie year is underrated. Had more wins than Jett did too (or did they tie?). And won 6 in a row
Both had 8 wins I think, both also won A1. Reedy was more consistent, only finishing off the podium twice, but despite that didn’t get the title like Jett,
Pretty certain World Champs were in that race Tripes won. Bradshaw won the Montreal SX at 15, later won Osaka at 16 against Johnson. I really don't think winning regional championships can compare to those achievements. I think even Barnett, Lechein and a few others were winning main events well before the age MC and Lawrence were.
MC.
Wow, that's actually interesting. People used to say MC was racing for a few years when the field was not that stacked. Lawrence certainly faced a much more formidable field in 2024 than MC did in 1993. Kiedrowski was never even much of a 250 SX guy. Stanton and Bradshaw were obviously burned out a bit during that season.
This literally one of the more retarded, uneducated thing ever posted on vital.
While I can never compare eras and stuff and I honestly don't have an opinion on whose was better..
Could there be an argument that Jett's may have been harder due to MC changing the sport? Like he's racing a field of riders that grew up on the MC style..
But I guess the question isn't what was the hardest year to win haha
Chad got his 8 in one less race, too. They only did 16 back then. Then dominated 04.
I'm such an old-school fan. But by numbers alone, Jett wins.
By Reed’s own admission, he emulated MC’s style.
If neither went on to win another title, Lawrence. Having the convenience of hindsight, MC hands down.
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I agree it’s impossible to compare eras.
I do think it’s much harder to be an originator. Which I think MC was. I don’t think Jett is in that category. In the end Jett will have a good shot at statistically being one of the best racers ever. People that grew up watching him will view him as the best. And older folks will lean towards riders of there generation. Ultimately it all says more about the person opining then the rider in question.
Ricky won 7 races. Chad won 8. Ezra Lusk won Phoenix.
Chad had one bad round where his seat fell off.
It's the trendy new thing to say to downplay previous era's all time greats. JJ Reddick said LeBron James is better than Jordan because Jordan played against plumbers and carpenters. Anyone that knows basketball knows Jordan is the greatest basketball player ever by a mile.
This is my answer. Also probably doesn't help that I was born in 95😂
Limiting this just to SX as OP poised the question, and just to argue against the above facts (my feelings don't care about facts) 😉
Stanton was a 3x champ on the same bike in '93 AND Kiedrowski had finished 2nd (one better than Stanton) in '92.
2024 Eli coming off injury, Jason didn't have a good 2023, Chase and Cooper were on new bikes. Nobody had their "A" game ready for Jett.
So McGrath competition could be called relatively stronger.
Well said. As an old guy it actually pisses me off 20 year old mxers don't know Who The hurricane was. And if they do they say a 14 th place local pro from today could beat him.
No that’s a 14th place125 rider . Look at the Lap times at LL most yrs the 125,s r the fastest. 83-88 250,s where not fast , ever ride 1 ? But really man what a weird thread . Todays sx tracks r much easier and Jett doesn’t hv any comp . Chase that’s it ELi too but he’s 32 or more. I don’t think Jett would win in the 90,s on a 2st. Huffman is way better technically & he only got 1 win. And he weighed nothing. I just watched Troy,Ohio 125 hottest race ever . Huffman won both motos with a huge lead.
LeBron is not the best. Neither is Jordon anyone who says mj is the best believes the hype on him . He shot non stop ball hog all of his teammates hated him , etc. Lew Al cinder Kareem , Bill Russel has more championships, Wilt Chamberlin most dominant player . That’s the top 3. Mj is a soft cry baby Sydney Moncrief schooled him
On every play for yrs , 5,11 isaha Thomas shut mj down. Mj still hate Isaha Chicago south side kid played him too hard.
Come on man, MJ is the best.
I know you were rockin Air Jordan's back in 89.
Nothing against Jett but it's MC all day for me. Today's tracks are much better designed & the bikes are way better.
There's a video on YouTube of a track in '95/96 that had a complete whoop section around a curve. Those tracks were gnarly & dangerous, and every week was different.
Right. His 1990 SX season in 250cc category was not so bad...
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Hard to put weight into that as Jett influence hasnt been realized yet... I would assume a whole crop of young kids are changing their technique to be like Jetts .
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