W Davies. Inevitable

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jmo443 3/30/2025 12:21pm
3/30/2025 12:21pm

Anyone else excited for the outdoors? I have no idea how good the kid is outdoors. Deegan is obvious the favorite by far going into Pala. But outdoors are a whole diff animal and if he can adapt to sx this well I’m excited to see him maybe in the title hunt. 

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dog_lover_136 3/30/2025 12:32pm
3/30/2025 12:32pm
Zucchini Nibs wrote:
He def had more races than that where he was running up front, I think he was good at the opener at Pala too, but that...

He def had more races than that where he was running up front, I think he was good at the opener at Pala too, but that was just his best race where he showed the most flash. Took fourth and beat Jett Lawrence straight up.

Edit: I said he took second, my bad, he took fourth

I hope he can get back up to the speed some day.

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KiwiBermRailer 3/30/2025 4:44pm
3/30/2025 4:44pm

Pumped to have another Kiwi to cheer for that is up front!! 

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DrinkMoreWater 3/30/2025 7:58pm
3/30/2025 7:58pm
DrinkMoreWater wrote:

This guy is on a similar level to Jett.

outerlimits wrote:
Agree with this in a lot of ways.  He's the only other guy I have seen in this class that has crazy speed and looks so...

Agree with this in a lot of ways.  He's the only other guy I have seen in this class that has crazy speed and looks so fluid as if everything is easier for him than everybody else.  It was just a matter of time before he got that win.

Exactly.

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125Rider 3/31/2025 4:44am
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Magoofan wrote:
I wondered how long it would take to turn this into a "DDS" thread.  SSDD.Deegs rode up to Cole at the end of the race and...

I wondered how long it would take to turn this into a "DDS" thread.  SSDD.

Deegs rode up to Cole at the end of the race and threw an arm around Cole and a big pat on his back.   Seemed genuinely stoked for Cole.

Then in the post race interview, Deegan came in and showed something to Cole on his cell and they were both laughing.    

 

Cole has a very bright future in the sport.   Always cool to see someone win their first big one....

 

They just can’t help but make everything about Deegan. It’s just vital. They can’t help it.  

Same people are already seeing future greatness and dominance after one main event win. 

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Team403 3/31/2025 5:06am
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Magoofan wrote:
I wondered how long it would take to turn this into a "DDS" thread.  SSDD.Deegs rode up to Cole at the end of the race and...

I wondered how long it would take to turn this into a "DDS" thread.  SSDD.

Deegs rode up to Cole at the end of the race and threw an arm around Cole and a big pat on his back.   Seemed genuinely stoked for Cole.

Then in the post race interview, Deegan came in and showed something to Cole on his cell and they were both laughing.    

 

Cole has a very bright future in the sport.   Always cool to see someone win their first big one....

 

125Rider wrote:
They just can’t help but make everything about Deegan. It’s just vital. They can’t help it.  Same people are already seeing future greatness and dominance after...

They just can’t help but make everything about Deegan. It’s just vital. They can’t help it.  

Same people are already seeing future greatness and dominance after one main event win. 

No offense but this is exactly what Deegs.com was built on.  Professionally VLOGing your kids since 4 may/will have some repercussions.  They are getting everything they signed up for…

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HonDawg17 3/31/2025 6:22am
3/31/2025 6:22am
DrinkMoreWater wrote:

This guy is on a similar level to Jett.

No...this kid is better by a long shot so far.

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lumpy790 3/31/2025 9:26am
3/31/2025 9:26am

Question ….. What is his back story?

Other than the 2024 Futures what has he done to attract the attention of Star Racing?

What was done on the YZ250F that he was racing in the Futures? Was it a Star bike?

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Kelz87 3/31/2025 9:31am
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I would love to see Deegan try playing his little games and then get smoked by Davies on a regular basis lol

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scott_nz 3/31/2025 10:09am
3/31/2025 10:09am
lumpy790 wrote:
Question ….. What is his back story?Other than the 2024 Futures what has he done to attract the attention of Star Racing?What was done on the...

Question ….. What is his back story?

Other than the 2024 Futures what has he done to attract the attention of Star Racing?

What was done on the YZ250F that he was racing in the Futures? Was it a Star bike?

Cole came to the states for Futures 2023, he got 4th at the first round at Anahiem (Beating Deegan) but did it off his own back, with Ben Townley as coach, at the time he was riding for Josh Coppins racing on yamaha here in NZ,   they did it with limited help from Yamaha USA,  out of a pick up truck supplied by BT's CHampionship Mechanic Craig ;Motors" Behl,  and Ben using his Pro Circuit connections for help,  he did then break his collarbone at later round of futures, ,  he had been living and training with Ben Towbely for 3 ish months before, which is where the facebook video above comes from , 

there was no interest from Yamaha then, but Gas GAs with Daniel Blair and Will Hahn picked him up for a run at 2024 futures, which he won multiple rounds and the final,  thus gaining the interest from Star racing, and lead to the current deal, 

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deanwhite51 3/31/2025 2:19pm
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DrinkMoreWater wrote:

This guy is on a similar level to Jett.

HonDawg17 wrote:

No...this kid is better by a long shot so far.

I’d say if you want to compare… hard to not shine light on the fact that Jett was 16.. you seen how impressive both Deegan and Cole have been at the age of 17… but if they got thrown in at 16.. wonder how their first seasons would look. 

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Kevin852 3/31/2025 2:33pm
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DrinkMoreWater wrote:

This guy is on a similar level to Jett.

HonDawg17 wrote:

No...this kid is better by a long shot so far.

Long Shot? This is the first 9 races for Jett.

9,5,9,11,3,5,6,1

First 8 races for Cole

8,4,3,3,7,5,1

I don't think they are all that different. Cole seems to have something but lets slow our roll until he gets a few more races. 

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chasetwo79 3/31/2025 9:25pm
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Kelz87 wrote:

I would love to see Deegan try playing his little games and then get smoked by Davies on a regular basis lol

I don't think we'll see much of it. Outdoors Deegan is going to be well ahead of Cole. This will be a learning year outdoors for him. Next year, I'm sure you put Deegan and Cole on opposite coasts. Who is more of a contender than those two for Star? Then outdoors 2024, Deegs will move up and Cole will have 2 or more years left. 

Point being, I think the next few races are the last we'll see them battle for a few years. 

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Herr Lich 3/31/2025 9:38pm
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Team403 wrote:

Wonder how DNGR  Studios is going to spin getting schooled by a rookie going forward 🤔. 

The Princess will be losing his mind. 

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Pop Shmoke 4/1/2025 11:17am
4/1/2025 11:17am Edited Date/Time 4/1/2025 12:58pm

One of the most badass visuals of the night was cole blitzing the whoops the entire main event right up to the last lap and then the 450 gate drops and on the very next lap on the track all of the top 450 guys are jumping through the whoops. The kid really has something special to be that good at whoops this early. 

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Zycki11 4/1/2025 11:50am
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Davies is pure joy to watch ride. Interested to see how he does outdoors with the boys, if he can crack some regular Top 10's and maybe a top 5 that is going to be mighty impressive. More interested to see his technique and how it carries over and how he grows as a racer as the summer peaks.  

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jsanger211 4/1/2025 12:20pm
4/1/2025 12:20pm
Pop Shmoke wrote:
One of the most badass visuals of the night was cole blitzing the whoops the entire main event right up to the last lap and then...

One of the most badass visuals of the night was cole blitzing the whoops the entire main event right up to the last lap and then the 450 gate drops and on the very next lap on the track all of the top 450 guys are jumping through the whoops. The kid really has something special to be that good at whoops this early. 

I felt the same way and happy to see skimming was the fastest through the whoops. It looked so slow watching them jump the whoops on the 450s. 

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JazzyJJ 4/1/2025 12:47pm
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DrinkMoreWater wrote:

This guy is on a similar level to Jett.

HonDawg17 wrote:

No...this kid is better by a long shot so far.

deanwhite51 wrote:
I’d say if you want to compare… hard to not shine light on the fact that Jett was 16.. you seen how impressive both Deegan and...

I’d say if you want to compare… hard to not shine light on the fact that Jett was 16.. you seen how impressive both Deegan and Cole have been at the age of 17… but if they got thrown in at 16.. wonder how their first seasons would look. 

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A better measuring stick would be in terms of pro racing. At 16 Jett had a couple seasons of racing in Europe under his belt

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crusty_xx 4/2/2025 12:27am
4/2/2025 12:27am
HonDawg17 wrote:

No...this kid is better by a long shot so far.

deanwhite51 wrote:
I’d say if you want to compare… hard to not shine light on the fact that Jett was 16.. you seen how impressive both Deegan and...

I’d say if you want to compare… hard to not shine light on the fact that Jett was 16.. you seen how impressive both Deegan and Cole have been at the age of 17… but if they got thrown in at 16.. wonder how their first seasons would look. 

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JazzyJJ wrote:

A better measuring stick would be in terms of pro racing. At 16 Jett had a couple seasons of racing in Europe under his belt

Jett was an Amateur in Europe

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