Hammaker Absolutely Robbed

5/11/2025 7:44am

I didn't see any of the post race interviews so what did RJ have to say about the incident ? 

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5/11/2025 7:45am Edited Date/Time 5/11/2025 7:47am
Here is the question? how did Hammaker get back arpund RJ after RJ got up first and went over the finish line jump before seth. Seems...
Here is the question? how did Hammaker get back arpund RJ after RJ got up first and went over the finish line jump before seth. Seems like the take out move was legit and cpuld have landed the championship but maybe RJ crashed again?

That was my thought last night. I'm guessing he was stalled and had trouble getting it to re-fire(???)

Edit: I didn't know RJ got over the line first. I thought he just didn't get going.

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5/11/2025 7:52am
Gator724 wrote:

Why was Hampshire not fined like Deegan for aggressive riding? Move was way worse then Deegs. 

Deegan was fined for being a jackass in his post race interview. He was given a warning for the rough pass. 

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5/11/2025 8:13am

Imagine if that was Deegan

Idk how many times this week I read " Deegans going to fuck up the three way battle somehow".   Meanwhile the three way championship battle was happening 11.5 seconds behind haiden 😂 

Oh well, fun race to watch. Wanted to see PC get that win but RJ needed to drop Seth to have a chance at the title.  Failed but I get it. 

 

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5/11/2025 8:34am
Harv379 wrote:

What a legend for handling it so well on the podium. Even more of a fan. 


Absolutely he was calm and didn’t bad mouth anyone. 

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5/11/2025 8:40am

RJ was racing for a championship so I don’t blame him for being his ass hole self. JuJu on the other hand Ihope the karma of his actions follow him throughout his career and he never wins a championship! 

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5/11/2025 8:50am
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RJ was racing for a championship so I don’t blame him for being his ass hole self. JuJu on the other hand Ihope the karma of...

RJ was racing for a championship so I don’t blame him for being his ass hole self. JuJu on the other hand Ihope the karma of his actions follow him throughout his career and he never wins a championship! 

If i'm JuJu wtf do i care about someone else's championship? Or why wouldn't I help people paying me.

 You are racing, should he not of even lined up? 

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The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.Somehow still finds himself in...

The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.

Somehow still finds himself in a position to win title with 3-4 laps left as he gets to Hammakers rear wheel but instantly puts them both on the ground ffs ! It’s mind boggling how he keeps doing this.

JuJu stuffing Hammaker was the contributing factor. The second time Hammaker had to pass him slowed them up a lot and allowed RJ to get past JuJu and get on Seth’s rear wheel.

If Seth gets through on the first attempt he gets the gap and probably gets away for the last few laps to ride it in.

Has there been a more undeserving champion than Vialle? Outside of that 1 win it’s been an average season but in the end there is no disputing the points total.

Vialle wasn't the fastest, but I wouldn't call him a undeserving champion either. He's just steadily there every week. If it wasn't for that freak 22nd place in Foxborough then this last race wouldn't even have been that close to begin with.

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5/11/2025 9:24am
Ozy wrote:
RJ started outside the top 10 and was the 2nd fastest rider on the track . . . until he wasn't. Very poor decision with plenty...

RJ started outside the top 10 and was the 2nd fastest rider on the track . . . until he wasn't. Very poor decision with plenty of time left on the clock.

is RJ a butthead or did Seth leave the door wide open?

Yep, RJ had the ride of the night going.  In traffic, he was almost on Deegan’s pace.  He was on the gas and seemingly had the title contenders covered, until he got desperate and lost his mind.  He had 3 laps to get Seth.  Nobody knows for sure if he would have.  But we all know what happened with the choice he made.  Sadly, it’s a trend with him, not an anomaly.  

I’ve always been a fan, have the Rick2 MXoN shirt…. But damn, sure hope the 450 changes him.

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5/11/2025 10:13am
Tyler D wrote:

Fastest rider on paper after getting rundown by hammaker. What a tool. Someone said Juju was a spoiled rich kid. Definitely sounds like one. 

Don't know how anyone could get that impression - 😄

"Juju! Did you take my coat again?!"

"Uh, no Mom, I haven't seen it." 🤥

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5/11/2025 10:38am
Tyler D wrote:

Fastest rider on paper after getting rundown by hammaker. What a tool. Someone said Juju was a spoiled rich kid. Definitely sounds like one. 

Don't know how anyone could get that impression - 😄"Juju! Did you take my coat again?!""Uh, no Mom, I haven't seen it." 🤥

Don't know how anyone could get that impression - 😄

"Juju! Did you take my coat again?!"

"Uh, no Mom, I haven't seen it." 🤥

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Lol. Guess he got the coat from his jet ski buddy, but that LV bag is pretty bad. 

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5/11/2025 10:44am
Tyler D wrote:

Fastest rider on paper after getting rundown by hammaker. What a tool. Someone said Juju was a spoiled rich kid. Definitely sounds like one. 

Don't know how anyone could get that impression - 😄"Juju! Did you take my coat again?!""Uh, no Mom, I haven't seen it." 🤥

Don't know how anyone could get that impression - 😄

"Juju! Did you take my coat again?!"

"Uh, no Mom, I haven't seen it." 🤥

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Tyler D wrote:

Lol. Guess he got the coat from his jet ski buddy, but that LV bag is pretty bad. 

Looks like he just walked off the set of Super Fly (1972). 👍

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5/11/2025 10:44am

RJ thing is whatever, he was competing for a title but the shit Julien pulled was bush league. The fact that a guy who already lost his own championship could have that big of an impact on a totally separate championship is just bullshit. If that's the type of thing that's going to happen I'd say we need to go back to both championships being settled before the final round East vs. West race. 

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5/11/2025 11:18am Edited Date/Time 5/11/2025 11:20am

I feel really bad for Seth.  Seems like a good dude trying to do it right.  As for the takeout.  I can guarantee RJ, who I generally liked…less today, was not thinking anything about KTM group/team.  He saw a minuscule window he thought he could make it through to win a championship.  He went in there supper aggressive “thinking” he could thread that needle and put Seth down and stay up and make that turn….so he tried.  Stupid for sure…but that is where his brain was at in the heat of the moment at race speed.  Think LCQ battle for 4th place final turn.  That is exactly what it looked like.  RJ knew Seth has shown slightly more speed as of late and he caught up not knowing if his last few laps of more speed would hold for a more logical pass…and a championship was on the line.  Juju, who I started to like during outdoors last year, was playing team in a way I have never really liked.  In contrast, in Denver Justin Cooper was playing team in a way that I think is good.  In the end…Seth robbed, Tom lucky, and RJ stupid.

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5/11/2025 11:43am

I don't have a problem with RJ trying to put Hammaker in the dirt... he needed a rider or two between him and Hammaker to win the title, so it just makes sense. What really pissed me off was how poorly executed of a takeout attempt it was. He had the pace and 3-4 more laps to pick a good spot to make it happen, but the dude just divebombs him in a tight corner and ruins both their chances. 

I feel so bad for Seth. He seems like such a solid dude, and the way he ate his emotions and kept it classy post-race is beyond admirable.

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5/11/2025 11:44am
The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.Somehow still finds himself in...

The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.

Somehow still finds himself in a position to win title with 3-4 laps left as he gets to Hammakers rear wheel but instantly puts them both on the ground ffs ! It’s mind boggling how he keeps doing this.

JuJu stuffing Hammaker was the contributing factor. The second time Hammaker had to pass him slowed them up a lot and allowed RJ to get past JuJu and get on Seth’s rear wheel.

If Seth gets through on the first attempt he gets the gap and probably gets away for the last few laps to ride it in.

Has there been a more undeserving champion than Vialle? Outside of that 1 win it’s been an average season but in the end there is no disputing the points total.

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Vialle wasn't the fastest, but I wouldn't call him a undeserving champion either. He's just steadily there every week. If it wasn't for that freak 22nd...

Vialle wasn't the fastest, but I wouldn't call him a undeserving champion either. He's just steadily there every week. If it wasn't for that freak 22nd place in Foxborough then this last race wouldn't even have been that close to begin with.

Almost like Webb, not always fastest, but fast enough to be there when it matered.

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5/11/2025 12:06pm

RJ is nothing but a 250 lifer that ain't going to amount to jack squat. 

Based on your posting history, no doubt nothing worth reading is coming from you.  Feel honored that you're the first person that I'm using the block feature on. 

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5/11/2025 12:47pm

RJ is so fuckin stupid.  Same stupid shit over and over again. 

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5/11/2025 1:04pm
milamcreek wrote:

No team tactics with RJ, he was going for a championship as well. Just stupid move. Typical RJ 

Great job Seth, another heartbreaking moment for Mitch 

Agree about RJ, but would have loved to see them go at it. I honestly think RJ had the speed to get him cleanly. Just a...

Agree about RJ, but would have loved to see them go at it. I honestly think RJ had the speed to get him cleanly. Just a mind bafflingly bad move from RJ. 

There's an old saying "When baffling decisions are made on the track of supercross, an RJ is somewhere nearby" or something like that.

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5/11/2025 1:48pm
milamcreek wrote:

No team tactics with RJ, he was going for a championship as well. Just stupid move. Typical RJ 

Great job Seth, another heartbreaking moment for Mitch 

Agree about RJ, but would have loved to see them go at it. I honestly think RJ had the speed to get him cleanly. Just a...

Agree about RJ, but would have loved to see them go at it. I honestly think RJ had the speed to get him cleanly. Just a mind bafflingly bad move from RJ. 

The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.Somehow still finds himself in...

The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.

Somehow still finds himself in a position to win title with 3-4 laps left as he gets to Hammakers rear wheel but instantly puts them both on the ground ffs ! It’s mind boggling how he keeps doing this.

JuJu stuffing Hammaker was the contributing factor. The second time Hammaker had to pass him slowed them up a lot and allowed RJ to get past JuJu and get on Seth’s rear wheel.

If Seth gets through on the first attempt he gets the gap and probably gets away for the last few laps to ride it in.

Has there been a more undeserving champion than Vialle? Outside of that 1 win it’s been an average season but in the end there is no disputing the points total.

So who would have been more deserving than Vialle?

RJ with the same amount of wins (1) and same amount of podiums?
Seth with one more win but only 3 podiums over 10 rounds? The top 2 guys are out injured and he was still off the box 70% of the time.

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5/11/2025 2:03pm
The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.Somehow still finds himself in...

The story of RJ: Good spot in heat in 2nd, throws it away and heads to LCQ- forfeiting a decent gate pick.

Somehow still finds himself in a position to win title with 3-4 laps left as he gets to Hammakers rear wheel but instantly puts them both on the ground ffs ! It’s mind boggling how he keeps doing this.

JuJu stuffing Hammaker was the contributing factor. The second time Hammaker had to pass him slowed them up a lot and allowed RJ to get past JuJu and get on Seth’s rear wheel.

If Seth gets through on the first attempt he gets the gap and probably gets away for the last few laps to ride it in.

Has there been a more undeserving champion than Vialle? Outside of that 1 win it’s been an average season but in the end there is no disputing the points total.

NVA57 wrote:
Vialle wasn't the fastest, but I wouldn't call him a undeserving champion either. He's just steadily there every week. If it wasn't for that freak 22nd...

Vialle wasn't the fastest, but I wouldn't call him a undeserving champion either. He's just steadily there every week. If it wasn't for that freak 22nd place in Foxborough then this last race wouldn't even have been that close to begin with.

Exactly. It actually all came full circle. Vialle would have won the championship with 1 race to go probably if not for the freak incident at foxboro. So in the end it really ended up working out the way it would have anyways. 

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5/11/2025 2:04pm
Here is the question? how did Hammaker get back arpund RJ after RJ got up first and went over the finish line jump before seth. Seems...
Here is the question? how did Hammaker get back arpund RJ after RJ got up first and went over the finish line jump before seth. Seems like the take out move was legit and cpuld have landed the championship but maybe RJ crashed again?

I haven’t seen the video but i assumed seth jumped the finish past RJ since he picked his bike up so far back on the berm, and RJ had to roll since he ran his bike to the base of the face before hopping on.

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5/11/2025 8:25pm
yeah that’s a thought. I almost thought RJ went down or spun out some where. but ohew that was better than a monster truck show in my opinion. I watched it on USA channel
5/11/2025 8:26pm
yeah that’s a thought. I almost thought RJ went down or spun out some where. but ohew that was better than a monster truck show in my opinion. I watched it on USA channel
5/11/2025 8:44pm

I just re-watched the race and i do not get the hate for 2 Ju's at all.

It looked like some great racing but RJ got too aggressive and comes out looking like a bonehead...ONLY...ONLY...because he fell down too.

 If Hampshire would have made the pass with only Hammaker going down then we would be celebrating RJ for giving his all to try to get the championship.

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5/11/2025 9:45pm

Seth should have just let RJ past....end of story. Hindsight is a bitch though...

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5/11/2025 9:49pm
I just re-watched the race and i do not get the hate for 2 Ju's at all.It looked like some great racing but RJ got too...

I just re-watched the race and i do not get the hate for 2 Ju's at all.

It looked like some great racing but RJ got too aggressive and comes out looking like a bonehead...ONLY...ONLY...because he fell down too.

 If Hampshire would have made the pass with only Hammaker going down then we would be celebrating RJ for giving his all to try to get the championship.

If RJ got past Seth they would be tied on points with the tie breaker in Seths favour. RJ knew he had to put Seth down...all round bummer deal.

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5/12/2025 5:47am

The bummer for me about Juju was that he had the opportunity to race Haiden hard multiple times in his own championship and just didn’t do it. Once he’s in the middle of someone else’s title he finally decides to get aggressive?

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