Why didn’t Star Yamaha just pull one of their riders running ahead of Deegan?

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Edited Date/Time 9/13/2025 6:25pm

If I’m Star Yamaha and I have 5 bikes ahead of Deegan and the math says we need one more point in order to have a significantly better chance at the SMX title next weekend, I’m telling Anstie or Bennick to pull in and ‘Let Deegs Bye’. They aren’t in title contention at all, not even in the Top 10. 100% I’m doing that. 

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9/13/2025 6:22pm

If I’m the rider your sign better say we will pay the difference for finishing worse in SMX lol

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9/13/2025 6:23pm Edited Date/Time 9/13/2025 6:23pm
vdrsnk04 wrote:

If I’m the rider your sign better say we will pay the difference for finishing worse in SMX lol

Guarantee Bobby would stroke that check! 

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9/13/2025 6:29pm Edited Date/Time 9/13/2025 6:29pm

Because with the screwball gimmick points structure they probably did not know what math to do.

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9/13/2025 6:33pm
twotwosix wrote:
If I’m Star Yamaha and I have 5 bikes ahead of Deegan and the math says we need one more point in order to have a...

If I’m Star Yamaha and I have 5 bikes ahead of Deegan and the math says we need one more point in order to have a significantly better chance at the SMX title next weekend, I’m telling Anstie or Bennick to pull in and ‘Let Deegs Bye’. They aren’t in title contention at all, not even in the Top 10. 100% I’m doing that. 

Time will tell to see if pulling one of their riders would have made a difference in the final points.  Although not a popular move, it could have been done.

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9/13/2025 6:43pm

Just because the pay cheque come from the same place doesn't make it a team sport 😂

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twotwosix wrote:
If I’m Star Yamaha and I have 5 bikes ahead of Deegan and the math says we need one more point in order to have a...

If I’m Star Yamaha and I have 5 bikes ahead of Deegan and the math says we need one more point in order to have a significantly better chance at the SMX title next weekend, I’m telling Anstie or Bennick to pull in and ‘Let Deegs Bye’. They aren’t in title contention at all, not even in the Top 10. 100% I’m doing that. 

Time will tell to see if pulling one of their riders would have made a difference in the final points.  Although not a popular move, it...

Time will tell to see if pulling one of their riders would have made a difference in the final points.  Although not a popular move, it could have been done.

100% not a popular or a cool move. I love that they didn’t do it. 

BUT, if I owned that team and I was paying for 25% of the riders in that main event, I’m radioing the team managers tower with some instructions lol. 

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9/13/2025 6:49pm

Don't worry, they'll do it next week.

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9/13/2025 6:58pm

Don't worry, they'll do it next week.

It wont work next week. if shimoda finishes 2nd.

It would have bought them the points to win with a 1-2 

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Easier to just have Deegan punt jo next week and count on AMA to let him get away with it. 

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9/13/2025 7:18pm

Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts. There will be some back door money deals offered this week. 

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9/13/2025 7:22pm Edited Date/Time 9/13/2025 7:23pm
chasetwo79 wrote:
Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts...

Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts. There will be some back door money deals offered this week. 

Bobby may have 5 bikes, but Jo’s got 16 others that probably would like to see him take it over Deegan. 

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9/13/2025 7:24pm
chasetwo79 wrote:
Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts...

Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts. There will be some back door money deals offered this week. 

Sully wrote:

Bobby may have 5 bikes, but Jo’s got 16 others that probably would like to see him take it over Deegan. 

Plus how many of Deegans teammates actually like him and would want to help

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Monster Energy Star McLaren?

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9/13/2025 7:34pm
chasetwo79 wrote:
Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts...

Joe is going to have a huge target on his back and Bobby has 5 bikes out there to handle business next week when it counts. There will be some back door money deals offered this week. 

Sully wrote:

Bobby may have 5 bikes, but Jo’s got 16 others that probably would like to see him take it over Deegan. 

I'm not advocating for it. I'm just saying this is how Star is. It's going to be everyone going at Joe. How many times have we seen it? 

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9/13/2025 7:51pm Edited Date/Time 9/13/2025 7:53pm

If Im Team Manager, i'm giving two directives, All team riders clean out kitchen next round.. and then if you are in front  "let deegs bye" (If hes behind you). But only for him to secure the title. not for him to win the race.

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DownSouth wrote:

Because with the screwball gimmick points structure they probably did not know what math to do.

This is probably it.  Not a lot of rocket surgeons in the paddock, and by that I mean* most of them would struggle to count change correctly if they were a cashier at McDs.

 

*bonus RCism.

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9/14/2025 7:42am

Are you Fucken serious!

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