Matt Goerke Heads to Australia

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 8:54am


Matt Goerke, presently in Germany contesting the ADAC German SX Series for Sturm Racing Kawasaki and coming off dominant back-to-back wins over the two night opener in Stuttgart, Germany, Matt heads to Chemnitz, Germany for round two this weekend.

Then, rather than heading home as planned, Matt will now detour and head down under to Melbourne, Australia to test and prepare for the final round of Monster Energy SuperX Australasian Supercross Championship in Brisbane, Australia on December 4th for the Cougar Bourbon Honda Factory Team.

As someone who loves to race and not turn down an opportunity, Matt Goerke is really excited about this chance to see the beautiful country of Australia and meet their Supercross fans.

After racing the final round of the Monster Energy SuperX Australasian Supercross Championship in Brisbane, Australia for the Cougar Bourbon Honda Factory Team, Matt will head home to Florida for a week of training and catching up after almost a month away from home, and then head back to Germany to race the final rounds of the ADAC German SX Series for Sturm Racing Kawasaki in Munich and Dortmund.

For more information on the Monster Energy SuperX Australasian Supercross Championship visit http://www.superx.com.au/



For more information on the ADAC German SX Series visit
http://www.supercross-chemnitz.de/
http://www.supercrossmuenchen.de/
http://www.supercross-dortmund.de/




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fader418 11/24/2010 10:27pm
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Matt should be on Troy Lee's team next year.....
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mccread 11/25/2010 3:29am
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Should be racing GPs
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plowboy 11/25/2010 5:06am
11/25/2010 5:06am
Good for him...making the most out of every opportunity. This kids bandwagon is gonna get crowded.
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flarider 11/25/2010 6:16am
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Some people are going to be kicking themselves for overlooking Matt.
Kid struggled with a poorly set broken leg, rode in pain, and still turns in an 11-DNF at Hangtown and then a 7-14 at Freestone the next week where riders were dropping like flies.
Then turns in a 5-7 the next week at High Point, while still in pain
He then has a couple bad races because of the injury and decides to take some time off and gets his leg re-set...think about that...re-set....he had to start over

Then he trains his ass off and comes back in his first race back and scores a PODIUM, a 6-3 for 3rd Overall at Southwick (let's not forget, he WON the overall there the year before.

A rider with lites class podiums, an overall 450 class win, a 450 class podium and numerous top 5's and 10's in 450 and 250, and he's virtually being forgotten.


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Alex 11/25/2010 6:30am
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I read Sturm manager saying they had an American doing several wild card GPs for the team next year. Was that Matt by any chance?
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flarider 11/25/2010 6:46am
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Might be
2 Trick Rick 11/25/2010 6:47am
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flarider wrote:
Some people are going to be kicking themselves for overlooking Matt. Kid struggled with a poorly set broken leg, rode in pain, and still turns in...
Some people are going to be kicking themselves for overlooking Matt.
Kid struggled with a poorly set broken leg, rode in pain, and still turns in an 11-DNF at Hangtown and then a 7-14 at Freestone the next week where riders were dropping like flies.
Then turns in a 5-7 the next week at High Point, while still in pain
He then has a couple bad races because of the injury and decides to take some time off and gets his leg re-set...think about that...re-set....he had to start over

Then he trains his ass off and comes back in his first race back and scores a PODIUM, a 6-3 for 3rd Overall at Southwick (let's not forget, he WON the overall there the year before.

A rider with lites class podiums, an overall 450 class win, a 450 class podium and numerous top 5's and 10's in 450 and 250, and he's virtually being forgotten.


Has the Motoconcepts team ever paid Matt his back Salary and bonus money for his finishes?
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flarider 11/25/2010 6:48am
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Need to ask them that
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mccread 11/25/2010 6:59am
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flarider wrote:
Some people are going to be kicking themselves for overlooking Matt. Kid struggled with a poorly set broken leg, rode in pain, and still turns in...
Some people are going to be kicking themselves for overlooking Matt.
Kid struggled with a poorly set broken leg, rode in pain, and still turns in an 11-DNF at Hangtown and then a 7-14 at Freestone the next week where riders were dropping like flies.
Then turns in a 5-7 the next week at High Point, while still in pain
He then has a couple bad races because of the injury and decides to take some time off and gets his leg re-set...think about that...re-set....he had to start over

Then he trains his ass off and comes back in his first race back and scores a PODIUM, a 6-3 for 3rd Overall at Southwick (let's not forget, he WON the overall there the year before.

A rider with lites class podiums, an overall 450 class win, a 450 class podium and numerous top 5's and 10's in 450 and 250, and he's virtually being forgotten.


The problem in the US is supercross is more important than Motocross, if he had those results in supercross.

Get him into the GPs ... he is a top outdoor rider and he should be racing the top outdoor series.
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mxcrayz27 11/25/2010 8:35am
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This means nothing but trouble for Hanson.
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flarider 11/26/2010 4:38am
11/26/2010 4:38am
In free practice, Goerke fastest by 2 seconds

Goerke fastest in his group timed qualifying, Matt Boni 3rd in same group

Austin Politelli 2nd fastest in SX2 practice overall, he advances to night program.

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flarider 11/26/2010 5:08am
11/26/2010 5:08am
Timed qualifying completed and Matt Goerke sits atop the leader board in Chemnitz
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jt $ 11/26/2010 5:58am
11/26/2010 5:58am Edited Date/Time 11/26/2010 6:10am
You weren't serious with that 2 seconds comment right? Come on bud.. that's not fair. He was .5 better in the first and .2 better in timed practice.. having said that, he is riding well obviously
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flarider 11/26/2010 6:30am
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I'm not there, only know what was mailed.
I'll take your word for it.

By the way, nice and sunny here at home

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teggers 11/29/2010 2:29pm
11/29/2010 2:29pm
I Hope his foot is OK and can make the trip.
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flarider 11/29/2010 4:14pm
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He did not
He is on a plane now headed for Orlando

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