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I am not looking at it from a "level of support" point of view, I see it from a racing point of view where you would have more than 3 or 4 really fast guys per coast. The best SXs are the east/west shootout. Not sure why some of you think that the SX series is the Jobs corps, combine the east west and things will work out, What makes you think half the riders will go away if they combine the coasts ? they wont but it will much harder to qualify. Maybe they will lose some support here but they may get it back someplace else. No one is guaranteed a job racing or wrenching, times change.
Is it Mitch or Kawi making these decisions? Honestly, this is exactly how you get your guys poached by Star...
This exactly. Why are we hurting the product just so guys that aren’t good enough to make the top 20 can get lapped 2 times. You’re either good enough to score points or you aren’t. Do other sports hurt their overall product just so more guys can play/drive/race? Thought it was supposed to be the absolute best against the best in professional sports. I’m sorry but as a subscribing, ticket paying fan, I don’t care if Crocket Myers doesn’t make a main when I’m watching Deegan , Davies and co duke it out
lol Davies was a rookie last year… 🤔
Has Jo ever finished every moto in a season since he turned pro in 2019? (Serious question)
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Believe he has lined up for every moto in 20, 21,22,23, and 25 but DNF-ed 2-3 motos due to mechanical across those 5 seasons. Due to injury, he’s only missed Unadilla, Budds Creek, and Ironman in 24. Per Racer X.
He’s very good in MX but much more injury prone in SX.
Kayden Minear going to surprise a few people this outdoors
https://www.facebook.com/manji15000/videos/kayden-minear-v-kyle-webster…
Hammaker and kitchen should be close to the Honda boys. Davies wasn't near as good outdoors last year as in sx. But he should be better this year.
Damn!
With Deegan out this class could be crazy. Both Hondas look good as title picks but I don't think anybody is going to run away with this thing
Sorry to say but +50% will possibly be out/injured before half season…
Not wishing, just reality.
Will we see factory Hondas or the KTM at the finale? Not likely. Kawis.. maybe Seth… Huskys… naah…
Championship imo is between Anstie/Kitchen (if the back holds up), and maybe Jo. Davies is a joker in this, might shock us! As is Dudney!
Smart rookies and fill-in’s (Romano) keeps the rubber down!
I think Kawi has the final say because they pay the riders salaries. I’ve heard Kawi wanted older/more established guys on the team instead of young guys. RyderD had contract issues, people say it was a pain for Adams to get his pro deal, Dudney and Gordon were Kawi kids before Star, but I dunno if Temmerman is on those guys level. I d wanna see Mitch being over a gp guy like Lagenfelder, he ages out of MX2 this year along with Farres. If Triumph was smart, they’d bring Farres over, he’s winning motos in MX2 currently.
With Deegan jumping up, and Vialle back in GP’s, I would say Shimoda and Hymas would be the top guys, but both have had some serious injuries of late. The class was extremely inconsistent as a whole last year so I would say it’s pretty wide-open going into first round. I think Dudney is going to be very good outdoors out of the rookies. It’s going to be a very interesting round 1.
Ryder D has been starting to show the speed he had before the injuries .Hes finally on a good bike and with a great team.If he can go the distance and not just 20 or 25min he will be a podium guy
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You are absolutely right about the inconsistency of the entire class. Last year I had the feeling that some of them did it on purpose to be as inconsistent as possible 😂 Anyways, it is a stacked field. With Hymas and Shimoda coming back from their injuries, I think it is time for Kitchen to really step up and go for the title.
Stacked of factory team riders yes.
None of them are truly elite/full package(yet) which will make things very interesting.
You can have the field and I'll take Davis and 10/1
Any news on what Brodie Connolly is doing?
Nope but did you see Jake Cannon coming over with Bud?
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Didn’t see that, how many rounds?
I have to say, outside of Davies, I'm just not that excited by this bunch. Deegan worked all of them the last few years and I don't see any of them being markedly better this year. It would be cool if one of the newer guys stepped up. I'm over Hymas, Shimoda, Kitchen etc.
Davies doesn’t really have an MX record. His two races are 25th and 7th. His four motos are 23, 23, 1, 17. Good luck making a prediction from that.
He didn't even crash out in sx last year, if I remember right. He made a mistake and got landed on. Kellen had a great observation on the podcast with Big Lew. It's really important for Cole to just make all the rounds outdoors this summer. There's a good chance he's going to have to move up after next year. He would be moving up to the 450 class only doing two mx seasons on a 250
If he stays with Star, there’s a good chance he can do 450sx and then rode a 250 for outdoors. They did it with JCoop after he pointed out of 250sx, minus racing the full 450sx schedule.
Blair has been pumping up Dudney so much I'm going to be disappointed if the kid isn't top 5 immediately lol. He did finish 7th the first moto of his career last year at Unadilla. I'm excited for the 250 class in general. The past couple years, you expected Deegz to win. We could have different winners every weekend this year. Even the favorites like Hymas and Jo are wildly inconsistent
Good point. JCoop dropped down to a 250 in '24, right? That was a more common thing to do when I was a kid. 250 sx guys would drop down to do 125 outdoors.
I’d say this is Jo’s title looking at the field and who has consistent outdoor speed
And so he can win a 250 title and move up. Jo and Kitchen are shaping up to be the next Hampshire and Jordan Smith. Spent their whole careers chasing a 250 title. Hampshire admitted he wished he moved up sooner even after winning his 250 sx title. I think its Jo's 7th season on a 250 and Levi's 6th. Jo looked good on a 450 at the MXdN
Hymas and Shimoda are the only ones that were able to match Deegan's pace at times. Well, also Masterpool for a couple of races where he seemed to be having an out of body experience. Perhaps not having to try to match Deegan's pace will keep them off the ground and help with consistency.
lolol so you're not confident at all, got it
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