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5/31/2026 4:57am
jemcee wrote:

That also shows further that anyone suggesting that it was Marchbanks' fault has no idea! Shit happens so fast  

Sully wrote:
I watched the replay, so didn’t read through this whole thread. Were people actually saying it was Marchbanks’ fault? How dumb can someone be? That was...

I watched the replay, so didn’t read through this whole thread. Were people actually saying it was Marchbanks’ fault? How dumb can someone be? That was one of the most clear cut racing incidents we’ve seen. 

Yep! (just checked page 8) There was a dude carrying on about how stupid Garret was and how out of line it was.. 

Weirdly he joined in 2016 has only 80 or so posts but seemed like 20 of those were in this thread haha,

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Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

So Prado goes 2–2 in the opening round and somehow that proves MXGP riders are soft? Give your head a wobble.


 

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5/31/2026 5:20am
Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

So Prado goes 2–2 in the opening round and somehow that proves MXGP riders are soft? Give your head a wobble.


 

Yea he quit on Kawi. That bike is NOT that bad. 

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5/31/2026 5:53am
Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

So Prado goes 2–2 in the opening round and somehow that proves MXGP riders are soft? Give your head a wobble.


 

JayDeerTay wrote:

Yea he quit on Kawi. That bike is NOT that bad. 

Well Chase can thank Prado for quitting because without him quitting chances are Kawi doesnt allow Chase to make changes like running 25mm forks. He'd probably already be on a Triumph now lol

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Didn't read a single post today, but watching the races my short comments are as follows.  Its cool to see all the contenders in the 450 class up front both moto's by the end.  Not one guy who's supposed to be in the title hunt did a bad job today.   Hunter made being out front look easy once he got that gap.  Impressive.

The 250's are about as inconsistent as can be, kitchen looked fastest but starting at the back won't cut it.  Cmon mumford, get a start and show what you're capable of.

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5/31/2026 9:11am
jemcee wrote:

That also shows further that anyone suggesting that it was Marchbanks' fault has no idea! Shit happens so fast  

Sully wrote:
I watched the replay, so didn’t read through this whole thread. Were people actually saying it was Marchbanks’ fault? How dumb can someone be? That was...

I watched the replay, so didn’t read through this whole thread. Were people actually saying it was Marchbanks’ fault? How dumb can someone be? That was one of the most clear cut racing incidents we’ve seen. 

jemcee wrote:
Yep! (just checked page 8) There was a dude carrying on about how stupid Garret was and how out of line it was.. Weirdly he joined in...

Yep! (just checked page 8) There was a dude carrying on about how stupid Garret was and how out of line it was.. 

Weirdly he joined in 2016 has only 80 or so posts but seemed like 20 of those were in this thread haha,

I think that dude had a few drinks yesterday. Grinning

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5/31/2026 9:19am
Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

24? Don't think so . . . .

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5/31/2026 9:24am
Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

24? Don't think so . . . .

He's so mfing bad he'll do two extra motos

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Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

24? Don't think so . . . .

He's so mfing bad he'll do two extra motos

Must be counting his previous 2 motos at MXON…. Wink

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5/31/2026 10:03am
Motodude wrote:
Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions...

Hunta could go 24. Strongest, fastest, fittest. Only Jett can make a challenge if his ankle holds up. Prado is still showing how soft MXgp champions are, except Herlings.

Amazing ride by Webster. 🇦🇺👍💪

So Prado goes 2–2 in the opening round and somehow that proves MXGP riders are soft? Give your head a wobble.


 

And he beat multiple US champs

5/31/2026 10:29am

There's going to he some badass dudes fighting for 5th place in the 450 class this year. 

Jett in the press conference said some wild shit. Flat out said his ankle feels like shit. There was a joking tone, so I guess thats good? He's totally taking weight off that legs on some jumps

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There's going to he some badass dudes fighting for 5th place in the 450 class this year. Jett in the press conference said some wild shit. Flat...

There's going to he some badass dudes fighting for 5th place in the 450 class this year. 

Jett in the press conference said some wild shit. Flat out said his ankle feels like shit. There was a joking tone, so I guess thats good? He's totally taking weight off that legs on some jumps

Yeah Jett’s comments were interesting. I hope he’s ok and can race into shape. He seemed to get better as the day went on. I wonder how he feels today?

Are there any updates on Eli? I know they said nothing was broken but how bad is his neck strain? 

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5/31/2026 11:47am

I know going into Fox that Jett's injury was a bit rough, but the gradual escalation in narrative from pre-race press conference, through the main program, and then to the post race press added an unsettling undertone to things. From the get-go I cocked my head when he mentioned that as long as his heels didn't drop he was fine but... l feel like every conversation on technique (particularly his efficient style) talks about how eccentric ankle loading from heels-dropped is a foundational component since it's essentially natural shock absorption. In post-race press he said that he's basically landing all on the strong leg which also contradicts the fundamentals of his notably symmetric riding style. But damn it really speaks to his balance and control that he can pull that off. I'm curious to see how his technique shifts this season. I noticed that his mid/high back wasn't as flat as normal which makes sense since the most common compensation when you're overloading your leg(s) is to round the back for more leverage. 

Everyone else looked solid though. Nice to see Hampshire and Plessinger battling again, and I was way stoked to see Benny Bloss back in action. It's crazy that he's had that P10-20 area locked down for like 12 years now. 

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5/31/2026 12:05pm Edited Date/Time 5/31/2026 12:33pm
There's going to he some badass dudes fighting for 5th place in the 450 class this year. Jett in the press conference said some wild shit. Flat...

There's going to he some badass dudes fighting for 5th place in the 450 class this year. 

Jett in the press conference said some wild shit. Flat out said his ankle feels like shit. There was a joking tone, so I guess thats good? He's totally taking weight off that legs on some jumps

From what I've read about this injury is that once it's healed (which it should be) it's just a matter of dealing with the pain and lack of motion but that can last for years. I wasn't there in person but I was paying close attention whenever he was on screen and there was multiple times that he was riding/landing with the foot not even on the peg. Tough dude. He really is pushing the time off the bike limits. He tore his ACL and meniscus and went 1-1 just 3 months later. Podiuming a 450 pro national 6 months after a Talus break is actually pretty insane, too. Didn't it even take Herlings a year to get back to 100% after his?

 

As a side note, I fucking hate how bad AI is. I was just trying to confirm what I remember about Herlings and got two opposing answers with the same question on Google. and people rely on this feature! For fucks sake...

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There are going to be a lot of 250 guys thinking its going to be a long season. 

When you have so many factory guys in the support class, and a thin field of 450's it needs changing. 

 

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6/1/2026 9:32pm

Average lap times 

250 moto 1 

2.22.657 = Levi Kitchen 
2.23.292 = Seth Hammaker 
2.23.616 = Cole Davies
2.23.675 = Jo Shimoda 
2.24.201 = Nicholas Romano 
2.24.590 = Daxton Bennick
2.24.919 = Chance Hymas 
2.24.978 = Caden Dudney
2.25.099 = Julien Beaumer 
2.25.121 = Lux Turner 

450 moto 1 

2.21.010 = Hunter Lawrence 
2.21.117 = Jett Lawrence 
2.21.399 = Justin Cooper 
2.21.457 = Haiden Deegan 
2.21.509 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2.22.503 = RJ Hampshire 
2.23.801 = Aaron Plessinger 
2.23.865 = Dylan Ferrandis 
2.23.866 = Chase Sexton 
2.24.723 = Mikkel Haarup 

250 moto 2 

2.22.453 = Seth Hammaker
2.23.000 = Julien Beaumer 
2.23.127 = Chance Hymas 
2.23.240 = Ryder Difrancesco 
2.23.425 = Caden Dudney 
2.23.303 = Jo Shimoda 
2.23.469 = Lux Turner
2.23.618 = Carson Mumford 
2.23.843 = Levi Kitchen 
2.24.033 = Cole Davies 

450 moto 2 

2.20.546 = Hunter Lawrence 
2.20.602 = Jett Lawrence 
2.21.068 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
2.21.176 = Haiden Deegan 
2.21.403 = Chase Sexton 
2.23.156 = Justin Cooper 
2.23.979 = Garrett Marchbanks 
2.24.008 = RJ Hampshire 
2.25.334 = Aaron Plessinger 
2.25.737 = Christian Craig 
 

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6/1/2026 9:54pm

Positions gain/loss delta for the top 10 

250 

+27 = Chance Hymas
+13 = Jo Shimoda 
+11 = Cole Davies 
+9 = Levi Kitchen 
+5 = Lux Turner 
+1 = Seth Hammaker 
-2 = Caden Dudney
-5 = Julien Beaumer 
-8 = Nicholas Romano 
-10 = Ryder Difrancesco 

450 

+25 = Haiden Deegan 
+20 = Jett Lawrence 
+15 = Justin Cooper 
+6 = Aaron Plessinger 
+6 = Dylan Ferrandis 
+5 = RJ Hampshire 
+1 = Hunter Lawrence 
+1 = Jorge Prado Garcia 
+1 = Chase Sexton 
-4 = Christian Craig

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6/2/2026 12:23am

Late in the party, I know, but where is Kenny? Miss only Pala?

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