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Hopefully it's a better trophy than he got in Latvia last weekend. I've seen Little League Baseball participation trophies bigger than the one he got there.
So he moved from what 32nd to 13th? The top guys would of moved up higher.
Are you saying that a 4 time world champion, and the guy who finished second the week prior isn't a "top guy"?
Not going to happen.
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No one is beating team Lawrence straight up. They will have to faulter themselves. Its great the Coenens are racing, should be great viewing.
Its really time we have a true MX world pro tour.
However it goes, Lucas might be Jett’s biggest competitor at motocross starting next year. The guy is next level just like Jett.
I’ve watched Lucas in MXGP and he’s FAST. Dude is extremely good in sand and he’s not scared to push.
That being said, I see them more like Ricky and Jett like James. Lucas is on the edge a lot of the time, and Jett has at least 1 or 2 spots on the track where he does something so creative and dialed that nobody else even saw and considered. The wall at pala, the rollers before the tunnel jump at Hangtown etc
I think Lucas is great but I don’t think he beats Hunter or Jett.
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Certainly stoked for this weekend! We'll see something that almost nobody expected. The 2 points leaders from the GP series coming to America to race an AMA national. Like it was said earlier, don't think it has ever happened before.
But here's another thing about it... They are going to Thunder Valley which has the deepest ruts on the AMA circuit. It's been dry there, so maybe it won't be the epic ruts you can sometimes get. But if they saturate all week and get the deep rip, these are 2ft deep ruts in places. The kind where you lift your foot off the peg to keep it from dragging. From the outside, you can't see the head pipe blocked by the rut...
There are times when Thunder Valley gives you an odd result because it's such a different track. Then add the altitude and even high heat at times, and you have the setup for an exciting and memorable event.
It's the outdoor race I go to more than any other...
Or like the jump he tried at Hangtown 24 that he crashed his brains out on. Jett doesn’t make it through many full seasons. Make no mistake, Jett is on edge all the time and his injuries and lack of finishing many seasons shows that.
That being said I can’t wait for the races this weekend, and I say Hunter and Jett both will be beating Lucas.
What other hard crash has he had in the last 3 years other than the one at Hangtown?
TBH that's very similar to Js7 with Jett. I feel like their brains work different and they have zero fear which makes them try lines or sections that nobody else does, almost like they get bored otherwise. I have the perfect words in my language for that, but it's hard to explain in english, you guys probably know what I mean.
Jett trying to double down at Hangtown was specially ridiculous because even without that he was already way faster than everyone else. It's almost like he gets bored sometimes and has to try new stuff. Hunter once described Jett as: "when he takes his helmet off he's dumb as a rock, but once he puts his helmet on god plays with his strings".
There have been multiple sections in the past that Jett hit basically from lap 1 on and a sometimes there is nobody who can do the same thing, sometimes there is only 1 or 2 riders that try the same line later that day
In one of the SMX play off races in 2023 Jett hit a ridicilous quad from lap one that nobody else did other than Kenny who started doing it in the 2nd moto because else he couldn't keep up with Jett, Ken said that thing almost seemed impossible and way to risky.
Last year at Ironman MXON there were two with Jett hitting a line with bouncing off two jumps that didn't make any sense at all and the other one where he jumped/bunnyhopped into a corner, only Hunter and Lucas (If I remember correctly) did the same but also only later on.
Did you guys see how Jett hit that roller section at Pala this year? He wheel tapped thatthing with speed and in a way that I thought he would wheelie out everytime.
What I'm trying to say.. the way Jett rides with trying all that new stuff just like Js7 back then brings even more risks into an already scary sport but you can't change that, I think that's just how their brains work once they're on a bike. I personally disagree with the "he is on the edge all the time" though, but he sees tracks and lines different than anyone else and sometimes it just backfires when it doesn't go the right way.
Sry for the novel 😂
The sections I was talking about:
I'm glad that we will get to see the top guys from each series racing together. The thing is that neither guy has an incentive to beat the other , other than pride and the will to win. All of them have much more to lose than they will gain by a win over the other. I don't know that this race will be the race everybody wants to see.
I think Southwick could really be epic though. A sand track that doesn't have any really risky sections and a crash there may be a bit more forgiving than one on the harder packed track this weekend. I think that everybody will be more comfortable with pushing harder at Southwick than they will at Thunder Valley. So I'm really excited for Southwick and it makes me want to go even more now.
Either way I think that Southwick will be the round we all want to see and like some others have said, this weekend is a warm-up round. At Southwick I think we will see them all push, Deegan will be more accustomed to the 450 by then. The Coenen's will know the program and have a race down on a production based bike. Hunter will have learned more of Jett's tricks by then. And Jett is Jett.
Will the Coenen racing the 250 class be more or less of a threat at a win? That class has been less consistent and the altitude will impact the power more on the smaller bikes. Will it be an advantage or disadvantage for Coenen ?
I worry more about Jett at this track with the ruts and his foot not being 100%. I think we will learn alot about how much Jett trusts his foot and how confident he is overall this weekend. But the real battle of brothers will wait for MX338.
I can't see the AMA 250 riders touching Sacha on southwick. There is no other rider who rides at 100% pretty much all the time. For good and for bad. Not even Deegan on the 250. And on sand? 😂
He’s missed three 450 championships - two due to training crashes and one where he dabbed his foot among traffic on the opening lap of an SX main.
Sacha consistently gets good starts which gives him an advantage over most of the current 250 class.
And the way things are at the moment just finishing on the podium twice would almost guarantee him the overall.
Yep keeps crashing.
I meant the 450s will be the real battle of Bro's at Southwick. I think of all the tracks Jett is more likely to take it easier at Thunder Valley with the long ruts and tender foot. And it being the first AMA race for the Coenen's I don't see either really pushing as much as they may at Southwick.
I could be wrong , but that's what I think.
The 250 part was more a question for this weekend and the altitude . Since it will impact the power and may make the bike even less familiar for Coenen .
The only thing about Soutwick is how it's not like euro sand and it often catches new riders off guard a little with it being harder underneath than they expect,not bottomless like euro tracks and the quality gentlemens clubs that are local to MX 338. But I think that Southwick will be better for him too.
I'm excited to see the top guys from BOTH classes of MXGP coming over to battle with the top US racers. And for the most part the fastest guys in both classes are healthy and lining up. Jett being 100% might make it less exciting than it is with him coming in with a sore foot. It seems like nobody was able to beat Jett except Jett outdoors before his injury.
I don't know the personalities of the Coenen Brothers, are they the type of rider that will risk their MXGP titles for a win over here? or more likely to play things more on the safer side? Jett and Deegan have shown that they are willing to throw away a lot for a race win at times. I still expect everybody to ride with their own championships in the backs of their minds as far as both sets of brothers go. So we may have to wait until the Coenen's are here full time to see a real battle of the bros. But it sure makes for some added excitement!
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Lucas is scary good. Especially considering he's 19 and it seems like these guys make pretty drastic improvements at that age. Jett had him covered pretty easy at the MXdN, I was there. Lucas is obviously better this year and Jett isn't 100%. I kinda think Lucas wins Southwick. If he doesn't that will really tell us how much Southwick is a "proper" sand track. Would it shock people if he could beat Jett for an overall or a moto? Not me. Maybe the casual fans in the YouTube/ Instagram comment sections. Its painful how ignorant some of the American fans are to how good GP riders are. I see the coments of "10-15th place." I'm sorry, what? Definitely think Sasha can win. Rather easily too
Everyone wants to win, however I'm sure they are already happy to be riding, racing in the USA, it everyones dream.
Lucas did have his best race of the year at Southwick of Latvia….
Is that a sand track with more of a base like Southwick?
Yes almost identical to Soutwick dirt
Made me laugh... 😂. !!!
Nicely done..
If you watch the GP of Latvia at Kegums from last weekend you’ll see it’s a sand track but very similar to Southwick, not the bottomless sand like Lommel or other typical Belgian or Dutch sand tracks.
Both Coenens did very well.
Southwick with harder base is very similar to Kegums they just raced on. This year it was dry so even harder.
I think Coenens bikes will feel maybe some down on power but they also get away from lower noise regulation and fuel in US also makes more power. So all in all, maybe not as big difference as for the other riders?
After Thunder Valley, I'm even more excited for Southwick and what could end up an epic battle. Only bummer is that Jett said he's only riding at about 70% right now. As far as his health goes. So we are not getting a full Jett. Maybe that will be a better thing for the racing? and Jett won't be able to just get a small gap and keep it for the entire race like he has been doing.
He has switched up his race strategy now too it seems. He gets into a pace that's fast enough to lead ,then just past the halfway point he charges to the finish. I missed the first moto , I thought they started at 4pm my time . So I didn't get to see it yet. But in the second moto Jett did that charge the last half of the race thing that he used to break away from Hunter the week before. I expect him to change that up since people will know what to expect, but then again just because they know what he's going to do doesn't mean they will be able to beat him.
I think its very interesting how he used that technique. Him and his brother train and ride together, have the same trainers as far as I know. So it's interesting to see him have something like that ,something Hunter didn't expect. Or maybe he just knows Hunter has a harder time going faster later in the motos than he does. It will be fun to watch and see how he deals with Deegan.
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