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8/15/2026 2:32pm
Cargo wrote:

Hunters bike back under the awning before the end of the moto, that makes me really sad 😢

yak651 wrote:
His best chance ever at SX and MX championship and both end with heart braking defeat. Dude has to be incredibly mentally strong to not getting...

His best chance ever at SX and MX championship and both end with heart braking defeat. Dude has to be incredibly mentally strong to not getting down after this

Barcia 2.0

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8/15/2026 2:33pm

Congratulations to Bubba Pauli and the whole ISRT crew.  I was talking to Bubba a few weeks ago (he was an instructor at a Fuel Ministry camp) and he was telling me how hard it is to come up with the budget necessary to keep a rider in the top 10 in the outdoor series.  If Kawasaki is smart, a spare engine or two will show up at their shop this week.  Great work, team!

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mxlegend99 wrote:
Jett looked near tears as he heard about Hunter. Genuine concern for his brother and not the championship. Probably a good thing he had no idea during...

Jett looked near tears as he heard about Hunter. Genuine concern for his brother and not the championship. 

Probably a good thing he had no idea during the race. Might have messed with his head.

It’s been clear this year that he was fine to lose a title to Hunter.

He always pushed harder to catch and pass other riders this season and when Hunter went down at Redbud Jett was the first to say that he did not deserve that win. 

No matter how much JS want to hype this up, there is no denying that blood is thicker than championships.

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8/15/2026 2:33pm

This kid loves his big brother and despises the idea of having to compete against him for a championship. 

Compare that to how the Douchebag family behaves. 

It’s really not crazy to love your own brother.  

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8/15/2026 2:33pm

Ya see that...Deegs can give a decent interview.  Its in him its just gotta come out.

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8/15/2026 2:34pm

Doucheboy got nothing to say but platitudes. He'll be back to talking shit as soon as he wins a moto. 

He'll need some help, though. 

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Pop Shmoke
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8/15/2026 2:35pm

Eli Tap-Out

Tomac had his 4th kid while he was out after almost being paralyzed. I hope its not the case, but it might be over for eli. Just like with forkner once the spirit leaves its gone and you cant get it back. I hope thats not the case, but this looks bad. Not like eli has ever looked coming back from injury. I honestly wouldnt be surprised if he retires after this season and doesnt even race sx cuz I dont see eli wanting to ride around in 15th in sx. I hope this isnt the case but something is way off. 

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8/15/2026 2:35pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2026 2:36pm
bvm111 wrote:
So happy to hear about barcia signing autographs while the best race of the season for the lead is happening and the championship points leader does...

So happy to hear about barcia signing autographs while the best race of the season for the lead is happening and the championship points leader does the triple lindey down the hill with a camera at the BOTTOM OF THE HILL and they didn’t get the crash!!!!! 🤬

Pop Shmoke wrote:
Bro right when they switched to barcia I was screaming theres a 3 way god damn battle going on and were watching barcia pussy farting around...

Bro right when they switched to barcia I was screaming theres a 3 way god damn battle going on and were watching barcia pussy farting around in 10th what the fuuuuuck. Theyre damn consistent tho, they switch away right before a crash 100% of the time. I dont know how they do it but they switch the camera at the wrong time every.single.time. 

rsd47 wrote:

They were running a Prado interview 2 laps into Moto 1 too and missed the Jett crash 

Huh? I seem to recall them showing Jetts crash live as I watched it.

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decano51
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8/15/2026 2:35pm

I think it’s time we start moving these 250 guys up sooner.

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EnvyXx
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8/15/2026 2:36pm

Glad Prado made the race interesting, getting up there and battling the brothers, cause Deegan sure as shit ain't done fuck all challenging them.

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8/15/2026 2:36pm
DonJulio wrote:

@Sandusky26 anorher 20+ back 0 laps led 0 moto wins. 

Congratulations, you must be so proud of the biggest achievement you will ever accomplish.

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8/15/2026 2:37pm

This kid loves his big brother and despises the idea of having to compete against him for a championship. 

Compare that to how the Douchebag family behaves. 

It’s really not crazy to love your own brother.  

Agree. My brother is a gay Democrat living in Boston. We couldn't have less in common, culturaly. But if you talked shit about him, you'd get your ass kicked. Fast. 

That's what brothers do. 

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decano51
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Cargo wrote:

Hunters bike back under the awning before the end of the moto, that makes me really sad 😢

yak651 wrote:
His best chance ever at SX and MX championship and both end with heart braking defeat. Dude has to be incredibly mentally strong to not getting...

His best chance ever at SX and MX championship and both end with heart braking defeat. Dude has to be incredibly mentally strong to not getting down after this

Barcia 2.0

Barcia and Deegs have almost near identical rookie season stats 

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Pop Shmoke
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8/15/2026 2:38pm
plowboy wrote:

Ya see that...Deegs can give a decent interview.  Its in him its just gotta come out.

He only punches down, cant punch down when youre 40 seconds down so what other option did he have? Even he knows if he was talking ish right now itd look ridiculous. 

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D.K.O.N. wrote:

Got 7th first moto and had a shitty second moto. Also won 4 SX races this year. 

With all due respect, how about YOU tap out.

matze wrote:
I guess all these guys on here saying this is a dead slow field outside of the top 4 doesnt apply when it comes to talking...

I guess all these guys on here saying this is a dead slow field outside of the top 4 doesnt apply when it comes to talking about tomacs perfomances? 

He legit almost broke his neck in May. It's ok to be fucked coming back from injury like that. 

By your logic half the field should retire. 

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8/15/2026 2:40pm

This kid loves his big brother and despises the idea of having to compete against him for a championship. 

Compare that to how the Douchebag family behaves. 

It’s really not crazy to love your own brother.  

Agree. My brother is a gay Democrat living in Boston. We couldn't have less in common, culturaly. But if you talked shit about him, you'd get...

Agree. My brother is a gay Democrat living in Boston. We couldn't have less in common, culturaly. But if you talked shit about him, you'd get your ass kicked. Fast. 

That's what brothers do. 

It is so fucking weird to incorporate politics to define someone's personality. 

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8/15/2026 2:41pm
D.K.O.N. wrote:

Got 7th first moto and had a shitty second moto. Also won 4 SX races this year. 

With all due respect, how about YOU tap out.

matze wrote:
I guess all these guys on here saying this is a dead slow field outside of the top 4 doesnt apply when it comes to talking...

I guess all these guys on here saying this is a dead slow field outside of the top 4 doesnt apply when it comes to talking about tomacs perfomances? 

D.K.O.N. wrote:

He legit almost broke his neck in May. It's ok to be fucked coming back from injury like that. 

By your logic half the field should retire. 

just for reference, I dont think this field is not deep at all. But I read it here all the time.

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Pop Shmoke
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8/15/2026 2:44pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2026 2:45pm

It’s really not crazy to love your own brother.  

Agree. My brother is a gay Democrat living in Boston. We couldn't have less in common, culturaly. But if you talked shit about him, you'd get...

Agree. My brother is a gay Democrat living in Boston. We couldn't have less in common, culturaly. But if you talked shit about him, you'd get your ass kicked. Fast. 

That's what brothers do. 

D.K.O.N. wrote:

It is so fucking weird to incorporate politics to define someone's personality. 

Its not when you define your own personality by politics. Theres a lot of that going on lately, wish we could go back to before. I dont know that guy or anything about him, but we all know ppl who make politics their whole identity. 

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matze wrote:
I guess all these guys on here saying this is a dead slow field outside of the top 4 doesnt apply when it comes to talking...

I guess all these guys on here saying this is a dead slow field outside of the top 4 doesnt apply when it comes to talking about tomacs perfomances? 

D.K.O.N. wrote:

He legit almost broke his neck in May. It's ok to be fucked coming back from injury like that. 

By your logic half the field should retire. 

matze wrote:

just for reference, I dont think this field is not deep at all. But I read it here all the time.

Ah, my bad. I misread. But yea. Tomac should be top 5, no doubt. But I give him a little grace given the circumstance. I'm never going to say he should retire, unless he starts getting 15-20 consistently all year long. The dude was literally in the championship discussion 6 months ago. 

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Reese95w
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8/15/2026 2:45pm

After the Motos Question.

In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The Screw-U), like James Stewart said a number of times during the broadcast?  Or did Deegan just take a bad line and Jett pounced?

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matze
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8/15/2026 2:46pm
D.K.O.N. wrote:

He legit almost broke his neck in May. It's ok to be fucked coming back from injury like that. 

By your logic half the field should retire. 

matze wrote:

just for reference, I dont think this field is not deep at all. But I read it here all the time.

D.K.O.N. wrote:
Ah, my bad. I misread. But yea. Tomac should be top 5, no doubt. But I give him a little grace given the circumstance. I'm never...

Ah, my bad. I misread. But yea. Tomac should be top 5, no doubt. But I give him a little grace given the circumstance. I'm never going to say he should retire, unless he starts getting 15-20 consistently all year long. The dude was literally in the championship discussion 6 months ago. 

Yeah I never got that "X should retire" anyways. 

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8/15/2026 2:46pm

I love him lol

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Pop Shmoke
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Reese95w wrote:
After the Motos Question.In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The...

After the Motos Question.

In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The Screw-U), like James Stewart said a number of times during the broadcast?  Or did Deegan just take a bad line and Jett pounced?

Absolutely fn not lol. Some of rickys bad takes have rubbed off on james unfortunately and that was one of them. 

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8/15/2026 2:47pm

What a day! That 2nd 450 moto delivered. 

Jett looked like himself today & his bike looked good. Sucks he got handed the red plate by his brother, but it is what it is.  

I hate it for Hunter. First the SX championship & now the MX championship (not over yet). I know he wants it so bad so it looked like he was pushing to hard & for the first time this season, his bike didn’t look as good as it usually does. I wonder if that played a part in his crash? 


I’m pumped that Prado & Deegs are riding good. It looks like Prado has his bike dialed in but Deegan is still struggling w/ setup. Hopefully they can get it dialed. I’d like to see all 4 of them battling. 

I’m just a fan of good racing. The more guys at the front, the better! 

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8/15/2026 2:48pm
yak651 wrote:

Who would’ve guessed Prado having more fight in him than Deegs? Not this guy, another 30 second gap??

Gator724 wrote:

Deegs will be much better next year. Need major work on bike setup 

It’s not the bike.

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8/15/2026 2:49pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2026 2:51pm
Reese95w wrote:
After the Motos Question.In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The...

After the Motos Question.

In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The Screw-U), like James Stewart said a number of times during the broadcast?  Or did Deegan just take a bad line and Jett pounced?

I think Stews take was off. Deegan tried to stuff a wheel into Jett at the bottom of the hill so I doubt he was "apologizing" at the top of the hill.

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8/15/2026 2:50pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2026 2:51pm
Reese95w wrote:
After the Motos Question.In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The...

After the Motos Question.

In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The Screw-U), like James Stewart said a number of times during the broadcast?  Or did Deegan just take a bad line and Jett pounced?

Bad take from JS, just like when he Said that Haiden would never do anything dirty. Guess JS did not see the SMX finals last year.

I have a hard time seeing Deegan giving an inch to any Lawrence brother after all the shit talk he have done, so when he finally is in front of anyone of them, why would he give it up?.

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matze
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8/15/2026 2:50pm Edited Date/Time 8/15/2026 2:54pm
Reese95w wrote:
After the Motos Question.In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The...

After the Motos Question.

In that 1st 450 Moto was Deegan really apologizing to Jett when Jett passed him at the top of The Wall, (aka The Screw-U), like James Stewart said a number of times during the broadcast?  Or did Deegan just take a bad line and Jett pounced?

Good question. No clue but I could imagine he did that just to put it to him in the next corner down the hill. You can screw someone up there badly. Like loosing forward drive going up that steep hill costs a lot of time. Deegan letting someone by just to try something dirty wouldnt be the first time. I guess Jett had that feeling too, cant go more inside down there lol

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8/15/2026 2:50pm

Fineis killing it again with his interview. Can’t wait to see the eyebrow clip all over Instagram this week!

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8/15/2026 2:50pm

How many of the 250 kids would crack the top 10 in the 450s? (I know I'm getting way ahead of myself here just curious what you guys think). 

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