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He’s a guy you hire and go “that guy could potentially go rogue on us” and simply accept that as a risk lol
I'd bet that even though JT$ may not have caught Reed or Ferry at the test track; it made JT$ a better rider overall...I could be wrong though.
"Yeah, well hopefully, today will be a good day of risk! lol!"
I hope Chase stays at Kawi and delivers a fantastic season of SX/MX and the extra 3 races at the end for himself and everyone else.
It’s not “that simple.” When you show up at the test track every week basically riding alone because everybody else isn’t even close to your level, you begin to think you’re the man. Do people still get fast like this, sure. Also one example of a guy that wasn’t the best doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
When you’re riding with someone as good or faster than you, you quickly change your tune. Look how Deegan has taken getting beat, it’s eating him up. Imagine if he had that all offseason. He very obviously thought he was coming into the season ready because he had no one really to gauge off of that’s on that level. Now imagine if he had sexton. Sexton is on that level. They both wouldn’t want to be second fastest during the week, that’s motivation.
Ps, don’t freak out because I used Deegan as an example. Insert whatever name to just take the context.
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I think Deegan was about as ready for MX as he was going to be. The rest was just getting out there, leaving speculation behind and actually doing it. He did an admirable job I think.
Now we'll see if he can turn the corner and be a mainstay higher up on the podium. He'll have more elite riders to deal with, but he's one of the elites himself. Not a fan, but I like to watch him ride.
I think RC and Eli are a rare breed..
You can see how this works quite obviously in racing, how often do you see all the Star guys or all the PC guys around each other in races, they all learn similar things and ride the pace.
McGrath, Hannah, Decoster, Barnett, RC, Stewart and many others all practiced alone. If you practice alone, you never know how fast is fast enough, you keep pushing. Malcolm and AP have even stated when you practice in a group you can think you are fast enough if you are the fastest in the group, even if you are not as fast as the rest of the competition. The Lawrence family is a truly unique situation.
You'd never see Hunter pull a 38on2 to his brother or Jett to Hunter. Race each other hard and clean, each will. Neither will punt the other so knowing that, they push each other vs slowing each other.
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Jeff Stanton was never considered The Man on Team Honda but his team-mate RJ was. They trained together everyday and raced together and Stanton slept in a dog-house when he lost to RJ, till he didn't..... training with RJ everyday definitely made Jeff faster...
But even that's not the same as with the Law brothers, they can even switch bikes and speed up the testing phase.
Like you pointed out, the majority of the truly greats, train alone. I remember when Kent Howerton signed with Kawasaki, he called Jeff Ward and invited him to come train with him at his ranch, Jeff declined. He said if I went and trained with him, I would only learn to go his speed.
Like I said, you either have the ability to go fast and win, or you don’t, doesn’t matter who you ride with.
They trained together for 3 months and then RJ got hurt. The biggest help to Stanton was a factory Honda, and RJs injury. Stanton was good before he met RJ.
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