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Surprised there hasn't been a thread started on this. Kailub passes his teammate (Liam Draper) for the lead with 2-miles to go in the race...Liam Draper loses the championship by 1-point. I don't know all the details, someone with more knowledge please chime in.
My thought - racers race and racers get paid to win races... Job well done Kailub for winning 2 in a row.
Pity they aren't free to watch anymore, normally I watch one or two races a year...
Kailub should not have to slow up for liam to win the championship. Liam should have gone faster if he wanted the championship.
I feel sorry for Draper, but I'm with Kaleb on this one. "I'm paid to win".
I don't care if it is a dirt bike, bicycle, car, or riding lawn mower race. If we are racing, I'm trying to win.
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KR last lap pass for his 70th win.. Liam had a great season points wise but 0 overalls..
Also Grant Davis was pushing both of them, could of just as easily been Davis that took that championship away from Liam.
If Ashburn was in 5th instead of 6th none of this would of mattered, in the last mile of a 3 hour race with the dust and sun in your eyes I cant imagine Kailub was doing a ton of deep decision making and reading pit boards.
I hope everyone saying they're all for racing to win keeps that same energy when we get to round 17 of SX and everyone acts like it's expected that all but the 2 guys racing for the championship pull over and stay out of it. Drives me crazy every year.....
That whole interaction right after the finish line feels very bizarre. Sounds like KR didn't know, and if that's the case then it's the team who messed up, right?
Nobody is talking about it because no one is paying money to watch.
Use to watch every sunday if we weren't there in person, not anymore
According to KR the team claims they put it on every pit board for multiple laps and he didn't see it.
If I am Yamaha or the team I am pissed but I don't blame KR. The dude has a family and only gets bonuses for wins.
I can see why Liam is upset, but KR did not do anything wrong. From the little bit I know about KR I doubt he is worried about it at all, he seems like a call it like it is kind of guy. Cool to see him winning again!
With Liam in the lead, Jordan needed to finish 3rd or better to win the championship. But with Liam finishing 2nd, Jordan only needed 7th to take the championship.
Liam was leading a good portion of the race, but Grant Davis passed him for the lead. Not long after, Grant got tangled up in some banners and Liam passed him back for the lead. Then Kaleb passed him in the last couple of miles and all three were right on each other up to the checkers, ultimately with Kaleb winning, which gave Jordan just enough points to take the title. It was a crazy ending to the season, and I was doing a lot of yelling at the TV 😂
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