Is Wharton Always on the Ragged Edge?

thefactorypilot
Edited Date/Time 1/22/2012 4:32pm
Let me begin this thread with the statement that I've never been as fast as Blake WHarton. He is fast as hell and deserves what success he's had in his career, but...

It is of my opinion that it appears that he is just always on his ragged edge and is within a split second of yard-sailing it at all times.
I watch guys who are slower than Wharton is, and they all seem to have a better style, more fluid and smooth, whereas Wharton has a rigid back and just appears to be whiskey-throttled the entire time! When I watch him on the sx telecast he looks to be seconds away from crashing at any given point.

Lastly, it kinda seems like he has Vince Freise syndrome... faster guys will be trying to get around him and he just rides a wide wide wide bike!

Anyhow, that's all my opinion... what do you all think?
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Kawirider 3/28/2011 9:22am
3/28/2011 9:22am
The move on spies was pay back for Houston IMO but who knows.
brakkeman_ 3/28/2011 9:32am
3/28/2011 9:32am
Wharton is blazing fast, and I don't think he has ever not finshed a pro season.

Speed is high this year, he's just trying to win. I also believe he has had some terrible bad luck.

Sipes had that one coming, suprised Wharton could wait that long.
thefactorypilot 3/28/2011 9:56am
3/28/2011 9:56am
I wasn't aware that Wharton owed Sipes anything, but I"m all for payback, so moving on...

Ya I will agree that Wharton has some terrible luck. Maybe I'm seeing what I'm seeing because the kid is just trying SOO hard to get to the front and it comes across as out of control.
Moto East Mag 3/28/2011 10:55am
3/28/2011 10:55am
One reason he appears stiff is he wears the chest protector/Leatt combination. That keeps his head kind of locked in to his shoulders. IMO that's part of why his upper body seems more rigid.

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I love Wharton's grab-a-handful-of-throttle-and-hold-on style.
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Crush 3/28/2011 3:12pm
3/28/2011 3:12pm
I feel bad for Blake, he's been riding great this year but literally has just had such shitty luck!!! He'll get it together tho... It'll just take another good weekend...
muGz.147 3/28/2011 3:25pm
3/28/2011 3:25pm
thefactorypilot wrote:
I wasn't aware that Wharton owed Sipes anything, but I"m all for payback, so moving on... Ya I will agree that Wharton has some terrible luck...
I wasn't aware that Wharton owed Sipes anything, but I"m all for payback, so moving on...

Ya I will agree that Wharton has some terrible luck. Maybe I'm seeing what I'm seeing because the kid is just trying SOO hard to get to the front and it comes across as out of control.
Go watch Houston again...you'll remember then. I'm a Sipes fan, but he definitely had that one coming.
Chris O'Neal 3/28/2011 4:04pm
3/28/2011 4:04pm
Last year at Unadilla he impressed me and a couple more laps he would have won. How can you win at this level if you don't hang it out?
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jmar 3/28/2011 5:21pm
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It's AMA Pro Level racing.

Nothing more, and nothing less.
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oldx 3/28/2011 5:25pm
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Isn't he suffering through a shoulder problem right now?
thefactorypilot 3/28/2011 6:06pm
3/28/2011 6:06pm
Chris O'Neal wrote:
Last year at Unadilla he impressed me and a couple more laps he would have won. How can you win at this level if you don't...
Last year at Unadilla he impressed me and a couple more laps he would have won. How can you win at this level if you don't hang it out?
Very true on that last sentence.

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