DC has a lot of good things to contribute...when he STAYS IN HIS LANE!!!

It’s interesting how so many people think that the Europeans are dominating the US riders when the primary (or only) race they use is the MXoN. I’ve been saying for years that it’s not a good (true) indicator of the US racers. The AMA season finishes 3-4 weeks before the event while the GP racers usually have the next weekend after the GP season finale. It’s practically the last race of the GP calendar while it’s an out of the way event for the U.S. team. Add in that the U.S. racers are racing in a totally foreign format to their norm, starting on different metal grates (That they would never practice on) and that up until recently they’ve had to get their Supercross bikes set up as Monster Cup was the following week. There are simply too many factors to draw the conclusion that the GP racers are better. I would also argue that the last time that we had USGP’s (2016 & 2017) where U.S. racers entered, the Americans were dominant. Tomac won all 4 Motos in 2016, Cooper Webb won a MX2 race in 2016 and 4 of the 6 podium spots (2 races) were U.S. racers. In 2017 Tomac went 1-3 and R.J. Hampshire went 1-1. We haven’t had a fair comparison since. All this is assumptions are based primarily on speculation. Yea Herlings and Gajser are fast.... let’s put their top ten up against our top 10 for a real test. Maybe a 4 race series on 4 different types of surfaces. Then crown an All-World Champion. I know this would never happen .... just saying.

I agree Ping with your points and no questions the Americans are no longer dominant. ...I just think that there’s not enough data to draw the absolute conclusion that the GP racers are.

We’re talking Motocross here Ping, as I said AND as the question relates. Check your stats again. 2015 was Tomac’s first season opener on a 450 and he won Hangtown with probably the most dominant performance in racing history. ...not 3rd as you have in your numbers. The results took me less than 2 minutes to check on the AMA Motocross Results website. Quick and easy. It also shows that in the first 2 rounds of each year, if you would rather call the start of the season that way, he’s raced 20 races over 10 years (minus 2014 when he was injured at the beginning and 2021 as were talking previous to this year) he’s won 17 of 40 motos, 5 Second places and 5 thirds. His podium percentage by Moto is 67.5%. He only had 7 Motos out of the top 5, one being the damaged front brake at GH in ‘17 and 2 being the DNF’s (9-24) at Loretta Lynn 2 last year. So sorry bud, you’re wrong. ...and right if you include SX. ...and about his need to feel comfy to go fast. Regardless, I still listen to and read your articles and agree with 99% of it. I appreciate your contributions and think you were still one of the best TV race commentators of years past.

*results not including this years al time worst.

What what Ping??!…. Eli Tomac “starting off slow, doesn’t look great at the opening rounds… until he works his way into being comfortable...” What are you looking at? Maybe in SX but not in Motocross! This is Not the Eli Tomac that we’ve seen over the years. Eli’s career first round overall results are 1-4-5-3 in 250’s and 1-3-1-1-2-3 in 450’s. He’s been the most dominant racer in the opening rounds by far. Maybe it’s because you’re on vacation and not thinking straight. This is for sure panic button time for Tomac. If he doesn’t get on (at least) the podium next week, poke him with a fork, he’s done. (At least for this year)

After Lewis Hamilton got the majority of F1 drivers to join the BLM movement, kneeling for the flag, I said see-ya to F1. It’s really sucked since the hybrid era started anyway. Mercedes with their 4 times the budget over every other team sans Ferrari has show the world how to buy a sport. The last thing I’d like to see is a tribute in our sport to that idiot. ...not a good look IMO on Roczen. He does seem to want to be part of that ego-centric sports-Hollywood crowd.

I get GD2 that you’re a Ferrandis fan, and I agree that he rode awesome. But Tomac won that race. ...and after getting the 13th at H1, don’t think that there is a question to who had the best “good” outcome on the night. Ferrandis should be “The Good Bonus Bonus”. I’ve even done the math to see how his times stacked up against Tomac, and he was faster. Excluding the last lap where most guys are no longer in charge mode, from the time Ferrandis got clear of the carnage on lap 8, over the next 20 laps he was a total of almost 6 seconds faster than Tomac. But Tomac Won, so give him some credit GD2.

No action shots of MC?...always awesome to see him on a dirt bike!

This poll might actually show how short our memories are... no question that Zacho had an outstanding outdoor season and deserves huge credit. Was the outdoor series more difficult than the Supercross series? Not even close (IMO) The stop after Daytona then the wait... then they started outdoor training only to get whipped back into the SLC grind to finish the season ...it was the SX season of all SX seasons. Tomac won ...finally. So his outdoor series wasn’t what we expected, he won a few Motos and got back on form. Bottom line, Tomac is the Racer of the Year!!!