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They race the US series, they race MXoN, they race off season races. Not sure how you can’t call them racers yet you will call Deegs one when he skips out on the MXoN??

It says the promoter thought paying a 250 rider $100,000 to race an event that is already close to sold out was not a worthwhile investment.….that’s all

Outstanding job on this ML!

The narrative certainly played into Deegans angle of creating talk and hype regardless of whether it’s substantiated. Sucks the Lawrence’s are once again on the receiving end of a complicated story where most won’t read into the details and will just boo at opening ceremonies because it’s easier than understanding nuance.

Excellent reporting.

As Cartman would say: 'Race WARRRR!!! As neither a Aussie or a Yank, I can say with Swiss like neutrality, this is a Deegan issue. I am sure him and crew will use it to fan the flames of some future grudge etc.

Great reporting. Cooksey totally jumped the gun with his limited knowledge on the situation. Sounds like if the Deegan’s really wanted to be there they would by making more of an effort negotiating earlier this year, or just do it despite wanting a big paycheck, instead of waiting until the last minute.

This is just the MXDN redux. Team Deegan don't want to fully commit....just sort of commit, hang the 'maybes' and 'could do's' out there and then blame others when someone tells them to get stuffed.

I don’t think Deegan has even been to Tijuana yet. Right now he’s practicing on a replica A1 track. This was just to claim he’s worth a 100 grand but I don’t think he was checking out any plane fares.

I call bullshit on this whole thread.

Vital fans being unable to relate means that an entirely different crowd CAN relate….thats a good thing for moto.

These are all photos I took myself. And some of my favorites that I can access quickly. That scrub photo of James that was posted from Budds Creek and photo of Windham in a corner made me want to go to Budds Creek to take photos. I've had a lot of fun over the years getting some photos of some amazing Racers.

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I've only been to one MXdN in Italy in 09. It was so freaking crowded that I had to climb a tree on the edge of the property and pretty much watched the whole race from there. There were like 10 other people on that tree, and more people on other trees. I remember I was jealous of a guy who parked his ass on the very top branch and had a way better view than me. He never left that spot. Had it been in the States, security would have yanked us down for liability reasons. USA won that...

I have never been to a US DesNations but a couple in europe along with multiple GP’s in different countrys. And im going on a limb here and guessing that in the US DN’s it’s most American and Canadian fans. I know people that went to RedBud from Sweden but in the big picture i would guess that it’s most american fans with american flags making it look like a regular national. While in europe it becomes a melting pot of fans from more countries that create another atmosphere with different flags around the track for example. I don’t know...