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Tom Rapp. He was there for the early days when Americans were getting fast. He could tell us about Jim Pomeroy (who by all accounts was the best - an early version of AP 7) He knew Lackey, Zahrt and all the fast guys of the era.

If David Bailey wrote a book, I’d buy it in a heartbeat.

The “unauthorized” version would be the unhinged one.

David Bailey

John & Rita. I’d love to hear all the ins and outs about building JT from nothing to THE powerhouse gear company. Had some buds that worked there back in the day and heard snippets but to hear the minutiae of detail of every aspect from them would be fascinating. Along a similar vein Jim Jannard.

Selvaraj Narayana. Why? Because he's a walking history book of motocross knowledge. Beginning with Maico from its beginning to the end and from the the earliest days of KTM in the US. He's also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.

Mike Alessi

I read MC's book when it first came out (20+ years ago)... All I remember was wishing it had a bit more depth and a little less "fluff". He's always been the king of cool and never rocked the boat too much (regarding the industry, though he did sit out the dark Vegas race...). I feel like he could have really dug in to more personal or industry stuff regarding some aspects of his career. Reed would be a good one. He wouldn't be afraid to say some real shit.

David Bailey, his memory of past races is second to none.

They’re not as dense as a book, but some of these guys have told a lot of stories when they were on David Pingree’s Whiskey throttle show. Mitch’s episodes are awesome. Roger’s, DV’s, and Casey Johnson’s are a few other incredible ones I can think of. David does a really great job going through these guys careers starting from the beginning. Really enjoy the guys that maybe weren’t as popular, like Casey Johnson, Michael Brandes, and Ty Davis’ episodes. Some really great stuff in all of the WTS productions.

Looks like The Dumbgeon will have another thread soon.

How do you not put JMB on there but have Jett and #1?

I say this as a fan of his; that was the most Chase Sexton series of events I’ve ever seen. Ditching the goggles and then making a small mental error resulting in a complete pile drive is somehow so on brand for him at this point. It sucks.

I don't believe the goggles and the crash had anything to do with each other. Ol' boy had some bad luck yesterday.

I think you tuned into a mxdn rerun of Albertyn by mistake.

I think he should've stopped for fresh goggles at the first chance after tossing the damaged goggles. Why wait until possibly catching a rock in the eye without goggles? He probably could've gotten back to 5th or so and had a fresh start for Moto 2.

It wasn't hot as hell, it was 74 degrees!

Disappointed with Prado I expected him to be beating Hunter and Cooper. With 250s Disappointed with Ryder D, I still believe in him just don't know if he believes in himself.

Hard to disagree with this. Jett, Eli and co may have been too far away after the goggle change but Chase would have had plenty of time to get back up to probably 5-6th which would have given him 16/17 points. Not to mention the risk factor - most likely he wouldn’t have held off Eli and then he’s copping roost with no goggles. Hard to say his crash was a direct result of no goggles but it’s highly feasible something else would have happened instead.