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I'm actually pulling for Mike this Summer. If he makes out of SX healthy, I feel he's going to be a factor. Don't think he has Villipotos raw speed, but he'll be there to capitalize on any mistakes. He's seems to be happy with his program and especially happy with his bike.
What do you guy's think?
What do you guy's think?
Have to wait and see if he's a factor or a tractor. Honestly if all the heavies are back healthy it's gonna be a dogfight for anybody to get a top 5.
Minus Chad of course.
it'd be nice to see him run down RV but i doubt it will happen...
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A big crash byt the ryans and you will be having to deal with mikey for the title.
Can he beat them week in and week out? No.
But he can beat them to the 15 or 20 minute mark.....and 24 motos is precarious for any championshiphopeful.
I am hoping Mike get's his wheel in.....always root for him to do well.
But here's a lil' more on your train of thought... last years points:
AMA Motocross 450 Championship Points:
1. Ryan Villopoto, 526
2. Ryan Dungey, 514
3. Chad Reed, 382
4. Brett Metcalfe, 374
5. Mike Alessi, 304
6. Jake Weimer, 271
7. Justin Brayton, 218
8. Andrew Short, 196
9. Kevin Windham, 193
10. Davi Millsaps, 173
222 and 210 points is over a 4 moto DNF spread.
And no, I don't think he'll be a factor. Not that I want it that way, I just don't. It always nice to be proven wrong though.
I have always argued that mike has been highly successful ......and his millions of dollars and millions of photographs in magazines and tv time make this a no win argument for you.
Unless of course you think only RC has been successful.
Yes, mikey too.
Pit Row
SEE how that works... crashing big doesn't necessarily correlate with crashing out! Ex: RV at Red Bud first moto last year.
And since the original post I quoted was about a big crash and not about crashing out... see it yet?
But let's look at this another way, what does knowitall's statement say about Mike's chances if the Ryan's don't crash big?
Which means, your "condition" for Mike to be in the title hunt is that the Ryan's crash big. That's what you said. So by REASON, if you take that condition away, no one will be having to deal with mikey for the title.
You can't have it both ways, otherwise you wouldn't have stated the "condition" in the first place. You would have just believed Mike was a title contender to begin with.
I simply find that a flawed way of thinking whether someone is going to be a factor for title contention. That's all.
Mike has the skills no doubt.
As far as a title or winning some overalls, I think that ship has sailed.
He would've done a lot better last year if he wouldn't have eaten shit in practice/qualifiers. He looks alot more comfortable on the Suzuki than he did on the KTM. Also, I hope Jeff can get back to the pace he was at when he was on Honda's about 4 years ago. Both could be top 10 finishers.
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