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TransWorld Motocross @twmxdotcom 9h9 hours ago
Talked to Rock River team, no plans to take Benny Bloss back after departure from Blue Buffalo team days before ATL SX.
What happened here? I have heard or seen nothing about this until today.
Talked to Rock River team, no plans to take Benny Bloss back after departure from Blue Buffalo team days before ATL SX.
What happened here? I have heard or seen nothing about this until today.
The Shop
Hopefully Leib and Silverstein are getting what they signed up for.
So why no ride? Not much available with Geico locking their guys up well before they turn pro and PC keeping their same roster. There is likely a fear of his size for some 250f teams as he's tall, and this year the A classes didn't get the "hype" they do some years. At one point, a similar situation happened to Colt Nichols, he went and raced AX for a season and went back to Loretta's and showed strong again. He then went to SX last year with Crossland and showed some talent there before landing where he is now and everyone knows him. It's a tough path, but can be taken.
I'm really curious as to what the story is here, but I hope the best for Benny Bloss as a rising talent and the Blue Buffalo team who is a growing team opening up rides and jobs in the industry.
Let's all remember that he's done really, really well on his own...
Pit Row
I also know the Bloss's to be a great family and Benny to be an Ultra talented kid who WILL be taking those talents and his Arena cross bike to Atlanta, hoping to show well and gain the attention and support he deserves from another team.
Good luck Benny!
Bloss was promised a lot, and little was delivered. Could be in the form of a small salary, parts, bikes, testing time, expenses paid, own gear deal, etc. I know folks don't want to come out and say it, but it would be beneficial for Benny considering he seems to be good people, and so other teams don't get a bad impression of the young man.
Good luck to Mr. Bloss and his family. Going alone takes balls, but doing what you feel is right is much more important in my eyes. I applaud them for taking the high road and avoiding blowing out the team on social media, that's a wise move.
ASSUMPTION/OPINION ON MY PART: I'm not sure there was ever a deal. What else would explain not having your "sponsor's" logo on your AX bike?
Really hard to do off premise without a fairly decent budget.
Practice bikes can't be stock and require much attention, unlike a 450.
I hope he holeshots and checks out.
This is the bike he rode in AX.
Did Larry and Company send him to the AX races?
Answer: No.
Benny and his family are doing it right.
As others have pointed out: Yes. He is the Horizon Award winner. In the big picture...there aren't any gaurantees that an award will get you anything.
Besides, this isn't a bad time to be a fast privateer...good things could come from this.
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