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Edited Date/Time 10/22/2019 6:16pm
Judging by his choices in apparel last night I’m guessing the rumors of him being out at Rockstar Husky may not be Rumors.....
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TymeMoto 10/20/2019 9:03am
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Yes, they dropped him. From what I have seen, GuyB has been the only industry person to mention it, but I believe ML512 might have confirmed it in another thread when he said he hoped Thomas found a solid ride for next year.
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Motofinne 10/20/2019 9:04am
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Satellite Yamaha 450 in the GPs, that is the talk on the street.
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MXMattii 10/20/2019 9:13am
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JTM5427 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/10/20/380391/s1200_28904441_15CB_43BF_B768_5CF2FC0611AF.jpg[/img]

Gebben Yamaha with Monster Energy support. But the main question here, is that his sis or his wife?
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ATKpilot99 10/20/2019 9:15am
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JTM5427 wrote:
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MXMattii wrote:
Gebben Yamaha with Monster Energy support. But the main question here, is that his sis or his wife?
Wife . It's good to be Covington.
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philG 10/20/2019 9:24am
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Yeah, back here on a 450 , he is a good rider, but injury and illness did for him. I honestly think he should have stayed and had his last year in MX2 , but he wanted to go while the deal was there.

Another guy to add to the strength in depth.
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MXMattii 10/20/2019 9:46am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Wife . It's good to be Covington.
Indeed... A quick look at her instagram and a read a round on her Spotlight page learns us that she has been in Nintendo Commercials and some other commercials too. She did some acting and did some work for Eurosport from British Motocross and also for Sky Sports for the 'P1 World Jetcross'.

I'm not really home into that world, but working for two big Sports channels couldn't be and wouldn't be a fluke. Maybe now she can work her way into the MXGP series, putting Leyland on the side, not a big fan of her. I still miss the Amy Dargan days.

PS: Covinton' girls seems to be a former Miss England competitor too. Both did well! I think he did the best catch, and that is a compliment for her.

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aeffertz 10/20/2019 10:36am
10/20/2019 10:36am Edited Date/Time 10/20/2019 10:37am
JTM5427 wrote:
Judging by his choices in apparel last night I’m guessing the rumors of him being out at Rockstar Husky may not be Rumors.....
And people say contracts can't change in our sport...
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tek14 10/20/2019 10:42am
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Is he healthy now and riding? If he is not contracted Husky anymore why new Yamaha deal is not public?
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philG 10/20/2019 10:45am
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tek14 wrote:
Is he healthy now and riding? If he is not contracted Husky anymore why new Yamaha deal is not public?
Because its not announced or confirmed yet.
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Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's , and here was just terrible. Hunter Lawrence was around the same speed as Thomas over there , came here and did real good. Fought for wins. I hope he gets back over into the GP's , as he seems to fit in better over there. Bummer , because I really wanted to see him do good here.
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Natester551v 10/20/2019 10:53am
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Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's...
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's , and here was just terrible. Hunter Lawrence was around the same speed as Thomas over there , came here and did real good. Fought for wins. I hope he gets back over into the GP's , as he seems to fit in better over there. Bummer , because I really wanted to see him do good here.
Epstein Barr happened to him...
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snackfedbear 10/20/2019 11:17am
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JTM5427 wrote:
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Hopefully he can maintain this real ride cause that’s not a contract you want to be dropped from
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Last Braaap 10/20/2019 11:33am
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seems like another chance is gonna be Gebben to Thomas. Tongue
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Red Crawford 10/20/2019 12:14pm
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I hope the guy puts it all together!
Any idea on what his GP number will be?
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jeffro503 wrote:
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's...
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's , and here was just terrible. Hunter Lawrence was around the same speed as Thomas over there , came here and did real good. Fought for wins. I hope he gets back over into the GP's , as he seems to fit in better over there. Bummer , because I really wanted to see him do good here.
Thomas was faster than Hunter in the GPs. He also had much better equipment though.
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DeStouwer 10/21/2019 6:17am
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Red Crawford wrote:
I hope the guy puts it all together!
Any idea on what his GP number will be?
Probably the same as when he raced GP's before: 64.
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jeffro503 wrote:
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's...
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's , and here was just terrible. Hunter Lawrence was around the same speed as Thomas over there , came here and did real good. Fought for wins. I hope he gets back over into the GP's , as he seems to fit in better over there. Bummer , because I really wanted to see him do good here.
Natester551v wrote:
Epstein Barr happened to him...
It would explain fading but not the substantial drop in outright speed. He was straight up not qualifying in SX and riding around outside of the points in MX. Gotta be one of the strangest/most puzzling stories in recent memory.
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hamncheeze 10/21/2019 9:25am
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On last week's MX Vice podcast they all but confirmed him returning to MXGP on a Yamaha. I hope it goes well for Tom, seems like a nice kid. Shame he had to lose a season of his career to Supercross, when it probably was never in the cards for him to come back and succeed.
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jeffro503 10/21/2019 9:44am
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jeffro503 wrote:
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's...
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's , and here was just terrible. Hunter Lawrence was around the same speed as Thomas over there , came here and did real good. Fought for wins. I hope he gets back over into the GP's , as he seems to fit in better over there. Bummer , because I really wanted to see him do good here.
Natester551v wrote:
Epstein Barr happened to him...
I think that may be the easy , go to type answer , but that doesn't really explain the shear drop in raw speed. He wasn't just fading in motos or SX.....he was way of the pace. I was thinking maybe that knee of his hadn't healed right?? Or something else we don't know about?
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Press516 10/21/2019 10:00am
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Yeah, there is a huge change in what we were seeing over the previous 2 years to what we saw last year... This is the Covington we expected to see.

https://youtu.be/3AdPiIO2rYU
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Natester551v 10/21/2019 10:33am
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jeffro503 wrote:
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's...
Hoping that we find out one day , exactly what the hell happened to him over this past year. Fighting for wins over in the GP's , and here was just terrible. Hunter Lawrence was around the same speed as Thomas over there , came here and did real good. Fought for wins. I hope he gets back over into the GP's , as he seems to fit in better over there. Bummer , because I really wanted to see him do good here.
Natester551v wrote:
Epstein Barr happened to him...
jeffro503 wrote:
I think that may be the easy , go to type answer , but that doesn't really explain the shear drop in raw speed. He wasn't...
I think that may be the easy , go to type answer , but that doesn't really explain the shear drop in raw speed. He wasn't just fading in motos or SX.....he was way of the pace. I was thinking maybe that knee of his hadn't healed right?? Or something else we don't know about?
Could be...I also believe it wouldn't have been such a transition had he skipped sx and waited until nationals...the kid has speed, but this past year has been rough on him...
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