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My guess is Mitch has definitely had more than one "come to Jesus" talk with him, but I doubt it's gone any further than surface-deep to Forkner. Self-righteous and entitled keep coming to mind.
He doesn't seem like the kind of kid who understands he has a lot to learn and is willing to listen. His social media is enough to paint the picture he knows what's what and nobody is going to tell him otherwise.
I wouldn't call him a wasted talent YET, but that's definitely the road he's currently on.
The Shop
I only hope the ego-illness doesn't affect Jett like it did Forkner.
the diference is that Roczen and all those mentioned are in fact RACERS, not what the little bratt thinks of himself, he is not really a racer, he lacks the respect for the other riders, even for himself to be a racer, he is just another of those spoiled bratts that are capable of whatever to be "the thing" and cant accept anything else......
its not only j-law, there are lots of them in the making in amateurs, since very young they even "provide" for their parents to work for them......
then comes the pros and things get tough, thats where i think AMA responsability starts, if in one of the bunch of times Forkner had those brain farts, he was penalized for "blatent" reckless riding, maybe he could understant that being faster doesnt make you better.....
to this?
One was the first lap of the race when guys were in heavy traffic, one was a rider using the main race line in the middle of a main event.
One was a rider who had no intention of making contact or a pass, just coming in at a gnarly angle; while the other was a rider coming in to make a pass with contact and misjudged how close he was.
The Q folks have poisoned his young fragile lil braino
Pit Row
What he didn't account for was RJ cutting down on him causing both riders to go down instead of just one. I do agree the Dungey thing was more of a racing incident. It did however seem to be the end of Stewart's career. Kind of ironic in that he helped Dungy win a race by blocking Marv in Atlanta.
Forkner's 3-3-3 vs RJ's 2-3-3-1 would have made the pass easy if he would have started the section closer...like probably the next lap.
While his competition for the win was starting to get away, he has to realize and mature as a racer to know you can’t afford those misjudgements in a short series. A 2nd place finish and points would’ve had him leaving with the red plate instead of a 7 point deficit.
I believe a lot of the negativity is because he has superstar talent and speed and the confidence/attitude to go with it, but he hasn’t earned superstar results and/or titles.
They've talked about this kind of thing on PulpMx a couple times. It's insane to me that racing amateurs isn't really that much racing.
That's why you'll never see another Ricky or Bubba storm onto the scene and just win everything immediately. Those guys raced probably 25-30 races a year in the amateurs.
Now guys have to learn how to race in a pack when they get to the pros.
It's kinda ridiculous.
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