Guy B, Scott Champion???

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Edited Date/Time 1/25/2012 8:26pm
Maybe you can whisper in Kawi's ear. Scott sounds like a fantastic person and has nothing to lose. I think he would do a fine job riding for Kawasaki in SX. He sure seems professional as well!!!!!!!!!!!
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OW38B 1/27/2011 9:24am
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Young man just needs a chance to prove himself.
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YOTMXDAD 1/27/2011 9:46am
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OW38B wrote:
Young man just needs a chance to prove himself.
Exactly. A lot of people don't know what this kid is capable of
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hasko158 1/27/2011 9:48am
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Didnt he get a shot with JGR 2 summers ago as a fill in?

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YOTMXDAD 1/27/2011 9:49am
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hasko158 wrote:
Didnt he get a shot with JGR 2 summers ago as a fill in?
your thinking of CC144
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moto726 1/27/2011 9:51am
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I'm almost thinking Kawi is just about to give up on finding a rider to fill in for Weimer after Lemoine turned down their offer.
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JM21 1/27/2011 9:55am
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Give it to Champion, see what he can do!!!
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Chris_ONeal 1/27/2011 9:56am
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After talking with Scott and finding out his program and level of support, I believe he is capable of much more. But right now he is doing great with what he has.
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mxbum 1/27/2011 9:57am
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hasko158 wrote:
Didnt he get a shot with JGR 2 summers ago as a fill in?
It was factory yamaha. From the interview (linked above).

At Washougal you got a chance to ride for Factory Yamaha. How did all that come about?

At Red Bud, Guy B asked if I wanted to do the 2010 Yamaha YZ250F intro at Washougal and of course I wanted to do that. I flew up that week before Washougal and rode for a couple days. The last day, I was putting in a long moto and they were watching me. I came back and they all surrounded me and asked if I wanted to ride the Factory Yamaha 450 that weekend. They were all really cool guys and I appreciate them giving me that great opportunity, as well as, Guy B inviting me up there for that.

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fader418 1/27/2011 9:57am
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By the time Kawasaki finds someone, Jake will probably be ready to come back....I don't see why it is so hard to find a rider....just put Timmy Ferry on that bike....
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mx 219 1/27/2011 10:03am
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Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
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YOTMXDAD 1/27/2011 10:05am
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
Scott is give or take around 150 pounds. With Josh Hills suspension at Washougal and never riding 450s growing up....I'd say he did the best with what he had, dork.
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Chris_ONeal 1/27/2011 10:11am
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
Did you read the interview? He was not prepared for that at all. Had not rode a 450 all year up until that point. You can not base his potential off of that one unprepared day.
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moto726 1/27/2011 10:13am
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
Chris_ONeal wrote:
Did you read the interview? He was not prepared for that at all. Had not rode a 450 all year up until that point. You can...
Did you read the interview? He was not prepared for that at all. Had not rode a 450 all year up until that point. You can not base his potential off of that one unprepared day.
very tue, he was riding his GF's honda, come on.
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T-Fish 1/27/2011 11:18am
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If Kawasaki thought he was worth it, they probably would have offered it to him by now.


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GuyB 1/27/2011 11:18am
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I know that Kawi has gone through a rather extensive list in their hunt for a replacement.

Making the jump from 250 to 450 (especially in Supercross) is a big one, and can be a recipe for injury, rather than success.
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mxb2 1/27/2011 11:20am
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When is Weimers expected return?
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newmann 1/27/2011 12:02pm
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The "undeserving" comment in regards to the 33-19 finish on the factory 450 Yamaha doesn't hold water. Lot of things against him going into that one ride day.

What has caught my attention about Champion over the last couple years is that he keeps finding a way to get back out there and keeps giving it a shot. Couple years back he came in here looking for a little help to hit the nationals. Lots of people gave him a lot of shit but it got him noticed. What quite a few people here took notice of was that he could actually spell and form a sentence. No typing in text, ALL CAPS orrunningeverythingtogetherinonelongunpunctuatedlineofjibberish. He always seems to have a good attitude and always seems to be smiling. Those two character traits could do some teams a lot of good by themselves.
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morning_stiffy 1/27/2011 12:25pm
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
But Mike Alessi does?
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moto726 1/27/2011 12:38pm
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
morning_stiffy wrote:
But Mike Alessi does?
Alessi isn't what you call a supercross expert, but he makes mains and does pretty decent outdoors
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morning_stiffy 1/27/2011 12:42pm
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If everyone is healthy this year, he wont stand a chance on that 350... Not even outdoors.

Regardless of what he won last year on the 350. And if he doesnt get hurt trying to race supercross...
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moto726 1/27/2011 12:45pm
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morning_stiffy wrote:
If everyone is healthy this year, he wont stand a chance on that 350... Not even outdoors. Regardless of what he won last year on the...
If everyone is healthy this year, he wont stand a chance on that 350... Not even outdoors.

Regardless of what he won last year on the 350. And if he doesnt get hurt trying to race supercross...
yeah I do agree..I am not a fan of the 350 at the pro level, especially outdoors.
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
morning_stiffy wrote:
But Mike Alessi does?
Mike is one of the fasted 450 riders in the world outdoors, excluding JS, he was far and a way the fastest in 08, gapping everyone 10-20 seconds, and was the same in 09, the title was his after RV went out.

to answer your question, does MA deserve a 350 factory ride, no, he deserves a 450 ride, especially now that Tony is out of the way...if KTM doesn't put him on a 450 for the outdoors, they are idiots.
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GuyB 1/27/2011 1:12pm
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I'd call this a thread tangent.
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sfairbro 1/27/2011 1:14pm
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GuyB wrote:
I'd call this a thread tangent.
Agree!!!!!!!!!!!
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txmxer 1/27/2011 1:28pm
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He seems to be running pace around 20th place right now. I guess he made one main? I think he got taken out trying to make the main in one of the other races?

Seems like he could do some good with some support. Who knows. In the first two events his best times were about 3/4 seconds off the top pace.
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mx 219 wrote:
Factory Ride

Didnt do to well...33-19 on the day. Qualified 36th...sorry nice guy or not, hot gf or not he does not deserve a factory ride.
morning_stiffy wrote:
But Mike Alessi does?
moto726 wrote:
Alessi isn't what you call a supercross expert, but he makes mains and does pretty decent outdoors
he podiumed in the 450 class on the suzuki. Expert or not, thats pretty damn good

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