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...and went over to Europe in his prime to win the World Championship. I know it won't happen, but that's the only way we will see another American win an FIM title. It would take a guy coming into his prime and he would have to be willing to forego the temptation of racing SX in the states, which would no doubt mean making less money.
It is kind of crazy that the first, last and ONLY American 500 World Champion was Brad Lackey. It took him ten years to get it done, and he and Lori sacrificed plenty to make it happen, but it remains as elusive now as it was then. Fair play to Danny LaPorte, who won the 250 title his first year over there...but the 500 championship was then, and still is a whole other beast.
I remember all the 'merica yahoos in here thinking Villo was going to go there and romp...hahahaha! Going there at the tail end of a career is not gonna ever be enough to land that bad boy. We don't have an American driver racing F-1, no rider racing MotoGP and diddley-squat in MXGP. Where's all that USA pride? Who will step up? Sadly, no one.
Oh well, just thinking out loud. Carry on.
It is kind of crazy that the first, last and ONLY American 500 World Champion was Brad Lackey. It took him ten years to get it done, and he and Lori sacrificed plenty to make it happen, but it remains as elusive now as it was then. Fair play to Danny LaPorte, who won the 250 title his first year over there...but the 500 championship was then, and still is a whole other beast.
I remember all the 'merica yahoos in here thinking Villo was going to go there and romp...hahahaha! Going there at the tail end of a career is not gonna ever be enough to land that bad boy. We don't have an American driver racing F-1, no rider racing MotoGP and diddley-squat in MXGP. Where's all that USA pride? Who will step up? Sadly, no one.
Oh well, just thinking out loud. Carry on.
Commie bastard.
But if I had a limited window to make money, and could make more money in my home country, where the results are a better known proposition.
Zero chance I would do it.
And I love Europe, and have chosen to live there in the past.
So I would make my money in my home country and then do whatever I want when I retired rich
Did it ever occur to you that today's racers that were born in the 90s and 00's didn't grow up wanting or caring about an FIM Championship. Their dreams are to win AMA SX and MX champiosnips.
The Shop
Same has happened in the other direction. Prado and Gajser will never do SX/US MX even though they could contend for both American titles because they make roughly the same over in Europe racing 20 rounds of MX all over the world.
Which is why every foreign rider who’s succeeded in the US should get more respect.
I suppose you can do it at a outdoor race track in the infield.
Pit Row
Just have an ambition, and the nouse to get out of ones comfort zone.
If a US rider gets off their arse, and goes to Europe , and does very, very well, they'll make a Huge amount of money.
But, they'd have to beat a fair few other riders, going for Fortune and Fame. But, that's the case, wherever they race.
It's like this - only a very few make Massive Euros or $$ from this sport, be it in the USA, or GPs, then you've got those that make a lot, then a very reasonable living, and so on, ever further down the scale.
I find the belief that there's no money to be made in the GPs (I'm not talking about 'prize money' - we all know that f**kwit Luongo so needs money to "help the sport" - that's sarcasm, people) , and European Internationals, to be bloody comical - no, bloody idiotic. But, (mostly) American 'fans' just don't seem to think anyone other than an America based rider makes the "Big Bucks " or Bonus's .
MXon in RedBud is a very hot potato again.
Most motocross racers (even most factory riders) will never make enough to be “set for life.” A couple will (Dungey, Villopoto, RC/JS/CR, etc). Even those guys aren’t making enough to essentially donate a couple years (of a very short window to begin with) to try for a world title. Worse, unless it’s at the end of their career like RV, they stand to lose a lot more if they pick up a big injury over there that prevents them from winning again over here.
Finally, I’m as patriotic as they come, but the days of us showing Europe how it’s done are gone in anything but SX.
But back to why they won’t go.
1 they like sleeping in their own beds
2 they like eating their food
3 they like their training facilities.
4 they like decent weather.
Why they don’t go.
1 sleeping in a motor home for three days at a track.
2 never knowing what food the area will provide.
3 food poisoning
4 horrible travel schedule
5 riding on wet sand somewhere in Belgium in 35 degree weather.
I’ll be honest tho, if my son was a top amateur, I’d send him to Europe for two seasons to teach him how to survive, because they are definitely tougher than the American riders.
Less high level racing, and Less opportunities for all of the sports participants.
This time, put forward by a German ( if the DEU is accurate) , instead of the usual American.
The World Championships of Motocross is The World Championships of Motocross.
The USA MX Championships , is The USA MX Championships.
Supercross, is Supercross - a largely US branch of the Sport.
I follow them all - it's not hard to do so.
The losses on that, must have been enormous.
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