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Has done it!
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
And to think most people (myself included) were apprehensive about their future when they first started last year.
This officially opens the door...in a good way.
Edit - Both riders in the top 5 overall. That is really awesome!
Awesome, awesome, awesome!!!
And to think most people (myself included) were apprehensive about their future when they first started last year.
This officially opens the door...in a good way.
Edit - Both riders in the top 5 overall. That is really awesome!
For me, I never doubted the deal!
I know many of them, & knew results
were coming.
An Indoor & Outdoor 450 win, in still their
rookie-ness of it all is awesome!
Feeling good should be an understatement!
Enjoy boyz!
Dave O.
The Shop
"They're no L&M.."
Out of commonsense & respect, I really don't think any comparisons
are warranted!
Why?
Both factions are doing an awesome job of "show casing" the future.
Whereas the "factories" support from a distance like a "Lites" program of sorts.
Again, both are total stand alone teams.
Both "blue" that's true, but I can say neither is trying to be the other.
Again, they've both more than proved their worth & metal to me.
"N-ough said!"
Dave O.
At least they didn't just go out and buy the top rider. They went out there and slowly built their program. Congats JGR!
JGR has riders that want to race SX and MX both.
With the troubles that the factories are going through, maybe this type of program is the future for SX/MX.....who know's
OHHHHH I get it, cuz Ricky ain't racin"
The only thing L&M produces is degenerate gamblers.
Oh yea, factory Yamaha wont be bailing JGR out any time soon with bike setup, they know how to do it.
Pit Row
L&M doesn't need help on a their bike set up. When they were messed up at the beginning of 2009, I read James said they were just following his comments and it just didn't work out. They went back to their US Open set up and started all over. Oh yes, they won 11 Supercross Main events also this year.
L&M didn't go out and hire the best rider to win the Championship. They hired Chad Reed and at that time RC and Bubba were the best. L&M did win the 2nd year out but not because Reed was the best, they won because Reed raced the whole Supercross series in 2009 and Bubba didn't. Kind of like how Reed's winning the Outdoors this year.
Don't compare, just enjoy a Private team beating the Facory team's. L&M is the only private team to win a Supercross Championship and JGR is a strong Private team able to run in the top 5 in the Championship and they run Outdoors.I don't know if that makes a difference to you. Some care and some don't. To me it's who can win a Championship.
The growth of this sport has been held up not only by the OEMs but every other industry related company because they didn't want to compete dollar for dollar with money from outside of the industry. I wish it could have happen sooner because it would have made a few years of my life much easier.
The sport is headed in the right direction.
It's about name branding and not selling competition dirt bikes. The revenue from the dirt bike sales wouldn't support the money spent on the race teams today.
To make it simple.
In the near future if the OEMs want to pay to endorse their "Name Brand" with in this sport they will have to compete with those from outside of the industry.
L&M buys it.
My point is that the OEMs don't fund these race teams for the sole purpose of selling bikes.
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