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I disagree. no special treatment should be given to a rider who makes a career out of the lites class. He races 6 weekends then calls it a year. I may agree with you if he maned up and raced the nationals and the full 16 rounds of 450 sx. Webb was 6 years old when hanny raced his first lites event...and that was 3 years before villiopoto entered the pro ranks. Time to step up, move up or grow up. Read my past replies I love hanny but he doesn't deserve special treatment to run 100 for 6 west coast rounds. he can run 100 at the x games.
I understand what you are saying.
Rules are rules, must be followed.
But the rules needs to be changed. They are horrible. But i think that i have made my opinion very clear.
The Shop
BESTY, also very good points, but in MXGP, and in MotoGP, there are less than 50 riders on the circuit, so the numbers are not an issue from year to year. In AMA Supercross/Motocross, there are hundreds. And in NASCAR, the teams own the numbers, not the drivers. There are hundreds of licensed riders here, and that creates a log jam when it comes to assigning numbers. The AMA tried to split the baby, giving "name" riders a chance to establish a number/brand while also having a hierarchy for up-and-coming riders. It works for most, but obviously not for Josh.
We are fans on this board so we see it all from the inside out. I could care less what number Josh runs with, here or in England, but when Tommy Searle shows up and signs up as #100, does he get it or Josh? That's the kind of thing associations have to consider when giving "permanent" numbers to part-time racers.
And if I were the 7-2-2, I would hope that one day I could be the 7-2, or maybe even the 4-2. Or the 2. No matter, he can keep his brand and his team name going, just like Josh can still call his team #100, whether it's here in SX or there in AX...
How many more days in the off-season?
DC
Roger DeCoster had dozens of numbers. So did Torsten Hallman. They used to change them every round of the GPs. We are familiar with them for their success as racers, not branders. And those are pretty big brands.
DC
Is changing it or selling riders the number an option for the future or do all things need to stay the same forever?
Also, single-digits are reserved for riders who have won a major title, though they can choose higher, as Reed and Roczen did.
The rule can certainly change, write up a proposal and send it to the AMA.
DC
DC
w/100/101/102/etc reserved the GP riders riding U.S. nationals, vetted prior pro's coming back for single races, etc.
More entitled dipshits!
And I forgot about Stewart and Fox trading gear for that number 259.
DC
Personally I agree with the earned national numbers. It's something to work for. I know countless privateers who dream of having a two digit number, any two digit number. If you want your career number; win a championship, claim your number, brand yourself behind your accomplishments.
Pit Row
DC
Which AMA? They will just send us your direction.
Just kidding DC although it's probably true.
Since you are here at the moment, useless Marty Smith trivia for you. I asked him how the hell he started his 78 RC500 as this thing has massive compression. He said he never started it, his mechanic always did. He also mentioned that he never stalled it on the track either...
Site Lap or Parade Lap Speed... Whatever you want to call it, gets you into the Main Event... Sad...
This is the same guy that said AMA suspended him and ordered anger management classes when they did not.
Even DC has a soft spot for 214 & 174.
As for the same number ordeal, you could simply add an 'x' at the end. See all the time locally, even when 90% of the clubs don't even have transponders.
Applying that to a Euro rider going to the states, you could again use the 'x' or different colour plates, it's not hard. Especially when it's only for one race.
As for the off-season comment, apologies if this is frustrating. I just think the system needs to be a lot more rider friendly and fan friendly.
TripleFive has the right idea and sums up my point:
"Call me simple minded, but it seems to me that reshuffling everyone's number each year is more "confusing to the fans."
j. lee rolle wrote:
I don't think so but, I'm nobody...
I say make em' run the # they earned but give the former champs the option to run their initials :D
TripleFive wrote:
Without looking it up, how many of these numbers can you correctly match to their '16 rider? For me, it's zero.
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Compare your score to how confused you will be when you see 800 battling with 15."
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