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Anyone who wins almost of all the SX races (250 or 450) obviously has skills and has the potential to do well in the future. I don't think Barcia is going to jump to the big bikes and be the next RV... but even RV wasn't the next "RV" when he jumped to big bikes (it took him a few years to start winning a lot).
I agree with you that Barcia isn't the new "Guy", but I disagree that his accomplishments are not impressive.
1. He has mellowed his riding style from super-over rev to normal amount of over rev.
2. He has mellowed his bam bam style from bash everyone all the time to bash within reason when necessary.
3. He is well spoken in his interviews and is showing good maturity for his age.
3. He is absolutely devastating his supercross lites East competition this year and showed last year that he has the speed to run with the top pilots in his 450 outdoor rides.
4. He is working with Jeff Stanton who is an old-school, no bullshit, tough-as-nails guy and his team manager is Mike Larocco, who is also an old-school, no bullshit, tough-as-nails guy. Working with these two legends has probably instilled a lot of the old-school, no bullshit, tough-as-nails attitude we are seeing right now.
5. I expect him to continue to improve as he continues to work with people who provide him with the tough love and good guidance he needs to achieve his potential.
6. Eli Tomac has many of these same qualities and also has excellent family and team guidance.
The guy has only 1 win outdoors way back in August 2009. That is 1 win in 32 races outdoors on the 250. Austin Stroupe even has a better winning percentage (1 in 14). If he cleans up this year outdoors things will snowball for him for sure but he has a very long way to go.
He looks fitter faster and more patient and confident as well as strategic and introspective.
The program is just building......he will join the fab five....he is not going to end up as the best of the rest.
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At daytona millsaps gained 8 seconds on james in the final lap.
Barcia it can be argued went in to don't throw it away on this treacherous track with an out of the points bagget behind him.
Outdoors his speed has been shown and some of uswho watch the sport intently believe he is putting together the pieces he has been missing to make a run at the title and then work hard to keep climbing the 450 ladder to the level of the Ryans in 2014, probably with Deano and maybe Tomac........possibly without Reed and James.
A couple million industry dollars (that are hard to come by) are betting on this kid over the course of the next two seasons so while there may be some meesage boarders who dont like him or his style the smart money says he is a future contender.
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