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Well shucks....
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (August 23, 2017) - Due to an internal error while we were traveling to the Ironman National in Crawfordsville, Indiana, MX Sports Pro Racing mistakenly released a draft of a press release involving multi-time FIM World Champion Jeffrey Herlings' possible participation in this weekend's final round of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross. Herlings has not actually entered the event and has only begun testing the bike he would have to ride, should he choose to participate in the AMA Pro Racing-sanctioned event; AMA Pro Racing and the FIM-sanctioned MXGP have different rules and regulations, and Herlings would not be able to use his usual race bike for this event.
"We totally jumped the starting gate on crafting a press release, and I take full responsibility for any confusion this may have caused," said MX Sports Pro Racing's Davey Coombs. "I apologize for the error and hope that Jeffrey enjoys his time here in America as he prepares for the main reason he and his team are here, which is next weekend's MXGP of the USA in Florida."
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (August 23, 2017) - Due to an internal error while we were traveling to the Ironman National in Crawfordsville, Indiana, MX Sports Pro Racing mistakenly released a draft of a press release involving multi-time FIM World Champion Jeffrey Herlings' possible participation in this weekend's final round of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross. Herlings has not actually entered the event and has only begun testing the bike he would have to ride, should he choose to participate in the AMA Pro Racing-sanctioned event; AMA Pro Racing and the FIM-sanctioned MXGP have different rules and regulations, and Herlings would not be able to use his usual race bike for this event.
"We totally jumped the starting gate on crafting a press release, and I take full responsibility for any confusion this may have caused," said MX Sports Pro Racing's Davey Coombs. "I apologize for the error and hope that Jeffrey enjoys his time here in America as he prepares for the main reason he and his team are here, which is next weekend's MXGP of the USA in Florida."
BUT....if he digs the bike , hopefully he does the race at Ironman.
The Shop
Who knows what frame he has raced this season.
It makes 100% sense that he tests the US/production spec bike before racing it.
I think there are a lot of people that don't understand the GP rules.
Coombs, I know you're reading this. Your journalistic integrity is off the charts, IMO. We're all human and sometimes, shit happens. Don't beat yourself up over this too bad.
Pro cyclists do that sometimes -- they get custom frames with relative tube lengths that you and I can't buy. Hell, in 2010, the HTC-Columbia team rode the Scott Foil frame, and that was a prototype that wasn't commercially available at all at the time.
Pit Row
I hope Herlings feels comfortable on the production bike and races, it will be awesome.
DC knows the ropes of this game. Like I said, we're all human. Pretty rare for DC to have to wipe egg from his face..
It was possibly on, then it was definitely on and now it's possibly on again. Or is it possibly off?
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