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More "talented" than James
Never fully "preperated".
Unseen potential on the 450
I keep hoping to see it all come together
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List of riders that have won a 250/450SX title without a 125/250SX title to their name.
Here's what I said.
"In fact the only guys to have won at least 1 250/450SX title without a 125/250SX title to their names are Jeff Ward (x2), Rick Johnson (x2), Jeff Stanton (x3), Jean-Michel Bayle (x1), and Jeff Emig (x1)."
Seeing as the split coasts of East/West 125SX races started back in '85 my answer is relevant.
That said in the modern era of Supercross every 450SX title has been won by someone that has at least 1 125/250SX title to their name and that goes all the way back to 1998. Pretty amazing.
I wonder how long it'll be until someone wins another 450SX title without first having a 250SX title to their name. I mean the streak has been going on for 21 years and I don't see that changing in 2019. Hell I don't see that changing for the next few years.
Who in the history has gone from beeing a 10th-15th place guy to suddenly winning races? Nobody.
I'm a big Mookie fan and I hope and believe he will take a step forward next year but thinking he can win main events all of a sudden is way way over the top.
Every time Mookie comes up he has nothing but negative things to say. I don’t understand that.
I also didn’t say anything about Mookie winning races and anybody who did should re-evaluate their conclusion.
The issue is that he's made excuses in the past when he shouldn't have. He should've just owned up to it. If he doesn't like the outdoors, that's fine but say so. Look at Reed, he's said it before that he's not a fan of the outdoors. Nothing wrong with that. Some guys prefer SX, some prefer MX and some like both equally. Saying you're not doing the nationals in order to get ready for SX and then show up out of shape is not a good look. He then wondered why teams overlooked him. Well, not showing initiative and not following through on your words is easy to see why some teams didn't want to hire him. If he's not willing to invest in himself in order to get better why should a team invest in him over some other guys that show work ethic?
There's no denying his results have been sub par thus far in his 450 career.
Now look where he is. He's now riding for MCR Honda and coming into 2019 with a better program. He could've had that ride coming into 2018 and used that as a building year and come into 2019 even stronger than he's coming into it now but he didn't return their calls for whatever reasons. Was it because it wasn't a factory team? MCR might not be a factory team but they have Honda support, have great bikes and the team has been at it a long time. If they didn't know what they were doing they would have left the sport years ago and Honda wouldn't be supporting them.
I do wish him well and look forward to seeing what he can do come 2019.
BTW- his brother will not train him or even go near a track. He is over it. Mookie wants to be his own man at this point.
1) That is how he rides. On the edge of in control
2) His fitness has been sub par for a while, and he is trying to keep up with the top pros. He gets weak/tired, rides beyond his ability to control the bike at that speed, and crashes.
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He won a lites title and said he wasn’t doing the outdoors to prepare for supercross.
He and most everyone else thought that being a 250 champ would land you a good seat but it didn’t. I’m guessing that if a sx ride would have surfaced in the off season he weould have but it didn’t and he didn’t
So far this year solidifies that statement. If he’s got support he does the work
Heindsight id a mother trucker
And what works for some doesn’t work for everyone
I don't see Mav bashing Malcolm at all here.....but instead , just posting facts. Some of you think that a guy that usually places around 12th - 17th , is all of a sudden going to " start winning main's ".
It's called being realistic , and having your head not stuck in the clouds. I hope Malcolm can go fight for some to 5 - 8th place finishes , as that would be great. But if anyone think's he'll be fighting for win's , you are either delirious or aren't giving the top guy's in that class their due respect.
Try thinking with your head.....not you heart.
This year he is putting in a better effort and could/should post better results (wins are a bit of a stretch but I can see a 3rd possibly)
Mookis is always fast through the whoops and for a bigger looking dude on the bike is deceivingly fast. (Generally speaking)
Funny how Webb’s name hasn’t surface in this thread as some sort of comparison...
Malcolm Stewart
2017: 15 races, no podiums, best finish - 9th
2018: 16 races, no podiums, best finish - 6th
Cooper Webb
2017: 12 races, 1 podium
2018: 13 races, 1 podium
That said in terms of overall performance you're right. Webb hasn't performed to the level a lot of people expected him to but was still a top 10 guy.
Let's take a look at their average performance finish in each season and both seasons combined.
Malcolm Stewart
2017: 15 races with an average finish of 14.13
2018: 16 races with an average finish of 12.44
Combined: 31 races with an average finish of 13.26
Cooper Webb
2017: 12 races with an average finish of 10.08
2018: 13 races with an average finish of 9.15
Combined: 25 races with an average finish of 9.60
Now, since Malcolm did more races than Cooper in both seasons let's only take Malcolm's first 12 races of the 2017 season and first 13 races of the 2018 season for a more accurate comparison between the two.
Malcolm Stewart
2017: 12 races with an average finish of 14.33
2018: 13 races with an average finish of 12.69
Combined: 25 races with an average finish of 13.48
If these stats change the way you enjoy the races you might be reading into it too much
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