Upgrade to enjoy this feature!
Vital MX fantasy is free to play, but paid users have great benefits. Paid member benefits:
- View and download rider stats
- Pick trends
- Create a private league
- And more!
Only $10 for all 2024 SX, MX, and SMX series (regularly $30).
Seems a marketing opirtunity hey after years on unobtanium our most decorated US rider rides stock.
What ml posted says to me is he wouldnt bother riding if he couldnt get the red carpet..
And that is just imo and could be wrong..
Maybe GuyB has some good ones...
I don’t see him washing it and changing a filter
He hit up the team he still is associated with and won many titles for to ride for the day and you know they would’ve liked his feedback on what they have right now so they set him up with a bike to ride for a few days....
As far as I’m aware, he has motorcycles at home...including an Adventure bike.
The Shop
I cold called his Agent, who I was friendly with.
I was at a loss..the Mothership at the time said NO to every1 of my picks.
Theirs sucked.
No 1 worth a shit was left to choose from.
I risked my job & reputation hiring him.
I knew I was right & he proved them all wrong.
The rest is History.
We chalk life up to accomplishments but what if it’s more than that ? Jlaw is living life how he wants. Dungey wanted to live that road....I bet he was more stressed out than Lawrence will ever be. That’s all I’m saying. Lawrence has had that attitude and been that way his whole life and still was able to whip peoples assess off the couch. That talent you can’t discount.
We know know dungey is a hard worker and you can’t discount that either. These two show that on both ends of the spectrum you can be famous with as little or as much stress as you want to endure.
https://youtu.be/OwzXVvdSUno
In the end two of the guys I mentioned are on the Mount Rushmore of Moto, and the other guy is a footnote who had one really good year, and a few other good rides. He also screwed his mechanic out of a bunch of money rolling a rental car.
His issues werent talent or work ethic. They were more personal. What made him great at getting in the heads of Dungeybot & Villobot, was also his own undoing.
Heheh.
What if RV quit in say 2012 or Dungey in 2014? Or earlier?
Pit Row
One particular thing I recall happened during practice for a 450 national at Millville. The racers were arranged two by two in a line stretching from next to the starting gate all the way back to the pits. All of the sudden Lawrence starts revving his bike and shoving everyone out of the way. He did this until he made it to the front of the line, after which he rode a few laps and pulled off. I'd heard that the night before he won the 50 race and went on a bender with the local fans. He didn't even line up for the official Motos.
I also have to wonder if RV and Dungey's experiences with J-Law are why they were always so adamant about avoiding drama throughout their careers.
Ya, J Law will never race at a high level again, but our sport NEEDS him, or someone like him...
We're they as naturally fast/talented as Bubba? No. But their conditioning and overall mental makeup proved to make for the formula to neutralize the FMOTP.
So how do you beat guys like Villo and Dungey? JLaw was the answer. Yeah, his antics (and talent) made him the only answer when trying to rattle those guys.
I wouldnt say it made them tougher moving forward. They simply out lasted him and never had to deal with anyone with his skills in that regard ever again. Lucky for them.
The sport was robbed of what would have been some colorful rivalries that would've really propelled the sport. Reed vs Bubba was fun and all, but I think JLaw in the mix vs RV/RD would have been so much more entertaining. As they say in boxing, "styles make fights".
And that can be said for a lot of "woulda coulda" talents in this sport. Knowing a lot of their backstories, I'll always blame the industry to some degree. A lot of these managers, agents, mechanics, and rider reps are some of the LAST people on earth you'd want supervising these kids. Some kids you cant save. But why throw fuel on the fire?
Still the most entertaining 6 minutes of MX racing Ive ever watched....
He was must watch.
His marketability is nothing near any current factory rider. Period. Your middle paragraph makes no sense. Third paragraph? Laughable. Dungey still loves to ride dirt bikes. It's hilarious you think he has a "panic attack" every time he throws a leg over the bike. Also, Lawrence didn't do what he wanted when he wanted. At least not while the ding-a-ling sat in jail.
I can guarantee you there's not a single factory rider who wishes their career was similar to Lawrence's. I would be willing to bet every single current factory rider in the world wishes their career mirrored Dungeys minus maybe Cairoli.
Man, some things people post on vital really worries me about the level of common sense in the world.
Post a reply to: Meta article about Jason Lawrence