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3/24/2017 9:40am
3/24/2017 9:40am
This has always been in my head. Who was the most promising, hyped, skilled amateur to ever leave the ranks?
Adam Cianciarulo, JS, RC, Alessi, etc...
An insider that has been around for a long time and goes to all the mini o's, LL and amateur events said that the raw speed of Jordon Smith when he was an amateur was insane and had to be one of the fastest amateurs of all time.
So what you boys think?
Adam Cianciarulo, JS, RC, Alessi, etc...
An insider that has been around for a long time and goes to all the mini o's, LL and amateur events said that the raw speed of Jordon Smith when he was an amateur was insane and had to be one of the fastest amateurs of all time.
So what you boys think?
Travis Pastrana
Ricky Carmichael
Ryan Villopoto
And they ALL won the 125 National Motocross title in their rookie seasons.
The other three I totally agree with. And probably add Pastrana
Davi Millsaps
Nico Izzi
Austin stroupe
Justin Barcia
The Shop
Guys like Stewart and RC entered Pros really before the days of social media, etc so for that reason I don't think the hype was as big. Guys like RC and Stewart dominated the amateurs ranks in a way that really no others have. RC would race Decker, Reynard, Windham on superminis for crying out loud and was competitive against them and was several years younger. RC absolutely decimated his competition from the time he was like 7 years old all the way to the pros. Even Stewart was not as dominant in my opinion.
So RC and Stewart were about as much as a sure thing as can be, so for that reason as well as the social media hype I don't think there was as much hype around them as say AC and Alessi.
Just my .2 cents.
I would have to go with Mike alessi. He possible has the largest amount of amateur titles, but when he turned pro he was in contention for many titles but he never sealed the deal and his skills in SX havent ever been where he needed them to be.
I could imagine him being the GOAT of the GP's.
RC, Stewart, AC, and Alessi have already been listed.
Pit Row
By the time RC was 14 you knew something was special. There is always a transition from minis to big bikes. Top mini riders sometimes didn't make a good transition. Guys who weren't all that on minis jumped to big bikes and did better.
RC has been the GOAT pretty much on any bike any class since age 7. That's almost impossible. But that's why he's the GOAT.
James stewart was the most anticipated and Mike Allesi was the biggest show to arrive .
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