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Pastrana racing gncc this weekend
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He's also racing the Dirt Track race right now, just saw on Instagram he was 10th after the first practice, right behind Kody Kopp who some believe (myself included) to be a future champ. Kody just won the Horizon Award for Dirt Track last year. TP is unreal.....
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/TP199-Racing-the-Atlanta…
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Predictions anyone? I’m gonna say 10-20th overall
You’re right though 10-20th if he finishes or takes it somewhat seriously.
Pro is 3 hour race plus sportsman is non points paying, I’m sure he doesn’t want to interfere with any pros points. Tbh I wouldn’t be shocked if he doesn’t win the AM overall. I know he’s a bad dude but there’s plenty of heavy hitters who regularly race woods in the AM. Ex gncc pros like himself, pro moto guys, pro mechanics etc... if Chris Bach shows up and runs AM/sportsman my moneys on him.
As they have just raced a Pro Class at the TT, and Sipes has done at least one 250SX this year, I'd think that being allowed to race in a Pro Class (Pastrana : doing it for the first time to my recollection? - Sipes having done the multiple disciplines of MC Sport at the highest levels for a few years now) would mean they could / should race the Pro Class at the GNCC. It's a bit weird to one day be allowed into a Pro Class, but then the next day being allowed to 'drop down' a class. As I think their previous levels in other branches of MC sport, have given them the right to do a Pro Level Flat Track / TT.
It might be a hard ask for Travis, perhaps with fitness and all his injuries (and I'm pretty sure it's all about fun for him) , but The General should be able to cope.
I rarely see more than 12 /16 Pros in the 450 XC1 Pro class at GNCC, so, they'd up those numbers. And yes, I know there are hundreds, if not a couple of thousand overall entrants at GNCCs. But rarely, much more than the numbers I mentioned in the Premier class. I do find that strange, but heck, maybe they : DC & Co, have extremely high standards for the XC1 class. XC2 Pro and the 125 Pro class, have far bigger numbers. And often, there's a few 250s in the top 5 / 10 overall.
As I wrote, this is not about any hate towards the two. They are both supremely talented, and great blokes as well.
Pit Row
I’m not trying to make this a debate of mx vs xc guys but I think they just want to have fun with it and aren’t really trying to be king of the hill. By the time the PM bikes hit the track it’s seen many hours of bikes and quads, is rough as hell, not to mention most of the spectators/fans are gone, plus as mentioned before it’s 3 brutal hours.
IF they wanted to subject themselves to all of that, I don’t think they’d do great in pro. I know all of their accolades and accomplishments but the rest of pro class are already accustomed to the pace, conditioning needed, bike setup, race strategy etc. and yea, I know sipes was a damn good woods rider when he was doing that.
Doug Henry won the Florida opener in 05 I think and beat an extremely dominant Juha Salminen, who was from Finland and was a sand specialist. Crossed the line and collapsed and was taken out on a stretcher with a IV due to severe over exertion and dehydration.
American Flat Track is one of my favorite championships
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