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6/7/2018 5:16pm
6/7/2018 5:16pm
HRC-kroc,craig,cole.... Kawi-Et3,wilson.... Jgr-peick,hill,savatgy... Yamaha-barcia,grant..... Motoconcepts-brayton,vince,mookie..... Red bull ktm-marvin,webb...... Rockstar hsq- ja21,zack,filthy phil..... Rmatvmc-bagget,bloss,bogle..... Geico-jmart !!!!!!!! Doing the privateer thing- cr22,weimer,bowers
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I see Cole hanging them up, and the Webb to JGR comment makes sense, they would probably offer the most coin, and the 450 is decent. I could also see Honda saying, “we won’t pay you as much but you will love it here”.
$ wins.
Webb to KTM
JS17 to Kawi,
Pit Row
Eli Tomac and Joey Savatgy
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna:
Jason Anderson, Zach Osborne and with Dean Wilson riding for cheap.
Monster Energy Yamaha:
Justin Barcia and Benny Bloss
JGR Suzuki:
Weston Peick and Justin Hill
Red Bull KTM:
Marvin Musquin and Shane Mcelrath
HRC:
Ken Roczen and Cole Seely
Rocky Mountain KTM:
Blake Baggett and Cooper Webb
Geico Honda 450 (hopefully):
Jeremy Martin and Christian Craig
Motoconcepts:
Justin Brayton and Vince Friese
I think ..
Benny will stay at RM KTM.
Monster Yamaha will grab Dean Wilson
RB KTM push Webb to the top spot.
HRC will have Martin on a Geico 450 under their tent
Craig will remain on 250s with Geico
That will leave Seely, Grant, Malcolm, Weimer to find something with one of those teams for little to no money...
I highly doubt HRC will drop Seely.
I don't see Webb beeing a good fit in RB KTM.
Craig will probably end up back in 250s. I hope I'm wrong though
HRC - K-Rex, Seely, Craig or JMart on 450 outdoors
Yamaha - Barcia, Webb - I think the Webb sweepstakes have cooled off a lot
JGR Suzuki - Peick, Hill, Bogle - I think JGR gives Bogle another shot on a performance incentive deal.
Red Bull KTM - Marvin, Bloss
RS Husky - Anderson, Zacho, Dean but Deano is on a performance deal much like Bogle
RMATVMC KTM - Baggett, Nicoletti
Geico - One of Jmart or Craig ride a 450 outdoors
MCR - Brayton, Friese
Malcolm ends up on some form of Suzuki deal with hopefully a stable title sponsor, possibly with Jake Weimer. Remember Suzuki was trying to have more bikes on the track this year, but they put the effort behind Hanny who definitely did not Nut-Up.
Only 2 per team and has to have ridden the bike at some point in their career.
Honda:
MC
KR94
Yamaha:
CR22
AC222
Suzuki:
RC
JS7
Kawasaki:
RV2
ET3
KTM:
RD5
JH84
Husky:
JA21
No clue who else.
Now that would be fun to watch.
Moose
McElrath
Honda:
Seely
Roczen
Yamaha:
Barcia
Bogle
JGR:
Peick
Webb
Hill
Kawasaki:
Tomac
Savatgy
Grant
Husky:
Ando
Wilson
Osborne
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna (unchanged) Jason Anderson, Zach Osborne
Monster Energy Yamaha:Justin Barcia, Dean Wilson
JGR Suzuki: Weston Peick; Justin Hill, Cooper Webb
Red Bull KTM: Marvin Musquin and Shane Mcelrath
HRC: Ken Roczen; Jeremy Martin, Cole Seely;
Rocky Mountain KTM: Blake Baggett; Benny Bloss
Geico Honda (hopefully):; Christian Craig
As ML said, alot depends on what Webb does.
Maybe if Webb ends up at JGR then Bogle gets in as 3rd man at Kawasaki, but it has been a while since any Japanese factory team has started a season with more than 2 riders. I don' t understand why not....given the injury rates in this sport it seems better to invest a bit more to ensure you have 2 quality riders on the track. Getting fill-ins is OK, and no disrespect to Aray or Bowers but really neither of these guys should be on factory equipment in the outdoors.
I honestly don't see Webb at RedBull KTM. I think the Baker's Factory door is pretty much closed, Marvin is the big dog there and he and Coop don't have the best relationship going back to the 2015 outdoors. Maybe Webb could slot in with Rattray's group, or stay with Swanie's group but there seems to be a lot of politics with trainers, bike brands and energy drinks. I honestly see Webb either staying at Yamaha or ending up at JGR. This year I think he cannot be blaming the bike, as Barcia is doing well on it with SX podiums and most likely at least one moto win in the outdoors this year.
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