Pro Circuit Kawasaki

Cayden Thompson wrote:

Anyone want to try to explain how once was the most sought after and prime team fell from grace? I remember back in the 2010s where...

Anyone want to try to explain how once was the most sought after and prime team fell from grace?
I remember back in the 2010s where PC Kawis were going 1,2,3 every motocross and supercross race like Star Racing Yamaha (and the defunct Geico Honda Team) are today.
Now it seems like if you want to win a championship you need to be on a Star Racing Machine.

Anyone have any ideas/opinions why this is? Is it because they don't have the cash to hire champion racers? Is the 250 Kawi engine not as competitive as it once was? Is it leadership? Is it the program?

UpTiTe wrote:

I’ll say the biggest reason for this mythical fall has been bad decision by riders that have cost Mitch 3 supercross titles in the past two...

I’ll say the biggest reason for this mythical fall has been bad decision by riders that have cost Mitch 3 supercross titles in the past two years.

The second biggest reason is a reversed cylinder design that literally shoves air down the throat of a monster efi system.
For those of you who don’t understand the naturally aspirated engine, the more air the better.

mx216 wrote:

And even before then you can add
Pichon
Gaddis
Antunez
Ramsey
Brown
Bentley
Hughes

feelnjstfine wrote:

Can't forget:
Swink
Lamson
Buehl

mx216 wrote:

Theres just too many!!

Motofinne wrote:

And Mitch used to bring over good riders from the GPs. Tonus failed but that was mainly because of him being sick and injured, lets not...

And Mitch used to bring over good riders from the GPs. Tonus failed but that was mainly because of him being sick and injured, lets not forget that he qualified 3rd in his first ever 250 SX. So Mitch was unlucky there.

But like others have said, he missed out on Ferrandis even though Ferrandis was a Kawasaki rider and said publicly he wanted to race for Mitch. Then you could've argued that he also missed out on the Lawrence brothers.

When the internal market for good amateurs gets more difficult and you also miss out on the talent outside of your market, you will eventually end up with a lesser team.