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Who all has had a “perfect year” as far as motocross goes? My Googling is coming up a bit short tonight but what I mean is... who has won both SX and MX championships, been elected for the USA MXdN team and been on the winning team all in the same year?
AP is on that course now but I’m assuming a few others have done it as well? Must but a short list, though.
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RV for sure in 2011
Not only SX, MX and MXoN but he also won the Monster Million that fall too
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2010 Ryan Dungey won the SX and MX titles and then went 1-1 at MXdN as a rookie. Not a bad year.
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dirtnapper wrote:RV for sure in 2011
Not only SX, MX and MXoN but he also won the Monster Million that fall too
Yep. Hard to beat RV in 11, figuratively and literally.
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KirkChandler wrote:Bailey in 1983
Ward in 1985
RC in 2005
RV in 2007 and 2011
Dungey in 2009 and 2010
Thank you! It is a relatively short list but a powerful one. RVs 2011 season is nuts!
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RC would certainly have been in the running for a lot more of these, but had a lot of weird circumstances around the MXON.
No team in '01, '02, '04 (his prime)
Hurt in '06
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Bayle in 1991 won the 250 and 500 outdoor titles and the 250 supercross title. Boom. Nobody else ever did that.
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hamncheeze wrote:Agree. RV's 2011 season is the greatest single season ever IMO.
Over RC's 2005 season? Huh?
No.
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hamncheeze wrote:Agree. RV's 2011 season is the greatest single season ever IMO.
Good point. Suppose if you went by winnings and just called even round numbers for some over simplified guesses you could maybe say
RV. A million for each title, 9 wins @ 100K, Monster Million* = $3.9M
RC. A million for each title, 19 wins and US Open @ 100K = $4.0M
*But I think we know RV's million might not have been and this post is making some ridiculous assumptions and omissions!
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And if not for the 01 terrorist attacks, he very well could/would have done it there too. Then of course in 02 not sending a team. 02 might have been RC’s single most dominant season actually.
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I forgot about the US Open. I guess I'd have to say RC in 2005 might trump RV in 2011. Either way, both very dominant seasons. And I'd argue that RV had to overcome a deeper field to get that Supercross title. 4 guys in with a mathematical chance at Vegas that year.
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hamncheeze wrote:I forgot about the US Open. I guess I'd have to say RC in 2005 might trump RV in 2011. Either way, both very dominant seasons. ...more
2005 was pretty deep bro
Chad
RC
Windham
Stew
DV
Tortelli
Larocco
Pretty stacked back then
Alright Lunger, Let's Do It
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hamncheeze wrote:Agree. RV's 2011 season is the greatest single season ever IMO.
Id put rv 2011 above rc.
