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I think as MX racers many of us are somewhat "superstitious". This may sound silly, but with all the bad luck they have been having could you start to begin to see riders actually turning down offers/fill ins for this team due to the black cloud hanging over JGR?
It can't be easy to watch their competitors with career ending injuries and season ending breaks. Pieck, Savatgy, Norren, Jimmy D, Tickle...
I know I know...how could someone turn down a factory ride especially if they are paying out of pocket to get to the races, but is it possible? You would be going in with the frame of mind basically expecting to be the next one on the ground.
This sport is dangerous as F, but when was the last time that a SX team had so many riders injured in one season? And we're only half way!
What is going on at JGR?!
It can't be easy to watch their competitors with career ending injuries and season ending breaks. Pieck, Savatgy, Norren, Jimmy D, Tickle...
I know I know...how could someone turn down a factory ride especially if they are paying out of pocket to get to the races, but is it possible? You would be going in with the frame of mind basically expecting to be the next one on the ground.
This sport is dangerous as F, but when was the last time that a SX team had so many riders injured in one season? And we're only half way!
What is going on at JGR?!
The Shop
James Stewart, David Millsaps, Justin Barcia, Justin Brayton, and now Josh Hill have put in better results AFTER leaving Jgr, including 4 of those 5 winning races in the premier class.
The team has always looked awesome on paper but dang, after all these years and nothing ever seeming to gel, it could make one ponder what needs to change in the team structure to initiate change in the right direction.
Their guys trying to bridge gap to front by pushing just little on bike that is not better than those
top guys have. Taking more risk will hurt in long run.
Note, I'm not attacking anybody, I'm just stating fact based upon performance and resources.
I can’t remember when they have ever had a good run full stop
Someone explain this.
James Stewart sweeps the first nationals on a hastily-assembled Suzuki ride after he leaves JGR.
Explain.
Justin Barcia couldn't get out of his own way on JGR, now he running top 5 with two wins on Yamaha.
Explain.
Pit Row
For those who lack a sense of humor....this post was in jest....
Ebbs and flows of racing, you guys would have been saying the same thing about KTM in 2010.
1. Did Savatgy ever finish a moto on that Kawasaki last year?
2. Barcia left factory Yamaha because he hated the bike originally and he sucked.
3. Stewart crashed on whatever he rode, always.
4. Josh Grant is thanking JGR.
5. Weston Pieck is thanking JGR.
6. Chad Reed looks REAL good this year, I’m betting he would give his left testicle for a JGR bike right now.
7. Millsaps had a career season with JGR.
8. Brayton was a great rider on that bike, some of his best finishes
9. Nicoletti was always solid
I appreciate a team that busting their ass and trying, even more that’s supporting the sport. I applaud them for not giving up and hope they get some luck their way, then shove it in all your faces. Unreal.
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