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Seems to me Championships are not worth the long term health costs to these young men.
I Really hope Tim G takes his time coming back.
The Shop
https://youtu.be/AawNRdISY8I?start=11
to break his neck in SX.
IMO MXGP is the pinnacle of off road racing. It makes me sick the best in the business chase the show only to end battered & retiring in there late 20's.
Hopefully the best in MXGP will buck the trend & stay racing around the world in MXGP.
2. Riders don’t leave MXGP to race our national series. They come here for supercross in the first place. I do think that a lot of your guys are starting to realize how hard and dangerous sx really is. They are hanging back in mxgp. JH for example.
Second, this seems to open an opportunity. Get healthy and be ready to ride the US Nationals. Why start in on the GP season when you're already two to five races out of the points? He could come here, conquer, and go back to GP next year.
that video is brutal, the man who fell to earth.
SX is a true killer sport and it seems like it's getting more and more dangerous every year.
Injuries (just in 450's) this season:
Bloss,
Bogle,
Tomac,
Musquin,
Barcia,
Wilson,
Roczen,
Enticknap,
Bisceglia,
Weimer,
Bowers
I might have missed somebody.
There were also plenty more guys hurt in the 250's.
We're not even half way into the series for fucks sake.
Last man standing mode is on and we're getting into gladiatorial colliseum's injury rates.
This sport is so crazy sometimes, the teams are out riders even before the season starts. Standing Construct lost both Guillod and Strijbos in two days, but Strijbos will make Argentina at least after a broken collarbone.
Heal up Tim,
"Youthstream President Giuseppe Luongo has publicly voiced his opinion on several occasions at the precarious nature of winter events and national commitments for MXGP stars when the GP trail is already so long. "
I'd not be surprised if that scumbag Luongo eventually tries to tie into 'contracts' to race the GPs, that no other races than 'His' are to be attended.
Yeh, well, Guiseppe, then you might pay the Riders and Teams a decent wedge of your Filthy Lucre you pocket from their efforts and risks .............. not likely , I'd say.
We don't see MotoGP riders do races before Qatar, we don't see F1 drivers do any kind of racing before Melbourne. Although it's the teams that forbid their riders/drivers to take risks outside of the racing they are paid to do.
But these national races are important for the riders and their sponsors. So Luongo can f off and just deal with it.
Anyways, it sucks that there are so many riders injured before Argentina. I read that Tonus is also a doubt for round 1.
"So, Luongo can F off and just deal with it"
Eloquently put - I couldn't agree more.
But, I fear he just won't.
Meglomaniacs tend to go for the whole box and dice, eventually.
Injuries are part of our Sport / most Sports. It sucks, but that's how it is. Never, ever do we have in any series, a full compliment of riders out there. Pre-season races, or Practice / Training, bodies get broken, unfortunately.
Pit Row
The guys have to ride somewhere... a few years ago 3 of them were injured in a free training day at an open practice track.... its a risky sport , that you have to do, to get better at it.
Get well Tim, we need you out there fit and fast.
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