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"100% nowhere near any of the names..." He was gapping Austin Forkner, who is about as fast as anyone to enter the 250 ranks in a long time. There is still time for him to dominate outdoor nationals at 16-years-old this summer.
He seems like a great kid and has a ton of talent. Don't ruin it and make it look like people are trashing him just because you feel the need to make silly, hyperbolic statements about him.
You're making yourself look even more the fool.
Again, stop overselling the kid and slow down the fanboy talk. He'll do fine, but if you've watched more than 3 seasons of racing you should know better than to make such a crazy assertion after someone gets a great start and leads for a bit. He's probably got several weeks to recover and hopefully he makes a complete one. But as I said, let him finish a race on the podium before anointing him the greatest ever.
How do you nuance trying to argue that he's one of the all-time greats without a single podium?
Or are you so new to this whole sport that you think 5 minutes of leading a race is all that it takes?
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If he doesnt learn that fast he could easily be the next Austin Forkner.
Anyone who says settle down, can’t see the riding skill/style this kid has in spades. I think Honda will groom him for their 450 lead rider
His riding style is amazing
Don’t forget how much older and mature Dylan is then both Austin and Lawrence ...
Don’t worry in the nex 5 years both kids will at some stage park Ferrandis
Crazy to think there was talk about Jett racing amateur this year too.
Jet was good for 10 or 11 laps and then he was tired, pretty clear looking at the times. Drops 2 seconds a lap then the crash.
Jet was .8 or so faster on average through those 11 laps... Dylan was in traffic... Then Jet drops 4–5 seconds over two laps and about 10 on lap 14
Pit Row
Go here:
https://results.amasupercross.com/xml/SX/events/S2015/S2F1RID.pdf
to see the timings the AMA uses.
They eliminate crash laps from the average.
I think that question is not appropriate and only leaves huge expectations, which tends to bring disastrous results, win or crash mentality, fanboyism, haters, etc.
But is he the most promising rookie this year ? So far yes and it is awesome to watch ! I love his style, it reminds me of Windham when he entered the pro class in 98 (and there is a bit of Pourcel too). Nice aerial style, feet on the pegs, light on the bike, smooth. He made it look easy for a good 10 minutes, almost like the previous week behind Forkner where he was also looking awesome but made more little mistakes. So i think he improved over 7 days! With all the great people in his corner (training partners, Dungey, Jonnhy O', etc etc), I am sure they will help him to get championships !
https://www.amasupercross.com/events.aspx
Although Jett reminds me of a mix of Ken Roczen and Adam Cianciarulo.. next great super star, been saying it since 2018 when i watched him ride one day.. the kid has it.. my only concern is his lack of fear even though he has the skill to ride out of most things due to him being so smooth..(yes he got a little wild on saturday, nerves had a big part to do with that i imagine.. if it were me.. i woulda weeded it 2nd lap)
I just hope he doesnt go the same route as zach bell its too early to tell... balls fast but a tendency to get injured.. personally i think he reigns it in and finds his groove. he should be back in about 4 weeks i would imagine after surgery, bagget raced a week after surgery. i think the 4 weeks will be good for the rookie.
Canard was Stew fast and smooth until it wasn’t then it got extremely scary to watch.
Felt like I was watching the second coming of Canard last night. The two laps after he fell were the sketchiest laps I’ve seen in a while. Was happy to see him not weed it during those and gather himself up for the most part.
The fact that he got back to the inside of Ferrandis through whoops and over triple was beautiful, but he failed on the pick up pass. Ferrandis allowing that basically handed it to him if Jett would of committed to it and blasted him.
I know he had arm pump and was dead tired and not thinking straight but shit he already did the hard part getting next to him.
He had a good start, benefit of some people crashing. Started running out of gas. Lost focus. Crashed hard. Injured. SX Season over.
I'll be pulling for him outdoors. Love some new blood in the classes. He has a bright future ahead of him.
When something is demonstrably false, like saying that someone who finished behind the leader had a faster average lap time, it should be an alert that something isn't right.
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