Who had the best Pro debut?

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Edited Date/Time 2/15/2013 11:03am
How was Robbie Reynard's first National? Windham's 1st was nothing to shout about and Carmichael did so so.

Who had the best Pro debut?
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ga_pike 2/14/2013 12:22pm
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IIRC Bradshaw won his first pro race... the SX in Japan. Doesn't get much better than that.
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mxracer32 2/14/2013 12:24pm
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i still liked stroupe's first pro moto....took out half the field getting the holeshot including rv. irrelevant now but was awesome at the time.

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FreshTopEnd wrote:
Tomac
kinda a no brainer, trey did good but eli just straight whooped ass
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Trey!
I'll take trey's too, since he did it the whole series too, where tomac dropped off the planet after texas
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Rupert X 2/14/2013 12:37pm
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Seems like JOSH GRANT had a helluva holeshot in his first race, forget how he did...
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It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was running in the top 3, challenging for a win. I was super impressed with that. Sorta weird to remember that he didn't immediately get picked up, and when he did it was on the Rockstar Suzuki team for a bit. Then all of a sudden, he was a freak of nature.
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JW381 wrote:
It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was...
It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was running in the top 3, challenging for a win. I was super impressed with that. Sorta weird to remember that he didn't immediately get picked up, and when he did it was on the Rockstar Suzuki team for a bit. Then all of a sudden, he was a freak of nature.
Stalled it and kicked for two laps.
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slipdog 2/14/2013 12:39pm
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Can't do better than Bradshaw or Tomac...
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JW381 2/14/2013 12:40pm
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JW381 wrote:
It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was...
It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was running in the top 3, challenging for a win. I was super impressed with that. Sorta weird to remember that he didn't immediately get picked up, and when he did it was on the Rockstar Suzuki team for a bit. Then all of a sudden, he was a freak of nature.
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Stalled it and kicked for two laps.
That same race when he was up front?? Or his first race? Shows what a few solid laps can do to your memory.
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NoGo 2/14/2013 12:41pm
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I think some of the trey voters in this forum are thinking of his sx debut not his actual PRO debut where he got an 11th.

without a doubt Tomacs debut takes the cake.
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JW381 2/14/2013 12:44pm
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I was expecting the OP to include "besides Tomac."
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FreshTopEnd 2/14/2013 12:46pm
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JW381 wrote:
It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was...
It wasn't Baggett's first race, I don't believe, but his second or third, after not getting picked up by a big team after Lorretta's, he was running in the top 3, challenging for a win. I was super impressed with that. Sorta weird to remember that he didn't immediately get picked up, and when he did it was on the Rockstar Suzuki team for a bit. Then all of a sudden, he was a freak of nature.
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Stalled it and kicked for two laps.
JW381 wrote:
That same race when he was up front?? Or his first race? Shows what a few solid laps can do to your memory.
Meant that for Rupes Grant post
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JW381 2/14/2013 12:46pm
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
Stalled it and kicked for two laps.
JW381 wrote:
That same race when he was up front?? Or his first race? Shows what a few solid laps can do to your memory.
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Meant that for Rupes Grant post
Hangtown? He didn't skip his A class season at LL's?
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JW381 2/14/2013 12:50pm
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Brandon!
Wow, this many posts, and no one thought of this?! We all lose this game...

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JW381 2/14/2013 12:52pm
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FreshTopEnd wrote:
Stalled it and kicked for two laps.
JW381 wrote:
That same race when he was up front?? Or his first race? Shows what a few solid laps can do to your memory.
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Meant that for Rupes Grant post
Ah, gotcha. I was confused.

I was wrong on the top-3 part, it was top-4 in moto 2.

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/558/4523/Motorcycle-Article/AMA-Motocross…
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TheWeapon 2/14/2013 12:52pm
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Zach Bell looked impressive last season until he went down.

Chad Reed won the first round of 125East (and the title) in 2002. I think he may have done an AMA race a few years prior to that, when he was 16 or so.
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IWreckALot 2/14/2013 12:53pm
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Dungey came out battling Stewart for the win. Come to think of it, that was the most aggression I think he's ridden with.
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Stickers 2/14/2013 12:55pm
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Fonseca had a good debut and whole season over here. 1999
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JW381 2/14/2013 12:57pm
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TheWeapon wrote:
Zach Bell looked impressive last season until he went down. Chad Reed won the first round of 125East (and the title) in 2002. I think he...
Zach Bell looked impressive last season until he went down.

Chad Reed won the first round of 125East (and the title) in 2002. I think he may have done an AMA race a few years prior to that, when he was 16 or so.
He actually did a few 250 (big bike class) races in 2002 also on a regular old YZ250 before 125E.
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JW381 2/14/2013 12:57pm
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Dungey came out battling Stewart for the win. Come to think of it, that was the most aggression I think he's ridden with.
That was his 450 debut, but yeah that was a good race.
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Wolfman 2/14/2013 12:59pm
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Ahhh, I forgot that trey debuted in the nats. Don't know how I forgot, since he was #48 at his first SX.
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Rupert X wrote:
Seems like JOSH GRANT had a helluva holeshot in his first race, forget how he did...
the stalled it like 3 turns later.............
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MauriceR 2/14/2013 1:43pm
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May not be technically a pro debut but Tortelli won his first ever sx, the 1998 season opener in L.A
the next year he rode SX also (not great results) but won the season opener MX at Glen Helen which i believe was his 1st outdoor national in the U.S
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TX24 2/14/2013 2:21pm
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ga_pike wrote:
IIRC Bradshaw won his first pro race... the SX in Japan. Doesn't get much better than that.
And he beat RJ who was a top guy then.
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mx_579 2/14/2013 2:29pm
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Tomac for sure.
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racin mason 2/14/2013 2:34pm
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How about Marty Tripes? He won the very first supercross against Americas best and some of Europes best at the ripe old age of 16.Actually at the time the race was called the Superbowl of Moto-cross.

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