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Larry Ward
I was hoping Zacho would take 8. Interested to see who takes 7
I totally agree with Zaco taking 5 and AP taking 7. That would be fitting imo.
The Shop
Plessinger can only choose a single digit number if he wins the outdoor title.
Personally I'd rather see the 8 and 9 back in the field.
AP will win the title and take the 7, he might take the eight sort of fitting for a Yama rider I guess.
Kevin Windham
Grant Langston
No if they picked a 2 digit number career number unless of course they go on to win a national championship in either 250 or 450 outdoors or a 450 SX title.
Years it was on a Yamaha
1990 Damon Bradshaw
1992 Jeff Emig
1993 Damon Bradshaw
1998 Kevin Windham
2000 to 2003 Not Used
2004 to 2010 Grant Langston was number 8
Langston rode for Yamaha from 2007 to 2010
The number 8 in the years it was on a different brand.
1991 Jean-Michel Bayle (Honda)
1994 Doug Henry (Honda)
1995 Jeff Stanton (Honda)
1996 Mike LaRocco (Suzuki)
1997 Greg Albertyn (Suzuki)
1999 Greg Albertyn (Suzuki)
2004 Grant Langston (KTM)
2005 Grant Langston (Kawasaki)
2006 Grant Langston (Kawasaki)
Ironically from 1990 to now the number 8 has been on a Yamaha for a total of 8 times. The most of any manufacturer.
Riders that have won titles with the number 8
1991 Jean-Michel Bayle (250MX, 250SX, 500MX)
1992 Jeff Emig (125MX)
1994 Doug Henry (125MX)
1999 Greg Albertyn (250MX)
2007 Grant Langston (450MX)
Pit Row
In 2016 Joey Savatgy chose number 37 as his career number but then switched to number 17 in 2017.
So it looks like you can change it once after all. But like you said in order to change it again you have to finish in the top 10 overall in combined points. I don't believe a rider can simply change it the following year just because he wants something new. So basically in order to change it the rider has to earn/re-earn a new career number.
Personally I prefer the run what you earn system.
Career numbers work in NASCAR with 20+ years behind the wheel. In MX it was cool to see how the points ended up and seeing the earned numbers
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