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If you view him as the average 29 y/o rider who has been battling for championships in the premier class for the better part of a decade, his prospects are indeed grim.
If you view him as an outlier, who has swiftly accelerated from "Dungey's loyal wingman" to losing multiple championships by a point margin narrower than a single race in a mere *three years*, his prospects improve significantly.
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Unfortunately crashes, and probably the biggest choke of all time in 92 in LA took his biggest chance away.
Also, he won the Osaka SX when he was only 15, beating Ricky Johnson and the other biggest SX stars at that time. Imagine today a 15 year old amateur winning the biggest off season SX race in the 450 class beating ET, MM, KR, Webb etc.
Other than that I would agree MM and Windham, but MM has 2 world MX2 titles.
Edit: I see its who never won a premier class title. I think the thing with Windam or Bradshaw is they never won any titles. Ya Marv "only" has MX2 titles but they are a huge deal.
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And if you're going to include him, why not Canard? Why not Ryno or Ferry? You could go even further back with guys like Matasevich and Larry Ward. The problem is you end up with too many guys who had top level speed and the ability to win . . . sometimes.
I will say Windham is the only guy I can remember ever tracking down RC in the outdoors, passing him, and setting sail. Washougal - 2001ish IIRC.
Marv - who knows? Dude rips hard when he's feeling it, but I feel like he lays up too much. (And I don't blame him a bit.) When the track gets sketch, when the alpha dogs are fighting, he kind of waits for his opportunity or wads it up. Sometimes the wait for it thing works, but more often it does not.
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His first world title I believe he was on a privateer/satellite Honda team and leading the championship, when mid season he switched to KTM because of better support. I believe there was a big lawsuit over it.
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