It's official. Ryan Dungey, Eli Tomac, and Jeremy Martin will represent Team USA in for the MXDN in Latvia this September. Lots of heart in that lineup. Looks strong.
I love all the choices, but honestly i sort of wish we didnt send a 250 rider. Id way rather see dungey, tomac, and canard go. Or another top 450 guy. If the 250 rider is stronger sure, give him the nod. If tomac stepped back down to the 250 heaven knows how fast he was last summer on it. Either way we have a strong line up.
For sure, its cool we give our top 250 guys a shot and all but i dont know, this is an international competition shouldn't we send the absolute best line up. Hell italy has cairoli riding the 250!
The States dominate this racing ... Since '81, we've won it 22 times ... ITL, twice ..We do not need to bring in any ringers to win this crown. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motocross_des_Nations -- I wanna see Martin race well ... The couple of interviews I saw with him earlier in the yr, he seemed to have his head on straight ... If the overall-party does not distract him too much, I think our 250cc rider is gonna do very well. Eli has a yr under his belt racing MXdN and RD5 speaks for himself ... Good luck to each of our riders and the other competitors also.
I agree. The best of the best. Much like the 96' World Cup of Hockey Team. These were the guys that could get it done: View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGw7REF2G8
Maybe not but it has the sound of a bell ringing ... Not sure what ITL sees or thinks of the competition that they are facing, but good luck to them and maybe their strategy will pay-off ... Apparently they are wanting to win or something. -- This is a chance for #222 to excel. Is the #222 rider gonna be the second 250cc rider (other than RV2) to win 2 motos against the 4fitty bikes? Maybe... Will he lead every lap of both motos as RV2 did in 2007? I doubt that but again maybe ... Maybe #222 can lead his team to the podium or an overall victory. --- For all you guys who don't have the time to follow our USA racers, here are a few words from the web about our riders and some of the recent racing history. Team USA’s roster for this year’s Motocross des Nations is officially set. Ryan Dungey (MX1), Jeremy Martin (MX2) and Eli Tomac (MX3) will be representing the stars and stripes next month in Latvia. Dungey, who will be representing the U.S. for the sixth consecutive year, is currently second in 450 Class points in the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship and is a two-time champion in the class here in the U.S. Martin, the current 250 Class points leader, will be making his first appearance in the event but was an easy selection after setting himself apart as this season’s breakout rider in the division. Tomac, who has MXoN experience after racing for Team USA last year, has been excellent in his debut season in the 450 Class and has shown the ability to win races. Team USA will look to snap a two-year losing streak at the prestigious international event. The U.S. won the event seven years in a row from 2005-2011, but Germany (2012) and Belgium (2013) have been the most recent champions. -- Two? 1, 2 race losing streak? Mr. RD5 is gonna rise to his top game after he finishes the MX season (on top?) and start a new winning streak for his home country of America, I do believe.
Here's another little piece of the puzzle ... Latvia ... Its an unknown land to me pretty much. Speaking for myself and myself only ... Its not so easy to fly around the planet and step off a plane in a foreign land and do your best work...People that do it, can make it look easy but it is not easy ... Everything that is happening daily there becomes a show to see and one can totally loose focus on the task at hand that you are there for. This is the time you need adults and experience to help get your best foot forward.
Yep and a pretty interesting location ... I never look at maps unless driven to by some specifics like riding places here on this island... I do remember some of this stuff from HS but times have changed the landscape alot ... Sort of looks really close knitted and land locked for many ... -- Viking worn reindeer skins?
I dunno if they wor reindeer skins, but it get wicked cold up there. They had to have worn something.
More teams. Cut and paste sorry. Actually quite a few strong teams including Canada but I think we've got this! GERMANY Max Nagl – 450 Dennis Ullrich – 250 Marcus Schiffer – Open PORTUGAL Rui Goncalves – 450 Paulo Alberto– 250 Hugo Basaula– Open SWEDEN Filip Bengtsson – 450 Eddie Hjortmarker – 250 Fredrik Noren – Open CANADA Colton Facciotti – 450 Kaven Benoit – 250 Jeremy Medaglia– Open IRELAND Graeme Irwin – 450 Martin Barr – 250 Stuart Edmonds – Open ESTONIA Tanel Leok – 450 Harri Kullas – 250 Gert Krestinov – Open USA Ryan Dungey – 450 Jeremy Martin – 250 Eli Tomac – Open BELGIUM Jeremy Van Horebeek – 450 Julien Lieber – 250 Kevin Strijbos – Open GREAT BRITAIN Shaun Simpson – 450 Tommy Searle – 250 Dean Wilson – Open ITALY David Philippaerts – 450 Antonio Cairoli – 250 Davide Guarneri – Open AUSTRALIA Chad Reed – 450 Dean Ferris – 250 Brett Metcalfe – Open FRANCE Gautier Paulin – 450 Dylan Ferrandis – 250 Steven Frossard – Open SWITZERLAND Valentin Guillod – 450 Jermey Seewer – 250 Arnaud Tonus – Open HOLLAND Marc De Reuver – 450 Ceriel Klein Kromhof – Open Glenn Coldenhoff – 250
dang I wanted to see the bullet#!!! he is so dang entertaining to watch, never a dull moment. Im still in awe over that foto of him scrubbing that outside line soft corner rut from before he broke his thigh, that is one of the best MX fotos of all time IMHO (and I can think of alot of cool ones both old and new). # just in case, the bullet=Jeffry Herlings
ok im behind and last night I found out the FIM made some changes back in 2002 what size bikes go in MX1 MX2 &3 AND IS E1-2-3 the same
MX1 is 2t up to 250cc or 4t up to 450cc. MX2 is 2t up to 125 (lame) or 4t up to 250cc. MX3 is 2t up to 500 or 4t up to 650 (but everyone just fields a 450.)
they have a 150 class in EMX all Honda CRF150s man those kids ride the shit outa those bikes sounds like a whole gate full of little JB51s View: http://youtu.be/SEvxI88RCys
