Motocross needs competition

Listen, I'm new to this forum and have been watching and reading all these posts for awhile, especially the Bubba bashing. Without getting into whether he is dangerous or not, I'd like to say one thing. As a long time fan who doesn't ride anymore, I will tell all of you that if you ever want to watch your sport LIVE on ESPN someday, then you should all be rooting for Mr. Stewart to get his game together because the Washougal race was exceedingly boring with RC basically playing out there. Chad or Bubba (sometimes Kevin) are the only ones are or can give Rc a run. I'm betting RC wants the same thing so he doesn't fall asleep on his bike.

Mr. Stewart will do the sport well once he realizes that he'll have to work to beat the others. James is very talented but talent alone wont get him to the top. He is beginning to realize this and from what I've read is beginning to train like a champ. You can't knock RC for his domination. He is a very focused individual who see's the brass ring and is constantly reaching for it. His training, nutrition and riding reflect that. Reed has suffered from pure bad luck. Losing chain, yard sales in moto's & practice are part of the sport. He has the spped but the endurance isn't there. KW is good and when he's focused can win. As we sit now there are 4 - 5 guys who should be battling it out on Sundays. 1 of them is just giving 110% effort. The others are 90, 85, 80 & 60 percent. I was at Washougal yesterday and RC & KW gave a splendid performance.

If you're right, that's a shame. If you're one of those 4 or 5 that could run with RC with the decipline, why wouldn't you want to be the guy to derail the streak ? Seems that Kevin is getting closer.

C'mon guys, get busy.

What do you mean SOMETIMES Windam? K dub is the only one out there that could race with RC at Thunder Valley. Reed is fast but K Dub would stomp Reed on any day. Bubba might as well train and practice his speed for the rest of the mX season it's not worth putting himself out there to finish 10th overall this season. He needs to focus on Supercross that is where I think he'll get RC if he's smart. I like RC but I have to say that we need K dub to step up so we can have a full 30 mins of bar banging instead of the Ricky show! Not a fan of any one individual racer, I'm a motocross racing fan.

What do you mean SOMETIMES Windam? K dub is the only one out there that could race with RC at Thunder Valley. Reed is fast but K Dub would stomp Reed on any day. Bubba might as well train and practice his speed for the rest of the mX season it's not worth putting himself out there to finish 10th overall this season. He needs to focus on Supercross that is where I think he'll get RC if he's smart. I like RC but I have to say that we need K dub to step up so we can have a full 30 mins of bar banging instead of the Ricky show! Not a fan of any one individual racer, I'm a motocross racing fan.

Personally I don't think there is even a need to even discuss about a certain rider "stepping it up" or "wanting it more". The truth is that every rider out there is hungry to win, there is no way anyone could tell me that a rider with that much drive to even be competing at such a high level of racing isn't racing their hearts out.

The majority of the top-10 train like animals day in and day out and are doing their very best to get the best placings as they can.

Personally I don't think there is even a need to even discuss about a certain rider "stepping it up" or "wanting it more". The truth is that every rider out there is hungry to win, there is no way anyone could tell me that a rider with that much drive to even be competing at such a high level of racing isn't racing their hearts out.

The majority of the top-10 train like animals day in and day out and are doing their very best to get the best placings as they can.

I agree with everything I've seen. The bigger point I'm trying to make is that SOMEBODY needs to give RC a run to attract a larger audience. My best friend is a NASCAR freak. I asked him why he doesn't get interested in MX (which is in my opinion more exciting than watching endless left turns) and he said because you pretty much know who will win. That's why I always root for Kevin or Bubba or whoever else happens to beat Ricky into the first corner even though I like RC alot. I just want the sport to become more generally popular.

As an aside, I hope RC laps the field at MXoN.

Another thing we have to remember about MX is those top few guys have a big advantage over the rest of the crowd with that factory ride. Not only in the bike but training time, flying to races, peace of mind the bike will be set up when they get there etc. etc.

The sports always been dominated by whoever has the factory ride. But, I'll tell you what, just because RC is out front it doesn't mean there isn't some great racing going on. The field is full of races going on all through it.

That's what I love about MX, there is always a great battle going on somewhere on the track. Nascar everybody just plays follow the leader all day.

As far as the attendence at Washougal, I think 26,211 is a pretty good crowd. Compare that to 26,103 at Hangtown & 22,000+ at Thunder Valley. Until all 12 venues attract the numbers like those 3 we can all sit and wait. No other #'s were posted but Mt. Morris attendance was only 17K.

so far ,and ia m saying so far this is the most mature disscussion i have seen in a while.i wish we would talk like this rather than loook for faults in bubba.this would be a much better place.well i would also agree with k dubs "sometimes" coz ,hey right now he riding very well but give him a couple of races, he will fade away.he has so many up and downs.hes an excellent rider but he also needs to keep it up there.

I think KW said it best in his post race interview. Every time he finds a way to gain a second, RC finds a way too. I also think that once James in 100% healthy he'll be a contender. I think Chad is still bent over losing the SX title and is trying too hard. I don't buy the arguement that the reason he's losing is because of a lack of a 4-stroke. Look at what Ricky did in 2003. He won the title on a CR-250 against 4-strokes. I think that was the year that KW beat him at Unadilla and Washougal. But I'm not any of them and only they truely know.

yea ive seen windham win he is fast as hell he always gets 2nd and he alwyas leads a race for at least 5 laps i would be happy to hold of ricky for 5 laps idk about you guys on this forum lol

Pff! I'd be happy to hold off Ricky from my trailer to the starting gates!

I believe you are refering to the Motocross season, Ansley 723. As we all saw, Bubba did make the Supercross races a lot more interesting and exciting. Not just him, but CR, K-dub, Evans (I hate to say it, but he is good). Supercross creates great racing when the top riders are healthy. It is my belief that only Supercross will ever be televised live. As the motocross events are drawn through out afternoon and made way to boring to cover by live television. You can blame AMA for that.
I am extremely bothered when people compare Super and Moto-x to Nascar. First, Nascar racing (As a sport) is uncomparable. Is Nascar even a sport? And, I gets live coverage? Why...? Money? Advertising? Why do you think they race on an oval? In order to make it EXCITING. There is no way you can compare the phycal conditions of a Nascar Driver to a Motocross and Supercross racer. I do not want to see Super and Moto-x go in the direction of Nascar. Although, with Bubba being so out-of-shape that he displayed over the Motocross season,he might as well go to Nascar and race next year. He can only ride 20 laps in stadium and can't put a full day in outdoors! LOL