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by Chase Stallo
250 Words: Loretta Lynn’s
Monday, August 1, 2011 | 1:30 PM
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GEICO Powersports Honda has had a long history of picking gems from the amateur ranks and turning them into bon a fide superstars. In the last four years they have taken the likes of Trey Canard, Blake Wharton, Justin Barcia, and Eli Tomac, and groomed them for stardom.
Winning the 2008 SX East Lites championship in his rookie year, and then his first 250 outdoor title in 2010, Canard provided the learning curve for the rest to follow. And follow they did.
Tomac won his first-ever national at Hangtown—in his first attempt—just a year ago and came within a few turns of winning the West Lites championship in his rookie year. And let’s not forget Justin Barcia, who won his first career SX East Lites championship this year.
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Justin Bogle will make his pro debut at Unadilla.
Photo: BrownDogWilson
While Wharton has yet to capture that elusive championship, he has won multiple times in supercross and continues to be a top-five contender year in and year out.
Now GEICO Honda has tabbed Oklahoma native Justin Bogle as their next shining star. Since brining him into the fold in late 2010, Bogle has gone on a tear through the amateur ranks, winning anything and everything in sight. Fresh off of three titles at the Ponca City Grand Nationals, Bogle enters the 2011 Red Bull AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship at Loretta Lynn’s looking for one last shining moment in the amateur ranks before he rides off into the sunset and begins his pro career—at Unadilla—as the next star for GEICO Powersports Honda.
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he has the sickest style. I think he will be the best one yet for geico Honda. not even joking. except for canard. he is just too awesome
he has the sickest style. I think he will be the best one yet for geico Honda. not even joking. except for canard. he is just too awesome
I love the way they say long history. Wharton came out three years ago and three years is not a long history. Great writing.
How come he s wearing thor? Geico guys wear fox? Is he under contract with geico yet? Dude is a top 15 right away as a pro.
Honda did it again... stole a front runner right before they go pro. Save them some dollars , and other BS. he'll be the only geico rider wearing thor gear. honda did the same w/ trey, kyle regal, many others. cooper webb rides a honda and he rides for JGR which is a yamaha team. i dont get it
Bogle is good but Luke Renzland would of taken him out in the first turn and wheelied away with the title..the fans and ladies go crazeee !!!!
Honda did wot? Spotted a young good talent and signed them? Shame on them
Yo this is 250 words what about his arch rival. Jacob Hayes is every bit as good and took him down a couple of times at ponca. I think Jake will destroy at lorettas and will land himself a spot on PC monster kawi which in my book is pretty darn good!!!
@Kawi567: We discussed Hayes, as well as Peters and Faith in 10 Things to Watch for at Loretta's (http://www.racerxonline.com/2011/07/29/10-things-to-watch-for-at-loretta-lynns) This article revolved more around the GEICO team as a whole.
Thanks for reading.
You guys the amateur guys aren't contracted with fox till they turn pro
The real story of the 250 C class is Richie "powpowpow"kolcun ..and Cameron"7th gear" Fasnacht,Logan"Pipebomb" Dubbs and Devon "the cleaner"Viera..all killer riders...
Yeah anyone remember Tomac? He ran TLD as an amateur and when he turned pro they ran an add wishing him luck as a pro. Bogle be in fox at dilla.
COOL I will be there to see it live!!
he gets the most coverage because he wins the most. Hayes and faith have beaten him only a couple times all year. he's won like 90% of the time
CHICOS ALGUIEN ME PUEDE DECIR ALGO DE NICO LEOCATA QE TAL CORRE ESE CHICO ?
Bogle is fast, but im hopin for one of the California kids to sneak one for the Golden State. Nelson, Bereman make us proud!
Yup. They pick up a kid, give him a bike, then make him work his ass off for nothing. Meanwhile his parents are still paying for him to train, travel, and race out of their own pocket. Real classy move.
Yup. They pick up a kid, give him a bike, then make him work his ass off for nothing. Meanwhile his parents are still paying for him to train, travel, and race out of their own pocket. Real classy move.
In amateur the guys are only sponsored for them with the bikes, so they get a bike and all the stuff they run with them. Once he turns pro he will be with Fox for gear! On the other hand some teams dont have team gear sponsors, teams like Factory Honda. Trey runs Fly, Josh runs MSR and Ashley runs Alpinestar gear.
Yaaa I like that Luke Renzland talk
Bogle this, Bogle that, They have alot of riders coming up thats just as talented ( some more talented) as Bogle. I dont see this kid doing anything special once Zack Bell and the rest catch up to him in the pro ranks.
Honda has a way of watching riders on other manufacturers teams develop, work hard, find their speed on big bikes and then steal them away on their final year as amatuers.
Wharton rode suzuki most of his mini career, then KTM, and on last year as amatuer Honda stepped in.
Tomac als rode yellow his whole amatuer career, until Honda stepped in.
Canard rode green until his last year and Honda stepped in. Bogle rode green and then Honda stepped in.
Barcia is the only exception. I'm telling you, Yamaha better protect Biseglia, Kawi better protect the rest of their guys, like Adam Cinaraiula (I butchered his last name) and maybe even Oldenburg.
Even in the pros Honda stole Carmichael, so the pattern is there.
Where is Renzland?
As an aspiring amatuer, I wouldn't consider anything else than the Kawasaki & Honda farm programs for my best interests as a future pro. You have either Monster/ PC/Kawie or GEICO Honda. Rockstar Suzuki & Star Yamaha are not at the level of these two powerhouse teams as of yet. Eventually, KTM will begin a grassroots feeder system such as the Factory Connection program but, they have quite a bit of talent already in the pipe from euro land (Roczen, Herlings, etc) that is going to serve them well in the immediate future.
As for jairtime suks' comment that Honda steals talent, it's called a contract. Nobody put a gun to Ricky Carmichaels head to sign it. They simply made a better offer than Kawasaki did. There are other intangibles that make Honda an attractive team to ride for other than strictly money as well. The bikes are at a higher standard than most as is the team structure / infrastructure. There just aren't a lot of racers out there that get on a Honda and have bad things to say afterwards unless they are biased / prejudiced in some way or another.
nahh he probs wont even top 5
For all the Luke renzland fans . if you didnt know he suffered a broken foot at red bud due to poor flagging. he is currently waiting for cat scan results to see if it it almost healed or if there was another break. But i can say he will be back and he is Hungry for Winning!!!