250 Words: MXoN Preview
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It’s no longer a two-horse race at the top of the 250 class in AMA Pro Motocross. Okay, at the moment, it’s a one-horse race, with Pro Circuit Kawasakis dominating the entire summer. But beyond that team’s typical competition in GEICO Honda, other colors are rising through the ranks.
Over here, the DNA Shred Stix Star Racing Yamaha team made great inroads toward the podium. And GEICO certainly has the horses to run with Team PC again. But over in Europe, a powerhouse is rebuilding.
After a nightmarish season filled with injuries, Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin improved rapidly in the final two rounds of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship to log a pair of podium finishes. This weekend, he gets to go back home, finally, as France hosts the Motocross of Nations.
Baggett will be representing Team USA at the MXoN.
Photo: Simon Cudby
There, he will be flanked by young Red Bull Teka KTM teammate Ken Roczen, who jumped from Suzuki to KTM for this season, and has now taken Musquin’s place as the MX2 GP Champion. In Europe, KTM 250SX-Fs absolutely fly. Moreover, Roczen’s German team has lost their biggest 450 gun in Max Nagl to injury. Expect Roczen to get the good gate selections and run for a moto win.
Two of the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki boys will be there, with both Blake Baggett and Dean Wilson representing in MX2 (Tyla Rattray is racing a 450 for South Africa, and for that matter, so is Star Racing’s Gareth Swanepoel. And Wilson’s inclusion to team Great Britain on a 250 means Tommy Searle, who ranked third in the MX2 class on a Pro Circuit KX250F, will have to ride a 450 at the MXoN as well).
Expect quite a showdown this weekend, with a collision course set between the brightest young talent in the sport, on the two most powerful teams on each continent.
(And for a statistical comparison between the teams, check out last week’s Motorex Bench Racing Ammo)
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bagget vs wilson vs roczen vs musquin...wish i could be there 4 that one..anyone know if there a site 4 me 2 watch it on my pc ? GO USA !!!
for $35 you can watch on line.
It's $35.41 today.
roczen just one word........FAST!!!!!!!!
watched him at matterly.....
he could shock alot of people....
expect ktm to turn out a real fire breathing 250f for roczen....
going to be real shit or bust as no team mates....
could do a rv from us mxon a few yrs back......
@brit1, Roczen will not "shock" anyone, he is the CHAMP, has been fast for years now and he even came over here and hauled in Supercross. It's gonna be great to watch him battle it out.
I live in US but love to watch Roczen ride, just hope for some good clean racing! Long live moto WORLDWIDE!!!
If I'm OK with watching it after it's happened, will it be televised on any of the US cable channels?
There has been some injuries late, but there's still a whole lot of talented riders showing up. Should be a good one.
hannahfan wrote:
bagget vs wilson vs roczen vs musquin...wish i could be there 4 that one..anyone know if there a site 4 me 2 watch it on my pc ? GO USA !!!
You forgot Herlings and Searle, both of who can get second behind the fastest man on the planet, our very own King Kenny Rotznase. (for you ignorant Ami´s, rotznase means snot-nose in German)
Baguette will be lucky to get top 6 in MX2. No really. I mean that.
BTW Hannafan, you can watch the USA get humiliated on http://www.motocrossmx1.com if you don´t mind shelling out € 25 (about 30 dollars US)
Me and my pals are driving down tomorrow after work so we can throw stuff at the americans as they come past. Bottles are good, as long as they are empty. LOL.
Who is going to pull the bottles out of your ass before you limp wristedly throw them eurotrashmike??
How funny would it be if RD says STOP THE CAR, Gets out and kicks the ever lovin crap out of eurotrashmike?? I would pay $1,000 to see that!! I sware I would!!!
"Driving down after work"? From Germany to southern France?
I'm beginning to believe the theory that he is really a 40+ out-of-work guy, living in his mother's basement in NJ. (no offense to NJ) .
Look, it's the exact polar opposite of Bill but with a bad attitude! Seriously, the 250 class is going to be awesome to watch.
No wait, southern France is where the nuclear plant is having trouble. I don't know where exactly in the country the track is, but seems unlikely to be a quick drive from DEU (GDR?).
Yeah, it's not that far from Germany to the race track.
From my house in Italy it's about 5 hours. For sure I will not insult any rider, since I am a sport man, I am not like some retard who accomplished nothing in his life and who thinks to be a great man by talking trash about people who make our sport. IN 2009, Franciacorta, all the fans were great with any rider and I expect the same in France. There are chances of rain, we'll see.
Euromike:
Herlings and Searle aren't racing MX2 at MXoN, they'll be on bigger bikes for this race. Should be interesting!
Too bad that the 250's are racing 450's. So we will probably will not get to see a showdown between Bagget, Wilson, Roczen, Musquin etcetera............
@hannahfan ... Better think twice before paying the motherfu**er of Luongo that hard earned $$ to watch it... And hopefully you have a more than decent connection to avoid mishaps.
@MX Bob... You clearly do not know how things go in europe... Bear in mind, Europe is still way smaller than the US... And in Germany you can blast at decent speeds on the highways (Euuh... LOts of sections there are no speed limits).. And even tough there is a speed limit of 130 km/h in France.. (Just to make life easier for you, in mp/h that is 80 mp/h)... I drive often times, 160-180 (And that is still ok, compared to what others do)... You can also have a radar detector.. But Police catch's you, they dismantle it when stopped and you have to pay a hefty fine (In France then)... Since I drive a company car, I prefer just to cough up the fine if ever I am stopped.
In other words.. euromike can easily make it to the track on race day...
And early sundays mornings there is hardly anyone on the roads anyway...
lot's of trash talk... but no matter what, it's gonna be a great race and i'm stoked!
Please see my comment under the 450 words!
@meta what i meant by shock was just when rv has to double take as kr94 comes flying bye.....
french chalky rock strewn hillside not a good place to be for ama riders who are used to freeway style high speed tracks....
cairolli problem last yr was trying to change his bike to go so fast.....
still going to be the best mxon ever so much talent on factory equipement...
would not like to pick leg winners but you would be brave to not put france usa gb and aus out of top four overall