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FOOTPEGS Especially the really sharp ones. Rockstar Husqvarna’s Dean Wilson took the business end of one of his bike’s pegs at St. Louis and ended up with a gruesome backside injury. Jeremy Martin suffered a similar fate a few years back at Muddy Creek. Who would have thought the most dangerous part of a dirt bike could be those little platforms for your feet?
ADVANCEMENT At least in the face of injury, as both ’21 250SX regional champions Justin Cooper and Colt Nichols must now find 450 rides for ’23 SX even though neither scored a point in ’22 due to injuries. Both were caught up in the AMA’s “automatic advancement” that comes after 250SX champs are given a single year to defend a title, which neither could do. Let’s fix this, AMA?
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