CCS Proves something to novices

[ibidu1]

I race with Gustavo, he is def a damn good rider. Especially doing all that on an almost bone stock 600rr (except shifter and tuned motor) He is also a lightweight maybe 110 pounds. I dont look at it like he is taking from us, I look at him as raising the bar.

He saved me once when I highsided badly and stopped traffic for me, so hes a stand up guy in my book.

It is pretty funny when you see him get infront of the expert leaders, in combined races

[Big Deezul]

Originally posted by ibidu1
I race with Gustavo, he is def a damn good rider. Especially doing all that on an almost bone stock 600rr (except shifter and tuned motor) He is also a lightweight maybe 110 pounds. I dont look at it like he is taking from us, I look at him as raising the bar.

He saved me once when I highsided badly and stopped traffic for me, so hes a stand up guy in my book.

It is pretty funny when you see him get infront of the expert leaders, in combined races

if he can get infront of the experts then why not run with them? I dont understand the logic

[ibidu1]

Originally posted by Big Deezul
if he can get infront of the experts then why not run with them? I dont understand the logic

Its not like he checks out on every race there are a few guys that give him a run for his money. He is just slightly faster

[bmfgsxr]

i think sandbagging is lame.. its taking money away from the real amatures.. he may be raising the bar for some, but he is still taking money away from the guys who deserve it.. cherry picking is weak at best.

[Sean Jordan]

Originally posted by Elmo Buckweather III
Daytona newspaper said collided with Rick Beggs on banking Thursday, released from hospital Friday

Did Rick crash? If so, how is he?? Anyone know more about this? Rick is a good guy and has done a lot for the sport, I hope he's ok!

[Big Deezul]

Originally posted by ibidu1
Its not like he checks out on every race there are a few guys that give him a run for his money. He is just slightly faster

then he should be an expert...plain and simple!

[MELK-MAN]

Originally posted by ibidu1
Its not like he checks out on every race there are a few guys that give him a run for his money. He is just slightly faster

He is not slightly faster than most AM riders.. he beat the crap outa everyone he raced with. ONe race at DIS this weekend he went off track 2 times and still almost won. Often this season he came from the 2nd wave AM grid to pass most experts, and in a rain race passed ALL experts including myself and Darrin Luck.
AM rider. Please, but hey.. he did it by the rules I guess and all 1st year riders deserve AM status to go for AM national titles.
Congrats to the kid. He is a gifted rider.

[Rally 291]

Edwards did the same thing in 1991 (IIRC) and nobody was bitching about it.

He lapped up through 6th in my race (I ended up 5th) and was GONE from the drop of the green flag.

He showed up with well over $100k worth of bikes to run NOVICE races and won something like 7 or 8 events (all that he entered) and nobody had a cow about it.

What's the big deal ??

Where is the 'status and prestige' in thrashing the entire NOVICE field ?

It was Daytona.....so what ?

[CB186]

Originally posted by Manspeaker
Edwards did the same thing in 1991 (IIRC) and nobody was bitching about it.

He lapped up through 6th in my race (I ended up 5th) and was GONE from the drop of the green flag.

He showed up with well over $100k worth of bikes to run NOVICE races and won something like 7 or 8 events (all that he entered) and nobody had a cow about it.

What's the big deal ??

Where is the 'status and prestige' in thrashing the entire NOVICE field ?

It was Daytona.....so what ?

i wasn't around back then(so this is word of mouth), but from what i understand, that was his first year racing. he went AMA the next year, but because he hadn't been an Expert yet, the CMRA went back thru the results to figure out what EX points he would have recieved, even though he was an AM.

[Mongo]

Who Edwards? AMA didn't have the same requirements then, he was able to just get the license. He also had money behind him which always helps.

Colin was a true Novice that year and could have been beaten by a couple of other Novices if he didn't have a huge equipment advantage. Keep in mind I think he was and is a great rider but he wasn't a totally dominant Novice that year.

[SVbadguy]

Originally posted by Napoleon C3H5N3O9
Did Rick crash? If so, how is he?? Anyone know more about this? Rick is a good guy and has done a lot for the sport, I hope he's ok!

It's not totally clear how it happened, but he collided with another bike in Nascar turn 4. He doesn't remember much about what happened. He remembers feeling like he got hit from behind. He was on his R1 at the time. There was minimal damage to it and the other bike was trashed.

He broke his collarbone, pinky, and some ribs which punctured a lung. He was back at the track on Friday and feeling alright, even better on Saturday.

[Big Deezul]

Originally posted by MELK-MAN
He is not slightly faster than most AM riders.. he beat the crap outa everyone he raced with. ONe race at DIS this weekend he went off track 2 times and still almost won. Often this season he came from the 2nd wave AM grid to pass most experts, and in a rain race passed ALL experts including myself and Darrin Luck.
AM rider. Please, but hey.. he did it by the rules I guess and all 1st year riders deserve AM status to go for AM national titles.
Congrats to the kid. He is a gifted rider.

Any amature who is beating Melka or Luck needs to not be amature. Why stay amature if you can do THAT well in expert...again its weak!!