Personally, I think Jeremy has learned his lesson this year. You can't take the summer off and stay in shape. I bet he'll train really hard in the off season and give it one more all out try next year. If he doesn't win next year, don't expect to see him hang around much longer. I'm suprised how fragile his confidence is, he's struggling to make the podium even when he gets good starts.

Jeremy will have to make the same decision that everybody else does... Is he willing to hang it out past the edge for twenty laps every Saturday night. If not, he will be racing for second with everybody else because RC is not going to slow down and make it easy for them.

im glad that we are going to vegas because i think it will be mc's last race.

I doubt Jeremy will train real hard this summer. He said it himself, he's looking forward to taking some time off relax and enjoying the summer with his watercraft. Translation - He is gonna take the summer off and get fat and lazy just like last year.... If he truly does take the summer off and "relax" look for him to be even slower next year........ His excuse for not racing the Nationals use to be that he wanted to prolong his SX career. If he has a year like this next season he wont be prolonging it. MC is a champion use to winning. If he can't dominate again look for him to hang it up. MC needs to just roll out to the nationals....He knows and we know he would not win a title but he sure would be in shape and ready for Supercross..... His problem now is not talent its lack of endurance or strength.... Racing the Nationals may be the best thing for him...........

If he is genuinely serious about another run he can get himself back up to speed, but only time will tell. To me he looks a little chubbier this year than in years past, also it seems that once RC started winning he lost alot of his drive this year. Instead of being 1 or 2 like he was at the start of the season now he's been running 4-7 position it seems. Once MC starts losing he seems to fall apart. Look back at the 97 nationals and his year at Suzuki. At the start of the season he was consitently near the front but when he wasn't winning he lost his drive. I heard that by the end of the season the only time he was riding a bike was at the races, he had given up on practice during the week. Next year MC could be the SX champ again if he wants it bad enough, he's shown us enough times that he is a winner.

It is so easy for all of us to criticize the greatest rider of all time. As I sit in my high back chair and reach over my fat belly to type I have to agree, maybe MC has gotten chubby. Slow too. I think I will trade in my XR 650 for a YZ and go kick his butt!

Do you guys have a sliver of an idea how hard it is to win a Supercross? MC is still the second fastest human on this planet. Show some respect.

Even the greatest have to fad some time....What RC has done is incredible, but DANG! I was really hoping to see 4 or 5 different guys step up and start winning and make a real interesting race of it! This one-rider domination is impressive for sure, but it does take alot of the excitement out of it.

Saratoga
Can you honestly say Jeremy is in top shape? He fades at the end of every race. I have nothing against the guy, and I think he'll come back strong next year. I dispute your opinion that he's the second fastest rider right now. Yes in points, but ont the track the last few races, no way. If he rode the nationals, which are way more physically demanding, he'd be lucky to get top five. When was the last time you saw Jeremy go from holeshot to sixth in a main? I never have. He's always been able to win supercross with amazing natural ability. The nationals clearly takes more than that, which is why he hasn't won as many outdoor titles. Maybe it's hard to motivate after 7 titles. I personally think he would do better if he trained harder.

Angry Jim:
Jeremy thought he was in top shape after winning Anaheim round one. I was there for the interview and he thanked Gary Semics for spending six weeks training him. My speculation is that as a team owner he had too much on his plate. Also he is twenty nine.

Ricky on the other hand has been training year round, much younger, and very hungry. He has a team manager that makes sure he doesn't worry about anything else but riding.

Jeremy could certainly be in better shape. Unfortunately, I think that he still wouldn't win. Ricky proves that a combination of other ingredients can beat a rider with more natural talent.

I raced at the Hollister GP track on Sunday with the OTHG. Were you there?

Saratoga
I actually raced a hare scramble there saturday. I've done moto-cross before, but I concentrate on the cross country series now. I like the longer races. The Hollister track is nice though.
Yeah, Carmichael is too fast. I agree that he would have won anyway. Mike Larocco is 30, and fast as ever. Did you see how fit he looked in the Honda ad?
How'd you do in the race?