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I wish he then could become the Yamaha ambassador and ride all their bikes but he's gotta talk nothing but sincere praise and enjoyment of the Yamaha bikes. Chad's a hard to please guy, I have to believe him though, he's delivered.
The Shop
If he wants to race, he should race. The kids who can't beat him for a qualifying spot can continue to be embarrassed by someone twice their age.
I'm guessing he's back for a handful next year then 1 or 2 in 2022 to qualify at 40.
It’s late in his career and age and has nothing to prove and it’s not worth getting hurt. He is not really accomplishing anything but it’s his decision and life if he’s fine going out there getting top 20s then fine with me.
He looks a lot better on that Ktm though.
As for next year, sure, if it's his focus. I think SX is too fucking dangerous if it's not your main piece. The idea of part-timing it seems to be asking for trouble.
The last season should last at least 2-3 years.
A singer's last concert tour should be done across ten years with the final tour held on multiple occasions.
Every heard an Aussie say just one more beer! If they leave within 5 more beers, they are not really an Aussie.
CR22 should do at least one more one last ride.
1) A1
2) San Diego
3) Daytona
Narcissist - a person who has an excessive interest in or admiration of themselves.
Narcissistic personality disorder — one of several types of personality disorders — is a mental condition in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for excessive attention and admiration, troubled relationships, and a lack of empathy for others.
I don't know about now but for a long time Chad was the biggest merchandise seller. Must be doing something right with people?
Pit Row
My issue with Chad is he's done dirty deeds to a number of Pro's I know personally. He's hurt people or attempted to hurt people many times retaliating for incidents that were truly accidental and just happened while he was in the vicinity or directly involved. He also never cared if a move on his part to advance his position resulted in carnage.
Post incident he sees the "red mist" and makes a take out move that he'd condemn another rider for pulling on him. I don't understand why so many have a hard time with some fans not caring for a particular rider like Chad, especially when there is a valid reason for the dislike. Two names that immediately pop to mind that he's done dirty deeds to are Canard and Dungey. Many, many more examples but my point is we should be allowed to have differing views on people who participate at a professional level in a business we love.
A perfect depiction of Chad is he's the Dale Earnhardt of the MX world. Dale would whine like a little girl if somebody passed him, rubbed him or made a good race craft move on him. However, his entire career his trademark was intentionally taking out a fellow racer(s) if it advanced his position regardless of the injury or equipment damage his move resulted. In racing it goes both ways, you can't have your cake and eat it too. We ought to be able to agree to disagree without it getting personal. That's all.
P.S. I didn't have to look up misanthropist or curmudgeon as those words are in my vocabulary....
Land on my back at a local slow guy vet race and I'd be fuming. In fact, if anyone told me in the heat of the moment they'd be reacting to the effect of "well gee it was just a racing incident" I'd call them a liar
The Dungey incident was bad. I didn't stop being a fan because of it. Everything else has been fair game as far back as I remember, including the Stew take out at Atlanta. Last lap for the win. Even if it was someone I didn't like I'd just shrug on that one.
As far as the Canard and Dungey moments are concerned, Canard made a dumb move riding like a grenade with the pin pulled as he often did and Reed bumped him when they got up, it was pretty slow speed and Canard probably wouldn’t have crashed had he not been pulling a tear off when the contact was made. The Dungey moment was bad sportsmanship on his part but again, he never put anyone in danger
jasonweigandt
Is there anything more Chad Reed than this salty, stubborn, competitive, head-strong bastard ending his career with a top-ten finish, his best of the season? Anything more Chad Reed than Chad Reed going testing before this race, still trying to improve his setting? It was completely on-brand, doing what shouldn’t be done and wouldn’t be done by any other, which is the counter-culture us-against-the-grain-and-the-world mentality that it took to battle guys like James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael. Everyone on earth (besides Chad and his wife Ellie) knew you shouldn’t and couldn’t challenge those guys. Chad and Ellie would never believe that, so they did it. You could argue it’s more fitting for a great athlete to retire with a win, but that would be too normal for Chad. Because he could have retired as a winner five years ago but he kept freaking racing and believing and testing until he was 38, older than anyone who has ever made a supercross main in the top class (by far). But even hurt and old, Chad managed to avoid the indignity of missing the main event, slithering in through the Last Chance Qualifiers earlier this year, and then playing the game right and getting through the heats as he got healthier. Then, finally, grinding back into the top ten. Riders at Chad’s level—multi-time champion level—never go this deep. They never keep racing to the point where the LCQ is a real threat. But that’s the way normal riders do it. Chad does nothing like anyone else, good or bad. It’s made it fun to watch, talk about and discuss for the last 20 years, further punctuated by Chad’s willingness to advertise it. He wanted everyone to know he thought differently. He wanted to work the fans and media game just as hard as he wanted to get better on the race track. Some athletes only care about one part. Chad cared about all the parts. Still does.
Actually, I’m wrong. The one thing more Chad Reed than a tenth in his last race would be if this is actually not his last race. Right
Trains in the off season
Comes into 2020 @40 years old ready, and races hard until he doesn’t qualify then rides off into the sunset....for real!
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