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August 24, 2004
Has Team USA been chosen?
Okay, this is a weird as it gets, but Racer X has learned from a reliable source that the AMA is preparing to announce a team for the 2004 Motocross des Nations made up of pure rookies. It's a very interesting scenario, but honestly, kind of hard to believe. Here goes....
At this point, the three young riders mentioned are: Josh Grant, Matt Goerke and Mike Alessi. The word is that Grant is just waiting on Honda to make sure they will send him over a bike. Alessi will ride a KTM250F or even a 450; we're not sure about Goerke, a Suzuki support rider this year who, like Alessi, graduated from Loretta Lynn's Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships just two weeks ago.
Factory Connection’s Josh Grant sat out with a concussion, but rumors swirled around the pits that he might be tapped for a try at the Motocross des Nations team in a last-ditch bid to get a Team USA over to Holland in October. There’s some talk on the message boards as to why Roger DeCoster never invited Hepler directly, but DeCoster’s problem is not getting Broc or Millsaps to go, but rather getting Mel Harris, the VP of American Suzuki, to pay for anyone’s trip abroad.
So what’s going to happen with Team USA? Any day now, we will know.
The word on the streets is also that Mike Alessi, absent from Broome-Tioga, will be back as soon as Steel City on a 450, then drop down to the 125 class for the season-ending Glen Helen National.
And you already know about Jeremy coming back to Steel City. How cool!
my thoughts EXACTLY. How do they come up with a list like this? It used to be some of the best riders we had to offer went over. Now we are down to this?? I dont understand. :|XRpredator said:How the mighty have fallen. :(
super rat said:I'd like to see Hepler in that mix.
What exactly is "depth of talent" ?syko said:i'm a bubba fan but i don't think he has the depth of talent that the likes of Everts and pichon etc have.
not yet anyway.
Okiewan said:What exactly is "depth of talent" ?
Okiewan said:I guess your comment about the Olympics was a shot at the US (don't you live here; pissing on your guest, lol)... what's the medal count?
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