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Message: [QUOTE="YoTRacer158, post: 200650, member: 21301"] the greatest supercross racer of all time? probably. the greatest supercross racer, period? i dont think so. if he wants to have a chance at another supercross championship he needs to start racing nationals. he cant expect to win just because he's "the great jeremy mcgrath". if he wants to keep up with carmichael in a 20-30 min supercross race, he needs to be able to keep up with carmichael in a 45 min moto. hes just as bad as carmichael when it comes to interviews. he whines about everything whether he wins or not but at least he has the decency to to give another rider credit for riding better than him, rather than just saying he wasnt riding his best, or the lappers got in the way, and all the other excuses carmichael uses. as much as i hate to say it, mcgrath is a has-been. he'll lose the championship just like he did last year, and he'll probably retire before he loses his title as "the king" any further. i dont like riders who dominate, never have and never will. of course they're good riders, and i applaud them for that, but they get cocky and become better than everyone else, including the fans. i waited in line for several hours last year at the anaheim sx to get mcgraths autograph, and when i got there, he didnt even look up at me. just signed the picture, and pushed it to a man standing next to him who handed it to me. i had another poster i wanted to get signed instead of the one he had and as i said "jeremy could you sign this one instead?" he chuckled as he shook his head and i was pushed along by the man who handed me the picture. yet this is how a lot of people choose their favorite riders...they choose them by how well they finished in the previous years standings. personally my favorite rider is doug henry and has been ever since he came back after the broken back. Another rider i look up to is Doug Dubach. he and his wife personally took time from their schedule to help me with my senior project for school, in which i wrote about becoming a professional racer. i had to interview someone of the profession i was writing about and spend a day with the person, and they were more than happy to help. i think the people who deserve to win races need to start winning them: windham, larocco, lusk, ferry; the great riders who are being overshadowed by a fast rider. [/QUOTE]

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