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When did the 500s lose top billing ?
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[QUOTE="skiz, post: 1423164, member: 119909"] [b]I think youve got something here[/b] Once Americans started beating the Europeans on the Europeans own terms (Bob Hannah 1978 TransAMA, Marty Tripes 1978 US250GP, Kent Howerton 1980 US250GP, Marty Moates 1980 US500GP, Chuck Sun 1981 US500GP, Danny Chandler 1982 US500GP, Brad Lackey 1982 500GP series, Danny LaPorte 1982 250GP series, MxdesNations 1981 all the way to 1993), then the AMA + the Japanese manufacturers decided to be the pace setters + do it their way. . The AMA + the American public wanted to see the bikes in the air more often, an approach that was totally successful in supercross We redefined motorcross and the bikes that fit our new style were the 250s that were lighter + yet more powerful than the old technology In 1997 the AMA pushed ahead with its next plan which was to bring in the 4strokes. . The FIM finally followed in 2003. . I know the 4stroke/2stroke debate is fierce + Im not saying the AMA was either rite or wrong. . Im just saying that America + Japan have been leading most everything about motocross since about 1980. The FIM labels all of their series as "World" Championships but thats only actually true for road racing. . The true top Championships for motocross are found in the US [/QUOTE]
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