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As per the track interviewer...
Pierre Karsmakers winning the 1s "Monster Energy SX championship" ?
The "Monster" part... LOL.
As far as record books... yeah, in the 250 class (which was'nt the premier class, by then), on a Yamaha.
He won Daytona, that's for sure (Roger won in the 500 class that day).
That year, Yamaha put together their "Superseries", consisting of Daytona and Houston (with a pretty whopping $48k purse, in 500 though, I think).
Then was the Coliseum race, that was by itself.
But the AMA, although that happened only later on, grouped these results altogether and Pierre came out an overall champion.
Fair enough !
Especially after Pierre got denied a 1st AMA championship (MX 500) the year before.
The Gary Jones camp (which was to be tighly associated with... Yamaha!) had successfully protested Karsmakers because "he was'nt a US resident".
Pierre cleared that point for '74 and so became a US champion, although, really, the first "true" SX championship series happened only in 1975 (with one more race - Dallas).
But Pierre coming "all the way from Belgium" ??
Mmmmhhhh...
Let's say Holland.
Seen from California, probably not a big difference.
But definitely a different country.
Pierre Karsmakers winning the 1s "Monster Energy SX championship" ?
The "Monster" part... LOL.
As far as record books... yeah, in the 250 class (which was'nt the premier class, by then), on a Yamaha.
He won Daytona, that's for sure (Roger won in the 500 class that day).
That year, Yamaha put together their "Superseries", consisting of Daytona and Houston (with a pretty whopping $48k purse, in 500 though, I think).
Then was the Coliseum race, that was by itself.
But the AMA, although that happened only later on, grouped these results altogether and Pierre came out an overall champion.
Fair enough !
Especially after Pierre got denied a 1st AMA championship (MX 500) the year before.
The Gary Jones camp (which was to be tighly associated with... Yamaha!) had successfully protested Karsmakers because "he was'nt a US resident".
Pierre cleared that point for '74 and so became a US champion, although, really, the first "true" SX championship series happened only in 1975 (with one more race - Dallas).
But Pierre coming "all the way from Belgium" ??
Mmmmhhhh...
Let's say Holland.
Seen from California, probably not a big difference.
But definitely a different country.
BTW I remember Stackable would put in a 450 motor for Daytona and run a 400 Maico elsewhere.
The Shop
They should make a public apology to him on next weeks show and correct their mistake... But I'm sure they wont.
Or it's like when they say "Ken Roczen won the World Championship over in Europe"..... ummm so that'd be a European Championship then?
spot the foreigners
Left parents in stands and went into the infield,found a place were a bunch of bikers had pulled the fence down and I walked right into the pits.
Saw shit I didn't know what I was seeing. The track crossed the pitroad then and went into the grass of the international horseshoe.
Good times
Born and raised Dutch, doesn't matter the nationality of who he is married to or presently residing, he's Dutch
His family, (brother, nieces, nephews, etc) are still in The Netherlands
You're saying that even though I am an American, born and raised, if I moved to Paris, that makes me French.
Even if I got French citizenship and passport, I'd still be an American, and not just in my mind, but also to every Parisian
But yeah, it didn't always get mentioned that way, and it was a little cringe-worthy. And the Belgium thing? That's almost as embarassing as Stefan Everts being able to walk around unnoticed in the pits here.
It looked like Pierre had a blast on his trip.
Pit Row
I'd like to see that track today,all I recall are singles to flat.
Where they crossed the pitroad was a huge hole dug out and the lip of tarmac make for many a flyin W
growing up in s fla in the 70's and seeing Pierre ride the thats we raced on..he was so Fast..with those cool looking yamahs..just ser real for sure.thanks
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