Un “américain” chez les “belgicains”

[cedroc]

Si cela se confirme, nous allons avoir une confrontations US vs Europe au GP de Belgique avec la participation de Robbie Reynard pour le compte du team CAS.

L’écart qu’il y aura entre Rocket et l’américain devrait nous donner une idée de son niveau par rapport aux top US. (Rappelons que reynard est actuellement 7ème au provisoir de l’outdoors US).

Cette info vient du site http://www.racerxill.com

“July 19, 2002

Robbie Reynard to race Grand Prix of Belgium

Here’s a release from Geoff Meyer and CAS Honda:

In a great move for Grand Prix Motocross one of the most technically clean riders in American Supercross/Motocross and the rider who is presently sitting in ninth place in the AMA 250cc Motocross championship Robbie Reynard will race the Belgian 250cc Motocross Grand Prix for the CAS Honda team. The news of Reynards appearance in Genk, Belgium is great for 250cc Grand Prix Motocross. While American’s Jeff Dement, and Trampas Parker are a good addition to the 125cc GP scene Reynard is a possibly 250cc GP winner. Having competed this year in the AMA 250cc Motocross championships the 24-year-old American has produced several top ten placings and his present ninth place in the 250cc championship points standings shows he is once again riding with 100% commitment. Reynard is just a few points off 7th place [Ed. note: Reynard is in seventh place as of 7/19] in what many consider the toughest Motocross series in the World. For the CAS team this is a way of trying to turn what has been a dissapointing year into something special. Team manager Harry Ainsworth is very excited about the new addition to the team.

“We have been busy trying to organize this for some time,” Ainsworth said. “I know he’s got talent and we will bring him to Belgium for this one race, then he will come to our work shops in England have that is about it. We have not organized anything with Robbie for 2003; it’s just a one off thing that Neil Prince and I organized. I have to say Neil is the guy who has put in all the hours trying to get this organized, even pointing out that Reynards results have been excellent this year and possible we should contact him. We need some new blood in the Grand Prix’s and hopefully this is a good move for the future.”

Reynard will arrive in England on August 1, were he will hook up with his former US mechanic Rob Walters; he will then travel down to Genk in Belgium, where he will contest his first ever Grand Prix for the CAS team.”

[seth]

cette affaire risque surtout de donner du crédit à 1 vieille déclaration de Stanton qui qualifiait les pilotes US expatriés en Europe de “has been”;

C’est navrant de constater que les bons Euros s’expatrient vers le chpt US, alors que les ex espoirs US viennent se recycler en GP.

Après le Japon terre d’asile des vieilles gloires US (comme cela se pratique aussi en base ball), c’est au tour de l’Europe de se transformer en cimetierre des éléphants, y a pas les GP ont de l’avenir…

[lelor1]

Reynard est encore jeune mais il s’en met de tellement sévère qu’il est dur de miser sur lui! Donc un championnat qui n’a qu’une manche et 12 épreuves il devrait pouvoir le finir en entier (je lui souhaite en tout cas).

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