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A cerebral and experienced look into the racing action from the week that was. This is Industry Seating with Jason Thomas. Presented by Guts Racing Works, Connection, TL Speed Shop, Unmatched Supplements, Firepower Parts, Grandstone Boots and Fly Racing.

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Welcome to the Industry Seating podcast. My name is Jason Thomas and I did it again. It's Friday when I'm recording this. I'm recording on January 30th. I tried to get this thing out earlier this week that's just on me. Didn't get it done. So gonna try again this week to get it out earlier. I just need to make it more of a priority. But I appreciate all of you tuning in. So we will review a little bit of what we saw last weekend in Anaheim. 2 We'll talk about what we expect to see in Houston and if you've never listened before, I do a Patreon podcast. Um, yeah, it costs like, I don't know, you can do it for as little as like a dollar a month. Um, I do that on Saturday mornings and it's like after press day, it's the morning of the race. Sometimes I do it from the track, sometimes I do it before I go to the track. But I would highly recommend joining that. Um, it's just kind of a last minute preview of the race. So if you're interested, you can go to patreon.com industry seating and sign up there. Before we jump into this podcast, I want to thank the sponsors of it. Guts Racing Works Connection, race- rentals.com unmatched supplements, Grantstone boots, Firepower Parts and Fly Racing. And I will give you some promo codes for those later on. But I want to jump right into this thing. It's going to be a little bit of a shorter one just because it's late in the week and I know probably most of you, probably most of you all are, are over it as far as a 2, but I do want to touch on this week a little bit. Dynamics. We see shifting and just kind of what I think is going to happen in Houston. So before we move towards Houston, let's quickly cover what we saw last weekend and in the 250 class. I mean, Deegs was the guy and if you've followed along to what I've had to say, my thoughts, what I wanted to say, see from Hayden Deegan In 2026, it was really the last two weekends, not so much the antsy thing in San Diego, but this level of excellence. I wanted to see him rise above the rest of the 250 cast of characters. The guys that he's racing against in the 250 class are not top tier 450 guys or else guess what? They would be top tier 450 guys. Okay? Now some of them are too young. Guys like Ryder D of course are not there. But like McAdoo Anstey, guys like that are not in the 450 class for a reason. And I think Kitchen will eventually be there. But he's racing against guys that the expectation will simply be much higher when he moves up. So I want to see him be able to dispose of those guys regardless of the situation, regardless of the circumstances, regardless of the start, regardless of it. The whoops are big regardless of what the track conditions are like. I don't care what the variables are. I need to see Hayden. For me to think that he's ready to go win in the 450 class or be like a championship contender in year one or two. I need to see him be able to handle whatever these other guys throw at him and go about his business. And I'm seeing that is the most important part here. I am seeing that guy come to the forefront and he's, he's doing the thing right. Like good start, bad start, whoops aren't a liability. So kudos to him. And you know, Brian has sent me dms kind of like going back and forth about, you know, early on, like after A one, I was like, I'm not seeing it. I didn't think he was great in the whoops. Like he was okay. The start wasn't there. It was all the things that I was concerned about are what we got at A one and he didn't get on the podium. Like that's not good enough for a guy like Hayden Deegan with the expectation that comes with it. And this isn't, you could say it's not fair to place these expectations. Well, that's fine then. Don't pay him on the scale he's on. Don't, you know, kind of have this larger than life Persona, you know, like that all comes with the territory and I don't think they're backing away from it at all. But like, you know, I think there is a, a sentiment out there from especially, you know, die hard Deegan fans that it's not fair to expect. Well, that's fine. But also you can't have it both ways. You can't say he's the second coming and also then say it's not fair to have really lofty expectations. So in the end, Kudos to Hayden for kind of taking this thing, you know, and with both hands and running with it because I really, really like what I've seen from him now. You know, do I love everything he says and does? Of course not like that. That goes without saying. You know, his personality and mine are very, very different. Doesn't mean I'm right and he's wrong. We're just different people and I'm, I'm twice his age so there's going to be a lot of that. You know, my attitude and outlook On Life at 20 versus, you know, in my 40s is incredibly different. And for me to judge him based off of his view at this age is probably not fair. And Brian and I have talked about that as well. There'll be a time when he is an adult and you know, like the things he does now if he's still acting this way, I would just kind of shake my head and say I don't, I don't know that that's the right way to go about things. Like kudos to him though for giving Michael Moseman a lot of credit. I like that. I like the more soft spoken, the thankful, just appreciative. Hayden Deegan. What I don't like is when he goes at people unnecessarily. I've seen both sides. I've seen every angle of this and I'm sure there will be more. But I feel like I have a really wide range of viewpoints for Hayden and I can tell you I'm much more endearing to the one we got on the podium. And, and I'll, I'll go so far as to say like I don't love, like okay, I am a God fearing Christian. If you're not cool, no problem. Like Steve Mathis. Not at all. That's okay. We disagree but I respect his opinion. It's just not one. I share. What I don't like and this is my opinion. I feel that Hayden uses the God thing as like a, a shield when things like he doesn't like the way things went. Okay. He did it at San Diego and when he, you know, the thing went down with, with Anstey and I feel like he knew he was going to get some heat for it so he immediately went to the God deflection. I don't like that because I feel like it's manufactured and super artificial. It doesn't mean he doesn't believe in God or is not a Christian. That's not the point. It's that he, that's his like defense mechanism. And I don't feel like that's how it's supposed to be. I don't feel like that's appropriate. But I guess in the realm of would I rather him thank God or not? If that's how he has to go about it, sure. I just don't feel like it's authentic. That's really my main point. But strictly on the racing side, which is, I know a lot of you are probably rolling your eyes. You're here for racing talk. He's, he's been fantastic the last two weekends. You know, Michael Mosman, this is a feel good story, you know, and, and Hayden's, I don't think Hayden's a feelgood story. Like, he's just an awesome rider and he really hasn't faced all that much adversity. He's just been crushing it. And kudos to him. Mostman has faced all the adversity in the world. Endless concussions, injuries to hell and back teams. He, he's seen it all. And for him to find some success here, it's really hard, I think, for anybody to not be happy for him. If you're not happy for him, I would say you need to kind of take a look inside yourself and try to understand why. Because this guy does the right thing. He says the right thing. Like, is he a little bit of a goofball? Absolutely. He absolutely is a goofball. And I poke fun of him at him. And I have definitely, definitely been the butt of my joke before. But I don't mean it in a mean spirited way. Like, I'm not going at him. He's just, he's just a little nerdy. That's okay. Like, I, trust me, I probably am right now. Like, I'm sure there are people in this world that think I'm a 100% nerd. That's okay. Like, I'm, I'm cool with that. And it's just, it's just who Michael Mosman's personality is. But don't confuse that with whether I like him or not. Those are two very, very different things. And Michael Moseman kind of does things the right way in life. Like, you're going to be very hard pressed to find somebody who's saying like, yeah, that guy, yeah, he can, he can f off. Right? Like, you're just never, you're not going to find that with Mosa man, which is probably a good indication of how he's living his life. So good for Michael Mosman. He's riding really well right now and yeah, I'm here to see more success for him. Ryder D. That's two podiums out of three. And if you followed the Ryder D story, you know that this has been a long and winding road to get to success. He was almost a shoo in to be a podium guy, a winning, a race winning guy, a championship contender from the get go. From amateur days on. Everybody had him pegged in that vein and in that light. And it's, it hasn't gone that way. I'll take you back to Charlotte. 20, 24 the opening year, is it 23 the first year we went playoff racing. I guess that would have been 23 at Charlotte. He gets on the podium at for Mitch and he's, he's crying like he's, you know, like this was a very, very emotional moment for him because success had been so fleeting and he was in that moment. I, you know, can't speak for him, but what I interpreted was that all of the expectation and the failed, you know, like, I think he felt like a disappointment to a lot of people, to himself, to people, you know, like Kawasaki and all these people that had invested, I would guess, millions of dollars by that point. When you consider resources and salaries and time and effort and labor and for sure it is right. Like I don't have a way to quantify it, but I just know how those things work. Like for sure, it is a seven figure number of investment into Rider D. And to finally do something right, he didn't win the race, but do something to show that it was worth the time and effort, I think was a very emotional moment for Roder D. Francisco. So good job, Roddy. I think he's doing a fantastic job. And you could tell, you can see him becoming a man like right in front of us. Like you can see, like, forget the mustache. But like just, you know, physically, mentally, emotionally, you can see the maturation process happening in real time. And that's showing up on the racetrack too. He's not making foolish decisions. He's being more patient, he's being methodical with the racing and then the talent that's allowing his talent to shine through in the end. So good job Ryder D. Like, I don't, I didn't really have a long history of interaction with Ryder D just over the last few years. But it's a, he is a guy that I've come to like and he's just, you know, he's a little quieter. He's very sure of himself. Not in a bad way. He just, you can you can tell he walks with a quiet confidence. But those efforts and that the patience and the overcoming adversity is now showing up on Saturday nights. McAdoo, man, he came so close, you know, And Ryder D was the beneficiary. McAdoo loses out that. That final podium spot. So I don't think this is like a, you know, it seems like a pass fail because the podium is so critical, but really, like, it was like a few seconds difference, you know, like, yes, the bonus is probably significantly different. And the acknowledgement and the satisfaction of the podium and just the visual, it's wildly different. Right. Like, how you're going to be treated because you got on the podium versus different is going to be a lot. There's a huge gap there. I get it. But really, the riding was so close, you know. You know, like, McAdoo could have easily gotten on the podium versus Ryder D. It was. It was that close. So for McAdoo, I just don't think you should throw the baby out with the bathwater on the weekend. Like, it was fine. Did you get on the podium? No. Which feels like, you know, like the Atlantic Ocean compared to being on and off the podium because of the celebration after and the champagne and being on TV and the interview and the bonus and there's a million things. But in reality, if all of that was arbitrary and didn't exist, when you looked at the riding from fourth to third in the gap, he was right there. He's literally right there. So I would just say keep it in perspective. As far as what, you know, he's so close and you're going to have Jaime out now, so the job just got a little bit easier conceptually. So just. Just stay the course, man. Keep getting good starts, keep putting yourself in good position, and good things will happen to you. I mentioned Jaime. This is a huge bummer. And I. When he. He barely crashed, it's a crazy thing. Like, he literally. This was such a nothing burger as far as a crash. Like, he stuck his arm down. Yes. But this was not a big impact. It's so unfortunate that he's going to be out for the foreseeable future. And I. I spoke earlier this week, I don't even know where, but about this injury. And I said, like, I don't know when he's gonna be back. Like, I think it was on the. With motocross and I was like, concerned about round one, but I. From talking to people. I went to dinner with some people from Honda last night and my friends also. It's a pretty big group and we're talking about the Jaime thing, and they're pretty confident that he's going to be back for pro motocross easily. So that's a good sign. It's a really good sign. I was very worried about him making the opener, but I'm not now after speaking to them. And Chance is actually having surgery this morning and I don't know where he's having it done, but it is this morning, Friday morning, the 30th, and. Yeah. So that alleviated my concerns for the summer. Now he's just got to really focus on. He's got to perform this summer. You know, like I. I've mentioned a million times, I don't know what Honda does with him. Maybe they keep him, maybe they don't. I can tell you, though, with a lot of confidence that this summer is going to be important. It's going to be important. Like, how can it not be if he crushes it this summer and he's winning races and he's in the fight and he gets like, the pick to be motocross the nations again? Yeah, man, they're going to keep him. If he doesn't, if he struggles, if he crashes a lot, if he gets hurt again, God forbid, I don't know. I don't. I'm not here. I'm not the arbiter of that. I'm just telling you there is. There is a sure way to get rehired and then there's you leaving it up to Chance. For lack of a better word. Levi Kitchen is. Man, that guy's having a hell of a time here. Like, that crash was unbelievable. For him to not get injured in that crash was amazing. Amazing. And I'm so. I'm thankful for him not being injured in that crash, but, wow, that was big. And it just feels like everything that can go wrong for Levi Kitchen is. And you just start to wonder, what if something went right for once? Like, what if something went his way for once? What would that look like? And I think we're approaching that. Where so much bad has happened, eventually something's going to go right. Eventually something is going to happen that goes your way. And I feel like we're approaching work, we're knocking on that door of it just can't go this way forever. And I know, like, somebody's probably listening, going, well, like, what about roulette? It can just be black in infinite and to infinity. There is no, like, certainty that it has to go red. Well, anybody who's played roulette if you play it long enough you know it's going to, it's going to flip like the, the, the odds are simply too high for it not to go the other way eventually. And I think that's where we're at with kitchen. Like he's too fast, too talented, the equipment's too good for him to not eventually, eventually he's not going to get a result like ever. I mean, okay. But I don't, I don't think that's, that's going to happen. So anyway that's my thoughts on the 250 class. I do want to throw out some promo codes for our sponsors. Go to gutsracing.com go to @gutsracing. Check their seat covers graphics. Best in the game Guts racing. Andy Greg and his team do a phenomenal job. If you didn't know what GUTS stands for it is. What is it? Greg's Ultra trick Seats. I think I never knew that until like a year ago. So I wanted to show. I'm pretty sure if I got that wrong I apologize. But I think that's what it is. It's Greg's ultra trick seats and their last name of the. The family company. The last name is Greg works connection. I think the promo code is JT23 or JT24 to save some money there. I apologize that has not been updated. It doesn't really matter. 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Yes. No. Maybe. These are where I landed. And some, a lot of them are based on results. And I would say the most challenging one, my two honorable mentions and the most challenging was Malcolm. I don't have him in the top 10 and I don't feel good about it. But his results haven't been great. Like DNF the first one and then, you know, right around to the outside of the top 10 at the next two. So it's, it's tough. It's tough for me to just say, yeah, he should be there. Like, based on what? Based on potential, sure, but not based on data. So I have him as an honorable mention. He's right on the cusp and I'm just waiting for him to kind of come back to where I think he can be. Just get back to your healthiest self and get the results back going the right way and you're in. Like, not that he cares, but I wanted to justify why I don't have him in. Ferrandis is also in my, my honorable mentions here because it's just a tough list to be in. And I don't. He hasn't had that breakout ride yet. In the main event. That's going to say, like, okay, maybe he's not, you know, like, crushing it. He's not like a top five week. Every guy. But he has this really high potential. Like, he's showing me this ceiling now where like, holy cow. Like, his. He can really do some damage if all things go his way. I haven't seen that yet. I've seen really good rides. I've seen really consistent rides, but I haven't seen that breakout performance that would show me that he's ready for. For prime time. So that's why he's in honorable mentions in that same vein of thought. The guy that I have seen do that is Joey Savage. And Joey doesn't have any Motocross results. He doesn't really. He didn't really have, like, a blowout 2025, but his results in 2026 have been nothing short of awesome. So he deserves to be in this list. And the reason that he's. His results are better, like, okay, I'll just tell you. RJ's 9. The reason he's not ahead of RJ and even though his results have been better is just body of work. Like, RJ was a podium guy in motocross last year. So I'm not going to just completely disregard everything I saw a few months ago based off of three rounds of data, because I think we're going to even out. I think RJ is going to get better, and I think they're going to be some battling going on between Savage and rj. And RJ has podiums in his resume from less than, you know, like, six months ago. So I. That's why I have Sabachi 10, and RJ 9, and that could change. Sabachi keeps putting in fifths and sixes. He's gonna move up. He's gonna move up the list. It's just trying to not have too much recency bias in the top 10. So I mentioned RJ. Just watch for him to continue to get better. As long as he stays upright and, you know, like, doesn't have a huge setback, he's going to get better. It's just what he does. Number eight is Jorge Prado. And for Prado, you know, it's. It's situational for him being, like a top five guy. We. I've told you guys, I've talked a lot about this with this show and others. Prado is one of the best starters that's ever lived, but it's a blessing and a curse because similar to Justin Cooper, Cooper's getting better. But for sure, with Prado, you develop tendencies. You develop strengths and weaknesses based off of a lifetime of circumstance. Okay? So he always gets good starts. He always has. So he knows how to race from the front. He knows how to perform from the front of the pack. He knows how to ride defensively. He knows how to kind of build a gap that's. That's his. He just. He's done it his whole life. So anytime you do anything your whole life, you're going to become very proficient at it. Okay? The inverse of that is if you get a bad start, you don't really know how to be a hard charger and pass and just have this relentless fight to get forward. Think about that guy. Think about the Tomac of yesteryear. His start's been really good lately. But Tomac in the past, the Michael Rocco, anybody you know like Deegan Outdoors has been a great example of that. Someone more recent if maybe you're too young to remember a LaRocco or somebody like that. Hayden Deegan Outdoors is a perfect person. Doesn't matter where he starts. He's coming to the front and he just is relentless and he will pass guys late and he just mark it down, put it on your calendar. He's going to get to the front by the end of the race. That is not something that Jorge Prado ever had to develop. That's just not a skill set he had to cultivate as a young racer and that is showing up now like that. When he gets a bad start in this deep of a class, he can't get to fourth, he's relegated to eighth or 12th. That's just, that's just the depth of the class and it also speaks to what Jorge does well and doesn't do well. But I do, I give Jorge a ton of credit. Like he is outperforming on every metric so far in 2026. So don't let my, my comments there about his weaknesses overshadow how well he is doing in 2026. It has been whites out phenomenally good compared to what my expectations were. Number seven is Jason Anderson. And I'll be honest, I didn't expect Anderson to be doing this. Like I didn't. I kind of, like, I kind of felt like he was drifting into no man's land and racing like I thought he would be a 9 to 12 guy a lot just because of age. Going to Suzuki, I didn't know where his effort level would be. And through three rounds that's critical here. Through three rounds he's much better than that. So good job. We'll see what the future brings. I want to see what like round 12 looks like. If he's still doing this, then good on you. Like hell yeah. That's awesome. I'm not sold that it will look like that yet. I'm just not. I've been watching him the last few years and past the halfway point he seems to fall off a bit. Results wise, effort wise. Does he care as much? Is his heart it really with Anderson it comes down to is his heart in it? I truly believe that because on a talent level, on a skill level, I don't feel like there's much higher. Like maybe, maybe the guys like Sexton and Jet sure. But, like, skill level, Webb and those guys are not better than him. They're just not. Like, if you think they are on a skill level, then you're fooling yourself. It's all the other things. It's all the other intangibles, the effort and the tenacity and the resilience and all those other things you can't quantify is where in past years, especially recent past years, I have questioned Anderson's resolve in those moments. So we shall see with Jason Anderson. Justin Cooper is 6 and 6 feels right. He's gone 6, 6, 10. So 6 feels good to me. And I feel like Justin Cooper is going to get better. Even from bad starts, he's able to move forward. He hasn't gotten good starts, which I think they will figure out. And we go to east coast, the tracks are going to become more conducive to what he does well. The whoops are going to be easier. That's going to help him. So I feel very good about Justin Cooper being six here. Number five is Roczen. And this one's tough because Roxanne's gone two, three, and then whatever he got last week, seven, eight, something like that. Last week was the anomaly because he crashed on the first lap. So to put him fifth after going two, three feels tough. But I don't know what to do with the guys in front of him. And I'm going. I don't want to just base it off 20, 26, and there's going to be a guy right in front of him. You're going to be like, what? I don't want to get caught up in recency bias. I'm looking at the whole season. I'm looking at bodies of work. I'm looking at, like, careers. Okay. And just to tell you who it is, it's Cooper Webb in four. Cooper Web has three championships. Cooper Webb has significantly more race wins than Ken Rockson. And I know through three rounds Ken Rockson has kicked Cooper Webb's ass. I get it. I understand. Okay. Like last weekend, the result doesn't say that. But just on a performance level, through three rounds, that has been the case. I just don't know that it's going to continue to be the case. I don't feel like it's going to continue to be the case. Moving Forward through rounds eight and 12 and 15, I don't. I don't think it's going to. And maybe I'm wrong. And if I'm wrong, I will be the first one to call myself out but right now I have them one spot. Right. Like they could flip. Sure. Roxann wins this weekend. Web's underperforming again. They're going to flip. Like, I'm super close. But right now it's rocks and 5 and web 4. Based on a big picture approach. And also Webb. I think Webb's results don't reflect how well he's riding. Like, there is that factor in. There is like, if Webb looked like shit, pardon my language, if you look bad, I wouldn't have him four. But he's. He looks good. The results just haven't met that. So it's a little bit. There's some nuance to this. 4 and 5, 3, 1 through 3, I think are where they should be. Hunter Lawrence is three. He hasn't won a race. Okay. And you could say, well, what about the rocks and web thing? Like you're. Hunter doesn't even have a race win. Like that's a fair comment. But look at motocross last year. Look how good Hunter was in motocross. Look how good he was in the playoffs. He smoked coupe in every motocross round Coop was at and all the playoffs, he smoked him. Like they weren't even close to each other in any of those races. Okay? So there's more evidence there. And Hunter has been way ahead of Coop through three rounds. So I feel fine with it. You know, you bring in big picture, but you also bring in last summer, the entire 2025 motocross and playoffs, and again, there's one spot in between them. Could they flip? If Webb comes out and wins this weekend, he's going ahead of Hunter Lawrence. I'm just going to tell you right now he's going because he has like, if, if you're looking at like them on a even scale, okay. And if everything else is equal, I'm going to put Webb ahead because of three titles and all the race ones. That's how this house, that's how this works. So if, like, if I'm looking at, I'm going, I don't really know where to put if Roczen or Webb should be ahead of each other. I'm going to put Webb ahead because of the, the years of winning and when they had. Had gone head to head for championships. Webb has always bested him. Always. Okay, that matters. But if I feel like Hunter has been significantly better for going on six or seven months straight, I have to put Hunter ahead. I don't feel like it's equal right now. So I'm going Hunter number one and two are easy for me. Sexton, I feel like is the fastest guy in the class. He just can't stay off the ground. He won last weekend. He goes two. And I feel like it's because all things considered equal, if he has to race anybody, heads up, I think he beats them. I think if Chase doesn't crash on any given particular weekend, he wins that race. I truly believe that Jet's not here. So Jet would probably change the math there, but I think Chase is the only person, excuse me, in the class right now. That's healthy. That can be Chase Sexton. That's as simply as I can put it. This race right now, last weekend, this weekend, moving forward, is Chase v Chase. It is Chase Sexton battling Chase Sexton. And if he is able to overcome himself, he will win a lot in 2026, at least until we get to pro motocross. And then the. The whole game changes again. But that's what I've seen through three rounds. And that is wildly unfair to say to Eli Tomac, who has gone 11 3, 100%. Appreciate that. And I don't mean to. Trust me, I'm not insulting you. I Tomac, why would I do that? But I just feel like Sexton's top end is a little higher than Eli's. I feel like Eli has the whole package together. He has the starts, no mistakes, consistent, doing all the right things, not getting caught up in the mayway, not, you know, Ricky would say taking the bait, which is like, if I push harder, I could win. But you're not taking into account, if you push harder, the risk factor goes way up and it's unsustainable. Ricky talks about that a lot of taking the bait. And that's what he means. That's what like, yeah, man, I have it. I could go faster. But you are now opening yourself up to a big mistake. And that big mistake is absolutely punishing to a championship. And you have to manage the inner voice in your head saying, you gotta win, you gotta go for it, you gotta take more chances. I think that happens to Chase sometimes. EUI is not doing that. He is not falling for that trap. So kudos to Eli Tomac for having it all together. I just don't think his pace is like something that no one else can touch, which I do. I do believe that with Chase Sexton. So Tomac is one based on the whole package, body of work, second most winning, you know, second highest wins ever, leading the points, two wins already this year. Like, he deserves to be one Unequivocally, not even worth discussing. But I do feel like in the same breath that Sexton is the fastest guy in the class. And the fastest guy doesn't always win. Look at MXGP last year. Forget Geyser, he got hurt early. Lucas Kuna was the fastest guy, that's just a fact. But he couldn't win the championship because bad races. They went to Sweden, he was terrible. They went to China, he was terrible. And then all the other races he wins, you know, like not all of them, but like, you get my point, like he was untouchable a lot of the time. And then he has these weirdo one off races a la Chase Sexton, where you give a ton of points back. And guess what? Guess what happens. You don't win the championship because there are simply too many races and the variance on your bad days was too high. So that's it for this week. There's the top 10. Thank you everybody for listening. Thank you for being here. Thanks for your patience as I work to get these out. And I promise you, promise you, and I'm probably going to be lying and breaking my promise, I'm going to try to get this done sooner.