Jake Holden to replace Tez

[smoke]

In RRW it states that Tez will no longer ride for MJ and Holden will take his place.

Whats Tez going to do now?

Why is the team only going to ride the 1000?  Why not keep tez and let him ride the 600?
I knew they are trying to do whats best for the team but is only being on the 1000 the best thing?

No I am not close to the situation nor do I know tez or jake personally.

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[Chuck]

Wierd, I was always led to belive by articles I've read that MJ and Tez where friends.  Wonder why the parting?

[tstruyk]

could just be business...  

[LMsports]

When Suzuki, or any other brand, makes a deal with a team for bikes, usually the manufacturer decides what kind of exposure the team can best provide in exchange for suppport, I'm sure that Jordan Motorsports was given a deal based on their campaigning 1000cc motorcycles for Suzuki as part of the big plan.

[cleezmo]

Based on the interviews w/ J. Pridmore I've seen/read, and the article in Sport Rider a month or so ago on the Jordan team, MJ wants a championship.

Pridmore was strong before his injury at Barber, and Rapp was consistent all year.  Tez Stewart wasn't even on the radar in terms of points this year. So I'd say this is a business decision - Suzuki and MJ want results, Tez hasn't gotten any decent results to speak of in '04 (on Yamahas) or '05, they get a new 3rd rider.

[smoke]

I 2 think it was a business move; but from a friendship thing; It would seem that one would also look after a friend where one could.

The RRW aslo said that we should thank tez and James for bring MJ to tthe sport.    Ok. yeah its good for the AMA and TV and for the riders that can ride for him.  But for the club level guys I still say MJs arrival does not do ish.  I'm still not going to buy over priced gear justt becasue it has the MJ brand or logo.. F that!  I'm still waitting to see how long before he puts out bike gear.

What really gets me is Super Dave has not posted to this thread yet :o

[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Tez has been where most of us will never tread.  I'm glad he got the opportunity.

[smoke]

Tez has been where most of us will never tread.  I'm glad he got the opportunity.

Don't get me wrong , I do agree with you .. My point is I don't want to see him stop racing because he has gotten to a dream point that most of us have not.  He should still go for his next dream to podium or a win in AMA.  

[EX#996]

What really gets me is Super Dave has not posted to this thread yet :o

Whaaa haaaa haaaa haaaaa


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[K3 Chris Onwiler]

Don't get me wrong , I do agree with you .. My point is I don't want to see him stop racing because he has gotten to a dream point that most of us have not.  He should still go for his next dream to podium or a win in AMA.  

I don't expect that Tez will be able to continue in the AMA on his own dime, and it seems unlikely that another team would pick him up.  He's done well, in fact better than all but the very best of us could have done.  Unfortunately, he hasn't done well enough to be considered a top rider, and only the very best get a ride.
I've got to admit, this whole thing makes me sad.  Tez is a friend of mine, and I'm sorry to see his dream ride come to an end.  There were many haters spouting meanness when Team Jordan was formed.  Hopefully they won't come out of the woodwork now and do a victory dance.  
I still say that Tez accomplished what most can't.  People want to talk about who has the skills.  Well, guess what?  There are other skills besides who can ride the fastest.  Tez has a skills package that allowed him to reach a level many will never attain.  For every guy that accomplishes what Tez has, there are another 500 guys who think they could be MotoGP champ with the right break.  Those guys are all underfunded club racers, and they'll never be anything else.  Tez had the balls to go out and MAKE his dream happen.  Most guys just sit around and talk.  

[Thingy]

Well put K3.  I have watched other friends go to the national level as well.  It is a lot tougher than anyone can believe.  Tez did really well.

Props from me.

[Super Dave]

What really gets me is Super Dave has not posted to this thread yet :o

LOL!  I was over at WERA having fun...


Business.

The way I see it, Tez and some individuals were the people that got MJ involved.  Great!

So, you get paid by having a program for a couple of years that is your payment for being a consultant...introducing people.

CCE is involved.  

CCE is involved with anything that MJ does.  As the potential rises, so do the sharks.  Those who are instrumental, but not still necessary, are eliminated from the equation as those with the ears of others try to pull the purse springs.

Many AMA racers have had to generate their own purse strings.  There should be an amount of grief that is involved in competition...it's kind of like fine wine.  One usually can get a better racer from a stressed enviornment.

I remember Yates and his dad running around in a Dodge Maxi van.  

The cost of association can be detrimental to a product.  The MJ team wants to win.  The sponsorship dollars moves that forward.  Tez's performance is basically known.  I would have wished that he did better.  I think that he's ridden better at local events in years past.  I don't think his performance at the National level has been completely represetative of what he is capable of, but I don't think that his results would have necessarily been substantially better.

I think that given the proper input and coaching that he would have done better both years.  Some were speculating that Tez would do better because of the input from other riders on the team, and I discounted that because riders need to go do their thing during the weekend.  Kind of like when someone asks for me to follow them during practice...well, yeah, for a moment, but I've got work to do too...I want to go faster, and I need to focus and break things on the set up to see what I need to do to make me go faster.