07-18-2006, 01:19 PM
G.Irish Wrote:Josh Herrin is only 16 and he's already gotten on the Supersport podium and Danny Eslick is 20 but he's shown the pace to challenge factory riders in Supersport and FX on a privateer bike. Either one of those guys could move to the international level. I think Herrin will eventually do a lot better than Jason DiSalvo ever will.
Herrin! That's the guy. He's got a serious future. Someone else to look out for in following years is a kid named Robert Wilkey. He's still in CCS, or was last I heard, but he'll be in AMA in a year, two tops. Kid is running 1:18s on a Fast Lanes prepped Kawi @ Summit Main.
BTW, if y'all want some better insight into AMA than what you're reading in magazines there is a guy on dcsportbikes.net named Jay Hannam. He used to handle a lot of operations for AMA until about two years ago. Knows pretty much everyone and has a lot of insight on some stuff, even small stuff like why AMA doesn't have much in terms of air fences.