LAS VEGAS SUPERCROSS EAST WEST SHOWDOWN VIDEO: THE BEST RIDERS WON THEIR CROWNS BECAUSE THEY FINISHED

The record books don’t list that Corrado Maddii would have won the 1984 125 World Championship or that RIcky Johnson should have won the 1982 250 National Championship—they just list the men who were on top when the points were added up. Maddii ‘sbroken leg and Johnson’s broken wheel are the equivalent of Forkner’s ACL injury and Cianciarulo’s bent handlebars. They don’t even get an asterisk. Dylan Ferrandis and Chase Sexton are the champions, just like Michele Rinadli (1894) and Donnie Hansen (1982). That’s the sporting life.