Vurbmoto Power Rankings San Diego Supercross

Before we get into what was once called the Slaw/Troy Dog Weekly Power Rankings, we have a new name: The Slaw/VurbWes/Troy Dog Weekly Power Rankings. VurbWes got all jelly and wanted to be a part of these. Well, in HIS first week, he has already made his own rules. Not cool, brah. Welcome to second place, Dub Dub. Troy Dog is always and forever in third place.

Welcome to the 2023 Slaw/VurbWes/Troy Dog Combined 250/450 Top Ten Power Rankings! Slaw, WES, and Troy each have created their own list of who they believe carry the most power in the sport. They each have created their own categories and have weighted these riders accordingly, whether its speed, following, SX skills, you name it.

Each week these rankings will be updated so that you guys can argue about how wrong they are in the comment section! Feel free to tell us if we’re right/wrong/or completely dumb. As always, email all complaints to Jason Weigandt.

Slaw’s Pre-San Diego Power Rankings

Slaw: I will bullet point my thoughts so it is easier to read. Troy Dog has a hard time reading, so I’m making it easy for him to see how much better my rankings are.

I think Oakland was just the second time in history a race has been postponed or outright cancelled due to weather. Rain takes the top spot.
With Oakland postponed, Arenacross stole the show with takeouts, fights and mayhem.
It feels like A1 was five years ago. SUPERCROSS IS SO BACK!
Tomac, duh!
Jett, duh!
The rest speaks for itself.

Troy Dog’s Pre-San Diego Power Rankings

Troy Dog: Look, with the cancellation of Oakland, that threw a wrench in my rankings, so I went back to the drawing board. When Slaw went on a vacation last week without putting in a request to HR or notifying me ahead of time I knew it was time to get rid of him. Then, out of the thin Idaho mountainous air, my hero VurbWes appeared and took over as content manager and tripled our views. Wes then put his finishing touch on my T-Dog’s Takes graphics bringing that feature to new heights. I was the Dwyane Wade throwing the no look ally oop and raising my arms to his LeBron James slamming it home. He’s atop my list probably forever. #byeslaw.

Tomac moves to second behind Wes’ insane performance. Cade makes his debut on my list after stealing the show at the AMA Arenacross. We all know what happened by now and he’s a champ for going through all that. The rest is kind of self explanatory, except I did add Kyle Chisholm in at the ten spot plus one. Chiz actually was the real winner from the week off from racing. He had a stomach bug to end all stomach bugs at A1 AND still almost made the main. He spent the day on the toilet. God bless the HEP cleaning crew on that one. With the week off Chiz gained the ten pounds or so that he lost and got to train and ride. He’ll be ready to Chiz in San Diego, which is Spanish for…well never mind.

VurbWes Pre-San Diego Power Rankings

VurbWes: Look, it’s confusing AF to me that these guys are combining their 250/450 rankings. I just don’t freakin get it. (I have now read the rules and it’s makes more sense but it’s dumb. There’s a completely wrong stat that I’m just now making up that states only 1 in 1000 people read all the words. There will be so many 999 people that just don’t understand) And for that reason – amongst so, so many others – Slaw Dog is down at the bottom of my very first Vurbmoto Power Rankings. Troy Dog made me #1 on his, so of course I needed to return the favor by putting him in third on mine, behind me; Vurbwes a solid second place.

As you see I put Cooper Webb in first. Hold your horses; don’t blow a damn gasket. Hear me out. In 2020, I was with Webb filming Moto Spy in San Diego. I think we were six rounds deep and the champ had yet to win a race. Earlier that week ole Roger asked him something to the effect of, “Can you still win?” That’s definitely not verbatim, and might be completely wrong, but it was something like that. ANYWAYS, “chip on the shoulder” Cooper Webb is already back in action and it’s evident from his performance at A1 he’s ready to prove where he’s at. History repeats itself, as the saying goes, so San Diego seems to have that special sauce for Coop. He’s gonna mix that ketchup, mustard, and mayo and dip all the damn fries in it this weekend, and for that reason he’s got my top spot.

Tomac is really, really, close to myself and Troy Dog, but just for excitement sake maybe he gets a 15 yard penalty and has to start from the outside. It’s gonna be close.

The rest is pretty self explanatory. Let’s see how this plays out!

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