Hampshire: "I did NOT want to win this race", RJ on Salt Lake, title at long last and 450 plans

Taken from Live Interview during a PulpMX Show 585: kzbin.infovMwD2XOLW2w

[@ryangreen1588]

Really happy for RJ! seems like a super cool guy

[@131601]

RJ really deserved this Championship. He always goes for it and has had some serious bad breaks. Even so, he hung in and finally got what he deserved.

[@jasonschwartz9481]

Yeah. I love the dude. Humble, loyal, the other riders respect him, but also rips and leaves it all out there. And, may be better on the 450 from his few times on it. He's now raced the best of the best for years and is always in contention. And the field this year was deep. Levi rides so much like the Lawrence's and has so much speed. Probably on a better bike as far as HP and handling. But, RJ went out and got it done in the finale. Loved it!

[@131601]

@@jasonschwartz9481 Exactly, you nailed it ! I can’t wait to see him on the 450 down the road a bit.

[@131601]

@@jasonschwartz9481 Also Levi will get his Championship, he’s got time. Now all we need is for Hunter to get a few breaks and go get his first 450 National win. Talk about bad luck !

[@aaronb4936]

No disrespect to RJ. But this was kitchens title if not for macadoo crashing into him. Levi was more impressive than RJ more often than not all season

[@131601]

@@aaronb4936 Levi was oh so close, I agree, but RJ lost a few Championships himself through injuries. The famous Hurricane Hannah use to say he hated winning that way, but he also said he lost a of races like that himself !

[@higorviera9827]

what a great interview! good to know everything it actually goes on during a race

[@recordfishhunter9234]

I'm happy for RJ to finally get the championship he is one dude who will be remembered for always going for it giving it his all well done RJ hats of to the Chef I thought he had it in the bag until some bad luck changed everything great job Chef get em next year !

[@jasonschwartz9481]

Yeah. Kitchen is sooo talented and is finally putting it together. People say he's "young" because he started a pro a bit older. But, dude's the same age as Vialle, and I think Hunter? 23? Levi may be the next contender in the 450 class when he makes the jump. I think we can see that guys who don't override the bike in the 250 class make great 450 riders. I'm excited to see the outdoors. So much 250 talent. Also hoping that if Marchbanks is healthy he goes 450.

[@SuperCellChasing]

Respect To RJ For Sure Great Ride

[@russelltuckerman407]

RJ, YOU ARE THE MAN. I watched you dad race money class at Dade City. You are a good man and A fantastic ambassador for the sport! In my opinion, Dude your twice the rider Degan. Totally respect you dude!

[@theghostoftupac2662]

The possibility of 450 RJ makes something to seriously look forward to.

[@rossybruh9939]

Especially after his 450 heat win at Daytona last year. I think RJ is Huskies best shot at a 450 title, that's what they need now and RJ has been there helping develop those husky factory bikes from when they were dog shit. I think RJ is going to come into his own on the 450 and I am sure he has watched Craig take a nose dive after he left star, cause he was top 5 in points in the 459 outdoors on the star bike but those husky 450s don't work for him. I think RJ is the main reason that 250 husky had a chance at a 250 title. Now let's see if he can help them develop that 450 into a title contending bike. If anyone can do it RJ can and is the right man for the job. I see RJ finishing his career at Husky and takes a R&D job there for the bike and helping rookies find their way to be the best they can be. Unused to not care for RJ, but over the last few years he has grown on me.

[@racrrob]

They changed to the grate to make fairer starts, why do they never fill those ruts between motos? Been wondering that for a while.

[@jasongriffin8155]

Great interview…content and funny!!

[@Shreddylife]

Im happy he finally got a 250 Championship. He should move up to the 450 class now and race with the big boys.

[@rickrossi4468]

Great champ! RJ HAMPSHIRE Thanks Steve.

[@MrDeez1111]

I would hope after 10 years in the lights division that he would finally win no disrespect to him but he's a man in there riding with boys.. but he is the champ!! Congrats

[@tremill13]

Exactly man I give him props for winning, but dude him and Smith need to finally move up. Oh and don’t forget Anstie and Forkner!! Too many grown men racing kids smh

[@MrDeez1111]

@@tremill13 100%!!!!

[@tommysmithii4723]

RJ is a local so hearing him describe how he was not trying to win is hilarious. Congrats Champ!!

[@coloradosportsrecycler9852]

RJ definetly deserved the championship

[@michaelhoward7652]

Yeah ,just ask him how good he is he will tell you lol ,after ten years he finally wins ,see how he does in 450

[@aaronb4936]

Meaningless comment. Levi was better than RJ the majority of the season and RJ had no shot if not for macadoo wrecking his teammate

[@gee9290]

Clicked for Haiden Deegan. Which part do they talk about him?

[@shire413RA]

Most everyone likes Hampshire not just Americans.

[@BrutalL3G4CY]

Can't hate McAdoo either

[@gunsgeargodandcountry6609]

FIrst of all congratulations on the championship RJ but now that is done its time to move on to the big boys no reason to stay with the kinds another year and try to defend its time to go and lets be honest most guys don't stay in the lites or 250 class so its about the real test now you want to go down in the history books its the best time to move on and prove yourself against one of the most stacked 450 classes ever...

[@jangle317]

Everyone has to put haidens name to get views!

[@paulbryant68]

Efin Rick James!!!! sooooo happy for this true champion! pure ambassador for our sport.

[@shire413RA]

RJ called Haiden "Deegs" lol 😂😂 love it

[@user-yw1yd9pw8r]

You have a crush on him sorry mans sport ma y you should take up sewind

[@user-yw1yd9pw8r]

Sewing

[@shire413RA]

@@user-yw1yd9pw8r the hell you talking about man? I point out he called Deegan "Deegs" , which is an online joke, and all a sudden i should take up sewing?

[@2216sammy]

Haiden = "THE DEEGS" .

[@moochiezpitt]

​@@shire413RAtoo many on here are 🤡s

[@BlueBallin_Mega]

It’s time to get rid of the grating and holeshot device, this will make for much more drama and better racing

[@Johan-hk9vn]

Congratulations, we'll earned! 💪👍

[@gw4717]

Maybe it is your bike I have the Husqvarna fc 350 and any hard pack tracks I'm flying crazy everyone says dam your so fast on these tracks all the other tracks I can't ride that good Maybe it is a Husqvarna thing

[@extremedf53]

Randy Yoho was a badass

[@dustinscheller7795]

Not gonna lie I wrote him off a few years ago but damn I was wrong

[@jones0618]

How could you write him off? He's been amazing for awhile now just rides a little crazy at times and goes down. He's been a championship guy for a few years now and he finally kept it on 2 wheels and got it done

[@jones0618]

With that being said I really thought jordan smith was gonna do alot better and I had him picked for the title. I didn't expect Kitchen to be that dominant

[@djwagner7337]

RJs riding is so similar to Osbournes. I feel he will have a similar 450 career minus the championship.

[@Rickmaki]

RJ rode his Ass off, did what he had to do even with the pressure.. Well Deserved..

[@shire413RA]

His name is Ricky. Nnow i wanna know what the J stands for. Ricky James Hampshire?

[@seanhaberman4619]

Yep his name is Rick James.

[@tomcox7221]

Can’t wait till he gets on a 450 full time

[@barneyba]

Deegz is like so gnarly, dude. TOOOtally!

[@hometownguy7184]

So how much does a championship actually pay?? Sponsors and all?

[@LifeWithTim1]

I think and i could be very wrong a 250 title is around $500k without any sponsors or bonuses and for 450s i believe its close to a $1m? I'm not 100% sure to be honest i just feel like that is something i have many times somewhere lol

[@doglover136_]

i mean, tomac bought that green GT3 one year after a championship right? i wasn’t into the sport then but that car was in the mac n deegs video that dirt shark did, idk how much that car costs but probably more than the average house

[@strackmx3188]

@@LifeWithTim1about that for 250 but I’m pretty sure most of the top 450 guys have a $2mil+ bonus in their contracts

[@VillainState]

Must be a crazy amount Jett has earned over 7 championships.

[@doglover136_]

@@VillainState yeah

[@allenoldroyd2191]

Good job on the championship. But you are scared of a rookie. Good luck with the big boys.

[@DamienGreen-jd1mv]

Hampshire is a county in Blighty.. England for you American speakers.

[@waynecaudle2204]

Deegan has never taken anyone out that didn’t screw with him first, im not sure how he’s got a Bam Bam type label

[@user-yw1yd9pw8r]

You got a crush on him sissy

[@user-yw1yd9pw8r]

You need to stick up for your boyfriend

[@brandonespinoza111]

⁠@@user-yw1yd9pw8rit’s true look at ac recent video barcia had taken him out around 6 times when ac did nothing when has Deegan ran into a rider that wasn’t riding him hard

[@seanhaberman4619]

​@brandonespinoza111 Danger brat almost cleaned himself and Hunter out at Thunder Valley by riding like an idiot last year. He cross jumped him 3 times in one lap.

[@brandonespinoza111]

@@seanhaberman4619 almost don’t count and btw he was a fucking rookie

[@deadshedz5633]

RJ is another Christian Craig! Won’t amount to crap in 450 class, he barely squeezed out the championship after 10 years in a class full of kids.

[@hondaMXracer48]

Rj caught deegan while just wanting to maintain his lead on Levi.

[@BedBug38]

They were catching him in the whoops hard.

[@rtsstream]

we watched the race..deegan didnt get sketchy in the whoops. RJ suddently acting like he is the clean safe rider..the fuck is he on?

[@rt5arge]

I root for deegan but he was struggling and slow in the whoops almost every lap man

[@rtsstream]

@@rt5arge honestly ..compared to everyone else in the 250 class he looked the fastest to me (hard to compare him to anyone besides other people skimming) Jordon was obviously the fastest

[@hondaMXracer48]

Dude looked sketchy everytime he hit the whoops. The fawk are u on. Oh ur just deegan nut rider

[@barronbranchbmx3799]

there were moments he got sketchy and i’m a deegan fan

[@blubug768]

oh, so you didnt watch the race?!?

[@ChristopherMcIntosh-ki9qs]

He will get one more year on a 250 then he has to go to 450

[@brandonespinoza111]

Rj has to go to 450 he has no choice

[@user-gk8tv6yx6h]

@@brandonespinoza111he gets the chance to defend the 250W title next year

[@kelliebrooks9094]

What kinda crap is that he didnt wanna win this race yeah untill he started his bike ...what crap

[@didickcheeseburger]

rj and vialle were managing championships. being overly focussed on a win that doesnt matter would be high risk for low reward

[@Erick-di9gm]

Yeah acts like he could have won the moto but deegan and Smith were way smoother! RJ admits he wasn't even doing the triple up too

[@didickcheeseburger]

@@Erick-di9gm rj caught up to deegan no problem. he didnt want to fight for the win because of how aggressive deegan can be and since he didnt need the win to take the championship it wasnt worth the risk of getting tangled up with him. rj had very little to gain but everything to lose.

[@trevorsant3141]

No point winning the race he was winning the title in his position so that was his focus

[@seanhaberman4619]

Deegan fan girls just don't know anything about the sport and can't accept reality.

[@shire413RA]

I think RJ is better then Justin Cooper

[@2216sammy]

Cooper is more talented but he disappears after the first few laps .

[@Hisway1151]

Deegan is a punk.

[@moochiezpitt]

😏🤡

[@kylebeach2316]

When compared too Evan ferry I'd say ferry is more of a punk then haiden is 😂

[@danielnixon7718]

We're that come from oh yah the basement.

[@brap10151]

Kitchen doesnt know how to make passes. Even with a championship on the line. A lot of these riders never change they are who they are and they do what they do. RJ i guess if you do it for long enough like 9 years and all the good guys he raced are soon retiring from 450’s lol it eventually works out. Shimoda does the same crap 3 years in a row he will never be a champion same with Forkner and Mcadoo

[@shire413RA]

Nah man. At any given time things can happen, switched click, and boom we could see a new champ not one expected.

[@adamvogt3767]

Deegan is faster and he knows it

[@seanhaberman4619]

How do you figure?

[@michaelhoward7652]

So a guy who has crashed most of his career and taken ten years to win a championship calls a kid in his second year sketchy lol ,lets see how sketchy rj is outdoors ,he should be on a 450 .

[@seanhaberman4619]

Deegan was sketchy in that main. I don't know what RJ's career has to do with that.

[@2216sammy]

@@seanhaberman4619 Deegs wasn't sketchy in the main he was in total control . RJ just needed an excuse for not winning the main but he won the chip so who cares.

[@seanhaberman4619]

@@2216sammy oh there you are. You climbed out from under that rock at last. Where have you been? Upset Jett dominated everyone or that Haiden lost?

[@deadshedz5633]

RJ should be in the 450 class after 10 years, not racing in the kids class worrying about “sketchy” riders.

[@BigTabes]

That’s just Deegans style always looks like he on the edge of crashing but it’s just how he rides. Looks sketchy but is just riding his ride.

[@ChristopherMcIntosh-ki9qs]

Hes full of crap deegen beat hes but all year beat it dont take deegen 12 years to win a championship

[@seanhaberman4619]

Deegan only raced him twice this year and finished ahead of him once. You danger kids are clueless.

[@GoebelsDetailshop78]

I don’t believe what he said about racing Deegs lol when Rj is the one who wrecks lol you wanted to beat him but couldn’t

[@didickcheeseburger]

rj was in a position to win his championship with deegan in front of him. he didnt need the win. just finish ahead of levi. rj would be crazy to get mixed up with kamikaze deegan and potentially go down costing himself the title.

[@seanhaberman4619]

God you Deegan fans don't live in the real world.

[@charliebrown4809]

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[@Youhaverights6]

What a poor excuse as to why he lost the race "I was just trying to stay away from Deegan". No you are slower than deegan. You are slower than Kitchen. You are lucky to win the title.

[@steves5632]

I rewatched that he really wasn't that close unless a turn away or so is close?