Chris Westall, the inventor of the Greatest Riders Chart, speaks..

Thanks for sending this revision in Chris and sorry about the whole, forgetting-your-name thing. I also think you know my answer on whether or not we should include the Summercross victory.

Steve,

Thanks for putting my rankings on the website. I knew there was no way I had every base covered on this thing and right off the bat two readers pointed out a couple omissions.

First, should Summercross be considered a "Big Win?" Not sure on that one and it was an event that somehow evaded my radar. Was it a one-off or were there other Summercrosses? I guess if MC and the likes were there then Red Dog should at least get credit for a premier SX win. If so, that jumps him all the way up to #41 because he would also lose the Specialist penalty and the Shutout penalty (man, do I sound dorky or what?). If we give him the Big Win bonus he would tie John Dowd at #39 and crack the Top 40. So, whaddya think… should the Summercross be considered a "Big Win?"

Second, somehow Bruce McDougal got by me and he should definitely be on here. With a runner-up in the initial 125 series being his only accomplishment that I can find, he would come in at #127, tied with Marty Moates and Jake Weimer.

Also, I know there are mistakes in here I haven’t caught and I just caught one while re-calculating Red Dog’s numbers and it’s for Larry Ward who needs a Shutout Penalty for not winning a premier MX race which would drop him down to #61 (tied with Erik Kehoe) and bump a few riders up one.

Let me know what you think on the Summercross issue (which, with your slight predilection for the man, I think I might know your answer) and I’ll send you an updated version with the other changes as well.

Don’t delay because the fate of the world hangs in the balance on where these riders fall (and when I say “world” I of course mean the “dork world”).
Thanks again man.
Chris Westall
La Grange, TX