Austin Forkner's Final Amateur Race - Last to First

After going 1-1 in the first two of three 250 A motor at the 2016 JS7 Freestone Championship, Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Austin Forkner had to dig deep in the final moto of his amateur career to salvage the title. Coming from the back of the pack Forkner battles with Sean Cantrell, Chase Sexton, Bradley Taft, and others for the win.
The full 17 minute race has been edited down to an easier to watch 8 minutes. Every pass and battle are still shown.
Rider: Austin Forkner
Event: 2016 James Stewart Spring Championship
Class: 250 A / Moto 3
Camera: Sony Action Cam AZ1 - fave.co/1Iss8VN
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[@Premixer112]

Don't you just love it when a piece of roost knocks off another piece of roost from the lens?

[@JamesGingerich]

+Sebastian Clemmons yes! Lol

[@Premixer112]

***** So satisfying.. Btw, love your photos! Pretty cool that you replied

[@JamesGingerich]

+Sebastian Clemmons funny thing is I used to not watch/fast forward to the end after a big blob appears however a number of times it got knocked off making the video useable after all 👊🏼. Thanks!

[@mongunelly19]

@@JamesGingerich 00

[@SOLDOZER]

0:29 homeboy #357 cuts the corner on the track and gains 4 positions.

[@billymadison527]

yeah that was some bullshit

[@MotoMadness]

bloody awesome effort

[@breezyy777]

dide you should do a "biggest mx cheaters" like the guy on the left 0:28

[@VlogEpicness]

This makes me wish there was GoPro footage of James Stewart's amateur days.

[@EzraLewis]

I saw the whole Moto in person, it was unbelievable! (From 2nd to last to 1st)

[@nightmare6844]

+Ezra Lewis hi ezra c:

[@qurtburt72]

The guy in second at the very end of the videos hand gesture tho 😂 lol

[@gholdsfishing3144]

Shoutout to karma to the homie who cut the track tho😂

[@jaipatten4757]

Yep

[@JamesGingerich]

+KmekGrant That's what I'd thought while editing it, however after looking closer it's actually a different rider with the same type of gear.

[@joellleone6696]

+KmekGrant If you watch Jayce penningtons video I think from Vurbmoto, You see its him who cuts the track.

[@sofra919]

L😂L

[@JamesGingerich]

+joell leone Actually Jayce is too far ahead in this video to see. While Jayce did go off the track he came back on through the hay bales and lost a few spots. The guys you see here blatantly cut the track and made no attempt to maintain their position. As an AMA guy once told me, going off the track happens however we'd better not see any roost being thrown up.

[@destroyall24]

The future of motocross. He will be dominant

[@stellastarr69]

+destroyall24 You might be right, but people said the same thing about Adam Cianciarulo. Time will tell. I hope he does well. He has a bright future in the sport for sure.

[@ethan_martin]

+destroyall24 Forkner is not a cianciarulo in case you are trying to compare him to him. He may do well, but I doubt dominance will be in his future for a while. The majority pros are MUCH faster than the 250A amateurs.

[@jaipatten4757]

+stellastarr69 Adam Ciancarillo isn't even racing this year do u know why

[@aarongrace2376]

+Ethan Martin He was beating guys last year as an amateur at local races who were top 10-15 in outdoors while coming from behind on a 250 against them on 450s

[@ethan_martin]

JAI PATTEN MXJP The point is that he is still very fast.

[@jaden7886]

such a narley rider, met him in atlanta this weekend and was given his number plate.

[@Endurochannel]

3:48 (Battle for 3rd) awesome attacking riding!

[@CasuallyFilthy.]

Congrats to this guy on all his success

[@143Chippy143]

This kid is going to be up front all season... You can count on that !!

[@yorKoolmedia]

First off, great video. I'm going to be "that guy" and ask a question I'm sure you've answered a thousand times. How are you getting access to all of these videos? It's impressive.

[@JamesGingerich]

+yorKoolmedia Thanks! I cover these events for various clients, which gives me direct access to the riders.

[@joshmx28]

Not sure if Austin needs to work on his starts or if he got a bad start on purpose so he could work the pack. I guess we will find out Saturday!

[@justinf6758]

Seems like he got a bit sideways

[@Sruikyl]

You dont get a bad start on purpose at that level lol...

[@joshmx28]

***** You do if you need practice working through traffic. Look at all these great racers who can't do shit unless they holeshot

[@Sruikyl]

joshmx28 You don't sabotage yourself at this level of racing. Maybe go try and become a top level amateur rider then whence you've done that, report back on your willingness to start dead last..

[@joshmx28]

Check out the 1997 LA supercross 125cc class. Ricky Carmichael and David Pingree both purposely started last to see how far they could get in the pack. Forkner had nothing to lose on this race anyway, he's already signed. Maybe he should have practiced passing through the field because he kind of sucks as a pro.

[@benaferhc5]

How do you have such clear audio without wind noise?

[@JamesGingerich]

+benaferhc5 I used the waterproof case/housing for this video, which seemed to help cut down on the wind noise.

[@jacobsherwood9251]

So good

[@user-vr9ug3jy1d]

clean passes

[@HoustonMotocross99]

He picks em off one by one

[@Lancer2004]

man Austin has changed from armature to pro

[@ethan_martin]

Will he be racing in this pro motocross season?

[@JamesGingerich]

+Ethan Martin yes.

[@hiredexpectations9037]

Hangtown baby!!!

[@babuali8251]

thanzzzzz

[@jasonyup9952]

That wasn't a battle for 1st, that was an easy pass

[@bugnonegaming1926]

He is pro now right

[@45crisess]

+Bugnone Gaming yes, hang town will be his debut

[@pwnnr13]

Looks so easy ^^

[@Upthebroncos310]

Then we try and do it and he laps me 4 times lol

[@shorelinefilms9661]

sean didnt see that coming

[@plachypete1735]

Awesome :)

[@ethanroggenbuck4498]

He's gonna get podiums right away

[@hiredexpectations9037]

I'd beg to differ. I think he's gonna realize there's some pretty stiff competition come hangtown. Top 10 for sure. But I don't think he's gonna podium off the batt with guys like Dungey, Musquin, Tomac, Barcia will be back, the list goes on.

[@goshjivens540]

+Hired Expectations I agree, he'll have the likes of Bob "Hurricane" Hannah, Roger Decoster, and Mitch Payton to bang bars with in the 125 class come outdoors.

[@jonathanpoynter1491]

+Hired Expectations he'll be in the 250 class all the guys you listed are in 450 Austin will be running top 5 in 250 all of outdoors

[@rileygenereux6755]

Fast af

[@joseeduardodebrittp9390]

very fast

[@kawkid1]

How old is this kid he was just on 85s in like 2013 lol

[@bmxkingJR2]

Do the math...

[@Luke-ql7ec]

u should go to cananda look up on facebook loch lomond motocross sorry i i didnt spell it right

[@EverythingHenry]

Wow

[@rossd918]

holy shit..

[@cesarfigueroa9539]

5:47 close one haha

[@tygore789]

0:48 hizo trampa el motociclista azul ,,"corto camino"

[@motolife23]

Sony cam sucks

[@justinsanchez8058]

🏞🏩💒🚥🎠🏗

[@bunnymanmoe8819]

Jeremy lol

[@SOLDOZER]

Insanity. Nobody can hold a line, people cheating and cutting the track, etc....

[@thewheel246]

gonna get smoked at the national

[@СкамсСкамсофф]

если мимо трассы проезжаю то почему их не дисквалифицируют?

[@maxwellglobule6543]

gg

[@eatcommies1375]

#357 cheated!

[@thegamingmouse2126]

2nd

[@Holland216]

surratt 151 is overrated forky flew by him

[@xLaChance77]

Hes quite slow

[@breezyy777]

he's one of the fastest 250 riders in the world google it