Oh, how the mighty have fallen

This past weekend seemed to shock all JB Mauney fans after seeing his past two performances. The North Carolina cowboy went 1 for 3 and finished 15th this past weekend in Oakland, CA. That would be bad enough but sadly that is not the worst of it. His second biggest contender for the world title, Valdiron do Oliveira, finished second to no other than current world number one Guilherme Marchi. The ground that Mauney had worked 2 weeks to gain all of a sudden was cut by almost 800 points. With only three regular season events left before the finals Mauney can not afford to let this happen again. With a 3,000 point deficit Mauney needs to average at least 900 points per remaining event going into the finals. This is going to mean that Mauney will have to win almost every round and win at least one of the events. Even after achieving this Mauney will still only be at level with Marchi, meaning he will have to out ride Marchi in every round of the finals to have a chance at being this years world champion. Now, don't get me wrong this situation is completely plausible and may happen. The fact of the matter is Mauney will have to work hard and ride hard to do it and if any young rider on tour can do it, he can be that man.