by Davey Coombs
250 Words: RedBud
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 | 1:00 PM
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Riders
- Trey Canard
- Jake Weimer
- Chris Pourcel
- Tyla Rattray
- Eli Tomac
- Blake Wharton
- Dean Wilson
- Justin Barcia
Races
When the checkered flag fell on the Rockstar Energy RedBud 250 National on Saturday afternoon, what was left of the massive, sun-baked crowd moved over to the front of the podium to see something special: Trey Canard had finally won his first AMA Motocross moto, and with it his first-ever Lucas Oil AMA Motocross overall win. The GEICO Powersports Honda rider had to scratch and claw his way around the extremely rough track, and past most of the best 250cc riders in the world.
Trey Canard scored his first-ever outdoor win at RedBud.
Photo: Steve Cox
But Canard's win alone wasn't what made this race unique and special. The fact of the matter is that it wasn't all that special in the context of this incredible summer. In six races to date, this class has seen five different winners, and four of them are AMA National winners for the first time in their careers — Eli Tomac, Tyla Rattray, Dean Wilson, and now Canard.
While the absolutely fast yet physically inconsistent Christophe Pourcel still leads the class in general, his weak second motos have opened the door to this diversity at the top of the leaderboard. It's been helped along by the fact that we are seeing this class develop into a two-stable race — Monster Energy/Pro Circuit Kawasaki vs. GEICO Powersports Honda — with eight different riders capable of winning from those rival teams.
Check it out: All eight team riders were in the top ten overall at RedBud: Canard (1st), Justin Barcia (4th), Blake Wharton (5th) and Tomac (10th), and then Wilson (2nd), Pourcel (3rd), Rattray (6th) and Weimer (8th). That's a results sheet crowded with talent and speed.
But still, it's Pourcel who controls his own destiny here. He's got three fast teammates behind him (though, who would have guessed that Jake Weimer would be the only PC guy yet to win?) but he's got a good head on his shoulders. Until he makes a major mistake, or suffers a major mechanical like he did last year at Southwick, he's still the lead horse in this wild race.
Canard celebrating with the RedBud fans.
Photo: Steve Cox
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Pourcel could finish this championship off on a vespa, if he rode with an open face helmet, I think you could see him yawning.
Way to go Trey, bring home the win for American's on Independence Day. He showed what the Factory Connection Team has and can do again. Trey was excited and jubulant as it was evident in his high fiving the lively Red Bud croud after his win and during awards with his emotions. REDDD BUDD. Great crowd that cheered Trey on for the win.
Way to go Trey! Now let's see some all U.S. talent sweep the leaderboard! You can do it! Trey is finally getting the dice to roll his way and that's great and all but, I'm picking Barcia or Tomac for the MX2 spot. I want to see one of our "young guns" take on the foreign "young guns" (Herlings, Rozcen, Musquin) in the MX2 class and show them what's what. That showdown could be the talk of the whole race. I think Searle's going to want to make a statement as well considering his new teammate and his (so far) lackluster results in the nats. I think there's going to be more MX2's in the top ten in their race(s) than MX1's or MX3's
Wilson showed maturity way beyond his years during the podium speech. Lets his riding do the talking.
I agree Ylink...Wilson got straight up T-boned and ended up on the fire road for 70 yards. He could have gone off but he played it cool on the box. It was a "racing move", but don't be surprised to see 108 make a "racing move" on Ice Trey later in the year. Good stuff. Rainman, funny stuff on Pourcel!
Pourcel is a beast considering what he's gone through. Still he manages to keep a healthy points lead, unbelievably smart and smooth racer. Congrats to Wilson and Trey for being both a couple of fine gentlemen on their podium and press speeches, very proffesional and well put guys. Anyway they will understand a little rubbing when it happens in the future, because off course, it will happen at any given moment. Excellent racing at RedBud.
I don't get what is so hard for the MX media to understand about Pourcel. Maybe they are hopeful that someone else will win the championship but he obviously has things under control. He doesn't lose the second motos because he is out of shape, but here are the reasons I have come up with. 1. Hasn't gotten as good of starts. This class is so stacked (much more stacked than the 450 class) and it's harder to come through the pack. 2. He rides smart and isn't willing to throw extra points away. I find it interesting that the only time he didn't win a first moto, he made sure to win the second. He knows everyone else will be inconsistent so if he wins one moto a week, he is golden. He only lost one point to his championship lead last weekend. 3. The 250 class rides after the 450 class and that gives his style of riding a major disadvantage. He is a line choice guy and when there are no smooth parts on the track anymore for him to find, he has no choice but to try and ride like everyone else which leads to the 4th reason. 4. He rides a 250 like a 450 and that is why him winning is so amazing. He is never holding it wide open like all the young kids to and yet he is dominating the championship. This guy might just kick everyone's ass in the 450 class.
One last thing. He already has as many moto wins as Dungey did all of last season.
Glad to see the new generation of guys being able to race and bump and not have the last turn end up like "Winners take all". So glad to see Cannard finally put a race together. He was due.
We need Canard in the MX3 class. He's proven he can haul on the bigger bike. Did anyone catch Lorocco's leap for the first practice session? The flagging was near criminally negligent!!! How can they put someone with apparently no experience on top of a blind jump?!
I agree Canard should be the MX2 choice. Where the hec is Stewie? Gotta give it up for Alessi tho. 2nd moto he made Laroccos leap on a 350 and looked really good. Almost missed a few times. His helmet was touching the front fender. Was awesome to watch. Im sure someone has a pic of that.
Mxrider26x, maybe it was because of the altitude but here's what Pourcel said about ten days ago in the Monday Conversation: "I was going pretty fast and was kind of wide-open everywhere...Yeah, I don’t know the times, but I was wide-open!" If the 450's keep running before 250's he IS gonna have some smoother tracks next year, but it's kind of like MC vs. Emig or Reed vs. RC. If a hard charger (like RV or BT) gets in their groove, he's gonna have his hands full. Gotta be able to ride the rough stuff, too, otherwise join Stewart's sx only team.
Congrats to Trey. MXdN team = Dungey, Short, Canard.
Congratulations Trey! Awesome ride! I think Trey is getting things together and we will see more wins from him and a lot more podium finishs over the rest of the season. I love watching that kid ride! Trey is definitely the man for MXDN.
Trey clearly goes from the inside line to the far outside slowing down just so he can take out Dean it's the dirtist move ever, he clearly was afraid Dean would come right back and pass him again. Hopefully Dean can pay him back next round, congrats to Dean for taking the high rode on the podium very professional.
ht...sorry for whatever reason yur one of the five or six TC38 haters...but have you noticed this motocross?...if even DW calls it a racing incident...give it a rest.
is it just me or does Ping look like a chubby Lt. Dangle from Reno 911? LOL!!!