Race Report: Los Angeles
Sunday, January 23, 2011 | 9:15 AM
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PrintMonster Energy Supercross for 2011 delivered on the hype big time in its debut in Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium, as fans were treated to a tremendous battle between the top contenders. In the end, one rider won the race convincingly, coming from the back of the group to the front to win. But as impressive and confidence-inspiring as that win was, his competitors also left the race feeling like they’re in the right position to win races and a championship as well—which hopefully means we’ll see more battles like this one.
With two early races to get the jitters out, most riders felt better on this night, for round three. Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Brett Metcalfe grabbed the holeshot, but his teammate and defending SX Champion Ryan Dungey was off to a good start as well in second. Then Metcalfe washed out on the second lap and Dungey found himself leading a race for the first time this year. Last week’s winner, James Stewart, was right behind.
Amazing racing in LA.
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Dungey and Stewart haven’t been able to battle much, so this shaped up nicely with Stewart closing in on his San Manuel Red Bull Yamaha. Stewart drew alongside and made a pass, then Dungey got back by as they traded lines. Stewart finally secured the lead but Dungey worked hard to stay close. Behind them, all heck was breaking loose, as Kevin Windham ran up front, as did Trey Canard and Justin Brayton. Chad Reed went down on the first lap and was last, while Ivan Tedesco also crashed and wasn’t much better.
Nowhere to be seen: Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto.
The racing kept getting better. Canard began closing on Dungey while Stewart opened up a small gap of about two seconds. Then Villopoto arrived on the scene, making aggressive passes. Canard blew a triple jump and had to double, putting Villopoto into third and all over Dungey, but then Dungey closed in on Stewart. Villopoto passed Dungey for second, leading to the wildest exchange of the night: Villopoto went for the lead on Stewart, they stood each other up in a few berms, then Dungey tried to take advantage and get around Villopoto, but nearly crashed doing it, opening the door for Canard to take over third.
Trey Canard overcame an absolutely massive heat race crash to win the LCQ and battle with the lead pack throughout the main.
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And at the end of that lap, Stewart washed the front end in a berm and threw the lead away. Villopoto had gone from outside the top five into the lead.
Villopoto did not get the start, but he put in a mean charge to get to the leaders.
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Stewart picked it back up in fourth. Took him a few laps to get going, but he rallied late to pass Canard and Dungey, and even close down on Villopoto down the stretch. But Vilopoto had it under control, and held on for his second win of the season over Stewart and Dungey. Amazing, amazing racing.
After the race, Stewart and Dungey were bummed on missing out on the win, but they both carry the confidence that they can win next week.
Near the halfway mark, it was this close.
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The Lites class may have been harder to predict than the SX class, as Cole Seely led wire to wire for his first career SX win—and the first for his Lucas Oil Troy Lee Designs Honda team.
Seely grabbed a rare holeshot but faced heat from Josh Hansen early. Then Hansen ran it in on Seely in a corner and stalled, pushing Hansen, the Lites West points leader, to last
Cole Seely!
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Seely had to watch a killer battle behind him. Eli Tomac, Ken Roczen, Martin Davalos and Kyle Cunningham duked it out, until Cunningham tried to dive underneath Roczen to take over third, and ended up taking both riders down. Davalos then tried to sneak around the outside, but he too got collected in the mess.
This left Broc Tickle in third after a bad start, followed by Ryan Morias. Morias would make a pass on Tickle to get into third. Tomac made a few charges toward Seely, but could not get within striking distance. Hansen came up from last to fifth.
Seely, Tomac and Morias put the Kawasaki podium streak to rest.
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Supercross Class Results: Los Angeles
1. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki
2. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha
3. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki
4. Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda
5. Justin Brayton, Cornelius, N.C, Yamaha
6. Kevin Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda
7. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Honda
8. Brett Metcalfe, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Suzuki
9. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, KTM
10. Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha
Supercross Class Season Standings
1. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki – 72
2. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha – 67
3. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki – 58
4. Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda – 56
5. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Honda – 48
6. Brett Metcalfe, Lake Elsinore, Calif., Suzuki – 39
7. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, KTM – 37
8. Justin Brayton, Cornelius, N.C, Yamaha – 36
9. Kyle Chisholm, Valrico, Fla., Yamaha – 33
10. Kevin Windham, Centerville, Miss., Honda – 32
Supercross Lites Class Western Regional Results: Los Angeles
1. Cole Seeley, Corona, Calif., Honda
2. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Honda
3. Ryan Morais, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki
4. Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Kawasaki
5. Josh Hansen, Elbert, Colo., Kawasaki
6. Ken Roczen, Mattstedt, Germany, KTM
7. Ryan Marmont, Woonona, Australia,
8. Jimmy Decotis, Peabody, Mass., Honda
9. Nick Pauluzzi, Riverside, Calif., Yamaha
10. Kyle Cunningham, Aledo, Texas, Yamaha
Supercross Lites Class Western Regional Season Standings
1. Josh Hansen, Elbert, Colo., Kawasaki – 66
2. Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Kawasaki – 62
3. Cole Seely, Corona, Calif., Honda – 59
4. Ryan Morais, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki – 55
5. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Honda – 49
6. Tyla Rattray, Wildomar, Calif., Kawasaki – 42
7. Martin Davalos, Cairo, Ga., Suzuki – 40
8. Travis Baker, Temecula, Calif., Honda – 35
9. Ken Roczen, Mattstedt, Germany, KTM – 31
10. Nick Pauluzzi, Riverside, Calif., Yamaha – 30
Tonight’s Supercross class race will air on CBS Sports tomorrow at Noon and the Supercross Lites class race will also air tomorrow on SPEED at 6:00 p.m. EST. The 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross season continues next weekend in Oakland, Calif., at the Oak-Alameda Stadium.
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stewart fan says " but, but, but, but, but, but , but, but, but, but, but.........." Was that "straight up" enough for ya ?
Hey "chromob".....NOPE....he crashed again and lost!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, just kiddin'......quit hatin' man and just enjoy the fact that there was some great racing going on would ya??? Apparently great rides by all of those guys, they say RV came "from the back" to take the win, but 8th off the start is not "the back". He was clearly the man last night, but i'm gonna give the ride of the night to Chad Reed, who DID come from the back to get a seventh, while laying down some fast lap times in heavy traffic!! He gets a start and he's gonna be up there!! This is getting good! Congrats to RV!! Can't wait for next week!!
i dont care who wins, as long as its not Dungey. so tired of hearing that guys name. he is now right where he would have been last season if Ryan and James would have been there
thats been the point all along. For the last 17-18 yrs there hasn't been a whole lot of "racing". Having a 4-5 way battle for the win is all a true sx fan could ask for. Now if the flat-bill and "HORSEPOWER!!" crowds would just go pose as fans of another sport, this season might shape up to be the one NASCAR wishes they had.
You're right, Dungey is right where he would have been last year if RV and JS were healthy: right in the mix.
RV the new fastest man on the Planet??
Amen Peeps
chromob is right.Whenever stewie loses everyone makes excuses for him.Soooo weird.Go RV!!
Yes it is shaping up to be one of the best Supercross seasons in a long time. I just hope everyone can stay healthy and it is a long seaason. I also agree with some of the other posts where the races are to short. last night the Supercross final was only 17 min,41.505 sec long to the checkerd flag and the Lights class was 13 min. 43.716 sec. to the flag. I myself would like to see 20 min. plus one lap for Supercross class and 15 min plus one lap for the tidlers. The rest of the qualifying could stay as is. The tracks are good enough there are not too many lappers and I think the racing would gett even better. I know the tracks are tough and the racers then would also know how long they gotta last if all the rces were the same time frame for the finals.
Justin, "chromob" is not "right", you just agree with him..i see no excuses flying here, it just sounds like the racing was awesome. Unfortunately, the local CBS affiliate here is choosing to air a "Teen Kids News" program instead of Supercross!!! WTF??? Their programming director will be getting a call on monday!! Sounds like some other people are having the same problem. THIS SUCKS!!
IF growing the sport means continued coverage like CBS does then I'd rather the sport not grow. 20mins into the broad cast and barely 3mins of actual racing show and bunch of talk talk talk talk......CBS' coverage sucks. They don't the heat races (which are actual races) but they show features on Monster trucks? I didn't tune in to watch Monster trucks. Again CBS sucks. All this talk about drama and hype is stupid. The racing is what should matter and what should be the focal point of growing the sport. It's the same with the Bar to Bar year end review dvds. Why bother with 2 DVDs when there is barely 30min total coverage of actual racing? Then you look at the Motocross review and it's ALL ACTION the way it should be. It's pathetic because the races are short enough that in the 60min time slots they could pretty much show all of the main and heat races between the commercials. And if they were going to show something instead of racing is it to much to ask to actually focus on the sport itself? About the bikes, riders, teams, etc.....? And I'm not talking about the stupid MTV style rider profiles showing them trying to be cool or how rich they are...... It's sad they seem to care more about people who aren't interested in Supercross then the ones who are
so as expected they have to do the celebrity watch since it's in LA. funny how they do the tech tips thing, something I actually found interesting, yet it felt rushed liked they'd rather do more celebrity watching
You don't see excuses because the "haters" are awfully silent, as has always been the case when their bold predictions blow up in their faces . " If stewart gets the start nobody can touch him ." It's almost as if some people are full of sh%$. BTW... Canard's fist pump out of the first turn in the LCQ , priceless.
You are obviously NOT a fan of Mr. Stewart "chromob".....just exactly what bold predictions are you talking about?? I hear the same bold predictions about RV,RD, and CR too, but you are not commenting on those!! Hmmm, weird!!
Great racing but again CBS coverage sucks. Is it really necessary to have such a LARGE timing banner? It covers too much of the screen and action.....and the blue waves? amaturish is the only word I can think of. the sport deserves better then this crap. You want to grow the sport consistency is key. Every weekend I know exactly when and where the NFL games are on, but with SX speed one week on one night and then another time CBS on a different night.
Just watched race on CBS What a great showing by all the top riders. Vil, Stew, Dung, and Can, all great racers and great for our sport. keep up the great show. I respect all of you.
whatever, that sucks no race. Just watched it and I am sorry to say you missd the best one of the year. It was great. RV2 was the fastest guy out there. To be able to run down Stewie while he is in front, its unreal. Dungey got a great start and he ran with those two pretty much. Canard had a great ride. K-Dub looked good at first, he made it real hard for RV to get past him. But RV2 was the man last night. He was haulin' it the entire time until about 4 or so laps. He let up a little. When Stewie closed it up to under 2 seconds. He turned it up on the last two laps. But they were flying last night. Dungey looked faster than he has all year, he did well. And Canard was flying too. Great race. Dungey, Stewie and RV were all right there together for a few laps, it was great. Now if I can see the Squelers lose today, it will be perfect.
anyone else notice how Ralphy was about to cry when Bubba fell. The whole tone of his voice changed. The last 2 laps were all about Stewart "gobbling up" RV2 if he made a mistake! Serious man crush!
watched hansen's interview on sxgp.com... what a flippin baby, i have no respect for that grease ball
Hey Jason, Just to set the record straight RV2 was in 12th coming out of the first turn. I know all you want to talk about is JS but I'm sick of it! You guy's are suppose to the experts here so you tell me is JS the fastest man on the planet????It sure didn't look like it last night. I to have been around motocross for a long long time! Call it like you see it! not what you think! That was one of the best rides I have ever seen from a rider in a long time. 41,5 & 7 all rode a great race, but they didn't start 12th either.
I'm glad its on TV but geez the commercials and hype are too much! I love Supercross but watchin highlights and commercials without a DVR is painful. Maybe get rid of the hype and put a little more time into showing the qualifiers but when there's money on the line the real fan is who gets shorted.
Canard isn't 100% ripe yet, but when he does ripen, gonna be interesting. JS fan but when RV2 comes from 9th that quick, gotta respect it, he have a ray gun on the front of that Kawi? Bottom line is 2 fastest guys are so even, whomever gets the last pass without washing out the frontend wins. Now thats great racing. Not a Dungey fan, but I think he's playing it smart. 1 injury from these 2 (probable at this pace), a few bad starts, he's right in the cookie jar again. Just plain flat out good supercross and I love it.
What the heck? They didnt show my monster truck last night? Damn these pork rinds are GOOOOOOOD! I cant believe ya all dont think i am as conditioned as Dungey
Stewies days of domination are in the past, No he hasnâ
Just like i said before fire everyone @ CBS and start over. ..C=cant B=broadcast S=sports
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
whatever, haven't seen the show where RV, RD an CR call themselves the fastest man on the planet. What channel?
James Stewart seems to have changed his racing style a little bit. I think he's pacing himself more in his races instead of just trying to blow everyone away. I think James strategy is to ride steady and smart and if he's challenged then he turns it up a notch. That's what seems to have been the case in this race. When RV caught him James dialed it up and got some separation until he washed out the front end. It's going to be interesting to see how he rides the rest of the season. I don't think he can afford to ease up on his throttle with RV this season.
Sa1 I thought the same exact same thing! haha, Ralph is a nice guy and all but over the past few years I find him pretty "uneducated" for lack of a better word, and pretty annoying still. Fro and RC as a team would do great as an announcing team. And CM that was well said also.
NETNITCO is apparently the CBS of internet service providers. I hope this one doesn't get duplicated 400 f$%*&# times.
1. Hands down one of the best races in memory! 2. I don't care what racerx says about the production crew being the same for both channels, CBS's version sucks bad! 3. That was only the 3rd race...This is some exciting sh*t!
Now that was a great race! IN fact so good that CBS couldn't go to a commercial during the Supercross main. Thanks CBS
Chromob knock it the F off. All you people *****ing about who's faster. That was one of the best supercross races in a hell of a long time. Great passing nothing dirty, no cheap shots. ENJOY THE RACING!
CBS doesn't have a clue. Just show us some freaking racing. Most casual supercoss fans probably turned the channel after 20 minutes of meaningless BS.
that was the most exciting race i've seen in years. it's funny to see how cbs thinks we're the nascar crowd playing country music for us. 2 thumbs down!! for that. Great racing though, glad we were at least able to see it. cant wait for next week.
I was there last nite. EPIC racing. Hanny stalled his bike on first lap. it looked like Roczen and DAvalos were the guys to beat. they were about 4th and 5th when somebody went down and took them out. Poto has speed on JS, but when James is behind he seems to be a lil' quicker. Dungey finally picked it up. Literally battled w/ Trey the whole race and Even Dungey threw up a good fight w/ stewey and Trey. AS RC says James cant handle the pressure. Just ride his back wheel til he goes down, or doesn't. If Roczen or Davalos wins, they're gonna be stacked w/ confidence and thats gonna change things because hanny cant holeshot every race w/o traction control...
chromob, stop spamming, you little child.
was the best race, maybe ever. Not spamming morons. ISP sucks balls.
STRAIGHT UP WIN? TARDS........STEWIE WENT DOWN!!!!!!!!!!! THE TRACK WAS BMX STYLE TRACK...ZERO SPEED,TIGHT,SLICK. MORE OF A OLD SCHOOL RACK FROM THE 1990'S, NOT WHAT THE 450 CLASS WAS USED TOO. OAKLAND IS STEWIES RACE.............HANDS DOWN....
Thaught I was gonna get Jumped last night for being the only Non JS fan. Every time Poto made a move I loved it and people wanted to kill me. WTF? Stop calling him the "fastest man alive". He's 1 for 3 so far. Yea its good, but in a few weeks Dungey WILL have his pace and be pushing him into mistakes while poto Leaves em. I believe TRey will have a race or 2 where he can run w/ RV, RD, JS. All this Crapp being talked about Dungey, He was hauling balls. exchanging passes w/ trey and JS. But none of them came from outside top ten like POTO. Dungey is still right in the hunt. Havn't seen the crappy coverage but dayam that was the best race i've been to in years. The Back to back whoops (gnarly ones too) were the equalizer out there. It was an Excellent track, WAy more room to pass than the last 2 races. Poto couldn't have came from 12th at phoenix or aneheim. Good racing, but wow. FELD is such BS. They have regular parking guys, LA dodger Security, and a bunch of Feld clowns that dont know up from down. IT took over an hour to get in the race from the parking lot. and I'm handicapped. What a bunch of BS, feld idiots. good race boys
hey whatever, read fan of the sport. Hows that for excuses and predictions?
villopoto is definitely going to be a test for james. to be honest, it really seems like we won't know until one of them doesn't crash... last week it was RV, this week james. RV caught him quick in the beginning, but then james was catching RV towards the end. I can't wait to see a battle to the finish by those two. It is awesome cause RV is just flat out going for it, and stewie looks like he is trying to find his race pace. I still think that RV can't beat stewart's fast lap time, but that isn't what wins races.
AZracer243 wrote: about 14 minutes ago Is it just me, or is anyone else pissed with the B.S. coverage of todays race. By the time they got to the main I had just about memorized they're ads. Then when the main did start, I wasn't paying attention, I thought it was just more (highlights). This @#$% is outrages the way that cbs has always coverd our races. These guys are porfesional athletes, and there out there risking they're lives. So cbs should give the sport WAYYY MORE RESPECT!!!! Someone out there(Davey Coombs??) should be telling those dudes at cbs to step it up!! Either give it all over to speed. Maybe get espn or feul t.v. to get cbs out!! They dont care about our sport. Don't believe me?? Go check out the cbs websites. NO SUPERCROSS NO WHERE!!!! If we all desire to see our sport to continue to grow. Then we need to demand more respect from the powers that be. They were playing the comercial music twice. During the main event!!! If james had not wen't down. They were going to once again remind you who is paying "their" (cbs) bills. I thought the days of hacking up the t.v. coverage on a supercross race were behind us. Maybe our sport cannot afford cbs and it's .Board of Directors Sumner M. RedstoneShari RedstoneLeslie MoonvesDavid R. AndelmanJoseph A. Califano, Jr.William S. CohenGary L. CountrymanCharles K. GiffordLeonard GoldbergBruce S. GordonLinda M. GriegoArnold KopelsonDoug Morris. They've got a few executives as well. It all seems very expensive to me. What do you guys think?? C.B.S. out ???? in!!
just wait for the series to head east and watch the number & start dominating, the tracks are much more technical and the dirt is much better on this side of the country.
all three tracks so far have been dry, slick, and lame. we have yet to see anyone truely push it, in the end it will boil down to being a to man show(js and rv) with canard sticking his wheel into the mix by the end of the year, things are only going to get better
HEY CHROMOB!!! Get over it dude!! People said the EXACT same thing last week bud when RV went down and JS won. Call them out also would you?? James Stewart got beat last night and Ryan Villopoto got beat last week!!! Simple!! I just don't see what you are trying to prove. Get over the whole FMOtP bs ok??? There are several guys running the same pace and it's gonna come down to starts and who stays up on two wheels....they traded back and forth on that one the past two weeks!! Quit trying to prove some stupid point and enjoy the damn races....we finally have a series going on!!!
The racing will get even better when Reed gets a start and is thrown in to the top 5 battle from the start, i hope he makes that happen soon, i think he is gonna show up and have something to say about it all real soon!!
I could argue with some of you, but what's the point. If you have a biased or negative point of view, nothing anyone else says will change it. Being someone old enough to remember months-later coverage of the Carlsbad GP, announced by Jackie Stewart, I don't have a huge problem with CBS (unless you're unfortunate enough to be in an area where the local affiliate doesn't show it - sorry whatever, I've fallen victim to that a few times, too). I would love to see SPEED at least get the rights to show a replay for those who are forced to miss the original airing. How anyone can criticize ANY of these riders and call themselves fans is beyond me. Top ten> stacked and haulin'. Quality riders not even making the main. To the guy that criticized Hanny: you didn't even see the race yet. Apparently someone was holding him up. Last to fifth ain't bad. I for one am thoroughly enjoying the season thus far. The comments here ... not so much.
Hey, I actually get to watch the race on CBS at 2:20 Monday morning! Is that awesome or what?? Seriously, is CBS providing THAT much to our sport that they can $^!t can our coverage to allow meaningless crap (at least in our eyes) to air over an actual professional sport? Just sayin. Hey, it sounds like it would've been an awesome race to watch though! Suck it up guys, three races in and it seems to be the best one I can remember so far. Here's to hoping everyone stays healthy so we can stay buckled to our seats for the entire season!
Bubbles is the same as always....put the pressure on and he falls!!!!! Ricky did it for years.....show him a wheel and he panics and rides over his head and then Ricky would ride right around him on the outside while he is floundering on the ground like a fish out of water! Seems like James' kryptonite is Red Heads!!! Wonder if he has nightmares about Leprechauns?????? Also thought it was hilarious when James said " it won't happen again" about falling........that is just like saying Ricky won't eat another cheeseburger!!!! Can't wait until they get on the East Coast and see who can ride the ruts and sand.....my money is on RV2, he seems to be the best prepared and definately the fastest on the track when the gate drops!!!! Also Canard is going to be a threat later on in the year!!! Dungey looked better but still isn't on the same level as Bubbles and RV2!!!!
grtfast wrote, "I still think that RV can't beat stewart's fast lap time, but that isn't what wins races." Exactly. It's not as simple as who is fastest because it's not a drag race. It's speed, strategy and luck. Easy to say JS might have won if he didn't wash out, but handling the pressure all 20 laps is a part of racing. At the end of the day it's about who is fastest without making costly mistakes. Last night was awesome racing and it was great to see aggressive riding and passing without dirty moves. If we can continue to see that all season, we'll be witnessing an epic battle.
Good points made here ! You have one hour of coverage (or actually 50 minutes) from CBS and I would say a 1/3 of its was not racing. The track looked really slick and beat up ! I think RV was really dialed in and aggressive but I also agree that JS has been taking it somewhat cautious. Hopefully the tracks from now on will have reliable traction that don't bit those guys who get themselves up front (Tickle, JS, RV etc.) I love it that Trey Canard comes back from adversity every week. I think it is almost better that he comes from behind.
The point is they can all be beat, and have. Therefore good races like last night are possible. I love it when someone promises every week that one rider or another is going to win and doesn't or cannot be beat and is. The backpedaling and excuse making ( regardless of which rider ) is comical. Who's complaining about Cole Seely winning? Not this guy, that was brilliant. Hope to see more like that.
RV caught JS and would have passed him straightup but because of the battling, RD caught up and messed up RVs line. This let JS pull out a second lead, not cause JS stepped it up. RD caught him again and JS cracked. That's how it happened.
CBS's coverage of supercross is just awful. Why is it that they have to show a montage of riders crashing and throwing whips over the finish line before and after every commercial break, when they could be showing heat races?? Out of curiosity's sake, I kept track how much tv time was actually wasted on senseless talk and and meaningless video clips. Between the interviews at the beginning of the show, the interview with RV and Travis Pastrana, the segment with the LA police, the "celebrity watch" and the video clips before and after commercials, just under 10 minutes of tv time were wasted. With that in mind, according to the AMA official results, heat one lasted 6:59, heat two lasted 7:01, the main lasted 17:41, for a total of 31:41 of racing, not including the LCQ. CBS had a 60 min time slot for supercross... There should be plenty of time to should be plenty of time in there to show two heats and a main plus commercials. At the minimum at least one full heat. Keep the mindless jibber jabber and video montages out and just show the damn race. CBS, YOU SUCK!
good point mathes, now there's TWO leprechauns. Canard is fun to watch and he's starting to knock on the door.
KTM SUX
Good job Mathis! Trey Canard makes a lot of mistakes and some really scary moves, but if he can get that under control and not get hurt he looks good. Dungy just doesn't have that extra 10% that RV & JS have, but so far they have both hit the ground and he hasn't. Fine line!
Whatever, Sorry you did'nt see it man I'd be so pissed! I agree that it will get even better when Reed gets some momentum rolling. Wow Metty made the first couple of laps exciting... he has the speed but like Canard, mistakes will me made! Stroupe might be up there soon as well!!!! great race I cant wait for Oakland! These new venues are making for some extra excitement IMO.....
First af all Racerx please block CHROMOB from this, he's aparently only 8 and extremely anoying. This was an awesome race, best one so far this season, now all w need is to get a better broadcast, it really sucked. They showed maybe 3 minutes of qualifying, not even one minute of the last chance qualifying and the main event was so so. Supercross needs much better TV if we are going to grow. Oh and get rid of Ralph, he is the worst comentator. At least whats her name didn't show her face much after her stupid comments last week.
For those saying Villopoto can't beat Stewart's fast lap..Villo's fast lap was 51.905, Stewart's was 51.949. villopoto was the fastest on the track last night in every way, hands down.
Awesome race....Stewart looked to come up a little short and couldn't get his foot on the rear brake and maybe grabbed too much front....I don't think he was "pressured".....but a mistake indeed. RV2 looked awesome....both RV and Stewart seemed to pass Dungey with ease and pulled from him as well.....bottom line.....Dungey went backwards....off the podium if Trey didn't blow it......RV and JS went forward and after Stewart fell he still caught and passed Dungey.....says a lot.....bug a great race indeed!
I can't wait for some warmer races so Erin Bates can wear a clingy shirt...Lose the puffy coat Erin!!...great racing and large breasts....man, I love supercross....
sef154, I agree with you one hundred percent. How can anyone rip any of these guys. Dont care if Stewie fell, RV2 reeled him in from 9th place, and won period. RV2 was hauling. stewie and Dungey and RV2 and Trey all ran hard, but clean. great, clean passing. Nothing dirty or knocking nobody down. It was great. Stewie would get by Dungey, then Dungey would get it back, then back and forth again, great. After Stewie hit the deck, he got by Dungey and blocked his line perfectly as to not give it back like earlier in the race. It was great to watch. How can anyone rip on any of these guys after 20 laps of pure excitment. I loved it.
Man, that was some close racing!!!! Short race though, should be 20+2!!!
I would like to see more Avatars with the names too so we can tell who is owning up to their posts. I am almost to the point where I skip the non photo posts. Great racing last night I wasn't a fan of the Apology that Yamaha forced the broadcast team to make, Shame on the L&M team for getting legal teams involved. There could have been a 5 second lead in to the main event start.... let some excitement build, it seemed like it was CBS's first broadcast, Speed TV has the better formula for sure. The Racing is wicked good tons of talent, Pick your favorite and cheer like crazy.
Tv broadcast sucked didnt show any heats and the main coverage sucked too never showed or mentioned chad reed as he rode thru the pack even tho he was the second fastest man on the racetrack on the last lap while coming thru traffic
Ever watch the canadian nationals on TV ? They are great, it doesn't matter who is racing for what place. You are entertained, informed, and enlightened. Someone hire those guys to put on a "show" for the USA and watch the ratings miracle happen. Good stuff eh.
What a great race, the competition was tight and the track was a good design. BUT! LA dodgers stadium sucked...had to walk ten miles to get to the right gate after being treated like an east LA cholo by security. Getting into the stadium and pits was nearly imposible due to the crappy layout. My kids nearly passed out after the ten mile hike. If Dodger stadium is sacred ground in LA then the trash dump must be heaven. Screw dodger stadium let the cholos have it.
Hansen is just a whined. He messed up an was pissed the field didn't part like the Red Sea so he could win. I hope that dirty hoop sucker loses this championship. He doesn't deserve it.
That was a great race, one of the best ever. But it had some of the crappiest coverage ever! No heat races shown at all?? I loved how low the BIG BLUE STAT LINE WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN CBS!! So that it blocked the view of the riders when ever they jumped which is pretty damn often in sx. And then they just cut to the main event gate dropping with no build up what so ever. I for one like to see the top guys about to start. Loved the crappy pop and country music mixed with interviews from 8 months ago CBS= CRAP BROADCAST STATION
Its definitely hard to believe it is the same crew running the cbs and the speed coverage, and if it is, then why do they change it up so much? Why the Katy Perry with all the fist pumping instead of heat races? Sure was fun visiting the LAPD and watching travis talk about monster trucks....no not really. Im not sure who was complaining about the live coverage, but it was nice watching all the races uninterrupted and the commercials in between gave you some time to get a drink or burp the baby or something. Beside the point, it was some awesome racing in both classes. Who else thinks that Christian Craig has the worst luck ever(besides Doug Henry)?
How come nobody is talking about the way hansen rode? Seems like the only way he could pass is by trying to punt someone over a berm. Had anybody else pulled those stunts then they would be deemed a dirty or overly aggressive rider
The race was great. CBS sucks. Ralph is an idiot. Go RV !
CLEAN COMPETITIVE RACING...STILL EARLY. THE RUBBING IS RACING STILL TO COME. SHOUT OUT FOR BRYTON IN 5TH. FIELD IS STACKED. GREAT FOR THE SPORT
JS7 is not even the fastest man on the track let alone alive as we seen RV2 hunt him down and out ride him. So shut up with the fastest man crap and we might be able to stand you for a few weeks !
CLARIFICATION...CLEAN COMPETITIVE RACING IN THE 450 CLASS. SO MUCH RESPECT FOR ALL THOSE GUYS...ESPECIALLY THE TOP FOUR BATTLEING IT OUT LIKE THEY DID. 250's A DIFFERENT STORY. GLAD I'M NOT RACING IN THE 250 "LIGHTS" CLASS!! SQUIRRELY BUGGERS...
THAT was a stupid post RMZ.......who here is talking about the fastest man?? You shutty!!
Here he goes again after the race interview, said that " we must rely on God " for his results, guess he just does not get it ! DO your work and give credit to your TEAM ! Stupid Kid
Get Short off that 350. Oh yeah and Mike too. That bike is not competitive, period. Im sure the big four jap companies are glad. They dont have to be worried about making any 350's soon....
Watching Ralph read off that teleprompter was classic!!!.. Eyes up Ralphie!!!......Unfortunetly, the lame question Bates asked started a whirlwind of confusion...just look at all then nonsense that was on this site...in any event, the clarification was requested by the AMA to end all the confusion and the apology is due since L&M did take a lot of punches for doing something legal....thats why James laughed....he knew the question was asked to stir up the dirt.....and now the brodcast folks look like idiots....
Amazing race! I wish speed showed a replay of it sooner then Friday night at midnight! Can't wait for next week! CBS sucks but I remember when espn2 would show the races and they were constantly being not shown due to bass fishing going over its time.
No SX coverage here in North Carolina on CBS. They decided that 10,000 basketball games broadcast a year wasn't enough, so they put in one more instead of the L.A. Supercross race. CBS - leave Supercross coverage to Speed Channel!!!!!!!!!
Did anyone notice the double fist pump look-over by canard off the first jump just after the first turn when he holeshotted the LCQ? Hilarious!
I disagree Redbeard65, there was something suspicious about all of that. If it was something completely legal and/or not in some "grey" area then why didn't Larry Brooks come out publicly and say so. Reed said himself that all the teams he has ridden for has some sort of traction control. Nonetheless that was one hell of a race! Stewart has seen the writing on the wall.
Canard LCQ fist pump was Awesome!!! I had to keep rewinding and watching it over....funny!!
I saw Hanny punt ONE guy over the berm, Jake Canada, a rider who's lucky to make the top ten and who decided after Hanny passed him cleanly to take the points leader off the track when he couldn't even make the corner himself. It's called payback. Hansen went from last to fifth (and maybe would have gotten further without backmarkers pushing him off the track). Helluva ride. I'm guessing some rednecks out here don't like him because of the long hair and tats. It's not my favorite fashion statement either, but if you were a REAL SX fan, you'd stop bagging on guys whose jock straps you couldn't carry. Appreciate the talent.
I think it would be great to some time filled with some personal pieces on the privateers and what they go through to get to and make the night show. I'd much rather watch qualifying then most of the crap between races
RV, RD JS and Canard are clearly the class of the sport as far as speed. Mike Alessi getting lapped 1/2 way into the race? They need to sell an iron on patch for all the shirts they handed out saying "Believe the hype". The iron on patch needs to say "Because that is all it ever was!" Tony Alessi rambling on The Great Outdoors about riders like Villopoto being jealous of Mike - are you on crack!
There was once an old saying from back in the day..."when the green flag drops, the BS stops" That's the way that it should be. The green flag droped and the story unfolds, yet some of you still have this hate/love afair going on with Mike Alessi and his father Tony. SMR27 is a guy who needs drama from someone elses life to massage his own damaged ego.Mike Alessi might end up working at McDonalds next supercross season, but he at least took a shot at the top. Something I could only dream about when I was a lad.
It looks like any one of 5 guys can podium each week in either class ! Can't wait for Daytona, it will be a preveiw of TGO ! JimM CarlsbadCa
What a great weekend. Superb ride by RV though. Once again, JS7 might have hit the "Crash Button" on his bike, throwing away a possible win. When I watch JS7 fall, I really wanted to see Sheheen's face... I think he is in love with JS!!!! A great ride for CR22 also. From dead last to 7th. Reed must figure out his starts to stay on the hunt.
Like jules in pulp fiction said. " im tryin real hard to " like Josh Hansen. His "stalling" trying to chop Seely off the track was for the lead right ? The Canada thing was over what place ? The go away outburst on the TWMX video ? The wanna be Hollywood star piece ? The greasball I got the best meds in the pits tatted stoner podium interviews ? This is the new Josh Hansen ? I know you dont care what a a slow ass 450 Vet rider thnks Josh, but im tryin real hard Josh , just wish you would JimM CalsbadCa
Epic racing this weekend. Doesn't get much better than that. Stoked for the rest of the season!
Reed is finished, he will never win a race again!
Peanut do you know why Reed got 7th?? He had a GREAT ride. RD... Tic Tic Tic... Better pick it up. RV and JS made you look like a boy in a mens game. You lead, RV came from 9th blew past you then put 8 secs on ya... NOT GOOD.
BillC, you seem to have a thing about Dungey. He battled with RV, JS and TC, and on the last lap he was pretty much on the same straightaway as 2 and 7. Not to mention he's the least likely to make a big mistake as the series goes on. If he doesn't win the championship, will that be such a disgrace? He's the least experienced of the three, and he'll be a threat for years to come. Jeez.
@dyingbreed - I do agree to an extent things seemed "fishy", but as Reed indicated all teams did/do use them so I dont know why there was so much drama ...I think the JGR boys were making fun of the L&M guys since they were using at a race and in practice....I dunno...in the end, it was all legal and a lot of pissing and moaning and accusations all for nothing.....I dont think L&M got the chance to say anything about the ordeal...it just turned into a cluster ***** overnight....
@dyingbreed - I do agree to an extent things seemed "fishy", but as Reed indicated all teams did/do use them so I dont know why there was so much drama ...I think the JGR boys were making fun of the L&M guys since they were using at a race and in practice....I dunno...in the end, it was all legal and a lot of pissing and moaning and accusations all for nothing.....I dont think L&M got the chance to say anything about the ordeal...it just turned into a cluster ***** overnight....
Rainmanx. I have a saying for you. "What goes around comes around." Take out J-Law and 99 percent of the drama in the sport has centered around the Alessi family. Based on the comments here and statements from DeCoster and others in the sport, it would appear everyone is tired of it all. We don't want drama, we want the drama (Alessis) to just go away and let us enjoy the racing.
I have to agree with alot of the comments about the actual "racing" time on the coverage, but hell that was great racing!!!! Better than the last many years, both 250`s and 450`s! I refuse to complain about the coverage though, being a SX/MX fan since the early 80`s, SX and MX both being on T.V. every week, many live and the rest next day! It wasn`t too many years ago that I wouldn`t find out who won the races for 3 months- till it was in Motocross Action magazine, or Dirk Bike, or Motocross mags. For probably half the race, the top 4 guys were basically tire to tire- have not been on the edge of the couch yelling and cheering at my T.V. like that since the Carmicheal/McGrath battles, or Reed/Carmicheal, or even Lusk/McGrath battles!!! Awesome friggin racing!!!!!
Wow!!! Great racing. I hope this is what it is going to be like all season. On the downside, CBS is really killin' me with this 40 minutes of comercials and 20 of racing. BOOOOO!
I like Dungey, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't win the championship this year. No one since Carmichael has successfully defended a 450 title indoors or out.
@#8 RM 250 - you should have been reading Cycle News back then. Even on the east coast, we had the report within a week. But you're right, this isn't the NFL/NBA/MLB ... we're lucky to get the coverage we do - both on TV and here on the Internet.
hahaha Hansen what a joke. TRIES to take out Seely and stalls his bike. Then runs Canada high for no reason then tries to cut him off at the finish line. haha. Isn't it about time he start racing with the big boys? I guess being an old fish in a young pond is better than being a threat to make the main in the 450 class.
Im just gald next week is on SPEED. Atleast we see the heat races on that channnel[I hope]. CBS is lame. And check out Mercedez jacked up front tooth in the closeups. Too much meth out there in Cali!!!!
i hate the dirty riding put on by josh hansen, what a coward
Absolutely awesome racing from the weekend, one of the best I can remember in the last 10 years!! Alot of fast guys with the potential to win.
I'm not on here to moan, but was it just me or did both Cunningham and Hansen deliberately take other guys out? Don't get me wrong, I'm all for aggressive racing and a bit of bar banging. But what happened at the weekend was beyond that.
Cunningham looked to have got a bit hot headed and use Roczen as a berm. But Hansen? This kid has got serious attitude problems, taking out Canada who was riding a very good race at the point. You may say Canada rode him wide, but he blocked the line which is a perfectly legal manouver. Then Hansen, reminiscent of a child pumps him up over the bails??!! To which the commentators make no deal of?
I assure you, if Canada was running up front and had taken Hansen out in similar fashion, he would have been dealt with by the AMA. But they are simply too scared to deal with Hansen, a rider who thousands of kids will watch and aspire to be like. I would LOVE it if he didn't win the title; definitely not what the sport needs.
TRACTION CONTROL!!!! DID SOMEONE SAY TRACTION CONTROL......AGAIN! WHAT THE HELL IS A HOLESHOT DEVICE! LEAVE IT ALONE!
After watching the Canada / Hansen deal a few times that inital scrap wasnt even all 592 . Canada started 14th was in on the leaders lap in 7th . 100 was trying to pass Jake but Canada put the block on Hansen in that right hander, couldnt get his bike turned down and veered wide left under accelaeration Hanny chose to not lift and go under Canadas block in the corner and got caught to 592 left . Look im a never was but everyone knows you either turn under a block pass or you get taken high. That was a top ten ride Jake, build on it !
JimM
CarlsbadCa
@JimM - Hansen was taken off the track because Canada tried to retaliate and couldn't make the turn. At that point, flash back to Chad Reed from '09 asking, "Who the hell is Kyle Chisholm?" Some similar thought had to be going through Hanny's head as this up-to-now backmarker was blocking the points leader desperately trying to salvage points after stalling on the first lap (and he wins that race easily otherwise). Emig, being a champion himself, maybe was thinking something similar and makes no effort to bash JH100. Nothing against Canada (nor Chisholm, who's proved himself since that infamous block), but it was a bad move on Jake's part.
i can agree with #8 rm. the coverage sux but at least we(sorry for the ones who got to watch b-ball instead) get to see bad ass boys flyin on their scooters. i was glad to see them not go to commercial when stewart went down. didn't yamaha put traction control on the YZ 250 in 2000?
I guess we diasagree on this one. One thing for sure 100 knows who Canada is now ! BTW Hanny "stalled" his bike trying to stand up 36 and Seely hit Hansens kill switch. At least that was what the broadcast said,
JimM
sef154- I thank you for agreeing with me- being from a "small town" in Canada, ( Thunder Bay, Ontario) we would have been blessed to get Cycle News then- but we didn`t, so I had to rely on the Moto Mag`s of the time. In the early 90`s, I used to drive 45 min. to the U.S. border and dial on a payphone 1-900-RESULTS (I think thats was it) to find out who won the race- at that time, it was Damon Bradshaw takin` it to the Honda boy`s for awile- when Bradshaw won 5 in row to start the year! Other than that, when I went to the Millville National every year (15 times now) thats when I would find out who won the last few races and go from there. Being so early in the season I wish everyone would relax and enjoy the racing, instead of bashing and saying who is going to win or not!!!! One injury and it`s a totally new ball game!! (sorry for the reference to stick and ball)
I hear everyone crying about CBS coverage - and rightly so - but I don't hear anyone carifying the truth. CBS does not provide the coverage. Nor does Speed. Feld Motorsports is 100% incharge of the production, talent, everything. Then they buy the TV time on whatever station they choose. Don't fuss at CBS - fuss at Feld!