St. Louis First Practice Report
Saturday, April 9, 2011 | 3:35 PM
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In the 250 class, Ryan Sipes and Dean Wilson looked like they were in a race on the first lap, stealing lines from each other and challenging as if they were battling for the lead. Sipes' early lap was fastest, but soon Justin Barcia moved into the top spot. Wilson later logged a 49.19 to lead the field, but Sipes came back with a 49.14 to lead the session when the checkers came out. Barcia (50.2) Matt Lemoine (50.60) and Blake Baggett (50.62) rounded out the top five.
Trey Canard was the first 450 bike out in timed practice, but Austin Stroupe was treating this like the Lites A class at Loretta's in 2007, where he and Canard duked it out for a title. Stroupe jumped everything immediately and logged the fastest first lap. Canard and Ryan Dungey would later take that spot away, then Chad Reed and Ryan Villopoto got in the mix, too.They were all exchanging fast 49 second laps.
After a few slower laps, James Stewart grabbed a handfull and went into the 47s! Then he went even fastest the next time around, logging a 47.6, a time no one could touch. Dungey went 48.7 and RV had a 48.9. Then, Villopto went down hard in the whoops and got up slowly. The series leader stayed on the ground for about 30 seconds, until finally getting back to his feet, hopping on his bike, picking up his mechanic Mike Williamson and heading back to the pits.
Canard's 49.1, and Reed's 49.2 round out the top five.
We're on break now. Practice resumes at 4 p.m. central.
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Stewart will win this going away
BOMBSHELL - RV2 has left the building!
That would make for an interesting nite!
JS7 will crash, then take someone out wile trying to make time and then finish top 10.
CR22 FOR THE WIN HONDA ON THE TOP TWO STEPS
this is villapoto's seasoen. has everyone forgot who was dominating apparently raplph shaheen and jeff e,mig have they are gay for stewart
he must not hurt too bad if he can still pick up his mechanic
Maybe if I talk stuff about Stewart, maybe he will act right and win this thing. But right now, I agree with kxguy324. Stewart will do well in the heat and then crack for some reason and fall or crash!
c' mon james bobble stewart dont let us down, CRASH AGAIN!!!!
Why do I get the feeling that these guys are pushing way too hard? Sure riders always fall, but the frequency at which they are crashing hard suggests that they are riding way out of their comfort zones. The top five act like this is life and death. Chill, boys. Live to ride another day.
Ha ha ha Weege! Made you run down to the pits and check on RV. PSYCHE !!
stewart should stop thinking about the threesom's he's having with emig and shaheen during the week and concentrate on the race.
What kind of Fan of the sport wishes a rider will crash, Johnnycashman ...Change your name ,Johnny was a Cool Guy , you my friend are an Idiot
Js7 will win by alot reed wont make the box
Way to go stroupe. get it done early. Stewey's so good at this one fast lap junk, but he has no mental strength to seriously dominate. Too many injuries for him to dominate. Guys like MC, RC, Reed, K'dub werent hurt all that much. Yea they were hurting, but they were still able to win and win championships. JS has done so much damage w/ all those concussions. Barcia might get sucked into the injury mill if he keeps riding stupid. Mookie i'm worried about too
im sorry ill take it back, ill just let the other 100,000 people say it,maybe if the spoiled brat manned up and made an announcement to eveyrone that he messed up and he was sorry for endangering people on the freeway i could wish good on him, instead he swept it under the rug being a coward and a sneak,probably paying people to pretend it didnt happen f#%k HIIIIMMMM.
sorry mx friends, i'm a dilrod and an idiot for saying that....he did actually apologize for his actions, i was out of line!!
this one all dungey james will crash a ryan will win his second race
come on james reel off the last remaining rounds show em whos the man and all the rest are a bunch a slow b****** except for ryan villo him and james should have been 1-2 and vise versa all season long, to bad reed had to sucker punch james in atlanta but he got a little trip over the bars for it.
hey johnny c i see what your saying, wow! he dont care if he kills somone on the freeway why should mx fans care if he gets hurt on the track, it would be nice to not have to see his ugly face with that stupid phony smurk and listen to those lame ass excuses.
This is why I don't read these things. Everyone is a hater. WTF is wrong with you people? Be happy we have this great sport to enjoy. Yes, Stewart will crash, Yes, VP has the points lead. Yes, Reed is doing the impossible. Stop the BS and just watch the damn race. Like you guys could do half as much.
Freekin' idiots!
john troulis, such passive aggressive whining regarding other peoples' behavior is the domain of little girls, women, fags and davey coombs. Besides, how do you justify calling everyone names and at the same time b!tching about their negativity?
I noticed none of you so called experts had anything to post on Gary Bailey's column re:passing, maybe instead of talking $h!t you should read the column and learn something rather than what you clowns mostly do which is passing something that should be coming out of your a$$ through your mouth.(or keyboard as it is)
told ya, by the way, live timing sucks a%%, works half the time, fix that POS
Johnny Cashman is such a hypocrit. Making a big deal about Stewart and the blue lights. Please tell the world that you never break the law? That will be entertaining.
two words...
stewarts fast..
cashman,you cotton headed ninny muggins..stop complainin about somethin your not educated on