Super Spoiler Report: Dallas
Saturday, February 18, 2012 | 11:00 PM
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You can’t win a title in one night but you can certainly lose it, and that was the story tonight for Monster Energy Supercross in Dallas. In the SX main event, Ryan Villopoto got out front early with Chad Reed right behind them, and they spent the first half of the race deadlocked in a battle for the lead. Reed was pressing Villopoto hard, and it looked like a battle to the finish was coming, until Reed crashed super hard in a sand section—he was tripling in and making up ground, but came up short on that triple once, and over the bars he went.
Reed walked off the track with some help from the Asterisk medic crew, but didn’t get back into the race. Meanwhile Villopoto cruised to an easy win, gaining huge points in the series. Meanwhile Jake Weimer took over second and battled Ryan Dungey to the end to try to keep it, but Dungey made a move late to steal the spot. Weimer rounded out the podium. Mike Alessi held on for a solid fourth, Josh Hansen was fifth. James Stewart stalled when trying to get around his teammate Davi Millsaps, who had fallen. They got up in last and next to last, Stewart came back for sixth, ahead of Windham Metcalfe Brayton and Chisholm.
Crashes and big points told the story in the Lites East opener as well. Justin Barcia took the win, but he did some battling, getting past his teammate Justin Bogle and Darryn Durham to get the lead. Ken Roczen rolled up on the group and got Bogle for third, then Malcolm Stewart tried putting a hard block pass on Bogle, and that put both of them on the ground. Stewart got back going quickly, but Bogle lost a ton of spots and finished 14th—he did give Stewart a slap on the helmet before he got away, though.
But other contenders had it worse—like Blake Bagget and Kyle Cunningham who went down off the start and finished way back. You can’t win it in one race, but, well, you can set yourself up for an big comeback, right?
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Man hope Reed is okay
i hope stewart or dungey can pick up the pace to keep RV in check or this season may be a runaway.
Man, had a great race goin' til Reedy went down. I sure hope that he is OK. Congrats to Villy and Barcia.
I'M SICK AND TIRED OF SEEING VILLOPOTO WIN!!!!
This season is turning out to be a yawn! Mookie made a stupid move on Bogle but Bogle's reaction was pathetic. I just lost a ton of respect for that little fu&%in punk.
How about MS trying to take out everyone he passed? Another Stewart to hate!
Bummer for CR22, he was keeping RV very...very honest! Looks like a Acl with the way it pulled him. Hope he is ok, he is only 30 back. But I don't think he will be back until outdoors. Hope he is alright, you never wanna see that happen to anyone of these guys let alone one of the big four.
Shaping up to be a not so exciting series. RV needs to get parked soon.
Mookie did that same thing in the heats race a couple of times, wasn't just on bogle.
Dude you gotta be kidding me. i am a big RV fan but to see chad wreck like that it sucks. is he ok? looked like he might not race in ATL. let me know what the injury report is. :(
Man i love kawis but watching villopot win everything is getting boring.. to bad reed crash, hope he is ok .. and put again pressure :D...
No taken out, just a few points taken away.
Malcolm Stewart's move was pretty stupid, but then again he is riding in the liters class where EVERYONE takes out EVERYONE. So I don't blame him for his riding. I do hope Chad Reed is ok, he is the only one that can hang with Villopoto at this point.
2011 was one of the best season of all time.
2012 just became one of the dullest.
Well done RV. Nice back to back Championships.
Side Note:
RV1 - 1 crash in 7 races.
JS7 - 6 crashes in 7 Races.
Bad luck? Whatever.
@mxPete, you lost respect for Bogle for that?? Really?? I lost respect for Baby Stew if anyone.. They are BOTH young and excited for the first race of the year, give them both a break, it happens with young guys like that, they have alot of fire..
Sucks for Reed, man he was pushing RV1 hard, and making him make some small little misstakes. He might have had his number, but turns out he may have pushed a little too hard, who knows. but RV1 may raun away with it now.
How about the nickname Ryan "Villian" Vilipoto, not that he does anything wrong, its just that The Villian sounds kinda cool with his last name. LOL
I predict the Dung to win next weekend, I said it first here...
here we go: "I'm so tired of RV winning all the time" well, he's waiting for someone with balls to challenge him. to bad none of you haters have them. Reed was pressing with all he had but he knows even with giving everything you got its extremely difficult to keep pace with RV for 20 grueling laps at his tempo period.
Weimer is a class act. I would love to see him win one just as much as I want to see stew back up on the box. The bad luck has to end sometime. Right?
Weeg I'm not sure what race you were watching but he didn't come up short on a triple.
All right, we have RD in 2nd. Stewarts to far back Reed is now also. Now, the way it looks to me is RD won't be able aggression wise to get by RV honestly. He has moments of granduer but pretty much is a nice fella and that isn't going to hurt RV's feelings when he has to take home his 2nd 450 trophy at Vegas.
In the lites I was bummed for BB and KC, Malcom was a JERK, Bogle was doing very well and MS's move on him was DIRTY and uncalled for. Barcia and rokson were very good and HUGE kudo's to DURAM !!!
Am a RV fan but HATED to see Reed go down when he was the main guy keeping it itneresting and was giving RV all he could handle, here's to a holeshot to RD next week, and JS stay on two wheels !!!
bd200, why don't you go buy a box of Lucky Charms and a half gallon of milk for you and your leprechaun lover RV??
Mookie move was perfect.Bogle was riding a wide bike and was jacking up some good racing.He was just holding everybody up.
I hate to be that guy bUt has anything negative came back about the testing RV and Reedy had last week? RV is an incredible rider, almost inhuman on the track but I, myself find it a little tough to believe that his dominance and rediculous endurance came just from the switch to the 2012 bike. To me he looks better than RC did in his prime. Either it was just the bike or Aldon has stepped his training game up even farther midway through the outdoors.
Not taking anything away from him but if it was just the new bike that was the turning point in all this, that is very, very impressive.
CR has been pressing those hoops and jumps hard lately to make up time since RV is superior in the corners. It was only a matter of time until the hammer came down on him. I am an RV fan but hate to see anyone get hurt, besides who is going to even contest RV now? NO ONE
There was great race brewing between RV and CR. They both had so much speed and the other 18 riders had nothing for them. The race ended for me when Reed went over the bars, I sure hated to see that and hope Chad is ok. I see that baby Stew is a fast learner. As for the bad luck of lil Stewie lately, it is a marking of the times. Congrats to RV, there is nothing that you can take away from him.
crf450rider: I agree 100 %. so sick of villo-mania. will someone put this guy in the bleachers?
Sometimes I hate loving this sport! If only there wouldnt be any crashes. Will there be motocross in the Heaven? If there were I would be sharing the lead with the top four for 30+2. Come on JS7 nice riding Dungey and Wharton
I think Reed had RV tonite!! It seemed like he was just waiting for the right moment. Never was a big Reed fan but without him this could be a boring season now. Good to see RD grow some balls finally!! Stupid move on Lil'Stewart's part!! I bet next time Bogle hits him it won't be a slap to the HELMENT!!! Looked like he hurt his hand doing that! He looked really good to be his first supercross.
That was some incredibly fast riding by RV & CR. Faster than I've seen any 2 go at it in some time indoors for those 6 or 7 laps. Major BUMMER Reedy went down. Man, this is a brutal sport. Hope he gets back on it next week but looks unlikely. When he doesn't get back on the bike you just know something is wrong.
Props to RV - but I'd be lying if i said i'm not hoping Reed comes back next week and RV has a minor mechanical DNF to bring the points back to a few to keep things as exciting as they have been!!! No one else other than CR can realistically challenge RV at this point and keep it from being a runaway series.
@Chilllimatic you must have a short memory from the outdoors.Reed dominated RV1 in the out doors until that freak crash at Milville ruined his season.Thats a fact.RV! is awsome outdoors but I assure you that if RC and RV met each other at their prime.RC would kill him outdoors.Like Reed had the measure of him before his freak crash last year.Reed never has been close to RC in the outdoors.RC had two perfect seasons in the out doors.He was also the first to ever have a perfect batting average of a 1000.Since your memory seems to be very short I'm sure you have forgotten about what a bad ass RC was out doors.
@Fred
I'm a huge Ricky fan but RV some credit. RV beat RC fair and square at the mXoN in a 250 no less. Reed had RV covered at the beginning of last outdoors cause he had a better bike and RV wasn't healthy.
I Hope Chad Reed Is Okay. My Question is, is it time for Chad at 29 to just be an owner and turn the racing part over to the young guys. I would hate to see him have something really bad happen to him at this point in his career. After Milville and now This maybe he owes it to his team and Family to take a step back and just run the team. Dean Wilson is just waiting to take over the ride. Just my opinion.
Ripdown that MXDN race was amazing.RV was un touchable that day.But that was just one freaky day period.If he was so fast why didn't he have a perfect season in 250 outdoors that year.He should of just killed them every race just like he did at the MXDN but he didn't.One year Magoo won the MXDN and the next week the Trophey DE Nations.RC won a lot more 125 races that RV did as well.
That was Chads race for sure. He was closing in and showing a wheel whenever he needed to. If he stayed up he would have won that one. I hope he is ok. Man every time Reedy steps it up a notch he goes down just like millville man. JS7 7 races 6 crashes and he is still on the line, He has to be the luckiest guy in SX this season.
I was hoping that CR wouldnt have a replay of his 2012 outdoors. Man he was starting to shake that epic bail.
JimM
Pala374
I don't need a history lesson, I'm aware that RC has gone undefeated in the outdoors twice. I was just saying that in my opinion RV looks just as, if not a little more solid than RC was back when he was on Suzuki.
oh by the way, The Stewarts share the #6 at Dallas. Malcolm surprised me tho. I didnt expect to see him keep roczen honest. he was right there and seem to be closing in
@Chillmatic RV isnt what RC was. Rc was special and even tho his record will be broken someday. it wont be by RV. Dont 4get RC is the only rider in history of mX to lap entire field including Stewart. Yea it was a mudrace at millville but it is what it is. Eli tomac is gonna win ione of these races and is gonna keep RV honest on the 450 Honda. He is practicing on Treys back and should be racing 450 soon. I goingto call it right now. Tomac is gonna win a few 450 this yr. He has been the fastest of the day overall for the first 3 races.
@Ripdown another thing that I would like to point out to you about that year RV kicked everybodys ass at the MXDN.RC had won the first six races of the outdoors against JS259 and then quit to race cars for the next two months.He then came back for the MXDN after a two month layoff.Also that year a Rookie Dungey beat RV at his home track in Washougal.
I wasn't trying to compare the two record wise more so endurance related. I'm not an RV fan but the kid came back from that injury and came out swinging. If anyone can come close to RC's status it looks to be RV right now but, RC will still be the greatest for a long time. And it's seely on Canards bike, not TOmac. Tomac has a fractured elbow.
Bummer for Reed , he had some go juice tonight and the pace was flat smokin. Mookie this 'little stew' that...Whaaa dirty whaaa mommy...give it a rest brand new gear and bike guy. ...heres how it really works if you ever had the pleasure to race a 125 pro class race where block passes and banging is the rule not the exception....let the guy HAVE the position if hes gonna take you out has inside position and do the EXACT same thing the next corner...pay attention if he has a wheel on you or you're goin down and maybe MAYBE him to...give a little to get a lot and don't crybaby out and start slappin helmets unless you WANT SOME in the pits.Sometimes you lose the battle to win the war and if you get punked you learn to become the become the punker. Thats why they call it racing . While he was slappin helmets someone was motorin' away......Wharton is gonna have to Wiemer up and not take it without dishing it...he makes the Suzuki look good...theres alot more good racin to come from this class..Really hope Reed is OK it was just gettin good..@crf450 guy and cdx56...get used to it ...RV1 is a bad mofo alpha dogg..nice ride JB2.0
@Crf450rider wrote: Really! You better ease off the caffeine and ease on the "Caps Lock" key. Get a grip!
RV is straight up awsome.RC had incredable endurance.He was a total pitbull though.There has never been anyone like him in the outdoors.He was a total animal.If there had been sombody that could battle him for 35min I think he would literally try to kill that guy.The guy won a outdoor national title 10 straight years in a row.Won the first six races in a row on his eleventh year and quit.
I'm not a Reed fan but I do respect his skills. Reed has one of the biggest racing hearts in motocross. The same thing happen in outdoors when he looked like he was getting comfortable enough to pass and beat RV, he piles it up and loses his confidence or gets hurt. It looked like his left boot was hooked to his peg and he was ragdolled by the bike and the left knee got more than it could handle (ACL?). I really hope its not bad because those ACLs don't heal like they did when you were 16. Good luck Chad I hope your back soon.
Chilllmatic is a mad RV hater. And drug test are basically instantaneous now. You pee in a cup and it has a test strip that test the pee right away for drugs. Here is what Racer X wrote about the test. "No word on whether Reed, RV, or Tommy had any problems passing the test, but it's doubtful they would be tweeting that it actually happened if there were any questions in their own minds!" And who cares if RV seems better then RC ever did, I bet no one thought anybody would ever be better then Bob Hannah or Jeremy McGrath or Carmichael. Things change. The bikes are way better now then when all the old legends raced. They train harder now because the competition is stiffer. And Aldon Baker has a lot to do with RV;s performance. Why does a rider have to be on drugs to be so much better then the others. Why is it okay for McGrath and Carmichael to be so much better during there days yet when it comes to a rider you don't like it is all of a sudden drugs. I find it funny how many people who dont like RV are wanting something to go wrong for him. All that does is show how good he really is that you have to hope for something bad to happen to him for him to get beat.
Fred you need to remember last years MX was RV's first year racing it on the 450's. He was out for 2 years prior. I think a rough start for him shouldn't have been anything surprising. And though Reed is fast I think he has been pushing over his limits trying to run with RV and RD.
The 450 series is 200 main laps away from crowning a champion.
@Craxyex I'm mainly comparing RV to RC.Reed is at the tail end of his career RV in right in the sweet spot of his.I just think Reed is a better rider than RV plus smarter.If Reed was 4 or 5 yrs younger I think he would be killing RV.RV is the man right now .Reed for sure has RD covered though.It doesn't matter now Reeds SX season is ruined.It wouldn't susprise me that this is his last year.
@dgrizzy I highly doubt Tomac wins a 450 race this year. He isn't the first guy to have faster laps then the 450. Sometimes it just works that way whether it's from track wearing down or track set up better for 250.
any news on reed yet??
Hope chad can fight on , one has to think that when he really steps up and runs with rv1 these mistakes creep in . Bad luck? or just having to step a little out of his comfort zone to match rv who knows.
ike
My 2 cents on this whole yz450f and js7 debate. he crashed the kawi to people!
im sick to death of all the yamaha bashing going on, i love mine its the best yamaha they have build, no its not perfect but imho its a sick bike.
I rode a friends 09 before buying my 11 and its a big leap forward.
remember you young guys around here yamaha started it all with the 4 strokes!
they no a thing or two about building a good dirt bike.
In Dungey we trust.
Hansen is creeping closer to the podium, long shot yeah, but would be cool to see. Mookie's "pass" was a dick move BUT it would have been perfectly acceptable if it were barcia on the receiving end. I can see 19 riders who should make it a point to see barcia starts finishing these races with no plastic left and tire tracks on everything that hasn't been ripped off ( treat him like pourcel used to ) Wharton needs to be the first with the mean streak.
Actually the lites class needs to treat barcia like they treated Wharton last night, that kid looked awesome but it seems like the asterisk medical mule is the only thing that DIDN'T slam him or run him into the tuff blocks.
Wow to the Fredster trying to talk up an RV-Reed comparison that claims Reed is a better rider right now, and then throwing in how it would be if Reed was 5 years younger. We have no idea what went have went down if Reed hadn't crashed, but he did. If RV had crashed at Oakland before dropping back, people would be saying RV had him and Stewart.....but he never did, he fell back. Crashing is a huge part of what keeps most from going completely mental out there, the guy that can go the fastest without crashing is usually the winner and champion. This sounds like the whole "straight up" nonsense all over again. Personally, I think Reed has been hanging it out more these past 2 years to run the pace. He never crashed much before. Now 2 major getoffs in less than a year span.
"You can’t win a title in one night but you can certainly lose it". Must have a copyright on that phrase. It was also used to start the other report posted. But, on to the race. What looked to be the deepest field ever, with 5 potential winners, if Reed's knee damage is as ugly as it looked when it happened, 40% of the field is gone, maybe for the outdoors, too. Bubba has the speed to get back on track, but now 42 points down. Dungey will use his consistency to take advantage of whatever events arise, but RV is sitting pretty. I agree with chromob...it's time for someone(s) to punt Barcia into the cheap seats.
Haha, I hate dirty riding but definitely wouldn't mind seeing anyone that Barcia gets close to start doing exactly what he does. The reason they don't is because of the consequences. Look at Weimer, stuck in first with a snapped shifter after his contact with Dungey. If that happened on lap 10 and not lap 20, his night might have been done....
p.s. Fred: RV already won 7 rounds in SX 2010 and was catching Dungey when he crashed out of the series and the year. I'm not going to sit here and say he was better than Dungey, because if he was he wouldn't have crashed and he would have won the title. That is part of the game, this crashing deal, and is what has kept many fast guys from winning titles. One of my all-time favorites never won a title, his nickname was Magoo. He rode like a madman and crashed like one too. At times he was the best guy on the planet, but those that won the titles he was crashing out of were better. If RV crashes out of this season even after winning the next 8 races and loses, Dungey will be the best for 2012. No "IF ONLY's".
Being a huge Reed fan, this race really sucked for me. Guess RV is getting the last ten wins of the season. He is incredibly fast and confident. JS is crashing and not confident it seems like. RD fast at some tracks but lacks some confidence and holeshots to win. All great riders . But the season problably wont be exiciting now with Chad being hurt--- Hope he is okay.
Just a few quick items.
1. The RC vs. RV comparison cannot be done. RC caught the world sleeping when he brought the training and commitment. He had it easy for several years. RV has better speed, the technology has progressed, and the entire field has gotten better. In fact CR has had to elevate his game beyond what it was to be able to ride with RV. QED pace is faster.
2. Why in hell would anyone be wishing to have a take out move on the points leader? Or hate that he is a dominating type of racer?
3. As purely an observation and theory, IT would sem that the "Pace" at the front is being dictated by RV and that he alone is able to sustain it for 20 laps week in and week out. This could be an explanation for when he started at the back and climber to 3rd and 4th. Without him the leaders settle into a more comfortable pace for themselves which is slower. IT also may explain why the guys trying to run it are crashing themselves. Only RV appear to be able to comfortably sustain that pace.
RV is a Machine , Reed ?? Weimer Impressed me , Dungey , Ktm curse? Barcia And Warton , and alot of other lites riders , all ride like its arenacross, nothing new if you have been watcing the sport the last ten years , Mookie made a pass that alot of the lites riders have all tried , Bogle looked like an Idiot ,and should be fined ! JS7 More bad luck ! Still not out , because anything can happen in Supercrosss , Just ask Chad !
dunget went from 10th to 2nd and put in the fastest consecutive laps. i know that RV was slaking cuse had no one to challenge him but.. i dot know?? RD may have not wont his supercross title if RD2 had not broken his leg. that year RV won(and RD lost) 4 races in a row.
i love dungey but does not have the drive to race villo
anyone????
Personally, I'm rooting for Roczen now because he passed a few people out there and I didn't see one instance of contact between him and anyone. To think I was rooting against him before the race started. Oh, I also will be rooting for Wharton now as he owes a whole bunch of people back. I bet all these guys that like all the contact beetch and moan the second someone in a race they're in makes contact by accident with them. I've had idiots like that ram into me during races and smash pipes, rip radiator hoses, break water pumps, shifters, brake pedals, bend discs, and it is just so awesome that people think that is the sport. If there is anything i hate more it's the "rubbing is racing" saying. If you want to see rubbing, break out a dirty video or something. In Indy car RACING, rubbing is wheels flying off and cars disintegrating so stop with this nonsense.
Barcia and RV for the rest of the east series?
May as well watch basketball. Those 2 are both TERRIBLE ambassadors for our sport.
Neither one can even look into the camera during an interview.......
Go RocZ!!!
KROC/ BARCIA will be the battle for the lites. Bagget looked like a privateer and Cole Thompson looked like he had a ride. Put that lil Canuk on a real bike, please..........
Had this guy (great guy) back in the day that I raced week in and week out. I was about a streight away faster and in better shape than him and always won over him. This one race he came out behind me and stayed on my rear wheel. I had trouble concentrating on the race because I was actually worried for his safety because he was riding over his head and determined to pass me. Well he finally did, in a whoop section, and endoed over the next berm.
When I went to check on him after the races, he was going to the hospital with a broken wrist and multiple bruises, but had a big smile on his face and said "man I would have had you today if I had not crashed.
I think it was a race and a half before it bit Reed. Villo is a Machine with one purpose and a mind set that is geared to just laying it down and if you want to hang then be ready for the consenquiences.
As far as JS7,I actually think the concussions have caught up with him. Pay close attention, I think he does not know where he is or what is going on most of the time. He appears to be punch drunk. If this is true this is very sad.
You can tell he read Gary Bailey's article last week because he was quick to point out that the impact knocked his hand (should have been finger) off his clutch followed by "I don't know whether it was my fault or not) The bump into 18 was not his fault but not having a finger on the clutch was.
Ryan "Machine" Villopoto
@Fred, I do live in Rogersville
@Fred, you said Reed dominated RV1 outdoors until Milleville?? Really? Did I miss something?? Yes Reed passed RV at Milleville, but to say Reed dominated him alls season untill then is insane.
@Maico25, we already have a rider with the nickname "Machine" His name is Ron Leichein--Ron the Machine Leichein..
@BD200 I guess you forgot about the 5 out of six rounds that Reed won up until Millville.What a short memory you have.Thats kind of dominate in my book.Oh yeah that crash at millville was caused by a hidden rock in a sand berm.
@Maico25 yes I know who U r.I know Alan Hooie as well.A mutal friend.
Bd200...i have to agree with Fred, not taking one thing away from RV but Reed was on a different level than everyone before Millville. Even the first MOTO he just walked away from them. Not saying he would have won if the crash didn't happen but I wouldn't of bet againt him.
@bd200...oops, sorry, should have remembered that, thanks.
I am just desperate to find something so maybe Matthes will stop calling him RV park! We need to think of something to help him out..
@fred...Alan is a good one, like to see him, been a while. Those were fun days.
@B-K-R I agree 100% with you about the rubbin is racing. I'm all for good hard close racing, but this shit Barcia and Hanson are doing is bad for the sport. All these rubbing guys are the same people that were crying in 2010 when Dungey had no comp. Had Reed not cleaned out JS7 in Phoenix it would have been a great season. These teams spend a ton of cash on these top riders and a stupid dirty pass can cost you 25 points and take you out of contention or worse a season ending injury. I think it was Mookie that broke DDs foot at the first east round last year.(think what that cost DD) One stupid dirty pass could destroy someones season, Mookie could have broke Bogles leg with that dirty pointless move. I know everyone is going to rip on me but what kind of racing is it going to be when half of the top guys are out from dirty riding? Reed crossing over on triples isn't going to help racing in the long run.( then complain about RVs clean pass two races later, Reed loves to dish it out but whines like a little girl when anyone gets near him. Anyway that's my 2 cents. I don't think anyone wants too see somebody lose a championship over a dirty pass that rips off a radiator. Also the dirty pass Reed did that took him and JS7 out for the season ultimately costs the consumers because they still get paid probably half of the money available for the entire class and we didn't even get watch them race in 2010. Every Time we buy anything moto that's what pays these guys salaries.
TWK: just from a spectating viewpoint, I never understood the defense of contact. Last night Dungey's contact took off Weimer's shifter. The big "battle" was effectively over at that point. If it wasn't lap 20, Weimer's night probably would have ended at least a podium ride anyway. The best races ever were when 2 or more guys go at it for many laps without contact. How about Steel City last year? How is it great racing when contact is made and one guy goes down or out of the race? It is so lame when a guy cleans someone out and then cruises away instead of the two going at it for 20 laps. I thought Chad's Twitter was so good I'll post it here again. That's what racing is. What fun would last week have been if Reed knocked RV down or vice versa on lap 18? Instead we got 2 of the most exciting laps of the year. All this ramming crap makes us look a lot more like the Monster truck crowd than a legitimate sport. I know people that think SX is a setup and choreographed. With all these knockdowns, it can resemble wrestling in presentation.
Reed Twitter:
Not gona lie felt great to be apart of a 2 rider run away love racing with @ryan_villopoto2 u know your going to get good ole fashion racing
Shouldn't be to hard to teach JB 2.0 a lesson....but I think first you have to catch him....HA! Bam Bam ,the last of a dying breed....brand new bike and pajama gear guy ,you probably would'nt understand.....you are NEVER gonna stop contact in motorcycle racing , i don't care how hard you try....theres is one fastest line and two guys trying to be on it... and MOST importantly -s8it is happening at HYPERSPEED ...every move is not necessarily planned , sometimes you pull the wire and it gets away from you or moves you into a line you did NOT plan ,traction and horsepower are not always yours to control......these guys aren't tooling around on the trail, they are already at the end of the safety net and if you really think you can do it 'nicer' and more "politely" better sign up, get out there and show "little stew" (js haters only) or that evil Barcia how a gentleman should do it.Then when you realise you can't and the top ten will bang you wherever and whenever they want ..go play ping pong or go hold your girlfriends knitting ball.
I'm thinking hockey. The lites class last night looked like the first time the "Hansens" took to the ice for the Charlestown chiefs.
I'm not taking anything away from Reed myself, I'm a fan of his, and he won 4 overalls to that point not 5 and had 2 3rds. RV had 1 overall and 2 more 2nds and 2 thirds, courtesy of the flu.. Reed was leading thepoints but NOT dominating. But I am not taking anything away from him like I said, I am a fan and wanted to see him battle all season. He was the only one running wiht RV right now..
And give the 250 class and all of them a break on the contact. If its a little rub during a pass, so what. As long as its not a blatent takeout move who cares really. Some moves are kinda dumb, but nothing wrong with some slight contact..
It can be said that Bam Bam was a little over the top but I think he had a purpose, and tha was to set a tone with his competition. I don't care what you say, any one that is in front of him is going to be thinking about him and that's going to rattle them mentaly. If you're just thinking about who is behind you your not thinking about what's in front. If you know it's Barcia well, he probably already passed you. I like his aggression, he not only wants to win he wants to do so in intimidating fashion. I don't think he'll get away with much of that in the big boy class though.
RV is just plain solid. I'm an RV fan and am kind of luke warm about CR22 (hope he is okay) Having said that I think CR22 was faster in Dallas and I don't think he was riding over his head or out of control. I think it was one slight miscue and that was all she wrote. The thing that impresses me about RV is that I can't recall that guy ever getting rattled into a mistake. At that pace, at that level... Good stuff! I think RD is doing exactly what he needs to do. just stay up and healthy and see what the others do. JS7 is still a mystery to me. It almost seems like he's over the whole professional racing thing. When he started to lose, it seemed like he lost some of his "Buba Flare". Saddly I think CR22 will be gone for the rest of SX....