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Putting Houston’s post-race debacle in the rear view mirror, GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia has a good shot at wrapping his second-straight Lites East Championship this weekend in New Orleans. But Barcia has had to go about getting these East titles the hard way—the 2011 and 2012 seasons are the first where the Vegas finale contained the final points-paying round for the East. Last year, Barcia held a points lead heading into Vegas, but he didn’t have the title wrapped up early. So, he had to get through a few weeks off, and then the Vegas finale, while nursing a broken wrist, no less, to clinch the crown.
To avoid that this year, he needs to leave New Orleans this weekend with a 25-point lead. He currently has 32 on Blake Wharton and 40 on Ken Roczen. In simple terms, if Wharton wins the race and Barcia finishes fourth or better, Barcia wraps up the title.
A fourth or better in New Orleans would wrap up the Lites East title for Barcia.
Simon Cudby photo
But we doubt Barcia will be racing for fourth. He’s gotten this far by going for the win, and at one point looked poised to flirt with a perfect season.
How many races has Barcia won? We did a little research:
Barcia took two wins in his 2010 rookie season, three en route to last year’s title, and has five more this year. That’s 10 career wins in all, tying him with Ivan Tedesco and Mickael Pichon for 13th on the all-time Lites list. But if Barcia can win the final two races this year and push his total to 12, he’ll quickly ratchet up to a tie for fourth all-time, alongside 125 luminaries like Ricky Carmichael, Damon Huffman, Christophe Pourcel, Ryan Dungey, Brian Swink, Ernesto Fonseca and Kevin Windham. That’s good company.
Ahead on the list sits Jeremy McGrath with 13 wins, Nathan Ramsey with 15, and James Stewart at the all-time top with 18. Barcia only has two more Lites races left in his career (the East/West Shootout doesn’t count for all-time career wins) so he can only get to 12. Makes that harsh loss in Houston loom a little larger. But like we said, we’re moving on!
If Barcia wins out he will tie for fourth on the all-time Lites win list.
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Yawn! Who cares.
A DNF would be better. He needs to clean up his riding and I can only hope Karma will bite him in the....until he does.
I wish nothing but good luck to this kid, Hes a great rider and has great passion and desire to win, I can wait till hes back in the 450 class, Hes definitely got the speed and talent to be up front and win.
Barcia, You go man, please ignore all the unforgiving slams and keep the passion alive !!!
biker143- I agree 100%, this guy is for real and will be top 5 next year and better the next !!
Nathan Ramsey with 15... What... That surprised me. i don't remember him winning that much.
.biker143.. Yes Hes a great rider and has great passion and desire to win....But needs help in other spots to be a Great champ.
Houston's meltdown is in the rearview mirror for JB, but have the fans forgotten his outburst...Will he be met with boos or will any one even care....No doubt, the Bammer is the fastest in the east and should wrap up the title with ease while in the Big Easy...Then what...Geico needs a pilot for Windhams bike ...with Reed and Canard out, Honda would like to see another red rider in the class that could be on the podium..JB proved he could ride the 450 last year....Barcia's maturedity might be in question, but his speed is not...so dont be suprised if we see Bam Bam, the Firecracker, The Locomotive all throw down at round 1 of the outdoors...Can not wait for Hangtown!!!
Maybe BillC can help Barcia improve in the few other spots where he is not performing up to BillC's standards. The sport is so fortunate to have someone like BillC to point out where the pros are not quite performing as he thinks they should.
Well it all goes to show how the saying is "You are only as good as your last race" so untill after the NO race everyonne will be putting Barcia down. Lets get over it and move on. Its a new race and I also cant wait for the outdoors to start.
and also you all of you go check out "The Vault" The Racer X crew has put together a classic history of motocross.
@yzfsean I agree with out billc's insight full takes we'd all be lost. I look forward to his daring and comical takes like "RV is fast" or "who won.hes my favorite". @fred if you would have shortened your comment by three words it would have been perfect. Go Barcia , time to go all business.... move on and do what you do...win. That will slow down the wanna be passionless pussified haters a bit.
I just hope yzfsean and tonewall have not figured out how to reproduce.... If they could even find someone to do it with.
GO BARCIA!!
All U BARCIA Haters....pleeeeeassseeeeeeeeee. Ya'll act like yo never raced before....not too mention..doing so at this level w/ all the pressures layed squarely on your shoulders.
JB...stay focused...and remember...RIDE HARD, RIDE SMART and HAVE FUN!
EOS.
I dont really like barcia after his stunt at unadilla with dungey then his outburst at bercy now this he is out of control Lol. i guess its in his nick name. "wild child" i do have a question though. from my understanding of the ama rules he has to move up for the nationals to the 450 but people are telling me that not till supercross 2013. does he have to race a 450 outdoors?
SX he MUST move up next year but Outdoors he could stay on the 250 for ever, but I don't think that will ever happen.
@mxchampion-I agree. I don't really approve of this guy either.But at the same time, I do. He can really have his moments, and then on the other hand, out comes a big old shot of Alessi. It would be tough with the whole world watchin' all the time, but I would think that there would be some sort of clause in the contract concerning behavior. There are a lot of riders, and MX would be boring if they all acted the same, but do I dare say it? Unless some of this is staged, whice doesn't make sense to me either, I would think there would be some real consequences, not a poor excuse for a fine. This couldn't be a feeble attempt at drama to build interest in a somewhat dismal season, but it seems something is missing. And Barcia on the 450 this summer makes sense to me cuz of the riders still injured. But then again a lot of the comments I see on here recently seem to be a bit on the rude side too. Must be another spin on the season that was supposed to be, but never really was. Well, I've still enjoyed the racing, and I'm glad the weekend "off" is over.
Who knew we were tracking all-time 125/250 SX wins? To make it something worth looking at we should limit it to a rider's 2 best years since many greats rode 2 years and then moved up. Barcia will be on a 250 this summer and will get whooped by a bunch of people. Wilson. Tomac. Roczen. Baggett. Durham? Musquin? Bogle?? He'll be bummed for the summer.
BD25: Townley is riding for Reed in MX. Tommy Hahn is the word for Team Honda. Barcia will be on a 250. The only reason he filled in last year is because he was sucking it up in the 250s and was out of the title race. He will be hating the summer of 2012. Better on a 450 outside.
@HandlebarDragger, Thanks! well Said!
@klemkiddlehopper, that's sad! It doesn't make it ok, to act like he does. Pressure or not, and more so at that level. I'll excuse his outburst once, but 3 times, no freaking way, he's a punk! talented or not. Be smart take it back to the truck where little kids and TV isn't watching.
Nothing against either Hahn or Townly, both are really good outdoors and they might wind up on the podium, their problems have been consistantcy and injures.....With the rides the Bammer put in last year, as a fill in, and now having Stanton in his corner, a Geico Honda mounted JB would have a better shot at being on the box week in week out. Brayton will be a player also for Honda if he can carry his confidence to the outdoors. If the Villopoto-Dungey Show gets going again...and if Stewart comes out to play ..The box could fill up quickly...so many fast guys ...Cant wait for the Outdoors!!!!!
Barcia might be a whole different animal this summer.
Sorry to disappoint you BillC, I have been married 30 years, I have three kids, two grandsons and one more grandchild on the way.
But if it makes you feel any better, I am archiving all of your posts so that I can teach my kids and grandkids about MX and SX using your insightful observations. Obviously you are a master of all things related to MX.
@mo-tarder (change that name)....
No doubt...a move he regrets.
Ahhhh...we are ALL human beings...R U PERFECT?
Could there possibly be another reason why he acted in such a manner?
Do you know what he has going on in his life...outside MX?
Tellin ya....he don't like losing or being pushed around....never has...never will.
Next time you see HANNAH...ask him what he thinks.
You know what they say...IF YOUR GONNA BE A BEAR...BE A GRIZZLY!
JUSTIN'TIME 4 SUMMER....NY WELCOMES JB HOME!!
I'm just giggling to myself after reading yzfseans comments, too funny keep it coming!
Barcia, if you read this I have a big "thank you" for you. Thank you for what ever you did to smooth out your style on the bike. Nice touch this year with your new found speed. I have been amazed at the massive progress you've made (Stanton?). Keep up the less revving more momentum cereal you are eating. At the pace you are going Dungey won't be the only 450 racer not stoked on you next year....Thanks for not caring and taking it to em anyway.
Well yzfsean I feel bad for them cuz if you feel the way Barcia acts is Fine I would assume you raised you kids to act the same way. Right?
@BillC: I didn't make any comments about Barcia, I just said that the pros are fortunate to have someone like you around to help them understand where they need help.