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What was the biggest surprise of Hangtown?

Monday, May 21, 2012 | 4:20 PM

What was the biggest surprise of Hangtown?

James Stewart going 1-1 3343 votes - 32.8%

Baggett chasing down Roczen and Barcia for moto 1 win 3457 votes - 33.9%

Justin Brayton finishing 19th overall 1445 votes - 14.2%

Ken Roczen podiums in American debut 95 votes - 0.9%

Ivan Tedesco's fourth overall in 250 class 1682 votes - 16.5%

Other 172 votes - 1.7%

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CalmDownBroham wrote: 4:50pm May 21, 2012

Bagget Came Out of Nowhere lol

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Meditech wrote: 5:12pm May 21, 2012

James didn't crash.

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CJNunes426 wrote: 5:22pm May 21, 2012

James, Bagget, or Roczen should not surprise anyone

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codjh9 wrote: 5:25pm May 21, 2012

I agree with CJNunes426, which is why I chose Brayton. I didn't see either 450 moto, so I don't know what happened, but he's usually way better than that. He even won a 450 moto what, 2 years ago?

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kas447mx wrote: 5:26pm May 21, 2012

It has to be Tedesco.

Stewart going 1-1? If you voted that, you're a hater, plain and simple

Bagget chasing down Roczen and Barcia? Did you not watch the race last year? Same freakin thing.

Brayton finishing 19th? When has Brayton ever been an "outdoor" guy?

Roczen podium? C'mon. We know he's blazing fast, especially outside.

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codjh9 wrote: 5:43pm May 21, 2012

I just looked it up, kas447mx -
Brayton was 5th in 2010, 7th in 2011. To me that makes him a pretty good outdoor guy, eh?

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Deadmau5 wrote: 6:18pm May 21, 2012

Besides Short ,Brayton stats. I thought Hughes would do something!!!!

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Blink wrote: 6:42pm May 21, 2012

If you even watched it you would know it was Baggett taking the moto 1 win that was the best. To come from that far behind and take the lead with two turns left was thrilling.

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CalmDownBroham wrote: 7:22pm May 21, 2012

James Going 1-1 at Hangtown Mx was No Surprise......Its was Basically Carved in Stone.

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SpottedMarley wrote: 8:47pm May 21, 2012

What happened to Justin Boreton? Zzzzzzz

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WStewart34 wrote: 9:10pm May 21, 2012

What was the least expected surprise of Hangtown? NBC sports treating us like nobodys and screwing up the air time of the second motos. I'm no newbie to this sport. I've been racing since 1983. Yes, the coverage is light years ahead of even 2004, but it is inferior to 2010 or 2011.

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WFO_UFO wrote: 9:20pm May 21, 2012

How about Regal going 28-17 on his best outdoor bike ever? That surprised me a bit.

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deadmau5 wrote: 11:54pm May 21, 2012

Brayton= Factory Honda nothing less than podium and where he finished is a lets say not worthy of that ride

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endoman38 wrote: 7:16am May 22, 2012

The fact that I was able to stay awake until 2:00 AM to watch the second set of motos surprised the hell out of me!

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canyouread wrote: 2:26pm May 22, 2012

saying stewart going 1-1 has nothing to do with being a hater, that guy has taken more soil samples than the EPA in the last two years, just figured he would follow suit and take a few rounds to get things figured out, going 1-1 is a huge suprise, even with a couple fast guys on the couch.

Glad he seems to have gotten whatever it was figured out, guess it was the bike, lol.

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SeattleMX wrote: 3:03pm May 22, 2012

NBC Sports starting coverage 30 minutes late was a pretty big surprise.

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SeattleMX wrote: 3:06pm May 22, 2012

Anyone surprised by Stewart going 1-1 has a pretty short memory.

@WFO_UFO "best outdoor bike" Stewart might disagree with that ;)

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canyouread wrote: 5:03pm May 22, 2012

seattle, are we married? My wife says that all the time.

How could the world not be surprised by stewart going 1-1, seriously? 24-0 was a couple years ago. Not saying it wouldnt happen this year, and it will happen more, just didnt expect him to do it first round is all.

Count the soil samples in the last two years, its in SX only, but thats all we can gauge. And his MO has been in years past to go WFO and win or crash right?

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canyouread wrote: 5:05pm May 22, 2012

the test will come IF someone can pressure him this year, and that someone is basically only Dungey, no disrespect to anyone else.

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WFO_UFO wrote: 5:47pm May 22, 2012

Seattle- I said HIS best bike ever- as in first 'full blown factory ride'. And Millsaps was doing fine on it til his elbow popped out. As far as Stewie goes he just didn't fit the bike- maybe Regal will.

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McChicken wrote: 3:55am May 23, 2012

Brayton...becuase I don't remember even seeing him in action

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SeattleMX wrote: 12:49pm May 23, 2012

I agree with McChicken. Brayton's disappearing act was the big surprise. Stewart may have spent a lot of time taking soil samples the last few years but he looked comfortable and in control on Saturday. He looked like he was just cruising and managing his gap rather than trying to lap the entire field. Dungey has been VERY strong at Freestone, so this weekend is going to be very interesting.

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