USA! USA! USA! Well, America won again but this last moto was full of drama. When Stewie went down late in the race and couldn't start his bike, we were all trying to figure out if USA was still going to win. Luckily, they did but like one journalist just said to me, the USA score of 26 might be the highest score to win the MXDN under this format. The man who rode his ass off to make sure USA brought it home was Ferry. Rounding the first turn in 37th place (with only Dusty Klatt behind him) Red Dog just put his head down and somehow, amazingly, finished 5th. It was something to behold watching him gut it out, and I have to admit that his fifth surprised even me. Early on, it did not look good.He also won his class with a 9-5 (?!?), which continues his string of being undefeated with the number 3.
Also of note was the dispute between James and Pourcel after the race in the impound area, with James feeling that Pourcel's pass of him was a little aggressive. And probably also letting Pourcel know that USA was not happy with the Frenchmans contact with RV in the first moto.Do you realize that when Stewie fell in Texas, that was the first time he'd been passed all year? Amazing. That's probably why he was upset, not realizing that sometimes people actually pass you back in this sport.
As you probably know, Sebastian Pourcel won the moto where James fell and on this day, he was the best European rider. France will now probably call September 28th "Le jour le KTM de Boissiere nous a vissés" which translates to "The day that the KTM of Boissiere screwed us over." France can look to the second MX2 moto when, while running safely in 4th place, something broke on Anthony "Pass the " Boissiere's KTM. If the 4th would've held, France would have won the MXDN.
All in all, this event was, as always, cool. I hope I was able to bring you guys a little taste of what it was like to be here and thanks for reading these "Blogservations."