by Steve Cox
250 Words: Lakewood
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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Riders
- Jake Weimer
- Josh Hill
- Ryan Villopoto
- Trey Canard
- Tyla Rattray
- Chris Pourcel
- Blake Wharton
- Dean Wilson
Races
Most racers at the top level of our sport made it there because they were pretty dominant all the way up to the pro level. Typically, they won as amateurs a lot. Usually, they were the absolute best somewhere. For Jake Weimer, he was the fastest kid in his age group in Idaho, for example. Ryan Villopoto was the fastest kid in his age group in the Pacific Northwest, although Josh Hill may have a thing or two to say about that.
That being said, sometimes the hardest lesson to learn in the pros is how to bounce back form adversity. How do you learn to overcome a bad finish, or a bad couple of weekends, or a bad series, or a bad year, when you have never faced adversity like that before?
In the second moto, Trey Canard leads Blake Wharton, and 2010 national winners Dean Wilson, Christophe Pourcel and Tyla Rattray.
Photo: Steve Cox
It’s a tough lesson to learn. A lot of racers just figure that if they worked hard, and that paid off before, that they should just work harder when things are tough, but frequently that’s the 180 degrees from the answer.
GEICO Powersports Honda’s Trey Canard has had a tough few weekends for a guy touted to be a title contender outdoors. Between High Point and Budds Creek, he went 14-4-7-8, and prior to that, he only had one podium finish in a moto, and one other top-five.
But at Thunder Valley, Canard finally bounced back, going 3-2 for second overall in front of last week’s winner Dean Wilson. In short, he’s a contender again. And this is also the farthest he has ever made it in an outdoor championship before scoring a zero or being knocked out of the chase completely.
Canard might just be back.
Trey Canard gets a reminder of what the podium is like.
Photo: Steve Cox
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Look for Canard and Wilson to put themselves in title contention by round 7; think them two are gonna come out like gangbusters and do their best to put pourcel in a hurt locker. That is the way I see it...
With that "Honda Factory" carrot waiving in front of him, Canard has all the motivation one would ever need. I'm a HUGE Barcia fan and with that said, May our best 250 rider at the seasons end go to the MXoN. I know they vote (appoint) the team before the seasons done but there should be a standout rider that deserves it by then. Hell, I may be wrong and its fight tooth & nail all the way to the end! That would be even better. GO BARCIA !
Musquin in Europe one thing. Musquin in Colorado another. We'll have to see how he does against Americans and see if he does smoke them. Is that smoke them like you said Alessi would smoke everyone at Freestone and the USGP? I doubt JS will be there, the team is selected in about a month and he has yet to race anything. There are only 3 chances to even race before then to see where he is at. I think we'll see Dungey-Short or Dungey-Grant with either Canard or Barcia depending on how the next three races go. If Stewart is at the next 3 races and does well it will be Dungey and him. I don't expect him to race them though.
Musquin better stay away from these street burrito venders they have in Denver if he want any chance in the altitude with our boys. I'm all over this MXoN race, got my easy up spot all broken in from the national. We are the hill people of the west! (nothing like Unadilla, screw you, but we're new and doing my best to teach them)
Dgizzy always has these comments but never defends them when someone questions them. Its like he comments then runs away. We heard all these comments last year before the Des Nations. we know how that turned out. And Townley is from New Zealand Dgizzy.
harryg... Wilson is on fire and Canard has made huge improvements but there is no way they are going to put Pourcel in the hurt locker. I am not saying Pourcel is unbeatable, but hurt locker? NO!
McMoto40 - say it with me "the other side sucks". Hendo85 - do we even know if dgizzy graduated from high school? Some of his comments point to him still being in high school.