Racer X Race Report: Salt Lake City
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PrintIn a season filled with missed opportunities, big crashes, gifts, and what-ifs, it seemed impossible that this year’s Monster Energy Supercross Championship could ever be determined without someone second-guessing something that happened earlier in the season. And yet somehow, in one big swoop, Ryan Villopoto has managed to silence all of that talk. At round sixteen of the series tonight in Salt Lake City, Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium, the Big Four contenders for the 2011 SX Title all saw the proverbial brass ring right in front of them, all had the opportunity to seize the moment, win the race and put themselves in a championship position heading into next weekend’s finale in Las Vegas.
Ryan Villopoto earned the win, putting in a clutch ride that should be remember not only in the points standings, but in the level of respect for how he did it. In a race the presented the opportunity to wipe out any of the highs and lows of the previous 15 races, Villopoto performed best. Talk about gifts or points given away at other moments is moot, because to win this year’s title, all you had to do was go out and win the race tonight.
Ryan Villopoto stepped up when it mattered most.
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The contenders were up front from the start. San Manuel Red Bull Yamaha’s James Stewart grabbed the lead, while Chad Reed was soon right behind him. Muscle Milk Toyota’s Justin Brayton was next, but Ryan Villopoto soon cleared him to put his Monster Energy Kawasaki into third. By the second lap, Dungey had moved his Rockstar Makita Suzuki into fourth, leaving the four contenders in the top four spots, and not separated by too much ground.
Villopoto went after Reed and made the move for second on the seventh lap.
Simon Cudy photo
Simon Cudy photo
Ryan Dungey got to fourth, but couldn't reel in the lead three.
Simon Cudby photo
Early it looked like Stewart was going to make a run to extend his two-race win streak. If Stewart snagged the win, he would put himself with striking distance of the series’ lead at the finale next weekend, especially with Villopoto running third early. But that didn’t last. Villopoto upped his pace and went after Reed, while Reed kept Stewart within a reasonable distance. Once Villopoto figured out the whoop section, he immediately closed on Reed, and then on the seventh lap he ran hard down the inside whoops and made a block pass to take over second.
Clearly, Villopoto was riding better than he had in the last month, and he and Reed worked together to keep Stewart in sight. Then on lap eight, Stewart crashed in a left hand bowl turn, handing the lead to Villopoto. Stewart tried to get back up and going quickly, but dropped his front end dropped in the whoops, sending him flying. By the time he got up, he was in eighth, and his bike was all twisted up. He stopped in the mechanics’ area to straight his front end, and by the time he got back going, he was on the verge of being lapped by Villopoto—and essentially out of the championship chase.
Stewart had the lead just like he did for the last two races. But it didn't last.
Simon Cudby photo
Simon Cudby photo
Stewart would later even pull over to let his rival Reed go past. He then stayed closed to the lead duo for the rest of the race, eventually finishing tenth.
Dungey was not able to keep pace with Villopoto and Reed, which left the lead two riders to decide the race—and possibly the championship--between themselves. Reed started stepping up in the whoops, blitzing through while Villopoto backed it down a bit and stared jumping through. Reed got close as they negotiated packs of lappers, and with a lap to go had Villopoto’s lead down to 1.3 seconds. They both dug deep, Reed pushing it with everything he had to try to get Villopoto and not lose any points. He couldn’t pull it off, and Villopoto sailed through the finish with his sixth win of the year. It’s also, unquestionably, his biggest win of the year, because he now holds a nine-point lead in the series (requiring only a top-five finish at the finale to win the title).
Reed charged hard down the stretch and got close to RV, but wasn't close enough to try a pass.
Simon Cudby photo
Simon Cudby photo
Reed took the runner up spot by just .95 seconds, and Dungey came through 15 seconds back. Red Bull KTM’s Andrew Short was fast all day and took fourth, and Muscle Milk Toyota’s Davi Millsaps rode solidly, as well, to finish fifth. GEICO Honda’s Kevin Windham was sixth ahead of Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Jake Weimer, who made his season debut. Motoconcepts Yamaha’s Tommy Hahn, Brayton and Stewart rounded out the top ten.
The Lites class features a similarly close championship chase, and again the three title contenders found themselves up front early. Eli Tomac—third in points coming in on his GEICO Honda—got the early lead, but Josh Hansen—second in points on his Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki—was right behind him. Hansen started working Tomac hard, diving deep inside in every turn. At the beginning of the second lap, Hansen attempted a hard block pass (if not a straight takeout) on Tomac, but Tomac braced himself for the hit and stayed up while Hanny went down. Hansen was then stuck under his bike, so by the time he got up, he was in 17th.
Eli Tomac delivered a clutch win in West Lites to pull within two points of the lead heading into the Las Vegas finale.
Simon Cudby photo
Tomac then dealt with pressure from the Lites West points leader Broc Tickle, but Tickle was under pressure from Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen, Lucas Oil Honda’s Cole Seely and DNA Shred Stix Star Racing Yamaha’s Kyle Cunningham. Pressure was everywhere, especially when you consider Tomac and Tickle are close in points, but Tomac withstood it for a clutch win. Roczen made a move on Tickle and held on for second, with Tickle third. Seely and Cunningham passed a bunch of times late, with Seely hanging on for fourth.
Ken Roczen made an impact in his return to supercross, scoring second.
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Tickle took third and maintains a slim points lead.
Simon Cudby photo
Roczen’s second looms large, as Tomac made up five points and now sits just two back of Tickle heading into Vegas. Hansen finished 13th and is now way back.
The race airs Sunday at noon EST on CBS for the SX Class, and 6 p.m. EST for the Lites class on SPEED.
SX Class Results
1. R. Villopoto
2. C. Reed
3. R. Dungey
4. A. Short
5. D. Millsaps
6. K. Windham
7. T. Hahn
8. J. Weimer
9. J. Brayton
10. J. Stewart
11. N. Wey
12. K. Regal
13. M. Byrne
14. C. Blose
15. T. Bowers
16. J. Thomas
17. R. Kiniry
18. C. Siebler
19. B. Lamay
20. M. Alessi
Supercross Class Season Standings
1. Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki – 318
2. Chad Reed, Tampa, Fla., Honda – 309
3. Ryan Dungey, Belle Plaine, Minn., Suzuki – 306
4. James Stewart, Haines City, Fla., Yamaha – 295
5. Trey Canard, Shawnee, Okla., Honda – 255
6. Andrew Short, Smithville, Texas, KTM – 214
7. Kevin Windham, Centreville, Miss., Honda – 202
8. Davi Millsaps, Carlsbad, Calif., Yamaha – 172
9. Justin Brayton, Cornelius, N.C, Yamaha – 153
10. Nick Wey, Dewitt, Mich., Yamaha - 139
Lites West Class
1. E. Tomac
2. K. Roczen
3. B. Tickle
4. C. Seely
5. K. Cunningham
6. T. Rattray
7. R. Morais
8. M. Davalos
9. T. Baker
10. B. Evans
11. T. Weeck
12. J. Canada
13. J. Hansen
14. T. Ingalls
15. B. Rutherford
16. C. Hinson
17. D. Vawser
18. L. Powell
19. T. Tapia
20. N. Paluzzi
Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Season Standings
1. Broc Tickle, Holly, Mich., Kawasaki – 165
2. Eli Tomac, Cortez, Colo., Honda – 163
3. Josh Hansen, Elbert, Colo., Kawasaki – 151
4. Cole Seely, Corona, Calif., Honda – 131
5. Ryan Morais, Murrieta, Calif., Suzuki – 124
6. Tyla Rattray, Wildomar, Calif., Kawasaki – 111
7. Ken Roczen, Germany, KTM – 105
8. Kyle Cunningham, Aledo, Texas, Yamaha – 105
9. Martin Davalos, Cairo, Ga., Suzuki – 95
10. Ben Evans, Garden City, Idaho, Kawasaki – 68
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Great race for RV but, Vegas is now too easy to work out. Still the best season in years. If RV has a bad night, CR or RD can still win it, just not likely.
RV2 better watch out for CR22, because he will blantly take him out for the title.
James. Get off the Yami. It ain't gonna be fixed for years. sketchy front end untill a mega weight shift re-design. your the best dude. get on another brand for outdoors. Kawa, zook, shut em down n retire do what you want.
We have learned a new word today, repeated several times. Say clutch win. Clutch win. clutch win.
Glad to hear that the aggressive block pass backfired (again!) Memo to Hanny and Reed: Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Wow can't wait to see hannys crash and Stewarts. And I have been saying it since the switch to yamahas djnr, those bikes don't fit him at all he was unstoppable on a Kawi. I also think the zook would fit him well with how good they handle well hell anything but the yamaha.
Great ride by RV2 to hold his nerve i'd say. But what a cracker night at the pointy end of the season from the mature privateer Reed. Who would have believed he could be breathing down RV's neck by 1 second margin at the penultimate round of the season. Time will tell whether any of the new breed of gun racers (RV, RD,TC etc.) can match that at the twilights of their careers... Go CR22 in vegas!
Will # 22 leave # 2 in the first turn next weekend? (leave = keep him on the ground)
The Yamaha has nothing to do with Stewarts crashes. The pressure from a few other fast guys does. He kills it in practice and rarely crashes while doing it because there is no race type pressure in timed practice. He has never had four guys who are this close to him in a series, and he needs to tone it down a bit to increase his chances of not crashing.
Great race. Don't try to blame JS7s out of control riding on the yamaha. He won on the kawasaki alot because he wasn't pushed as hard back then...he has always been on the ground when he has to step it up no matter what brand.
RV is so fast but I've had the feeling all year....CR22 has this!
Now for the S.M.O.T.P. it is Yamaha fault, unbelievable!!!!! 7 never had anything for RC when was on a Kawi. The list of excuses just gets longer and longer and longer and longer.........
Hanny...your "aggressive" attemp, really? Hopefully you move up next year, you will be the perfect poster child for the LCQ.
What a killer season for stupidcross, what with both stewart and hanson imploding on the make or break race of the year! So happy they are SOL! Go RV,Go RD,Go CR! Let the best man win!
I never was making excuse for JS I was just saying he looks so uncomfortable on the yamaha compared to the Kawi. And he had plenty of pressure from rc in the 06 07 seasons and did very well. And there was never a day Reed could hang with JS when reed was on a yamaha.
The Yamaha may not be the best bike but stewarts proboblem is he isn't in good enough phisicical condition to race wild for twenty laps. Just because Ricky is gone doesn't mean you don't have to be in top shape.I like Stewart but he would be better served acting Jeff Stanton than Terell Owens
The Yamaha may not be the best bike but stewarts proboblem is he isn't in good enough phisicical condition to race wild for twenty laps. Just because Ricky is gone doesn't mean you don't have to be in top shape.I like Stewart but he would be better served acting Jeff Stanton than Terell Owens
The Yamaha may not be the best bike but stewarts proboblem is he isn't in good enough phisicical condition to race wild for twenty laps. Just because Ricky is gone doesn't mean you don't have to be in top shape.I like Stewart but he would be better served acting Jeff Stanton than Terell Owens
Good job, Ken!!!! Keep on going strong....
Really? the bike is not James fault. he pushes real hard. he is fast as heck, but he makes mistakes. I hope Reed does whatever he needs to do to win this. RV2 knows Reed will go balls out to win this!!!
It seems that whatever magic Stewart used to have-being able to ride over his head at insane speeds,is gone. He has demonstrated many times this season that he can no longer keep it on two wheels riding at that pace. He used to be able to do it, now he can't. Villopoto is our new champ as he only needs to finish fifth or better at Vegas. Well done.
You guys are idiots, whatever Stewart rides will determine the same fate. Now all brands are good. It all comes down to rider and support.
Same crap on these boards.....RV gets a huge win (congrats and good job on that RV) and the only person getting talked about, and of course bagged on, is Stewart!! You kids are relentless!! Reed missed out on the chance to collect his money by not winning tonight, no way to get those 3 wins now, and i'm sure he is bummed on that, oh and the points thing too!! Vegas will still be good, just not as good as it could have been......Damn!!!
Stewart still has a little hope. If he can take out Villopoto to such extent that Villopoto DNFs, then splatters the other three and puts them in the back of the pack, he can still be champion. I wouldn't put it past him, rules and laws mean nothing to Stewart.
man, that looked like James kinda push Reed.Actually helped Reed catch RV. great win for RV2!! awesome season.
Some people ride better on other brands look at reed he killed it on a Suzuki and obviously a Honda, but for Kawi and yamaha he did ok. Not talkin crap to anyone or any brand just some people have preferences and prefer different things.
In the post race interview Stewart showed a lot of class. He said he just got beat this season straight up and RV, CR and RV are just faster. Interesting that Stewart respects the competition far more than his hardcore fans.
Clearly, he is a nice kid that just did something foolish this season with the crime. All of us get better races with him in there and the competition has really stepped it up. What a season!
"RV, CR and RD"
Please stop using the word clutch as an adjective.
We as fans and message board participants still have a little hope that we will no longer have to read jairtime's stupid pea-brain musings!! It is entirely possible that while playing with himself he severely injures his wrist and in his panic to "finish the job" by switching hands he injures the other one and is no longer able to translate the gnat-brained thoughts in his head onto the computer screen!! I BELIEVE!!!
Mr. JonR290.....um, where did you find a post race interview where Stewart said everyone else was "just faster"?? Please give us a link to that interview!!! Or are you just making "sheet" up??
Congrats to RV, he looked great in the race. Vegas will be good.
I was hoping that RD would be able to close it up more.
JS proves again that he is the fastest man to eat the planet.
CR22 has this!
I thought what both Reed and Stewart said in the interviews were pretty respectful of their competition, at least the part they showed on CBS. With only one race left, I think Dungey finally quit saying "moving forward" at least once. At this point, anything other than a RV championship would be a surprise, but it has been a season of unexpected events.
Stewart said that in the post race interview on the CBS coverage......he is finally seeing things clearly.
RV had the most pressure on him, but other 3 guys choked. Bubba felt RV coming with 12 laps to go and imploded again. Reed and Dungey have been using the consistancy tactic all year, but could not turn up the pace when they needed to. Reed had showed his "disapointed face" on the podium for the first time all year. Weimer's return was weak. Props to Bubba for the post race interview. He kept mentioning next year so it sounds like no outdoors? RV stoped after the checkers but bubba blew right past him. RV brain farted on the podium and thanked Pro Circuit. What a night!
Stewie just pushed the front tire. Same as RV2 in the heat race. But he kinda panicked a little and tried to skim the whoops without enough speed. It happens. RV was aggresive, and I am glad to see that. Fastest lap of the day too.. RV was the fastest man on the track, I wanna see some Stewie fans say that. He won the race, and turned the fastest lap. I wish when RV stopped on top of the jump and turned around to Stewie, that Stewie could at least stopped and shake his hand, Stewie just rode right past him.
Is my math off or is it set to where if RV places 1-4 he wins the championship, if reed wins and RV gets 5th or worse, reed gets the championship at vegas, and for dungey to win reed has to get 3rd or worse and RV has get 7th or worse.
just trying to get my math together for vegas.
First and foremost this forum is half filled with idiots with the mental capacity of a comatose brain injury victim. Most of them can't appreciate the racing for what it is so they spew their bs.
I was really hoping for a win by JS, RD 2nd, CR 3rd, and RV 4th. That would have set up Vegas for the most pressure filled race of all time. All 3 front runners now deserve the title but it is doubtful that Villopoto will choke again and score worse than 5th. Mind you, anything can happen as we have seen all season. There is a good chance however that Reed will attempt a takeout and put both himself and RV on the ground only for Dungey to capitalize and bring the title home. I can only hope. As for Hansen...apparently he showed his true colours again...tries a takeout and it backfires...way to go. He'll likely implode even further at Vegas. I can't wait to see him get his ass handed to him next year in the 450's.
"Panic Mode" Stewart strikes again. Glad to see that he is out of it. And F You Hansen!!! You got what you deserved, you stupid punk!!! A nice easy pass on Tomac, and you would have stayed upright. Bahahahahaha!!!! I was hoping to see CR pull this off, but RV has been trying for so long, he really deserves it if he wins next weekend.
good thing I never ate that crow stewart fans were talking about last 2 races. I wonder if any of them have learned yet.
A big thank you to the guys. Reed, your run at this title has been so impressive, and you effort last night was nothing short of heroic, it's been really fun watching your fire. RV, your comeback after that horrific injury is nothing short of inpiring, what a season you've had; thanks. James, we all really appreciate your 'go for it' approach to racing. When you are on the track I can't take my eyes off you; thanks for sharing your incredible talent with us; it's been wonderful.
"BD", why don't you simultaneously stop constantly ripping on JS and all his followers and stop hanging off of RV's nuts?? Can you handle that?? What the hell does this statement mean? "RV was the fastest man on the track, I wanna see some Stewie fans say that." What?? So RV was one tenth of a second faster....so fricken what!!!! And last time i checked, the guy who finishes 10th doesn't usually stop and shake hands with the winner. Your lover RV would have done the same damn thing!! Seriously dude, get off his nuts...it looks bad!
This has been one H E L L of a year!
Dissapointed that reed did ride more agressive in the first 15 laps. I know he said he was too, but comeon man, once RV passed him, it should have been go time...... Its not like this race was A1.
Congrats to RV2 on the win. One race left CR22! It isn't over until it's over!
Well said Dad.
Hope Villopoto qualifies for the main??? Go REEDY!
You guys are Azz Clowns. The suspension on JS bike is to stiff. Thats why he went for a ride over the bars in the whoops and the same reason he went down in the turn. He was faster on the kaw. because of the setup and should have stayed there. I have been riding for 20 years and and I will school everyone on here...Bunch of dopes....
@Ryan Villopoto- watch your back, out in Thunder Alley next week. A rear view mirror will only add a few ounces btw.
So glad Hanny got what he deserved. He's SOOOOOOOO freaking dirty!! I cheered when he went down trying to take out Tomac. Feel bad for JS7 tho... Happy for Villo tho, he has worked really hard. After he passed Reed he was off to get James anyway because he had no choice. He was so determined last night in SLC. Go RV2!!
Josh Hanson really! Have you ever thought of riding hard and letting your results speak for themselves? You think you deserve to be called a champion? Your an idiot. Just retire and go cry with someone else. Maybe look at past champions, RC, etc and pattern yourselve after their work ethic. Which you obviously have none of. Maybe go spend time with your father who was a phenomial rider and clean. That's a thought huh
I noticed a couple of guys saying something about how sportsmanlike it was of Stewart to pull over to let Reed pass.
It is so pitiful when people want to give Stewart extra credit for showing a hint of civilized qualities that all of the other riders possess, and have possessed, since before Stewart ever turned pro. When you're getting lapped by the leaders, you HAVE to get the hell out of the way. It's not good sportsmanship by Stewart to move over, it's the RULES! People act like it's time to give him some kind of Good Citizen Award for following the rules like EVERYBODY ELSE! What is he going to get, a Sports Illustrated cover for moving over when he gets lapped?
It's about time he acts right.
Now Hansen's job is to make sure Tickle wins the title for the team. Only way he can please Mitch at this point.
Hanny makes a blatant attempt to take Tomy out and ends up on the ground himself. The whole idea behind riding dirty is making it pay off for yourself. Perhaps he should have been paying more attention in Donnie Hansen Motocross School. LMAO!!!!
Hansen got just what he deserved after bumping people off the track all season long. Tickle and Tomac better watch it at Vegas, because Hansen probably will be more concerned with knocking them down than winning the race. Josh Hansen, your next J-Law.
The best part of the race was dirty hansen trying his take out move and getting stuck under his own bike, real funny, I'm glad Tomac stood up and put it to him, he'll be champion next week.
WOW!!!!! We now have our sport on PRIMETIME MAINSTREAM TV!!! WOW!!! CBS!!! Im so fukcking excited!!!!!!!! They only showed the LAST TWENTY MINUTES of the show! There was a golfing tournament that went into 'sudden death" with a tie. So these two golfers keep tying each other on the last hole, and have to keep doing it over and over again. After the first time they tied, CBS puts on a screen that says "we will now join our regularly scheduled program which is now in progress". Then the screen goes blank for a second, then the same message comes up again, about seven times in a row! And in between, they keep going to more golf, then a guy stapling something onto wall on a home improvement show, and once an actual shot of rice eckles stadium from the outside. Then after all that, back to more golf until these 2 golfers settled it once and for all. Oh well..at least one of the golfers names was "bubba" and he was wearing a hat that said "ping". That is about as close as it got to supercross, until 3:40 pm when they ressumed the race, starting at lap nine of the main event.
Rather than starting it at the beginning, showing the whole show, and cutting into the "make money from home" info-mercial that was on next, you assholes just butchered the supercross show, and that is not the first time this has happened on CBS.
Whichever one of you FELD motorsport ASSsHOLES is responsible for entrusting OUR sport to a network which couldn't give a rats ass about supercross, you should lose your FUKCKING job. I sincerely hope that someone beats you to death with a baseball bat, because you ABSOLUTELY deserve it, you greedy piece of SHITT. All, so that you corporate suits can line your deep pockets with more of OUR dollars. Not only that, you stupid selfish jackassses show the 450's at the exact same time as the lite's on speed. Somebodys head had better ROLL for this one.
Thank GOD next weeks vegas race is on SPEED, where they are only 1/4 as stupid as you ignorant jackassses at CBS.
Hansen deserved to hit the dirt on that move. Now before all you guys start crying and screaming about "rubbin' is racing" and all. That move was just a takeout period. No attempt to make an aggresive pass, he was just trying to knock him down. and he got what was coming to him.
bd200,
you are so right. rubb'in is racing, just ask DeCoster, Hannah, Emig, Weinert, Stackable, Grossi, Rex Staton, and on and on. Hanney was just being an a$$ and it bit him back!
I feel you, WFO_UFO, they cut into my programming here a few times to talk about possible flooding, listing rainfall amounts in the area, repeatedly showed high water here and there, told people "Don't go out and drive" and advised people not to try to drive through flooded roads by saying "Turn around, don't drowned" (LOL). I was on the phone, ripping them a new ass. I said, "You could have interrupted that stupid children's show that was on before this! You're interrupting the most important Supercross race of the year to tell us it's RAINING!"
I feel almost lucky that at the moment programming resumed, Villo was passing Reed on the inside, then The Shucker washed out in that turn, then endoed in the whoops, sucking soil. At least I didn't miss that.
Golf never sucks so bad as when they interrupt Supercross or motocross to show it. They do that crap with football too. It's like there's some concerted effort by not only stick and ball sports, but the auto industry, to undermine the forward progress of motorcycle racing.
I would have LOVED to see a dnf by Hansen that dirty riding prick. Donnie Hansen is likely so embarassed that this punk is his offspring that he's possibly considering changing his name. Eli Tomac better hope to start behind Hansen in Vegas(but ahead of Tickle) so as not to be at risk of a takeout by him.
RV SLC checklist :
1) Stop midseason slump √
2) Get a good start √
3) Beat RD / CR √
CR hung tough after RV passed him but RV hung tougher. Looked to me like Villo and Reed were catching Stewart.
Dirt
Anybody remember what happened the last time Reed needed to beat someone for the SX champoinship at Las Vegas ?
Dirt
Insiders say no one wants Stewart now that he blew his season. He'll have to beg for parts and bikes, and pay his way from here on out, unless he wins a championship in the future. He won't win, because his team will always have to bow to Stewart's ego. He's on the road to being broke within a decade or two.
JS7 slumtown's fastest bum on the planet for the year 2027.
Josh, Josh, Josh ...........................................
I know you get confused because they both start with a T but It was Tickle not Tomac that needed to ahhh............... have a mishap.
You need to pay attention when we do our numbers.
WFO - You nailed it!
How about this: How many others out there set their DVR to record the race today so they could take care of Sunday's "honey-do" list, only to get home, crack a cold one, get comfortable in the Barca-lounger, flip on the "CBS Sports Spectacular", to find 45 MINUTES OF FREEKING GOLF IN MY DVR'S ONE-HOUR ALLOTTED TIME FOR SUPERCROSS!?!?!?!
I got to see the first heat race, a "highlight reel" of the second, and an infomercial about the Olympic Committee. FREEKIN NICE!
I think CBS stands for "Continually Black-list Supercross". I know not everyone gets Speed Channel. But until CBS agrees to not move Supercross around to fit whatever stick and ball sport may be running long, CBS should not be allowed to try and cover it.
Hope you're reading these comments, Dave.
WOW ! its been awhile since I commented on here, my wish for whats next is...
James somehow get his mind stabilized, I really feel for him, he wants to win just as bad as ever but he has got to get his program figured out. I really wish he would take a big breath and get to work focussed on the outdoors,but something tells me we won't see him there. I have lost a lot of enthusiasiom for him over the last few years but still wish him well. He is not a dirty rider, he has hurt himself and way to many others by loseing control and poor judgement. I feel his days of winning are really few now for many reasons and those are called the next generation !
Hanson is mixed with my least favorite riders, I really hoped he would clean up his act,but his charactor came through too many times this season. I feel he uses takeouts to win way too much instead of speed and sportsmanship.I also feel he milked his hand injury way to much and tried to get sympathy by going on and on about how much it hurt, not saying it didn't hurt just feel he is a pity party.It was his own fault and he has messed up many a rider by riding dirty....get your thumb out of your mouth and man up kid, you are older than most out there!!
Reed was too slow the first half of the season and then steadly improved, I like him a little better than in the past but if RV is to worry about a take out move it will be from him come vegas. Really think he has some good seasons left in him.
Dungey great rider not worse than last year, just had the fastest guys back in action, thats the only thing that made him look slower.
Very excited about Canard, and bummed he got hurt, heal well and ride well in the outdoors. This kid will only get faster and smarter!!
RV has a personality that is a little dry, but I think he will be even better next year, really looking forward to the out doors!!! Please get a start and don't let reed take you out in Vegas man!
I like Barcia and Tomac a lot, I cannot imagine sx/mx doing anything but getting better with the tallant coming on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I predict the JS will not run the outdoors. He may try the first couple rounds but his days of wanting to put in the hard work and effort it takes to win are over, and have been.
All he talks about is being burnt out, needing a vacation, yada yada. Talk to KW who is 16 years into this and 12+ doing both SX and MX.
Run along James, always was going to be a flash in the pan, no more. No respect for the sport or the riders, just his own needs.
I just have to say it because it is the truth.... I LOVE seeing stewart crash! I don't know what it is but it never gets old. I thoroughly enjoy it lol I don't want him to get hurt or anything but damn its entertaining
I just have to say it because it is the truth.... I LOVE seeing stewart crash! I don't know what it is but it never gets old. I thoroughly enjoy it lol I don't want him to get hurt or anything but damn its entertaining
CBS should be banned from broadcasting supercross in the future. Apparently anything is more important than showing supercross, including golf, the weather, telethons, etc. Thanks for the GREAT coverage on SPEED! When they do actually show it on CBS, we are lucky to see more than a few laps of the heat races. I really appreciate SPEED showing every lap, including the LCQ.
Glad to see Hanson got what he deserved. I hope Reed starts ahead of RV. Second or third place will be just fine...go Villopoto!
It just occurred to me that CBS might have had some kind of Stewart celebration special on today's coverage of last night's SX, and when he lost in humiliating fashion, that dashed their plans to hold him up to be worshipped.
Instead of taking it like men, CBS just robbed America of the Supercross race by putting one of the most boring sports imaginable - GOLF - in its place. What a slap in the face, CBS. That's what happens when left wing libtards control what we see.
Ya u r an idiot jairtime! Stewart made a mistake & lost the front wheel & tried to get goin quick & made another mistake to take himself out of it, so what, thats racing. Awesome ride by Villopoto, I hope he wins this thing now, he'll have to watch out for Reed trying to take him out, cause we all know Reed will try any dirty move to win, maybe him & Hansen should be on the same team. Go for it RV it's ur time!
The race was time was 14.36 minutes, I'll repeat that.... the was was 14.36 minutes!!!!
Just think what a race that would have been if the rules were 20 minutes plus one lap!!!! We all have got to start complaining. Like I've said before, we raced 15 minutes for amateurs and twenty for experts at our local weekend warriors tracks in our district. These are professional athletes making millions of dollars!!!! Reed just catches RV and it's over!!! WHAT A JOKE!!!! EVERYONE COMPLAIN TO THE PROMOTERS AND THE AMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't see CR taking out RV...if RV has anyone to worry about taking him out it will be JS7. the best thing that they can do is let him go out front until he augers himself into the dirt.....again! Then the other 3 can settle this as a good race.
@jairtime--I dont know where your CBS affiliate is from, but on the Cincinnati channel, they showed the entire race, starting at noon..
SOFA KING, this is my name Shawn Wynne. I ride at Zaca...... I would love to be SCHOOLED. I hope you do not CHARGE MUCH LOL!
BTW, I had full race coverage on CBS, the entire hour here near Morgantown, WV.....but CBS still has poor coverage even when there is no interuption. Speed has it right! I feel for you guys with a shortened show...I would be bittch'in big time!
Again, BTW, CBS airing alterative shows is nothing new. I worked a 16 hour shift in 1973 and then stayed up until 2am to watch ON ANY SUNDAY on CBS as listed in TV Guide. At 2am they showed an old movie rerun instead. I called the local station in Pittsburgh to find out what happened and was told that they (pittsburgh) had dropped OAS and replaced it because "nobody wants to watch a motorcycle movie". They must have gotten alot of calls because it took me about 45 minutes to get thru to them...the phones were busy.
cid kid really ricky as admitted on several occasions that james is faster than he was, quote ricky siad james made him look bad, has anyone forgot what james did on a 125 racing against 4 strokes, waved reed by only to pass again, james has been deaking with pressure his whole career hes used to it, watch stewart and villo and reed during interviews, they are sweating and breathing not out of breath but winded, stewart doesent even break a sweat hes breathing like he raced hald a lap, for someone to say he is out of shape is retarted you dont need aldon to be in shape he has johnny omaha one of the hardest trainers out there, im a diehard yamaha fan my brother s raced them from 1975 to 1980 ive been racing them since 1979 never rode ant other brand and i can say something about stewarts bike isnt right, for a pro of his caliber regardless of pressure, speed, lap times, practice, racing for the front end to go that many times is unreal, anybody knows when a front end pushes and its done it all year its the set up, as for reed hell pull the same crap he did with james when it went to vegas and run into him, stewart was ready for it and won the title.
Wow! CBS, nice job. did any of you see Bubba Watson perform? too bad he sliced it in the corner, then dropped the ball in the sand trap. I don't know why but I keep speaking in golf terms.
Had to laugh watching lil' hanny flopping around with his foot stuck under his bike. he would probably still be there if one of other bikes hadn't hit his.
Anybody notice Tomac & Tickle can tie on points with a Tomac win & Tickle 2nd in vegas?
They don't get anymore dramatic than that!
There's still one race to run in SX to decide the champ & anything can happen but, it's pretty dang close to being wrapped up.
Hoping we have as dramatic a MX season as the SX title run has been!
Hannys dad must be incredibly ashamed of his sons racing style, his dad was such a strong and clean racer!
He also took Seely out pretty bad in the first corner – things would have been much different if that didn’t happen. Rubbing paint is one thing but being so selfish as to possibly take somebody out for good (like a knee or worse) is purely unacceptable. The seventeen year old kids he is riding against have more maturity than Hanny. AMA have you decided to look the other way again? What will it take before you do something about this guy, him maiming somebody!
If I was RV, I'd watch out for CR. If I was CR, I'd watch out for JS. If I was RD, I'd watch out that "The Man Above" didn't derail my chain. He ain't a man, he's a god, kinda like JS to his stalwarts, I spose he is in a way. He's never been with woman.
Hey, how about we all boycott supercross next year. We are all sick and tired of paying 60 bucks a seat and 20 dollars to park and 9 dollar beers just to watch a lame 2 1/2 hour show. Lets all just stay home and watch it on TV for FREE ! I have been attending the local race for years, but the last time, they sold me 60 dollar tickets that were worthless, and I had to go walk around to the other side, and stand at the railing to watch the main, after craning my neck for two hours trying to follow the action on the jumbo-tron monitor. Lets just tell them to fukck off, and leave the whole goddddam stadium EMPTY! Then they can EAT thier Fukckin tickets. Who's with me on this one???????????
I seriously thought JS was going to win the last 4 of the year. I was also hoping for a JS, RD, Reed, RV finish order to make for one helluva race for Vegas! Funny to read all of the armchair riders on here. Everyone is so biased for their own favorite rider. Although he is a bit over the edge sometimes, everyone is wrong for bashing JS for being out of control IN THIS RACE, all he did was he pushed the front wheel out, just like RV did in his heat. If so then that means then RV was out of control too in his heat. Seems like a lot of pushing front ends this year, especially betweent he two of them. Love him or hate him, JS sure does make it exciting though with his go for broke riding sometimes, and pushing what can be done on a motorcycle. Bradshaw and Lusk also remind me of that type of style, exciting to watch but on the ground often. His second crash was kind of strange to me though, looks like he was paitient when he got going, but looked like he caught a kicker with a line he had not been taking, and it caught him off guard. I've been there, done that myself. RD, kinda dissapointed with his ride, he needed to really step it up this weekend. Not sure if he does nt want to ride out of his safe zone or not, but his title chances are slipping away. Although he had a crappy deal with his chain derailment, as he has been the one capitalizing off of everyone mistakes this year. Problem is that if no one else makes mistakes, he's not going to win this thing now. Congrats to RV on the win, and Reed for making it close. I also wonder how stupid Hanson feels after watching the race... you would think he was smarter than that after all of his years racing. I had to laugh as he was stuck under his bike, karma is a b*itch as he has been dirty more than a few times this year.
Well, on to Vegas. The only way this is going to be exciting if for RV to go down in the first turn, RD gets the holeshot, and Reed gets a midpack start. Hell, crazier things have happened!
-Nice one, CBS. Good thing I extended my DVR's recording time before I went riding. I had a feeling that golf shiz was going to eat into the racing. (My first time riding a full-size bike, btw. Scary stuff.)
-I thought Villopoto was gonna chase down Stewart like he did in Phoenix, and then we'd finally have a race to the line between the two fastest dudes (with James coming out on top, of course). Didn't quite work out that way. I feel better rooting for RV now that he's shown some life, though. Been dead since Indy.
-Dungey got worked. The consistency game got him this far, but no further. He actually has to win now, the poor bastard.
-I almost don't expect Stewart to show up at Vegas, let alone Hangtown. I didn't hear him admit the other riders were faster this year, either. It's the one thing he has left, and you'll have to pry it from his cold, dead hands (or just take it while he's still comatose). The pressure theory just doesn't smell right to me. He's beaten Reed for years, RV is just a shorter version of RC, and Dungey's a pushover. Where's your head at, no. 7?
-Reed can still do this, but he might have to get his tutu dirty.
-Tomac is ballin'.
-Ha ha, Hansen.
-Come back, Trey.
-And chew on that, Osama.
Now I'm imagining a complex scenario where Dungey's concentration is lacking this season because he hunts terrorists during the week instead of riding. His personality takes a hit, as well, since he operates on almost no sleep month after month, training his body and mind to operate like a machine for the day he finally comes face to face with his target.
That day was today, friends. Working independently from the U.S. Navy SEALs deployed in neighboring towns, Secret Agent Dungey cornered his man in the lobby of a small inn deep in the mountains of Pakistan. His rigorous training springing him into fluid, precise action like a piston of abominable hatred, Dungey showed zero mercy and actually laughed as he fed bin Laden his own fist.
Now Ryan can get back to work and bring home another outdoor title. But that trophy will look comparatively lame sitting next to the most recent prize on his mantel, Osama's bodiless head, horrified expression intact because the last thing its eyes saw was Agent Dungey swooping in from across the room.
Yeah. Bedtime.
Double post! Triple post!! OVERPOST!!!
Sorry. Good night.
The Cleveland CBS coverage was never interrupted but it was still poor nonetheless. Who knows what Dungey could have done with another 5 minutes?? Those 45 second lap times are way too short. Vegas should be much longer. Go DG!!
Good for Villo., Dissapointed in Reed., JS...dont know what to think about that.
Hanny.....WHAT THE ______ WERE YOU THINKING? (mitch impersonation).
That kind of riding only works until the competition wises up. Shame to lose the championship just because you wanna be a bad boy. Embarrasing.
Things are back like the start of the year, RV and JS are on it and RD is off the pase. Only dif is now Reed is ridding better than he did at the start. I picked RV back in NOV to win it and now unless something really goes bad it's OVER!!! Great ride RV!!!
Go DG?? Where the hell did I get that? Must be Monday morning! Go RD!!!
incredible season! it's hard to put it into words actually. the comments by fans have been all over the spectrum all season. they haven't been just about one or two riders either. at one point there were 5 legitimate title contenders late into this season. it appears that the right rider is going to win the title although i would love to see a Honda rider (CR22) pull this thing off. either way i am very pleased with the season. it has kept me involved from A1 up to SLC and can't wait till Vegas. it would be awesome to see these same riders go at it in the outdoors.
HANSEN IS A FAG. YOU'RE HEADED THE WAY OF J-LAW SON.
I am soooooooo happy that message board idiot and big wimp jairtime didn't get to watch all of his Supercross race. Whah! Whah! Hey jairtime, its raining, its flooding, you wimp........Whah! Whah! ....LOL
Terribly short track...
mrb166- if there were more laps, Reed would have won.
NATIONALS JAMES NATIONALS-of course JS7 isn't winded....you don't get that tired when you only race 8 of the 20 laps.
Hanny - That was the funniest thing I've seen in a long time, you stuck under your bike and flopping around like a trout!! Tomac is the man, you're just a spoiled punk!!! I've got nothing against block passing, rubbing, and contact, but that was as blatant a take-out move as I have ever seen. No attempt to make a pass at all.
It's okay, mrb. I'm always tempted to call Villopoto VP.
@jim adams - That's pure speculation, like saying RV would have won either Salt Lake or Phoenix. The leader can fight back, you know. And it seems like Stewart can stay focused if he's actually racing with someone.
Congrats to RV2 for the hard-fought win & clean pass on Reed. VILLO has raced only 15 main events this year, yet He still leads in points & gets another "W"! One to go. Vegas baby..., Vegas! Lap times there are not quite 'Daytona SX' long but are at least just over a minute in length, thankfully.
Too bad Stewart did not stay up. JS7, CR22 & RV2 were all haulin' @ss and it would have been another great battle to the checkers, had JS7 been able to keep it on two wheels!
~ @jairtime ~ Local CBS affiliates decide their individual Sunday morning programming; not the National network & not liberals either. The SX video feed was available nation-wide; thankfully, no problems here in SoCal. Local programmers are to blame if all you got to watch was golf in your city so take it to 'em! And in case you forgot, George Bush played more golf than any other President has in the last 50 years, so take that, you scum su#k-ing ‘Righty’.
Leave your political leanings off these blogs & I will too..., Especially since we finally got BIN LADEN yesterday, on Obama's watch, which means he will easily be re-elected in 2012.
Great rides by TOMAC (Bet he's glad that tuff-block was there), Jake WEIMER (welcome back JW32!) and ROCZEN (from the G.P. Wars)!
'Super-pumped' for VEGAS. Track will be 'alive' for sure and should be an 'easy win' for one of the top three guys or whomever gets the 'holeshot', aces the 'double-triple, table-top-quad, whoop, sand, blue-groove blah-blah-blah section'... And- puts together 20 'mistake-free' laps!
Should be an 'Epic' Race!
'No doubt' !
Well, certainly my bad for not being smart enough (or wise enough to have the fore-sight and understand that my "local CBS affiliate" would screw me and many other supercross fans in my area) to extend my recording time when I set the DVR for the race.
I see that people in the SoCal area report that the show was aired on-time and in the proper time slot. However, my brother lives in Long Beach (CBS Channel 2, just like the rest of SoCal) and he said the show was not aired at the specified time where he lives. So, not sure what the answer is.
And sorry, but I just have to say - this is a great day in American history. Bin Laden is gone. However, please understand that this does not mean that world-wide terrorism is now over. It will probably intensify and the radicals try to seek revenge for their fallen martyr. It also certainly DOES NOT guarantee that Obama will win re-election in 2012. The US military (God Bless you all) killed the mastermind behind the 9/11 attack, and many other terrorist attacks against US citizens and many other innocents around the world. But it didn't fix the economy or put people back to work or lower gas prices. Mr. Obama has a few more boxes to check in the "done" column before he's guaranteed re-election.
Off my soap box and returning you to your regularly scheduled moto-board (except where CBS decides to let golf run long!).
Whoops_Blitzer those were some great posts. I cant believe you are just now getting on a full sized bike! You must be the smartest kid to ever come on here.
Maybe you should be an english teacher when you grow up. Good stuff kiddo.
KG if it is the local programmers fault, then why does it only happen with CBS and rarely happens with SPEED?
SPEED is a cable/satellite motorsport oriented programming entity launched in 1996.
CBS is the second oldest NEWS television network in America, launched in 1927.
Unfortunately for all of us who love 'Moto', CBS & SPEED TV don't share the same priorities.
For the next several days both will be focused on their specialties...
CBS will be NEWS; all about the Killing of Bin Laden.
SPEED TV will be 80% NASCAR & Kyle Busch..., with the remaining 20% divided between F1, INDYCAR, Moto GP Rally, and SUPERCROSS/MOTOCROSS coverage.
Better than nothing at all, right?!
Please with the obama crap!! obama is a POS prez!! I hope like hell for the sake of this country he is a 1 and done prez.
@oldtimermx12
While many were focused on the absurd fact-checking of a birth certificate, our President was relentless in his quiet focus on removing the second coming of Adolph Hitler in the form of Osama Bin Laden.
BOX CHECKED.
This was not accomplished overnight. It was done because of months and years of tactical due diligence from our country's best men & women.
Many positive changes are in play and will bare themselves out over the weeks & months to come for the greatest Nation on Earth; The United States of America.
In your humble opinion you don't really think such a cataclysmic event occurs with equally enormous economic positive change the very next day, do you oldtimermx12!?
Now is a moment where we should all be proud Americans, not bickering party loyalists.
Haha. Thanks, WFO, but I'm not that young. I'm 21 (although I look like I'm maybe 15-16). That's why I haven't ridden a big bike until now. I'm not as short as Villofrodo or anything, but I have quite literally a pair of tongue depressors for arms (I guess that's why I should ride more).
I just ride trails, though, so my last bike was a TTR-125. I'm sure I looked oversized on it, but it was easy to maneuver and pick up when I fell.
Sorry to let you down, man :)
If CBS has different priorities, then that is the exact reason that FELD should not be offering them our supercross coverage. Even if it is a problem at the local level only, it all comes out the same at the end. Keep it on a racing channel where it belongs. The racer-x squad brags about it, like it is an advancement of our sport in some way, but all we hear are complaints from the loyal fans.
Thats ok whoops, you still write very well. Sorry, I did not mean to insult you, I like your posts.
Also whoops, I rode trails a lot, before I started racing. That is where the REAL fun is at, I know where you are coming from. Nothing like a 2 hour trail ride thru the woods, and barely making it back to the car with a few drops of gas left.
Good to see Hansen flopping around under his bike, which is totally deserved after that move on Tomac, who did a hell of a job staying up and finishing with the win. Too bad for JS. Ever since he stopped racing full time and went SX only, he just hasn't been the same. I do hope he gets on another bike (anything but orange) and hits the outdoors. It's probably the only thing that's truly going to bring some consistancy to his rides. Although, in his interview, all he said was that he was going to focus on next year. In other words, see ya in SX 2012. Listen to big James, and ride the freakin' GREAT OUTDOORS!!!
@WFO_WFO
In the competitive world of live/cable/broadcasting/syndication of original sports programming, it often comes down to a 'pay-to-play' issue.
CBS has offered & payed the most and re-extended their contract with the powers that be (now FELD with the AMA & Monster Energy in tow in this case) and wanted it more in recent times than any other entity wanted Supercross.
(I believe NBC has part of the 'Outdoor Nationals' Broadcast contract)?
Unless the current agreement/contract expires and someone else (ABC, NBC, FOX, ESPN, VERSUS) were to get involved or make a bid to replace CBS, we get what we are given...
As I've said before, it's kinda like pizza or sex: bad is better than none at all- or in the case of some of us old timers, better than waiting six months [back in the day] to see the Carlsbad USGP in January on Wide World of Sports.
TOMAC WILL WIN THIS CHAMPONSHIP
and I will learn how to spell "Championship"
Every once in a while I get a good laugh from something on here.
Funny 'point-finger-at-self' moment, Metta!
Thanks for that one!