Insight: Blake Baggett
Monday, June 27, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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PrintSo you proved you can win, like, not from tenth place. You were actually somewhat toward the front early today.
Yeah I think I was top five both motos.
Do you know what to do up there?
[Laughs] Uh, I was just trying to stay up, at first. Basically I was just watching, and Barcia was leading Dean, and I was kind of thinking they might take each other out. They were crossing all over the place, and I was thinking that would be pretty cool, because it would help me with points. I kind of need Barcia in there. So if they took each other down, it would have been funny. I don’t know. They’ve done it before and they have that kind of rivalry. So then I got by Barcia.
You and Dean had a good battle back and forth there, too, you spent a good quarter lap going inside and outside of each other.
Yeah! There were so many ruts out there, it was kind of mind-boggling. If you thought about it too much, you would get a headache. Basically, whatever rut was two feet in front of you, that’s the one you would hit!
So you weren’t memorizing every line.
No, I think in some of the turns I hit a different rut every lap! Once I figured it out I got it going, then I was able to hit the same line each lap. But none of the lines were good lines. They were all rough.
Go back to that final pass for the lead in the first moto. You and Dean battled up the start straight and then you cut back underneath. Pretty slick. Is that one of those things you made up as you went along?
I knew that first turn was soft, and I knew there was that one rut we were both taking. But I also saw that there was some fresh stuff on the inside, so I just went in there, grabbed some front brake, and just knifed that thing as hard as I could. I jumped right up there inside of him, got on the gas and got the lead. You couldn’t have done that move later in the race, there were ruts there. But at that point, it was still pretty soft.
Second moto, decent start again.
Yeah decent start again, just kind of plugged away, and rode.
Talk about this front tire. I heard the rest of the team switched to a different type of tire for the second moto, because the track changed, but you stuck with the same one as the first moto?
Yeah, I run a tire that no one really likes. I mean, they like it in some places but I seem to run it no matter what. I just stuck with it. But at the second moto went on, it started getting pebbly and hard, and when you put a lot of pressure on that tire, it can give out. I had that little washout in the second moto, but that’s definitely not Dunlops fault. They make an amazing front tire and it was just probably a bad tire choice by me. But, at the beginning of the race, that tire was amazing. It’s crazy how much the track changed from the first two laps to the last two laps. The lines stayed the same, but the compound of the dirt, it changed an incredible amount. It was insane.
Any panic when you fell?
No, the bike was still running. I knew I had a decent lead on Dean because I was keeping an eye on it, but I also knew that if he saw that, he was going to put the hammer down and do what he could. I felt like I had pretty good lines, though, and I could hold him off if he did catch up to me.
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you spelled chupacabra wrong on the headline
animal.I love this kid
Good kid, stupid nickname
man i really dont like that chupikabra nickname. I think its creepy and gay. I mean when he is trying to establish himself as one of the greats when hes on a 450 it will be wierd. hear comes RD , RV, speedy reedy, trey, el chupicabra, then bubba. It just seems wierd and notice how i put bubbls last cause hes a d-bag.
We should have a Racer X poll to vote for his new nickname.
He kinda looks like the lil kid who is banjo player from the movie Deliverance.
My vote for his new naickname is: Benjamin Button or Billy Redden(banjo boy)
Anything but this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra
I liked the tire stuff. Im an old timmer and used to sweear that my Trelliborg rear and Barnum front with the knobs all the way up the side were the best cause I could steer out of the ruts. then along came the Dunlop 752's Wow thay were decent on the concrete and held up well. The best tires I ever ran though was the origanal Metzlers front and rear they stuck on hard pack and dug in the soft stuff.
Hey Racer X Poll I read your link the other day and I aggre somewhat. Hay if Bagget can gobble up that much time go for it though!!!! He is an ANIMAL I would say!
The Kid's got some serious speed and really doesn't look on the ragged edge (kinda like Pourcel). Unbelievable stamina too!
"chupakawabunga" sounds a little,....ok alot like big time wrestling. is incredibly dumb,...and doest fit with any other word in the english language,. Tell em its stupid blake, before they have ya rollin around on a mat with some fat dude.
"chupakawabunga" sounds a little,....ok alot like big time wrestling. is incredibly dumb,...and doest fit with any other word in the english language,. Tell em its stupid blake, before they have ya rollin around on a mat with some fat dude.
sorry.....sounds like a nickname for a factory Hodaka rider
That nickname had to come out of SoCal, a.k.a. Newer Mexico.
I had a Barum wedge front tire, it washed like hell, didn't work in the West at least, I never used it again. Metzelers worked great!
el chupacabra is the best nickname going right now. much better that the stupid initials/# thing most dorks are using. i'm making a big chupacabra sign for reeeedddddddd buuuuuuuuuuuuuudddd!
Blake "The Real Deal" Baggett !!!, it’s funny how the mx journalist didn’t see that coming! Where’s Izzy, Stroupe, and Michael Stewart ? imho (with the current riders) Double B statement in 250 outdoor mx is better than everyone except Stewart, Villo, Dungey, Canard, and Pourcel, that’s all. sorry for my bad English
What's not to love about the chupacabra nickname? Something original for once. The chupacabra is a stealthy creature that stocks his prey. Sounds alot like Baggett to me, coming back late in motos with pure speed and aggression. Long live the chupacabra!
woops stalk
For those of you who would like to have the nickname "THE GOAT SUCKER," maybe you would like a little alone time with Ricky Carmichael and a bottle of wine.
I felt very sure Baggett would win in Colorado, because smaller, leaner muscles take less oxygen to operate, and at 6,000 feet, you're starved of oxygen. Baggett's the Energizer Bunny at 127 pounds.
Bet on Baggett when they're out of oxygen.
Blake Baggett works for me ..... Bag it !!!! It's over as it will be
Blake great show, I hope you wrap up some titles and bring your talent to the top.
You seem full of electric like a live wire. Keep it on two and best of luck in the future. A real big fan of you not so much the green team. Bag it Blake your the man!!!
He is going to need a much wider butt to get 'chubacabra' on his butt patch. No- I'm not looking at his butt- but at 127 pounds, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a really wide one.
@ Weege, sorry bro but the nick name is WEAK, but why didnt you ask Blake what he thought about it? That was your chance. BTW, what was the new, unique word used in the Thunder Valley broadcast? i didnt hear anything special and thought you were trying to add something new each week?
@ Jairtime, common man, dont hate on us SoCal guys. It not our fault all these cackroaches are crawling from the butt hole of the earth to infest our beloved SoCal. If you can do something about it, were all ears. PLEASE HELP!!
@ 1 bad dude, the only way I know of to totally solve your problem is if I run for, and am elected, President.
I feel for you, I used to live in SoCal, a.k.a. Newer Mexico, and it's such a pity to see the downhill slide caused by that infestation. Sometimes I think of the way SoCal was when the Beach Boys were in their prime. The neighborhoods that used to be decent are littered with crappy baby diapers every day now. Sad, sad times.