Race Report: L.A. Supercross
Sunday, January 22, 2012 | 5:20 AM
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Fifth place finish last week in Phoenix? Sixth fastest in practice? Sounds like the perfect scenario for a Chad Reed win, as the Two-Two Motorsports Bel-Ray Racing Honda man has made a career out of rallying after it seemed like things were not going his way. The Reed win, combined with Eli Tomac’s Lites class triumph, makes for six main events and six winners in the early stages of the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Championship.
Tomac’s dominant win in the 250 division wasn’t much of a doubter, since he had logged the fastest laps in the main events in the previous two rounds, and was also the fastest qualifier at this race, hosted in Los Angeles’ Dodgers Stadium. But Reed won the Supercross main in a different fashion, using his race craft and tenacity to win a battle with the likes of James Stewart, Ryan Dungey and Jake Weimer. Dungey ended up second on his Red Bull KTM, and Stewart third on his JGR Toyota Yamaha. Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto went off the track on the first lap but fought through traffic to get back to fourth.
When the gate dropped for the main, Villopoto and Dungey raced into the first turn together, and Villopoto wrestled the lead away after a few corners. But behind them, Trey Canard and Ryan Morais tangled on the first triple jump and went down in scary crash. Both riders were knocked unconscious, and the race was red flagged. It took awhile before both Morais and Canard could be taken off the track on back boards, and Morais took a trip to the hospital. Morias’ Rockstar Valli-Star team co-owner Bobby Reagan confirmed Morais had been knocked out, but regained conciousness and was moving his extremities, but later Morais’ wife Hannah tweeted that he had broken his jaw and had suffered three fractures in his neck. Muscle Milk Honda team manager Erik Kehoe confirmed similar news for Canard, saying the Oklahoma rider had been knocked out, but then came too and said he didn’t feel like anything was injured. Later, a report surfaced that Canard had fractured the T10 and T12 verterae in his neck. Racer X wishes both riders a speedy recovery and will provide further updates as they become available.
Villopoto and Dungey led off the start early. But then the race was red flagged.
Weimer and Reed were up front the second time around. Weimer rode very well, but Stewart put a hard pass on him for second and Weimer went down.
Cudby photos
After the delay, the race restarted with a totally different scenario from the first start. Weimer grabbed the lead while Stewart maneuvered into second ahead of Reed. Reed and Stewart soon began to battle, passing back and forth at the end of the first whoop section. Reed finally made a pass stick, and then went after Weimer. They battled, Reed secured the lead. Stewart then went after Weimer and went for a big block pass in the bowl turn, taking Weimer down. Stewart settled into second before Reed and ahead of Dungey, but then he crashed in a corner—three crashes in three main events for Stewart. He dropped back to fourth, then repassed Yoshimura Suzuki’s Brett Metcalfe to get back into third.
Meanwhile, Villopoto was way back off the start after going off the track and then getting hung up on a tough block. From about 17th (Canard and Morais didn’t make the restart and Andrew Short went down in the first turn), Villopoto clawed forward like he did last weekend, this time getting to fourth. He had Stewart in his sights with about five laps to go, but Stewart held him off. It came down to the final lap, with Villopoto close and looking to make a move, but he couldn’t produce a serious pass attempt.
Up front, Reed found his groove and inched away from Dungey to take the win. Dungey’s second, though, gives him sole possession of the championship points lead.
Reed didn't show crazy speed earlier in the day....
But it came together on the right time to grab win. Reed's son Tate enjoyed it as well.
Dungey rode well and now holds the points lead by himself.
Stewart was running second but suffered another crash. He finished third.
Cudby photos
Behind the Stewart and Villopoto battle, which went down to the wire, Metcalfe took his best finish of the year with a fifth.
In the Lites class, Tomac had not been struggling for speed as of late, but his starts had been lackluster. He figured it out this time, getting a good start in the main behind Martin Davalos, and then quickly making the pass for the lead and taking off. Cole Seely, winner of the opening race of the year, looked to have a good start but got bumped off the track and went to the back. A second crash held Seely to 15th.
As Tomac pulled away, Davalos crashed. This opened the door for Zach Osborne on his Bike It Monster Yamaha, but Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki teammates Dean Wilson and Tyla Rattray were on the move. Wilson made the move for second, but Osborne held on for third, an impressive ride considering he hasn’t raced supercross since moving over to the GP series in 2009.
Tomac’s dominant performance was also enough to put him into the championship points lead, and he doesn’t look at all willing to give it back. But in a season of six winners in six races, it’s hard to say what will happen next.
Tomac is on the center of the box.
Zach Osborne made the box!
Cudby photos
Main Event
1. C. Reed
2. R. Dungey
3. J. Stewart
4. R. Villopoto
5. B. Metcalfe
6. D. Millsaps
7. J. Hansen
8. B. Tickle
9. K. Windham
10. M. Alessi
11. J. Weimer
12. K. Chisholm
13. N. Wey
14. A. Short
15. W. Peick
16. K. Partridge
17. J. Grant
18. I. Tedesco
19. T. Canard
20. R. Morais
Season Stadings
1. Ryan Dungey - 67pts
2. Chad Reed - 63pts
4. Ryan Villopoto - 63pts
5. Jake Weimer - 48pts
6. James Stewart - 48pts
7. Kevin Windham - 43pts
8. Brett Metcalfe - 38pts
9. Andrew Short - 36pts
10. Josh Hansen - 36pts
Main Event
1. E. Tomac
2. D. Wilson
3. Z. Osborne
4. T. Rattray
5. J. Anderson
6. M. Anstie
7. M. Leib
8. M. Moss
9. M. Davalos
10. B. Laninovich
11. N. Izzi
12. R. Sipes
13. V. Friese
14. T. Maier
15. C. Seely
16. S. Champion
17. N. Paluzzi
18. G. Faith
19. M. Musquin
20. T. Baker
Season Standings
1. Eli Tomac - 63pts
2. Dean Wilson - 62pts
3. Tyla Rattray - 60pts
4. Cole Seely - 47pts
5. Zach Osborne - 47pts
6. Jason Anderson - 44pts
7. Marvin Musquin - 42pts
8. Max Anstie - 32pts
9. Nico Izzi - 32pts
10. Billy Laninovich - 27pts
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Hansen 7th! Can't say enough about the focus and result Hansen has brought to the gate this year. Hats off to Mitch Payton for rallying behind Hanny at the time it was needed most with the 450F australian ride, and then 2010 west lites. Now, right on Hart/Huntington for developing on that. Two top tens and now a 7th. We all have a past, and love him or hate him, when I see Hansen free ride, it makes me want to ride. And now, to see this maturity at the top level of the sport is commendable. Best of luck this season Josh.
oops, I meant 2011 west lites....(its a little early here..)
Well... the jury's still out on Hansen. Only time will tell. He's got a boatload of talent, but so did J-Law!!
so far its been good didnt watch the race but third podium in as many races way to go dungey,I'm sorry, consistency may be his best attribute.But still got a long way too go
Sad news about Canard and Morais. Hope injuries not as bad as they sound.
Remember Hansen gained 2 spots with Morais and Canard out. Again we see Dungey running up front. With so many people doing down this year and with his speed and consistency I think he has as good a shot as anyone to win the title this year.
Unbelievable luck for both Morais and Canard. It's been even longer for Morais since he's had a decent year without injuries. Hope they both recover from those, neck stuff is always gnarly.
It seems as though supercross has finally fully recovered from the Carmichael years. For a long time riders had no desire to move up and the 250 class and was about 12 deep with serious talent then a pretty big gap. Now we are seeing some of those top guys battling to even be in the mains. That is racing.
Definitely great to see such a deep talent pool now in the premiere class. My heart dropped when I read about Morais and Canard. I have a tremendous amount of respect for Canard both as a rider and a person but wow... he is snake bit and I'm not sure how many lives this cats got left. Same thing goes for Morais... so unfortunate.
Regarding Canard, T-10 and 12 are actually the lower part of mid-back, just above the lumbar, not the neck. Bummer (again)for the career, but at least not paralyzed!
Good to see Reed, Dungey and Villo up there. This season may be even better than last year! JS7 putting other riders on the ground?....SOS.
Sounds like it was a good night of racing. The crowd looked minimal in some of the photos. Congrats to Tomac and Reeedy!!! Reed has really gained so much respect from the crowd. I don't hear many boos when he is introduced anymore!!!
Seems that gnarly crash in the outdoors turned things around for him.
This season will have many different riders on the box. This makes the racing so much more fun rather than seeing the same guys every weekend!!! Gotta love it!!!
On a sad note, as much as we all love Trey, I think he needs to do some soul searching and make an important decision in his life. Like 731Chopper says, the luck may soon run out. God bless Trey and Ryan. Wishing for a speedy recovery for both of them.
Canard, Dungey and others use every opportunity, like brainwashed zombies, to promote their particular cult, crediting their god for their good fortune as if their god has a personal interest in them above others. I wonder, is he going to publicly thank his god now? Hopefully after all the injuries that Canard has suffered he will be a little more circumspect when using the supercross stage to promote his particular branch of christianity. I know this comment is going to start a shh...firestorm, but Canard has brought this on himself by using a public stage to promote his particular religion. When you do that, then members of the public have a right to call you on that and point out the obvious inconsistencies of your claims.
Weigandt, I keep seeing you refer to 'tough blocks' - it's spelled 'tuff' ... the other guys spell it right. But way more importantly, I hope Trey and Ryan are OK... but T10 and T12 are in the lower back, not in the neck (neck vertebra are C1 through C8).
alfred, I'm sorry to hear how badly you misunderstand Christianity. Our rewards are in heaven... not here in this fallen and sin cursed(brought on by our us) world. Your comment is a good example of said sin. I pray you realize your sin and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior. He has graciously paid for our sins on the cross. He did it out of His love for us to save us from our sin.
The only way to beat the Ryan's is a red flag.Bitter sweet night for Honda.Podiums will win this Championship not wins.
Alfred this is America you asshole freedom of speech, check out this thing called the us constitution. It allows you to make stupid comments like the one above. Maybe you should move to Iran where you could have Canard, Dungey, and the rest of them killed for expressing their religious ideas. Long live Iranica Alfred for prez.
Alfred, why do use every opportunity to whine about something that nobody else cares about ? That's even "stupider" than crying about boring podium interviews.
Can´t find the championship standings anywhere on here. Go RacerX you can do it!
no wonder god banned us from watching the race live yesterday.. hahahahah
this doesnt have nothing to do with the SOPA thing right?
Trey, I wish the best for TC and hope he can get past this run of luck, I hate it that this sport is dangerous. I've had 12 bones broken because of it and still love it. Trey has a right to believe what he wants, he just needs to respect that others have that same right and we are coming to watch SX/MX not go to church. On the other hand while he's thanking sponsers I have no problem if he thanks his God and I think WE should respect that. I love this country and its freedoms and don't feel we are going downhill at all. In my opionion Trey is a really good guy and I respect him as well as 95% of the guys racing.
I love the fact that we have no idea who of 5-7 riders will win on any given night. I guess from the times when I raced I HATE it when riders go down. Ryan Morias was really getting better. Jake weimer is coming on and I still think Braton will hit the top 5 again this season. I feel for the next group that we all like, KW, AS, IT, etc, a LOT of good guys are coming and will only get better so its step up time or get pushed back. GO RV and heres hoping JS hurts no one and stays up!!!
Alfred, RD,TC,RV are good guys not Zombies and they haven't got out of line, they feel God is their sponser and can thank him if they want. I don't like all the sponser shit we have to do but we all put up with that to.
Mx racer 94, thats your opionion and nothing more, don't try to shove it down our throats.
This is NOT a religious forum its SX- MX can't we just leave it there. I love racer X and these cool discussions and I call RV for next week !!!!
Wow, souinds like a hell of a night of racing, not sure how much of it i will get to see as it seems the local CBS station here is airing a half hour show....what the hell?? Anyway, JS is now 3 for 3 on hitting the dirt, i see a pattern developing here and i honestly don't get it!! He finishes third and still loses two more points in the standings....not good!! I'm once again "super pumped" (haha) for Ryan Dungey and KTM, through 3 races he has been the most consistent and the only guy to hit the box every race so far. If he can keep that up it could be what brings him a title.....we all know JS and even RV are capable of big screw ups and that might be a good thing for RD and CR who's consistency might be the key!! Bummed for musquin whatever it was that happened to him, and why oh why does Trey Canard keep breaking our hearts?? So sad!!
I TOLD YOU ALL THE 4-STROKE WAS GONNA HURT MORE PEOPLE THIS WEEKEND! Even if you survive the body slam,gettin hit and run over by a big heavy turd is gonna hurt more than a light fluffy 2-stroke!
alfred was exercizing one of our most valued rights. He never hinted that we should ban religious freedom either. For those of you who can't think for yourselves don't worry.....soon you"ll get to vote someone else in to do your thinking for you.
I hope Canard and Morais can recover fully. Damn Canard is tough no doubt. He'll have to have the balls of Doug Henry to come back from this.
That #1 plate is heavy. It plays with your mind a little. RV will be alright though. Actually a lot of riders thank God you just names 2 for some reason.
Now we have to listen to all the red flag gifts shit this week. Grow up people he won. True story.
Congrats to CR22 on his win and to JS7 for his first podium this year. I hope Bubba gets his set up dialed in and quits taking core samples. I wasn't sure he was the right rider to help develop the new blue bike, but hopefully the guys at JGR can get it done this year.
Alfred, this is America, this country was founded on freedom of religion. So for you to bag on the top riders for thanking God, is just UN American. Move to some third world country if you don't like Americas freedoms.
Looks like it will be a great season for supercross! Godspeed in the healing process for Canard and Morias.
I love when Reed whoops JS "straight up" because I know how many peoples' nights it ruins lol. I think every win is straight up but last night Reed had all their numbers up front. Come on RV get a bloody clean first lap in!
Oh ya, and Weimer is here to stay I'd say.
Just watched the film on Bubbas pass on JW21, why does Bubba feel the need to make passes like that? Someone will return that favor at least once this season Almost makes me wish RV's last lap blitz, and fastest lap of the night, would have pushed Bubba off the podium! Clean up your act Bubba your going to hurt someone.
Good race...watching it on CBS. The stands do look empty though. Nice to see CBS enforced a dress code in the announcer's booth as both Ralph and Jeff look every professional...for a change. (Take note Speed...at least look the part!).
Stewart blows. Took out Weimer. I guess this should not be a surprise.
RV starts a half lap down and almost gets JS at the end. Yeah, there is a new sharif in town.
Two weeks in a row last to 3 and then 4. When he wons this title it will be because these last two events, salvaging points and sending a message.
So RV nuthuggers, why is it that RV could not make up 2 seconds on JS with seven laps to go?? JS held him off for 7 laps......lets hear the excuses nuthuggers!! Who cares about the fastest lap or the fastest last lap?? He couldnt run James down!!
almost doesnt count in SX OpenClass!! the pass on Weimer was "just racin'" guys....remember ATlanta l;ast year....that was just racin right?? They talked about how that corner was perfect for block passing before the race.....that was "JUST RACIN'"!!! Get over it1!
Oh, and GO DUNGEY!!! GO DuNGEY! GOOOOOO DUNGEY!!!
I am sorry guys. Seems like I opened a can of worms when I said God Bless Trey and Ryan!!! In any case, would love to give a shout out to the GP riders Osborne and Anstie!!! They are here for 6 races and are heading back overseas. Also would like to commend ex Husky GP rider Leib for a great ride as well.
How about RV setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 20! Dude is fit and charging the the flag.
New guy, really? has to take out Weimer, can't run with reed, cannot get Dungey back, and has RV on his back tire all the way from a half a lap down.
Help us understand? What is it you see?
SO WHAT OpenClass......did he win?? You must remember, fastest lap doesn't mean a damn thing if you dont win....get your head on straight!!
Wait, so are you only rooting that RV didn't win? There will be plenty of that to come don't worry, and at that point you are going to look even more stupid than you already do. Why haven't you come back to the other thread where you were beakin off last night and the concensus among everyone is you're a dipsh*t?
I saw RV have a great ride until he got to James with seven laps to go and then he couldnt go any furhter......that is what i see.....grerat ride still but couldnt get past James. I saw Reed have a great ride and pull off a win...i saw RD have a good consistent ride and get second and the points lead...i saw James having a decent ride and making yet another costly mistake....not good....but RV's fastest lap doesnt mean a damn thing.......That is what i see...understand?? "RD5"!!
You are an idiot. Rides like tonight are what gets in the riders heads. It is why guys like KW say they started to tighten up seeing RV come. They know the speed and fitness.
You are a dolt if you do not think the entire JGR, CR22, and RD5 teams are not concerned about what RV has done the last two weeks.
Not my job to educate you, and I will stop. You should start to pay attention so you might better understand the sport and competitive racing.
Just sayin'
DAMMIT! I just wish Trey Canard could have 1 injury free season on the 450. Please God, if you're real, please start looking out for your boy.
I used to get pissed cause I truly believed JS was taking out Reed intentionally. Now I realize he simply cannot pass anyone without taking them out. Maybe Coach can get him under control before he kills someone. Fastest man on the planet? Hardly-- riding over your head til you crash or crash someone else is hardly fastest. I was truly excited when I heard he was goin to Joe Gibbs in hopes he would calm down and speed up but its just more of the same with him.
Wow- That was a pretty crappy broadcast! CBS sucks. No footage of how close 800 was to Stewart in the heat race- Barely any footage of Stewarts crash while we were away at commercial- No footage of Villopoto clolsing in on Stewart at the end- NO podium speeches for the 2nd and 3rd place riders! very Crappy show.
CBS = Crappy Bull Shii it.
He's hopeless Open_Class, a shattered JS fan pretending to cheer for RD. I'm not even going to read his posts anymore. The results are on paper from last night and it is what it is, but everyone with a clue saw what went down.
At a boy Speedy Reedy, you represent the old farts club well. Just finished watching the race on CBS. Amazing watching The Sheriff RV slice through traffic like that. I did read that Trey was having surgery last night and got to wonder for him, when is it going to be the last time. I hope he and Ryan heal up soon. I also dont' care who they thank (God), as long as they are real about it, I hate hypocrites. Alfred needs to put down the crack pipe, it is affecting his nervous system causing him to lash out in rage.
CBS blows!!! 2 laps to go, RV and JS in a battle, crowd going crazy, and I'm watching Broc Tickle in 10th (or wherever) riding by himself.
JS7 seems mentally down. He didn't seem to have a lot of urgency to pick up his bike when he tipped over. All of these hits he is taking have got to start taking a toll.
RV was impressive being that fast at the end. He did catch JS (making up 2 seconds) at the end, etc. but did finish 4th.
Loved Reed's interview. He said how great it was "to pass (pause) those guys" and win straight up. You know he wanted to say James instead of those guys. Good straight up win by 22.
There should be no problem with Canard, Dungy, whom ever thanking god on the podium - free speech. But then it also needs to be cool if someone wants to quote the Koran, praise Jah, use the Force, or straight up hail Santan. Right? And, right here on the RacerX message board is a great place to have such discussions on religion and politics. By the way, I'm super down for abortion. No one should be able to tell a woman what she can do with her body! Especially no man!
I think the AMA needs to start penalizing rides for passes that push other riders into the tuff blocks. Other riders can come from the back of the pack and make clean passes. If they don't step in I fear that supercross could run into an issue like NASCAR did with Kyle Busch. Which will be riders taking it in to their own hands and someone getting seriously hurt or even killed.
Stewart lost points to Dungey simply because he finished behind him. In order for Stewart to gain points, he has to beat the points leader to the finish! Dont know what is going on with him. I think the crash in practice messed him up because he was not riding like himself in the heat race. And he definately didnt fight Reed that hard either! SAD!! I was really upset to see Trey and Ryan M. get hurt. Hope to see a successful speedy recovery for both!
here we go again. RV is the fastest man but Rd got the points lead. I think JS7 is very patient this yr and he has his must win races and points races. The smartest guy will win. I think JS7 took Weimer out and that sucks. Jake weimer is for real and he could just be in contention.
no one stops them from praising satan on the podium and if muslims raced sx instead of blowing up civilians they could quote the quoran or praise allah
FYI, i am a true RD fan, just love pointing out the hypocrisy of you RV fans on here, but it's futile cuz you will never see it for what it is. It just amuses me thats all!! GO RD5!!
Shut up!
You are all Tree hugging, God loving Hippies.
Reed Won the race, Great start, concentration, solid laps and good luck,
Yes good luck from the great Harri Chrishna in the sky,
Praise the Harri Chrishna.s!
Amen scrub this
I am very happy happy for my favorite rider Reed. Big props to Team Two-Two. I am physically sick for Canard and Morais. I hope both recover fully. JS7 took out Jake, Thats not unexpected. He is returning to his old ways, again. I loved seeing Reed pass, then pull away from bubbles. Jake is the real deal!!
Trey - Ryan Get well soon.
OK , CBS just doesn't get it, we got 1 heat, a 2 min flash of the next heat no LCQ and half coverage of the race and a bunch of fluff that I don't care to see. SPEED's coverage is way better, much more racing coverage and no commercials breaking up the races. We must not have complained enough last year but CBS sucks compared to Speed.
I have noticed this years tracks are MUCH better with better lap times and each has been different and challenging, GOOD stuff !!
And now we have a virous on these forums called newguy that is the trying to bring us his nutsucking fetish. Please keep your slime to yourself.
RV's speed DOES matter as we all saw for each of his championships. JS did not need to take out Weimer, wasn't really dirty but could have been cleaner. Reed rode a damn good race as did RD. This is turning out to be a awesome season in the makings. GO RV and may the men quit getting hurt !!!
Retardcross, I concur.
I am throwing in my support of the really, really pis poor coverage on CBS. They just blather on and missed quite a few good dramatice moments. They need better announcing that know how to create the drama while laying out the individual races happening.
-RV charging through was a great opportunity.
-The taken out JW21 and then mounting a drive a good opp
-RV closing in on JS the last few laps would have created a great excitement
But, nope!
I hope someone at the top of our sport quits sleepwalking, and creates a vision and a strategy for raising the level of the presentation of SX and MX.
2 more weeks of SX on CBS... man that sucks.
Best wishes for Trey and Ryan...
JS pass on JW21 wasn't an intentional take out. The kid can't even make passes on people without you guys bashing him. If JW21 looked to see stewart RIGHT next to him in the turn, he could have checked up and maybe got him back. JW is an awesome rider and it sucks that it had to happen. But thats racing, don't get butt hurt over it. It's not affecting your income.
Thanks to CBS for the coverage. CBS PLEASE- I don't care about last week, or LAST year. PLEASE cover the race at hand. 2 lap second heat, 1/2 lap consi? We know about KTM and RV and CR and JS, that's why we watch! PLEASE cover the races of the particular evening. I KNOW RacerX has some pull, 20 minutes of infomercial? Booooo
bad coverage, but still pretty cool seeing our sport on before NFL Divisional Championship playoff games!! Just sayin...........
you are correct I apologize for not thinking before typing,
http://www.oilempires.com
OH YEA and CBS coverage is BAD, its clear whoever is directing it has no passion for the sport. They had a day to make it better than live and made it way worse. More racing less FLUFFF !!! And I agree get us the real action not the riders all by themselfs in midpack
Stewart's bike is too tall.
Not sure if anybody noticed.....Was Canard or Morais wearing neck braces? Just wondering.....
I'm fairly certain we will start to see a shift in race times @ local events in the year or two to come so that SX can be a live covered event each week.
http://www.oilempires.com
From CycleNews website: Updated reports on Sunday morning, however, say that Canard suffered a back injury and underwent surgery on Saturday night while Morais suffered a broken jaw.
I agree about the CBS coverage, I watched the live timing last night and found it was tougher to look away from that than the CBS coverage. I was just at the CBS website and not even the slightest blurb about the race they just aired. Speed rocks in comparison, you can get highlight videos of the race so you can watch parts you may have missed. Step it up a notch CBS!!
Why dont you idiots get off the christianity, religious bullshit and say something smart about the racing
@Open_Class- that is because CBS put all of their time and money into producing that cheezy opening sequence of the show- Do any of them even RACE motor-cross ?
First off, hope both Morais and Canard recover quickly. Second, lets get off religion on a motorcyclae racing forum. Who cares. Even RV thanks Jesus. If you are not religious (like me) then ignore it. Why does everyone come on here just to plain b*tch and moan about the stupidest sh*t. Thats all this forum has become, not everyone but a meeting spot for complainers.
RV was on the gas again, sucks about the red flag, thats racing. He had a decent start on the restart but made a mistake on his own and jumped off the track. I think JS had a pretty decent night considering that he rode 3 laps of practice. 3 laps. Go to a supercross track and ride 3 laps and set the second fastest lap time. Although I think he looked uncomfortable in that spread out whoop section where he crashed. Congrats to Reedy, he looked real smooth. Just like RD last year, he will be the most consistant rider this year throughout the series. Hopefully he doesn't have any mechanicals this year to take him out of the hunt, and also he can step it up this year when he has to. Last year he got screwed with the chain, but didn't step up and hang it out a little more when the title was on the line at the end of the series. Then again, he hardly ever crashes or hurts himself.
Last thing on Stewies pass.. cmon guys... take out, really? Of course JS haters will say he was trying to break Weimer's leg, JS guys will say that is racing. Being a neutral guy not caring who wins, I think it was an aggressive pass but was definately no where near dirty. My take was that Weimer left the door open, didn't expect JS to be there, then onc realized it he was off balance and since it was a bowl turn he couldn't put his foot down becasue he couldn't touchthe ground and fell over. There was no contact, JS took his line away but in no way took him down.
Ditto, CrossRut!
"Alfred, this is America, this country was founded on freedom of religion. So for you to bag on the top riders for thanking God, is just UN American. Move to some third world country if you don't like Americas freedoms."
We're pretty lucky to live in a "free" country, let's quit whining and keep it that way! Everyone has their opinions and beliefs, I just try to be respectful and recognize that people can believe what they want. They obviously value religion, and feel that it has helped them in their life. Let them say so. It doesn't hurt anyone.
I'm hoping Trey heals up soon! Did Morais make a bad judgement call by jumping? Is that what caused it? I feel bad for them both. I hate it when crap like that happens!
never left a reply before, but i have to give a prayer out to tcanard, im as liberal as they come, and i love it when trey gives thanks at every interview, lord knos nobody has been tested more, and he keeps gettin up, if thats not blessed what is? hes tough and battle tested
Take-out my ass....you guys are such weenies, probably the same idiots who said Reeds move last year wasn't a takeout....get over it, it was gooooooood racing fellas, i agree, don't get all butt hurt over it ladies!! Keep it up RD5!!
All I can say about alred and newguy is.... what a couple of douchers!
Fastest lap is worth keeping track of because, if you are a little over 2 seconds behind a guy with 7 laps to go and you are point, as in (.2) seconds at the checkered it means you closed 2+ seconds in 7 laps. Meaning you are making up point, as in (.3) seconds a lap.
That formula says, had there been one more lap, RV would have been in 3rd place by point, as in (.1) seconds. Unless of course Stewart would have taken him out, which is a 50/50.
If after 3 races you cannot determine that RV is the fastest rider on the track there is no hope for you. No, that does not mean he will win the championship but it does mean, he probably has a better shot than anyone else. With the possible exception of RD5, who is proving that consistency and perhaps a touch more speed this year, make him a serious contender.
Oh and did I mention he also has God on his side!
RV2's last 2 rides, after those starts, have been nothing less then spectacular. He will not have that kind of start luck all year and when he doesn't, it might be Anahiem 1 all over again. However, if he does get another one of those starts it has to be pretty comforting to know you can come back and be on the box or close to. Knowbody else has showed that speed and confidence
we had no coverage here so I emailed the local station and this what just came in via email;
We are required by law to air 3 hours of kids programs every week sometime between 7 AM and 10 PM. Normally these air from 9 AM-12 Noon on Saturday locally. Yesterday, CBS began the Alabama-Kentucky game at 11 AM.
Therefore we decided to move the kids shows to 11 AM on Sunday this weekend only.
I know its is far from a good solution but we are airing the Supercross on tape delay Sunday night at 1:50 AM for people who would like to record it.
I know that Supercross would get more viewers than the kids shows but our hands are tied in that they have to run.
Next weekend's event will air as CBS has it scheduled.
you are a dumb a s s scrub this. you have serious issues with JS and it is embarrassing for you!! STFU!! S T F U!!!! SHUT THE ---- UP!!
it doesnt matter if you dont win "RED"....if you don't win it is just a statistic!! cmon man!!
I agree Stewart didn’t intentionally take-out JW21. He’s just not a good enough rider to pass someone cleanly and couldn’t keep the bike in line.
Great ride for Speedy Reedy and RD5. Villo’ snake bit again, that’s the 2nd time in 6 months Villo’ had a good start negated by a red flag.
I sure hope Canard and Morais recover completely and yes; Alfred is a douche-bag but thanks to a whole lot of Christians before him, even doushe-bags and can speak their minds (what little minds they have).
And Tomac... holy cow he was flying!!! I was so stoked to see that he finally pulled off a win. He deserves it! It was amazing to watch him race as he was coming through the amateur ranks... he was on another level when I saw him at Lakewood, CO for the Loretta Lynn's Qualifiers. Go Colorado mx'ers!!!
Intentional or not,
Of the top 5-6 guys the "other guy going down" stat is statistically way higher for Stewdirt.
Dungey almost appears to not make some passes if it might involve rubbing plastic. RV, just passes at will (corner speed!), CR will only run it in if it is stewdirt, JS just does not seem to be able to control himself. Perhaps it is the same reason that at his level he hits the dirt so often, runs into the back of folks, lands on them, etc. He just can not stay focused?
Has anyone checked him for ADD? maybe put him on meds?
Say what you want, the facts are he is the only rider at this level to hit other riders.
Just sayin'
SEmms to me it was one good race. So sad for TRey and Marv. Now we know that Reed is real and for now he is the hero for us old fats aka like CZmark said.Very inpressed with RV going though the pack, I dont wnat to ever heara rider say you cant pass on this or that track.Dungey and KTM are now shoing they can do it. AS for Sterwat pushing Jake up high maybe Weimer should have been going faster! (i have done it to get someone outtta my way) Glad Tomac finally got a good star and was able to show what he can do. As for Marvin's crash all I can say is ouch! I landed in a mudhole once and my bike stoped from maxed in 6th gear to zero in .oo1 seconds and it was open helet days and "I shatered my face on the front forks. ^ finals and 6 different winners that is good for everyone.
And for some of the above comment I just got home from my Biker Church we are good people.
God bless America in the name of JESUS Christ, Amen
"virgins were being sacrificed during the opening ceremony's of Supercross races to promote a safe night of raising", wow what a thought! Sounds like something jairtime would say. hardy har har!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CBS you suck. Why even say the race is on at noon if your really going to show college basketball (Miami and NC State on top of that, they suck). Give the races to Speed so we can actually watch them.
Did he take out Jake? I do not know.
Did CR get by JW clean in the same spot? Yes
Did JS make a clean pass? No.
Is it smart to rub plastic to make your passes? Ask Moss and Sipes? Hell, ask CR and JS last year?
So, did JS take Jake out? well if he did not hit him or run him up to the edge would jake have fallen? like like not.
So, yeah, he sorta did right?
What would we be talking about if Jake had just chosen to fall down into JS and both went down?
JS is a great rider, I will say that. He can do things on a motocross machine most of us have only dreamed of. But looking back to the battles with Reed and other riders, I can clearly see why RV wanted to pass James on the last lap and probably in the last turn. So that James didn't get a shot at stuffing him into a tuff block. Smart move RV, way to think about the whole series not just this one race. All the riders who have ridden with Bubba over the years know his theme song is "Ridin Dirty". Bubba has created a ghetto version of the block pass which I like to call a drive by passing. Which is much like when you know you can't beat the guy one on one. So you hop in the back seat of your bro's car with the AK 47 and drive by and strafe everything near your enemy without a care as to who may get hurt. Lets just turn supercross into a big game of chicken, where the first guy to swerve loses. Mechanics just go ahead and make 1 pit board that says Bubba is behind you pull over and let him past you.
@Welker, ah the good old days with open face helmets! Coming home after a day of racing or riding with you face rearranged. The seson wouldn't seem right if lil Stewie didn't lawn dart or take out somebody. Looking at RacerX stats, lil Stewie is the "King of Lawn Darters", a title that he could walk away with last season proudly.
That practice crash by Stewart saw him coming into the whoops perfectly straight. Then the Yammie spits him to the left- then to the right. That thing looks real hard to hold onto IMPO. Then at the end of the crash he is 'legs spread/flying eagle' position, and comes down crotch first right onto the sharp edge of a tuff block. That might have taken the 'wind' out of his sails for the rest of the evening. I don't think those tuff blocks are filled with angel food cake. Isn't it just a canvas cover over a regular bale of hay? In that particular crash- even with a titanium cup- that must have hurt loads. As a former Hodaka pilot I can almost feel his pain. That's probably why he went back to the pits after only 3 laps.
?What a fun race, great to see Reed get a win, we have 3 different winners in 3 races, howcool.. But I'm not sure why Stewart thought he needed to take down Weimer, it wasnt a cool move at all. He had the pass, why he felt he needed to take Weimer all the way to the tough blocks is beyond me, kinda dirty. Real Champs dont have to win or pass like that. Whe have you ever seen RC do a move like that?? Or RV1 for that matter, or McGrath, or Dungey ?? All of these guys are Champs and havent taken a guy high like that, not a cool move at all. And a good ride by RV, he would have had Stewart in about 3 more corners, just ran out of laps. But he needs to watch himself, he mad a bad move that really hurt himself at this race.
Motohead279 perfectly described the Stewart pass on Weimer. I can't take you guys serious who suggest Stewart isn't a good passer.It was aggressive, but if you want to see a more aggressive pass in last nights race, check out poto's move on Mety. (not saying there was anything wrong with that one either.)
Stewart looked like a guy who was trying hard not to crash, I don't know how much was set-up and how much things are getting to his head. 3 main event crashes, but 3 heat race wins. The other contenders have all had 2 or 3 crashes this season as well (maybe only 1 for Dunge), Stewie just seems to make them stand out more.
Still, there seems to be some problems there, I know he has a history of producing some spectacular crashes, but not race after race. I don't think we've seen him stay loose and ride to his potential since the crash at Daytona last year.
Villo's pass on Metty is a great example, aggresive, clean and safe (relatively) for both riders. Stewart was not capable of such a pass on JW or chose to take him out. None of us know which but I think it was just a lack of kill.
Did I say lack of kill? I met lack of skill. LOL!
ok, watched it again, maybe Poto's wasn't more aggresive., stewie had to dive across the corner a little more to get his guy. I first thought poto's was more aggro cause of the way he got in there and tried to check up Mety. both stewie and poto came into that corner hot, the biggest difference was that mety saw it coming and squared up, Weimer didn't.
top of the podium religious and political views on here today.....oh its a motorcycle race site...you could have fooled me. Anyone who would hate on a guy whos just been injured i a complete A8s and any one spewing there political drivel should go listen to rush or some other political team member. Nice ride for 22. Hope TC and RM are ok (regardless of there PERSONAL beliefs) Weimer ...when you leave the inside open and Havoc7 is coming ,...you KNOW whats gonna happen. Havoc7 3 tip overs for 3 in mains ..that stuff does not bode well. The new sheriff once again robbed of a hole shot but it is what it is ...nice damage control glad he did'nt feel the need to tangle with js7. Thanks for giving me the chance to interrupt the "religopolitical hour" . Scrub this is starting to sound remarkably like jair...bummer.
"GLASS IS HALF-FULL" Category:
1) Somebody landed on somebody else's back, hurting them, but it WASN"T Stewart.
2) The TV coverage sucked, true, but it was GREAT on Live Timing&Scoring;.
3) TV was delayed, but 10 seconds into it we knew it was Bret Michaels FREE. This is big.
4) "newguy" will have to sleep sometime
Drive by passing may be the wrong expression, maybe "drive by tuff blocking" would be a better choice of words. If I had time I would go look up the stats on how many riders James has tuff blocked.
But its just racing right, six feet beyond that tuff block lives a concrete slab that doesn't care who slams into it, doesn't flex and will more than likely result in a ride in a cool van with red flashing lights and a wicked horn. Supercross is dangerous enough without any help. Ask the guys with the broken neck and broken back.
Having cross rutted years ago in the King Dome and losing a shoulder to that mean old slab I speak from experience.
Enough about that point congrats to Reed on his first win of the season. Congrats to Dungey for another great ride and yet another podium. Smart move by RV to not feel the need to put himself in harms way by passing Bubba, and saving his attempt for the last lap. Way to ride with your head and not just try muscle his way through.
"Godspeed" in the healing of the downed riders from this race.
Good race. Congrats to Reed on his first win of 2012..Nice consistent and strong ride by Dungey..Good to see Bubba back on the podium..Awesome come back from RV to salvage 4th place..Best wishes to Canard and Morais for speedy recoveries..
What a bunch of idiots....did someone really say RV didnt pass James so he wouldnt get taken out by him?? Oh my god!! Ya, RV didnt want those two extra points did he?? Did some other idiot say that no other top rider has ever taken anybody that high in a corner before?? You guys are some blind fools!! Ive seen RV do that plenty of times and nobody says a word!! You guys are fricken babies, quit your damn cryin and hatin and just watch the racing. Rv has gotten progressively worse finishes with each race....1st then a 3rd then a 4th......wow, even though he did have the "fastest last lap"....who cares?? Almost hate to say it but i agree with newguy, fastest lap doesnt really mean anything when you finish 4th!!
RV is having a big streak of bad luck this year. In LA he would have needed to pull 2 holeshots to win. Things might have been different had 2 riders that had a bad crash at the back of the pack, but that is a what if. Given the holeshot and the clear track RV had on the first start he may have dominated like he did at A1, and not had to worry about passing anyone but a lapper that gets a blue flag with yellow stripe warning him to pull over.
really happy for Chad Reed and his team, unlucky main event for Villopoto and Weimer, kudos Eli Tomac, great ride also from Metcalfe and Osborne
Just like the hating of some riders,along with religion, politics and sexual preferences, you personnel non relevent information should be banned from these message boards.
I hate to see anyone get hurt, but give me a break, That first lap accident (yes accident) was caused by 20 professional supercross riders on a 20ft wide supercross track all going for the win..
How ironic; the Stewart minions are now saying it doesn’t matter who’s fastest!
@Tonewall, oh you noticed that too?
@vor ...you mean like all those points Wiemer got dealin with Havoc. RV1 has a 1st a 3rd and a 4th (coming thru the pack and a red flag hole shot)what " horrible "results. Callin everyone idiots ,blind fools and fricken babies then agreeing with newguytheRVstalker.......thats classic...funniest stuff of the day. Fast lap also means your riding faster and catching or pulling away, your bike is working good ...it doesn't necessarily mean you win or anything to you.but..I'm sure it means something to the guys doing it
@ KM306 hahaha you beat me to it!
KM306 wrote: How ironic; the Stewart minions are now saying it doesn’t matter who’s fastest!
Ironic indeed: During all 716 of Stewie's career crashes or defeats at the hands of whomever, the Stewtard's constant refrain was that he was "fastest" and that somehow that was all that really mattered. Now, regardless of how it is defined, Stewie is clearly not "fastest"...... and now it is meaningless. Ummm, what?
Consistent much?
"During all 716 of Stewie's career crashes", was it that many, I thought it was 715,
$hit I missed one. lol
Ok I don't like JS at all but he did the right thing in moving Weimer out of his way, these slower riders need to speed up or get outta the way and the next time he will not hold JS up he can just pick on RD who tolerates it. RV tries to pass cleanly but he will move you if hold him up. If you cannon hold your position stop blocking.
I don't think Weimer was holding up JS, he's one of the top few guys now apparently and is on pace with the rest of them at the front the past couple races. I also don't think JW going down was the result of anything bad on JS part either, just an aggressive block pass that wasn't really necessary but it's part of racing.
@VOR, again you simply attack people without any good reasoning behind your comments or any contribution to the conversation. It shows your lack of intellegence and that you really need to grow up. And you say you have seen RV make passes like that?? Really?? I havent ever seen RV take a guy high into the bales and dump him just to pass. Just last week K-Dub mentioned how clean a pass RV makes and how much it is appreciated. So watch a few races before you spout off. And try to make a point with some intellegence next time if all possible, so you dont sound so much like a child.
To all of you idiots that have nothing better than to always complain about something that JS7 did, why don't you say something about the real problem CBS.
Once again just like last year the broadcast sucked. All of you should agree with this one so we can ALL enjoy the races.
NO CBS
NO CBS
NO CBS
NO CBS
NO CBS
NO CBS
you can clearly tell how carefull JS was on the turns with that POS Yamaha.
KM306, RETARD, Tonewall, all you guys are punks!! That is exactly the point i am trying to make. You now claim the "minions" (apparently the new word of the day) say that the fastest lap doesn't matter, hmmmm, ok but did you ever think that might be because the Villopoto "minions" all seem to think now that it is a fact worth pointing out when he has lost a race??? HUH?? Did ya think of that?? That is exactly what you Villo "MINIONS" are doing now!! Pointing out the fact that he had the fastest lap!! So, in all honesty, who is worse here!! Stewart fans used to say it mattered and now say it doesnt....Villo fans used to say that didnt matter and now it does.....sounds like a wash to me my fellow MINIONS!!!!!!!!!! SHUT UP!!
....and let me add ElsinoreRacer to that list of "MINIONS"!! The tables have turned guys, that is all that is happening with this "fastest" thing....think about it!! Doubt you will though!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Red44, Go back to St. Louis 2010. The night RV broke his leg. Do you remember the rail pass that RV did on RD and they both went down, a few laps before he crashed? That was a very aggreessive dive to the inside and gas it and ended up slamming into Dungey hard.
I call it racing. Stewarts pass on Weimer was a text book block pass, aggressive, but Weimer was off balance becasue of the off camber turn and didn't check up. Reeds attempted block pass on JS last year wasn't dirty, it was in desperation and he got there a tad too late and JS didn't see him. Agressive? Absolutely. Not sure how long you guys have been following this sport, but look back to the 80's and 90's at guys like Bradshaw, Matasevich, etc. You want to talk about intentional takeouts. The problem is that if it happens to "your rider" its considered dirty, if "your rider" does the move, it's not considered dirty. There is just so much biased jibber jabber on here.
VOR, the Stewgies used to point to fastest qualifying lap as meaning something, not fastest main event alp while running in the pack. Kind of a difference. Anyway, it is perfectly reasonable to wonder if RV didn't think twice about attempting a pass on Stewart for fear of a potential knockdown. The 2 points would be nice, but if Stewart punches out a water pump or brake disc, RV loses way more than 2 points. I know nobody thinks RV thinks out there but he does. Not to say that was his thinking, but it is beyond a doubt plausible. And if Stewart can't pass in any other way, time to retire. If the role was reversed, Stewart would have been back at the Kawi truck knocking bikes off stands again.
B-KR, you make good point. He only has to remember Reedy last year. Forget where, but late in season.... Reed passes Stew, Stew tries to keep up, tankslaps through the whoops, loses the bike at the corner, and wrecks Reed over a berm. Reed loses 6-9 places, later loses championship by 5 pts.
JS cannot be trusted on-track (this goes for some other people too, to be sure). He has only respected 2 guys on-track.. RC and Travis Preston.... I say Preston because after the "pull out in his path" incident, I noticed JS tried very hard to stay away from him. JS knew that he only avoided an arse-beating because after the race JS fell to the ground (in the fetal position!!) and faked a stomach injury, put on glasses, and held a baby in front of him while TP stood over him.
OK, the last two are a little sketchy. Anybody else remember that deal? Most chicken$hit I ever saw at any kind of sporting event.
You girls on this site are ridiculous. God forbid someone puts a sick pass on someone and they go down. Maybe they should introduce hand signals and passing manners for next season. RV passed people in the race but didnt knock anyone down this race, so did stew the past 2 races. Lets bring up the Reed, Stewart battles. Remember Vegas 2009? How about Canards pass on RV that put his bike on the other side of the track? How about RV's class act of launching his bike into JLaw. Maybe Stews pass was somewhat aggressive, but not an intentional take out. I'm sure every single one of you will do the same exact thing in the position. If he waited one more turn he could have been 4th at the finish. Not his fault JW went down. Let stewart crash. His previous stats are still awesome. But that is then, this is now. Get your tissues ready because I'm sure we will see alot more agressive block passing, crashes, and launching side ways of triples this season.
Two of the other top 5 riders passed JW21 last night, neither of them saw the need to push him up into the tuff blocks. Dungey put a clean pass on JW21 early in the race, so maybe Dungeys pass was clean because it was early and he wasn't winded from picking his 450 up off the track. And the only reason RV didn't put JW into a tuff block is they are on the same team. I know ridiculous claims about two clean passes, shred me if you must. LOL
I don't think I have ever seen RD pass someone dirty. It's really a downfall.
And the same people that are saying this pass was way to aggressive and unnecessary are the same ones that picked on stews pass on tedesco at st. louis last year, saying that was to agressive (no contact). As stated before, I am a JS7 fan, always have been but I know that RV1 is the fastest. Shouldn't need lap times to prove that. I just hope stewart can figure out how to let it all hang out like old times and keep it under control. Can't deny that those days were not entertaining.
Three rounds .... Three Winners .... Will Stewie win the next one?
Cant deny that they WERE entertaining***
my IQ is higher than it seems.. I swear.
VOR=STEWTARD!!! Enough said..
Alfred: This might help you answer with the question of how a Christian should react in tough times. (From vitalmx.com)
http://www.vitalmx.com/videos/member/Trey-Canard-and-Ryan-Morais-Supercross-Crash,5266/Huntweiss,30352
God Bless you.
Oh sorry Alfred. At the end of this video(Showing the crash) click on the video of Trey standing at a podium. I couldn't find a direct link to this video. Thanks again...
Chillmatic you say:
"I don't think I have ever seen RD pass someone dirty. It's really a downfall."
I would have to say: 22 years old, 4 Championships, 3 Motocross of Nations, ect....The ONLY ELITE rider I can think of in 10 to 15 years to not miss races or seasons due to injury. Is that really a downfall? :)
No thats not, but alot of people say it, including Emig, he needs to be a bit more aggressive, especially if he doesn't get a start. He would not be able to do what RV did riding as "friendly" as he does.
who has the number 1 after a year with everyone healthy? And he will have it again unless reed stays on his game. Most important point JS is and always was a hype.
As a fan of RV it is good to note that his times are consistantly as fast or faster than anyone else even when he is coming through the pack, what that means to us is with a good start more than likly he will win. I like that so it matters to me.
I say that JS did not need to stuff Weimer at all and in my opionion it did not help JS at all and probly cost him. I feel it would have been better for him to cut it hard inside as he does so well and take off he would not have been close to weimer and I feel he would have been faster for it. He would also have been more liked by most of us. I agree most all the other top guys ride and race clean except where absolutly nessasary and that is cool with me. I like seeing them win with skill and speed. NOW I don't say it was dirty, just unnecesary. He would have gotten by better cleanly and chose not to, and yes he is that good. I feel other riders will begin to dish it back as they learn that they are really at his level now.
Weimer was not riding wide and blocking his line at all, if he was then stuff him. I don't like polite racing and I don't mind block passing and brake checking when it has a good reason. AS, IT, CR, and others never give it to JS easy because of past run ins with him we can now we can add weimer to the growing list. Just my opionion
Agree with you davidl........nothing wrong with a block pass and some rubbing, it's racing. In that situation and based on how JW was riding it was a tad unnecessary but whatever. The bigger thing as you said is that JS has enough guys on his level now that he can't be making enemies, because they will now be there every week to give it back. I believe in what goes around comes around, and I would absolutely love to see JW park JS in a corner now. That's exciting racing to me. These guys knows they're on par with JS now and are not going to give him an inch anymore. They work harder than him and they truly believe they belong in front of him these days.
I understand what you're saying Chilllmatic. Emig and a lot of the "insiders" say that too but it's not completely true. Do you remember what Dungey did when they couldn't get that weak Suzuki started and he started almost a full lap behind last year in the outdoors? Many called it one of the greatest rides they'd ever seen. He had to do it or he was out of the championship. Unless he HAS to though, Dungey chooses to not hang it all out and that strategy has proven successful for him.
kw255, last year when everyone was healthy, RD's Suzuki team/bike was not nearly as good as 2010. So the comparison isn't completely valid I would argue. Trust me, Decoster/Dungy 2010 were much better than that Suzuki fiasco in 2011. I believe the next few years will prove Dungey's approach to be successful.
I love to watch RV ride. He's my #2 guy and he is a great champion. He has a different approach than RD and I'm not criticizing it. You must admit though, it has been very costly at times.
His south wick ride was excellent, but then again, that track is a little more open and has more opportunity to pass than a SX track. Not to discredit him one bit, I love the kid and he is super talented. I just would like to see him get in there and bang some people around. I do remember his somewhat agressive pass on RV in the outdoors though. I believe it was millville? RV ended up going down as a result even though there did not seem to be any contact.
"JS knew that he only avoided an arse-beating because after the race JS fell to the ground (in the fetal position!!) and faked a stomach injury, put on glasses, and held a baby in front of him while TP stood over him." That is some funny $hit!!!!!!!!
@B-KR, I too had the same thought, you're on the last lap, knowing Bubbles reputation, why risk it, give up the 2 points and move on. Not like Poto couldn't take Bubbles high into the tuff blocks.
I didn't think anything of JS's pass on JW. Just a good aggressive pass. he probably wanted around him quickly because he was worried about CR checking out and RD right behind him. When i saw JW go that high my first thought was why is he leaving the door that wide open? he knew JS was there (he kept looking back at him).
@rcrddw...if you don't think that "weak" multi-championship winning Suzuki was responsible for ALOT of RD5's success you are dreaming. It will be at least a decade before the KTM comes close to having as many wins as that bike...They ALL break and luck plays a part , like it or not in the "fiasco". @kw255 you obviously never got to see JS7 on a 125 or the 250.(which is to bad).and SX and MX championships ,going 24-0 is not hype its FACT.He has been and is struggling. i'm a RV 1 and yamaha fan so don't go there. Be very glad Havoc7 isn't on the "weak" (actually spectacular) Suzuki. Go RV! get well Canard..
This is some funny shit...you Villo fans are in the majority here for sure, but it is just incredible how none of you realize that you are doing the exact same things you accuse the stewart fans of doing. I know, i know, you will find some way to spin it so it looks like you aren't, but it is NO different. You now defend everything about RV and try to point out the fact that he had the fastest lap even though he didnt win and then try to say that "well at least it was the fastest lap in a race and not practice"......i don't see why vor even bothers...don't get me wrong i'm not siding with him but it appeaers he is trying to point out the similarities. I see the difference being that most of you RV fans are also very much anti james stewart people also.....you justify everything you say about RV and try to make it different than what people always say about stewart....guess what fellas, it really isnt any different though i know you will come back on and say it is. The one thing i will ask is why none of you do what you always wanted the stewfans to do and just admit that he got beat, regardless of circumstances, he got beat...that is what you always wanted the stewart fans to do, but whenever they would say something about how well he might have done in a heat race or how fast his lap was in a race he didnt win...you cried foul and said "bs, quit making excuses and just admit he got beat". Well Villo-people...why don't you try and do the same?? I've seen the word used by a few others but it is true...you dudes are hypocrites!!
some of you(the profits)are ass#@#@.you dont know enything.to all you profits go and f@#$ your selfes.
F-ing CBS. Local did not show the race. Paid Programing.
@redmanx-seriously-you don't know "enything"-with an e? your selfes?(yourselves)-profits?(prophets)-and THEY don't know Anything? I understand why you put so much #@#@ in your comment, as you probably would spell those words wrong too! Nice comment. Shows you have low aggression. And now back to the racing.
@redmanx-seriously-you don't know "enything"-with an e? your selfes?(yourselves)-profits?(prophets)-and THEY don't know Anything? I understand why you put so much #@#@ in your comment, as you probably would spell those words wrong too! Nice comment. Shows you have low aggression. And now back to the racing.
Ref -man < I am not a JS fan but I want him racing and not wrecking and not hurting anyone else, same as I do everyone else. I view him as a guy that is more naturally tallanted than any I have ever seen. I also feel that he does not intentionally ride dirty but makes more riding errors than the other top riders by far and has (unintentionally) hurt more other riders than any other rider I can remember.
And YES of course we all tend to be biased toward our favorite riders, DUH !
JS got beat by two guys in LA and RV got beat by three guys and RD got beat by 1 guys and CR won !!!! You feel all better now?
JS has the talant to be winning but hasnt and isn't, You tell me why ???
James takeout of Jake was a pathetic act of desperation. The holier than thou aggression has gone on too long. Karmas a b&%#h James – hope you spend the rest of the season eating dirt.
@sa11 - Jake went that high on the berm to give JS7 room to pass him. He knew James had the inside and was going to block pass him, so he went high so they could both continue racing. Unfortunately for him JS7 is a DBAG and took him out rather than passing him clean. I watched the replay like 5 times and it is very clear James had every intention of taking him out. He left absolutely no room for Jake to go... except into the tuff blocks. James had plenty of room underneath to make the pass in the middle of the berm and take off (as he seemed faster than Jake) but instead he cleaned Jake out. JS7 is a piece of SH!T!!!!!!!!!!
In response to my posting on this page Michelle Mason Cagle posted this on my facebook page; "suk a dik...." I wonder if she believes her god is proud of her?
That is what JW gets for being nice to JS, bet he's not that stupid again. You go Weimer,you are getting better every race !! If you let him have the inside line again you deserve the tuffblocks.
@bucky profits has a mening its not what you think.i live in holland so dont mind my english typin.YESS THE PROFITS THE F@#KS WHO IT ALL! APEN ZIJN HET DIE IN EEN KOOI THUIS HOREN.
(THE F@#KS WHO THINK THEY KNOW IT ALL)
PROFITS i will explain what it means soon.
O K redmanx, you are off the hook. That explains it. But it did come across kinda funny! lol! I will be watchin' for the explaintion as I am curious. Later
@alfred ha ha haha....what a wimp,,,,Michelle every Canard fan is proud of you....
a wimp is someone who hasn't got the balls to use their real name when posting comments don't you agree, tonewall?
no i have more sense than that rookie.... you mean like an idiot that would use his real name on here, hey put your e-mail and phone on here to . you call two riders (who have EARNED the right to say anything they want on the podium and have every right to profess their personal beliefs)brainwashed zombies. What have you to lose by them being proud of their faith , why does it bother you so. turn the volume off if you don't like it.Then you call out some chick...alfred grow a sack or take michelles advise.
I love MXA for no other reason than they are not afraid to call like they see it.
"Reed took the lead from Weimer (who was then block passed into a crash by Bubba) and..."
See the difference here:
"Reed took the lead", AND Bubba block passed JW into a crash.
Pretty much sums it up in a sentence.