by Davey Coombs
250 Words: Indy
Monday, March 18, 2013 | 1:00 PM
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PrintBlake Wharton was so close to winning the Indianapolis SX on Saturday night that he could practically see the celebratory champagne spraying through the air. Before he could take the first sip, he crashed himself right off the podium. The Rockstar Racing rider made an unforced error and literally handed the win to Red Bull KTM's Marvin Musquin. It was a cruel twist of fate for the likable Texan who would have been the first man in Monster Energy Supercross history to win a main event wearing #13.
Regardless, Musquin's win was well deserved. The Frenchman crashed in the first turn and was dead last on the exit. He never stopped charging forward, and—along with a couple of gifts in the form of other riders' mistakes—his perseverance was rewarded with a second-straight win.
Wharton crashed on the final lap, handing the win over to Marvin Musquin.
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GEICO Honda's Wil Hahn also had problems early in the race, and he was not nearly as efficient in moving through the field. But he will still wear the red plate, and his lead actually grew by a couple of points with Dean Wilson's demise and Wharton's hitting that last-lap landmine. (Adding insult to injury was a four-spot penalty from the AMA for Wharton's resuming the race without completing the section in which he crashed.)
There was something else that transcended the results: The ride of Kyle Peters' life ended on that podium. And the smile on the face of the AG Motorsports Honda team's upstart was brighter than the pre-race fireworks that set the tone for the night. Seeing a young rider like Kyle Peters reach the podium for the first time and then take his helmet off to introduce himself to the world is one of the best moments in motocross, and it was definitely the best moment on Saturday night inside the jam-packed Lucas Oil Stadium.
The smile on Kyle Peters' face says it all.
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Kyle Peters doing his best Travis Pastrana! Love it!!
"first man in Monster Energy Supercross history to win a main event wearing #13"
They are really stuck on that one, aren't they. There are probably 60 other two-digit numbers that have not made it to the top of the podium also. There's a project for someone.
And if we're talking luck, wasn't it good luck how he came out of the first turn? Bad luck wouldn't be a an unforced crash, it would be a bird flying into his helmet or something.
Davey- didn't see you there Sat Night might have missed you. But the section where
Wharton cut was really no big cut. He crashed in the whoops over the tuf blocks. It took him a couple of minutes to collect his thoughts (maybe other things too) and got
bike re-started. They moved the tuf blocks so He could get back in the race on the other reverse section. Prob cut 20' off the straight and back to where He re-entered. Really not sure why AMA would plunk those points from him.
Fully agree on Peters comments... He was exuberant..good job for Kyle.
Kyle was not sure what to do with his hands during the interview.
I would like to see an excerpt from the rulebook. As I remember if you exit the track and re enter safely without gaining position you are ok. I have to look that up!!
A rider leaving the course may continue the race by properly re-entering the track at the closest safe point to where the rider left the course without gaining an advantage.
A rider may be determined to have gained an advantage without gaining a position. It will be the duty of the Race Director or his designee to make the determination as to whether a rider gained an advantage by leaving the racecourse and re-entering.
Another grey area, I wonder what would have happened if it was a Monster Energy Rider!!!!!
I feel really bad about Wharton's unfortunate night and understand why he would reenter the track where he did (his bike was already pointing in that direction and it would've taken some effort to get it turned around), but he skipped half of the lengths of two lanes in the process. St. Louis was obviously a mix-up, but the AMA did the right thing this past weekend.
@Shepster--Nothing any different, dont make excuses, that is long over...
@bd200 What is long over? Who are all the Monster energy riders?
I agree with Larry Witmer and Shepster on this one. These AMA officials are all over the place on their rulings. Can we get some consistency please...or at least maybe some new officials who know what they are doing? My bet is, if this would have happened to somebody in 14th place they would not have docked him. It seems the make their own rules as they go along.
Duke Finch where are you !! Kenworthys Baby !!!!!
@ Charlie- Duke was there, talked to him for a while Friday. Still same Duke big smiles
@ Jordan thanks for the reply...but heck Wharton was already passed by most of the field...once he found out where He was and collected his stones. Nice TT ya Sat nite.
All I'll say about superstition is to check out the last few guys to even attempt riding with 13 at the Pro level, there aren't many. The best example of this was Tortelli eventually changing his number to 103 because of the amount of bad luck he had with it. I'll bet every champ has had some sort of superstition going on. RC had his orange gear in 2001. I remember Doug Henry found a 4-leaf clover and rode with it in his crossbar pad in 1993. Then pay attention to how many guys avoided the number 13 for all these years....the number was never forced on anyone and if you finished where your number would be 13, you were given 14, unless you chose to run it.
I seem to recall a young Broc Glover using the 13 and doing quite well with it.