Observations
Steve Matthes scours the pits and digs up all the dirt each and every week in his popular online feature: Observations.
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![Observations: Houston]()
Observations: Houston
January 18, 2021
Matthes on what he saw at the opener. Read it now because round two is tomorrow.
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![Observations: Fox Raceway]()
Observations: Fox Raceway
October 14, 2020
Matthes on the ups and downs of the 2020 MX season, plus what’s next in silly season rumors.
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![Observations: Thunder Valley]()
Observations: Thunder Valley
October 6, 2020
Matthes provides an unscientific survey of industry thoughts about bringing a dog on the podium, and more from round eight.
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![Observations: WW Ranch]()
Observations: WW Ranch
September 30, 2020
Matthes answers frequently asked questions from the seventh round of Pro Motocross.
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![Observations: Spring Creek]()
Observations: Spring Creek
September 23, 2020
Steve Matthes offers thoughts on what he scoped out at the sixth round.
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![Observations: RedBud 1 and 2]()
Observations: RedBud 1 and 2
September 10, 2020
Matthes invents yet another personal “series” and discusses who earned the most points from four days in Michigan.
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![Observations: Ironman]()
Observations: Ironman
September 2, 2020
Steve digs deep into the results from round three and provides his thoughts on each rider.
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![Observations: Loretta Lynn’s 2]()
Observations: Loretta Lynn’s 2
August 26, 2020
Matthes chisels a few ideas in stone, but most of the series is only as clear as mud.
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![Observations: Loretta Lynn's 1]()
Observations: Loretta Lynn's 1
August 19, 2020
Steve watched the race on TV. Here’s what he saw at the opener.
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![Observations: Gopher Dunes]()
Observations: Gopher Dunes
July 29, 2020
Matthes watched some jenky broadcast of the first Canadian motocross round. Thoughts include a happy “Filthy” Phil, a 14-year-old pro, Canadian dominance, and more.
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![Observations: Salt Lake City Series]()
Observations: Salt Lake City Series
June 29, 2020
Matthes with stats on who gained and lost at the final seven rounds.
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![Observations: Salt Lake City 6]()
Observations: Salt Lake City 6
June 19, 2020
Steve Matthes gives us his uppers and downers from the penultimate round in Salt Lake City.
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![Observations: Salt Lake City 5]()
Observations: Salt Lake City 5
June 16, 2020
Matthes has completely lost track or which day and which race it is.
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![Observations: Salt Lake City 4]()
Observations: Salt Lake City 4
June 13, 2020
Matthes’ training program fails top-level riders, but there were some uppers at SLC4.
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![Observations: Salt Lake City 3]()
Observations: Salt Lake City 3
June 9, 2020
Matthes continues the slog in SLC—now we got a mudder, lappers, and a battle.
