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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From Salt Lake City]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Ken Roczen is champ! Chase Sexton wins the race, Davies vs Deegan finally delivers in the East/West Showdown. This and more from SLC.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 10:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From Denver Supercross]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Steve goes “Matthesmatician” with the help of MX Reference and looks at the numbers from Denver. Plus a title pick for the weekend!]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 09:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations From Philadelphia SX]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Matthes’ notes on the tight 450 points race, Davies’ first championship, how tough Hammaker is, and what a typical SX day looks like as Steve Matthes.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes' Observations From Cleveland SX]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Only one point between Hunter Lawrence and Ken Roczen with three races to go! Silly season talk starting already, and Justin Hill doing Justin Hill things. This and more from Ohio.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations From Nashville]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tough track, tough night for Roczen and Tomac, and Lawrence retakes control of the series.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:40:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations From St. Louis]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Roczen is on fire! What’s up with Eli? Deegan on rails, and more from St Louis.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations from Detroit Supercross]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Winners, losers, and the “IDK Mans!” from round 11. Matthes on: Stewart, Sexton, Dudney, Simonson, Tomac, and more!]]></description>
<link>https://racerxonline.com/2026/04/01/steve-matthes-observations-from-detroit-supercross?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_source=Feed&amp;utm_campaign=Observations</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:30:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes' Observations From Birmingham]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Matthes writes about AMA penalties, the race winners, Kitchen's issues in the main event, Shimoda, Stewart, Smith, and more from Birmingham.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 11:25:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations from Indianapolis Supercross]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Matthes’ thoughts on the Lawrence/Tomac battle, pros and cons for each of the top four riders in 250SX title fight, and 450SX rider stats compared to last year.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 09:45:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From Daytona]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tomac gets eight, can Roczen and Webb stay in this thing? Hammaker with a huge win after an even bigger crash in qualifying. Matthes' thoughts on this, and more, from Daytona.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 10:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations from Arlington Supercross]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Matthes covers the penalty/no penalty debacle, the epic 450SX main event, 250SX results, Kyle Chisholm news, and more.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ (Late) Observations From Seattle SX]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Two power outages—and one delayed PulpMX Show later—Matthes shares post-Seattle thoughts. Plus, he admits being wrong again!]]></description>
<link>https://racerxonline.com/2026/02/19/steve-matthes-late-observations-from-seattle-sx?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_source=Feed&amp;utm_campaign=Observations</link>
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<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2026 09:30:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Steve Matthes’ Observations From Glendale]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Matthes talks to Roczen and Webb, admits he was wrong about Jorge Prado, and takes attendance on Sexton island.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:25:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From Houston]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Power rankings from Steve Matthes, Tomac and Lawrence are UP, but who is trending down to start the 2026 series?]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 09:15:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From A2]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Sexton wins and ends Kawasaki’s win-less streak, so Matthes figures out the longest winless streaks ever. Plus, track conditions, who ran a scoop tire, and more.]]></description>
<link>https://racerxonline.com/2026/01/28/observations-from-a2?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_source=Feed&amp;utm_campaign=Observations</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 10:10:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From San Diego]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Matthes recaps SD with insight from Lindstrom, Savatgy, Anstie and Brooks, Chase Sexton talks about getting stuck in the gate, and more.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:05:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From A1]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Tomac, Roczen, Prado, Sexton… Matthes looks at some A1 finishes and analyzes who was a surprise and who should expect more of the same next weekend.]]></description>
<link>https://racerxonline.com/2026/01/14/observations-from-a1?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_source=Feed&amp;utm_campaign=Observations</link>
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<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Observations From Paris Supercross]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Mookie fever, Lawrence brothers on stock motors, Vialle debuts his Honda, and more things Matthes learned from his time in France. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2025 09:35:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[MXoN: Good or Great? ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[How good was it? Matthes observes in person, and talks to Hunter, Hampshire, and more to reflect on Ironman's MXoN.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2025 12:20:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<item><title><![CDATA[Matthes Chats to Shimoda and JCoop]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Jo: “People said it was an aggressive race, but I knew it was going to be like that. I thought it was more chill than I thought.” Plus, Steve’s hot takes from the final.]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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