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Racer X: You’ve won a lot here in San Diego. Maybe the change in venue was what we blame it on. I think it was the same dirt.
Chad Reed: Honestly I felt good all day.
You were on the board. It looked like one of your better practices.
On the board, off the board. We had a good solid day. Honestly the night program wasn’t terrible. I made a mistake in the heat and threw it away. Had to go to the semi, which kind of sucked because I ruined my streak of not having to go to the semi. I think the last time I went to a semi was, I think you were on the team. Was that 2003 or ’04 when I broke a tranny in San Diego? I think that was the last time I went to a semi. So that was a bit of a bummer.
Can we talk about you hitting your teammate [Josh Grant] off the track?
That sucked.
There’s some angry people on Twitter again. It wasn’t dirty; it was a total accident and you barely touched him and it sucks, but you know how these things go.
Does it not seem like they react to things with me more than others?
Well, you’ve been doing this for fifteen years.
I just have people that are going to love me or hate me. It is what it is. I haven’t been on Twitter yet, not that I care to be honest.
People want the black flag; they want this and that.
I think in any normal case you don’t feel that bad about getting to the inside and making a little contact and coming out the better end, but when it’s your teammate and you’re both in position…
The best one I heard was that your nac-nac over the finish that you won was because you were celebrating that you knocked him off the track.
That fool wins I guess. Obviously Josh and I talked about it. He’s bummed but he wasn’t mad at me. From my side, obviously I triple, triple, tripled and he missed the last triple, and I was committed. And he protected his line. He did everything he could or should do and unfortunately we just met. I had momentum on my side, so it was a bit of a bummer. He made some pretty big adjustments today bike-wise, so he was pretty positive about. He was like, “Hey, my bike’s way better, but I’m still getting used to it.” So maybe going and doing more laps [helped him] [laughs]. But I can honestly say I’ve never watched a last chance and just wishing and hoping that JG got the holeshot and was clean. I was like, please JG get a holeshot and make this happen. All in all I was fourth and JG got his best position tonight. Did every lap, crashed in the first turn out here, and came back to twelfth, so that’s good. We made progress today.
For your race, you lost the tail of Dungey, and you had a big gap to the guys behind you, so it was probably hard to put in a big charge.
The track started going away from me a little bit. It was getting rough, and I felt like I didn’t adjust to that. I had three or four laps where I was just banging out the laps, and I felt good. Dunge and I were taking some time out of Kenny. Then I made a mistake and I kind of didn’t adapt. It got to the point where the gap with Dungey was too big. Then I took a peek and saw Eli there, so I just kind of used up that time. He took three seconds out of me on one lap; I got held up by [Jimmy] Albertson pretty good. Eli [Tomac] tried to hook me up pretty good tonight! My $3,500 footpeg, he broke that.
I thought it was a little early for a move like that.
He was mad, I think, because, I want to say that someone if front of me, held him up on the berm, and that allowed me to get in there and make a pass. I obviously tried to make the pass happen, and I don’t think he appreciated me trying to get in. Yeah, it’s funny. It’s getting to the fun part of the season. Guys that want to be in the championship hunt, and are not really in it, they’re starting to show their frustration. I think you could see it. He’s a long way up there and has a good shot at this thing, and threw himself on the ground with a dumbass pass. To me it just proves again that you have to be up there at the beginning, and no matter how talented these guys you’ve got to push them around. Twitter guys probably won’t be happy with me when I make passes that I gotta make, but they’re not afraid to make passed like that on me. But I don’t care. I’ve been black-flagged once and I’ll be black-flagged more! Championship is over for me! – Steve Matthes
I know most of you know I'm not a Chad Reed fan, so read the comments below at your own risk. Also, this is just bench racing - there's no need to get all fired up and lose your minds about it. With that said...
I just don't understand Chad's attitude here. He calls Trey a dumbass a few weeks ago, and then calls Eli a dumbass this weekend. Eli was making a perfectly fine pass and a freak accident got his back tire into Chad's footpeg. Why does that make him a dumbass? Chad complains about not getting respect louder than anyone else, yet here he has no issue slamming his fellow riders.
And this gem: "...I triple, triple, tripled and he missed the last triple, and I was committed. And he protected his line. He did everything he could or should do and unfortunately we just met. I had momentum on my side, so it was a bit of a bummer." Is that not a pretty good explanation of how he and Trey got together? Does that mean JG should find Chad next week and throw him a little elbow off the track? I don't think Chad did anything wrong here, it was just a total racing incident. However, he doesn't seem to think that way when he's on the other end of it per his reaction to his and Trey's racing incident.
Chad's back to the way he was when he was on the Yamaha. Piss poor attitude. I really don't understand how this guy has such a rabid following.
Also, a note for Matthes: I'm a fan of your work and really appreciate having you out there. I am slightly confused, though - you've called Eli out for not making it happen in the first lap or two as the reason why Roczen is beating him. Eli tries to make some quick moves in the main, and now you think it was a bit early for "a move like that?" I know you're a big Reed fan by the way you lead your interviews with him, but that statement seemed a bit odd to me. If you read this - can you tell me what about that pass you felt was unnecessary at that point? I mean that in all sincerity - I wasn't there and you were.
Chad Reed: Honestly I felt good all day.
You were on the board. It looked like one of your better practices.
On the board, off the board. We had a good solid day. Honestly the night program wasn’t terrible. I made a mistake in the heat and threw it away. Had to go to the semi, which kind of sucked because I ruined my streak of not having to go to the semi. I think the last time I went to a semi was, I think you were on the team. Was that 2003 or ’04 when I broke a tranny in San Diego? I think that was the last time I went to a semi. So that was a bit of a bummer.
Can we talk about you hitting your teammate [Josh Grant] off the track?
That sucked.
There’s some angry people on Twitter again. It wasn’t dirty; it was a total accident and you barely touched him and it sucks, but you know how these things go.
Does it not seem like they react to things with me more than others?
Well, you’ve been doing this for fifteen years.
I just have people that are going to love me or hate me. It is what it is. I haven’t been on Twitter yet, not that I care to be honest.
People want the black flag; they want this and that.
I think in any normal case you don’t feel that bad about getting to the inside and making a little contact and coming out the better end, but when it’s your teammate and you’re both in position…
The best one I heard was that your nac-nac over the finish that you won was because you were celebrating that you knocked him off the track.
That fool wins I guess. Obviously Josh and I talked about it. He’s bummed but he wasn’t mad at me. From my side, obviously I triple, triple, tripled and he missed the last triple, and I was committed. And he protected his line. He did everything he could or should do and unfortunately we just met. I had momentum on my side, so it was a bit of a bummer. He made some pretty big adjustments today bike-wise, so he was pretty positive about. He was like, “Hey, my bike’s way better, but I’m still getting used to it.” So maybe going and doing more laps [helped him] [laughs]. But I can honestly say I’ve never watched a last chance and just wishing and hoping that JG got the holeshot and was clean. I was like, please JG get a holeshot and make this happen. All in all I was fourth and JG got his best position tonight. Did every lap, crashed in the first turn out here, and came back to twelfth, so that’s good. We made progress today.
For your race, you lost the tail of Dungey, and you had a big gap to the guys behind you, so it was probably hard to put in a big charge.
The track started going away from me a little bit. It was getting rough, and I felt like I didn’t adjust to that. I had three or four laps where I was just banging out the laps, and I felt good. Dunge and I were taking some time out of Kenny. Then I made a mistake and I kind of didn’t adapt. It got to the point where the gap with Dungey was too big. Then I took a peek and saw Eli there, so I just kind of used up that time. He took three seconds out of me on one lap; I got held up by [Jimmy] Albertson pretty good. Eli [Tomac] tried to hook me up pretty good tonight! My $3,500 footpeg, he broke that.
I thought it was a little early for a move like that.
He was mad, I think, because, I want to say that someone if front of me, held him up on the berm, and that allowed me to get in there and make a pass. I obviously tried to make the pass happen, and I don’t think he appreciated me trying to get in. Yeah, it’s funny. It’s getting to the fun part of the season. Guys that want to be in the championship hunt, and are not really in it, they’re starting to show their frustration. I think you could see it. He’s a long way up there and has a good shot at this thing, and threw himself on the ground with a dumbass pass. To me it just proves again that you have to be up there at the beginning, and no matter how talented these guys you’ve got to push them around. Twitter guys probably won’t be happy with me when I make passes that I gotta make, but they’re not afraid to make passed like that on me. But I don’t care. I’ve been black-flagged once and I’ll be black-flagged more! Championship is over for me! – Steve Matthes
I know most of you know I'm not a Chad Reed fan, so read the comments below at your own risk. Also, this is just bench racing - there's no need to get all fired up and lose your minds about it. With that said...
I just don't understand Chad's attitude here. He calls Trey a dumbass a few weeks ago, and then calls Eli a dumbass this weekend. Eli was making a perfectly fine pass and a freak accident got his back tire into Chad's footpeg. Why does that make him a dumbass? Chad complains about not getting respect louder than anyone else, yet here he has no issue slamming his fellow riders.
And this gem: "...I triple, triple, tripled and he missed the last triple, and I was committed. And he protected his line. He did everything he could or should do and unfortunately we just met. I had momentum on my side, so it was a bit of a bummer." Is that not a pretty good explanation of how he and Trey got together? Does that mean JG should find Chad next week and throw him a little elbow off the track? I don't think Chad did anything wrong here, it was just a total racing incident. However, he doesn't seem to think that way when he's on the other end of it per his reaction to his and Trey's racing incident.
Chad's back to the way he was when he was on the Yamaha. Piss poor attitude. I really don't understand how this guy has such a rabid following.
Also, a note for Matthes: I'm a fan of your work and really appreciate having you out there. I am slightly confused, though - you've called Eli out for not making it happen in the first lap or two as the reason why Roczen is beating him. Eli tries to make some quick moves in the main, and now you think it was a bit early for "a move like that?" I know you're a big Reed fan by the way you lead your interviews with him, but that statement seemed a bit odd to me. If you read this - can you tell me what about that pass you felt was unnecessary at that point? I mean that in all sincerity - I wasn't there and you were.
Eli did try to make a rushed pass and ended up on the ground losing a bunch more points to his championship rivals.
Grant did miss the last triple and Chad did triple in and carry more momentum than he thought and the lines colided. Reed didnt land on Grants back there is the distinct difference in the two incidents.
What is Reed supposed to say in this situation other than what he believes to be the truth?
Of course the two incident were different, but it's the same concept - rider one misses the jump, rider two is committed to said jump, riders make contact. Racing incident - no fault of Chad's, Josh's, or Trey's. Trey jumped into the corner to make the pass on Kenny this weekend and has a win for it. Nobody is saying anything about it even though it was the exact same move that he tried on Reed.
The Shop
Reeds faced the same thing, if he makes that pass last year instead of clipping Kenny's rear wheel he's a hero, instead he ate shit and he's riding over his head.
You follow where im going with this?
These guys all ride on the razor's edge, and it's a fine line between hero and zero for sure. But the only "dumbass" move I've seen this year is Chad riding Trey into a tough block.
one (CR and TC) was right out of a corner and another (JG and CR) was side by side down a rhythm lane that they had both been going 3-3-3.
also, regarding the Eli thing, if that was Barcia or Reed doing the move Eli did people in here would be crucifying them. in my mind it was good hard racing and Eli fell as a result of getting a little too aggressive when the pass simply wasn't there yet. Eli was visibly faster and could have waited and passed, but as we've seen in the past, he get's a little excited and ended up on the ground as a result. not the smartest move.
my opinion
Fair enough points, Peelout.
For me, it's not so much the fact that he knocked Grant off the track or that he doesn't see a similarity between that and Trey's pass. Whatever, every pass and situation on the track is different and unique, so I think you are going to far with that comparison.
HOWEVER, I totally agree that Chad just sounds whiny this year. If he goes for a pass like Eli did, early on in the race, it's just doing what you have to do to get up front. It's aggressive. Yet if Eli tries it on him, it's a dumbass move. When he's doing well, he talks all about his ability and experience to adapt to the track, to read the track, to know better than his competition how the track will evolve. When he doesn't do well, all of a sudden that experience is gone.
Wonder what would've happened if Grant had cut to the inside a bit more and Reed had taken them both down.... Probably still would've been Grant's fault somehow.
Pit Row
I've never been a fan but as soon as I started to really respect the guy he comes with the "everyone is an idiot" attitude.
Still not a fan. No worries though, he doesn't care. lol
So Eli is a dumbass because he fell making an equally aggressive pass to Reed on Eli to turns prior?
i was almost positive that Reed was ahead of Eli from the very start.
had he not been Dq'd he would have made 10-12 points that night at best.....
Chad called the move silly because it wasn't there. And it wasn't. Eli was maybe the fastest guy on the track And cost himself a shot by trying to make a pass that wasn't there... Statement of facts... Don't see anyone complaining that Kenny said he didn't see his pitboard so he didn't know what lap it was, or Nick Wey messed him up.... Just statement of facts.
Reed says Eli was mad at him (Reed) because a guy in front of Eli held him up in the corner and Reed made the pass on Eli.....Some other folks said it was a pretty good /agressive/block pass on Eli....hence the reason Reed said " he was Mad, I think".... Reed knew it probably pissed Eli off.....
I thought to myself when it happened Eli looked to be going overkill and it bit him for sure.....
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