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10th -15th if he stays up is my guess
$20.00 to your choice of charity . If he gets top 10 or better I pay, if he gets 11th or worse you pay ?
On 11 Feb 2011, 1.00 U.S. dollar(s) = 0.99 Canadian dollar(s), at an exchange rate of 0.9903
Lets look at the last race...
1. James Stewart (Yamaha)
2. Ryan Villopoto (Kawasaki)
3. Chad Reed (Honda)
4. Justin Brayton (Yamaha)
5. Trey Canard (Honda)
6. Andrew Short (KTM)
7. Ivan Tedesco (Kawasaki)
8. Kevin Windham (Honda)
9. Brett Metcalfe (Suzuki)
10. David Millsaps (Yamaha)
11. Kyle Regal (Yamaha)
12. Mike Alessi (KTM)
13. Matt Boni (Kawasaki)
14. Kyle Chisholm (Yamaha)
15. Nick Wey (Yamaha)
The smart money is he won't place in the top 5, I will take that bet with anyone.
For top 10 it will depend on the holeshot. Is he faster than Alessi? Probably,
Alessi went from 4th to 12th, So I doubt if he will go to 12th with a 4th in the holeshot.
Is he faster than Short, Windahm, Metcalfe, Millsaps. Well the last two have been inconsistant. So it depends on how they ride but then if you look sometimes Chishom and Regal will suprise you.
If he gets a poor holeshot, I don't think he can crack the top 10 but as we know, the holeshot is very important, especially for some riders. Look at Short. Last year when he was getting practically every holeshot, he placed well consistantly. This year he can't get a start to shoot himself, thus his results are lackluster. Hmm same bike Roczen will be riding, (but Roczen does have a weight advantage.) So a top 10 bet could be a push.
You can't "get a poor holeshot"
You can "get a poor start"
A "holeshot" is ONLY in reference to the first racer to exit the first turn, period.
There is no "second holeshot" there is no "poor holeshot"
You either get the holeshot or you don't, period.
Understood?
You can get a poor start, the start is the starting gate and is a point and time on the track.
You can have a poor mid moto position, which is a point and time on the track.
The holeshot (being an urban slang term) is the first person to get to though a designated point and time on the track. So you CAN get a poor holeshot IMHO. Sorry you don't agree and I will not argue semantics with you on a slang word that is not even in the webster dictionary.
Why don't you address my position that he won't make it in the top 5?
Pit Row
This is the definition since it was coined in the sport.
A holeshot is defined as the first rider through the first turn.
There is no second holeshot, no third holeshot and no such thing as a bad holeshot.
Only one rider can get the holeshot, and that is the first racer through the first turn.
That is the definition and has been for decades
Are you fucking serious??
HAHAHAHA......
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A practice track is normally a little scaled down so the riders can get some quality time in, and work on their skill sets, with out being as much of a risk as a full blown supercross does. Another thing is that these riders put in thousands of laps on their practice track, and know them like the back of their hand. And last but not least, they pretty much have the track to them selfs, and no one is disrupting their line choice or breaking their rhythm.
I have a lot of respect for this young mans talent, and wish him the best.
He must suck with that high of a number!
Also 5 extra laps shouldnt be too hard for him, we run 40 minute motos in the GP's.
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