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kongols 5/22/2011 9:26am
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Does anybody know how Townley is doing?
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kongols 5/22/2011 9:44am
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AHHHHHH. Fuck!!!
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Roach 5/22/2011 9:50am
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What a race! Desalle might have caught Cairoli but got a case of whiskey throttle lol. Such a close race.
steedmills 5/22/2011 9:59am
5/22/2011 9:59am Edited Date/Time 5/3/2012 2:42am
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Does anybody know how Townley is doing?
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After going to the USGP twice, I have to say the racing isn't that great and with there being less riders on the track , it seems to get spread out very fast with not much action.

I can see now why more people from Southern California were at Hangtown then were at the USGP.
Motocross83 5/22/2011 10:00am
5/22/2011 10:00am
That was a good race. A mistake like that could really bite Desalle later in the year but what's done is done.

MX2 is starting to get a little too predictable with Ken winning all the time. Don't get me wrong it's still exciting but Tommy has a rotten gate pick after his probs yesterday and Zach is riding hurt. Good iron man performances from both those guys though. If Herlings could just find a touch more and we'd have a battle.
steedmills 5/22/2011 10:06am
5/22/2011 10:06am Edited Date/Time 5/3/2012 2:42am
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That was a good race. A mistake like that could really bite Desalle later in the year but what's done is done. MX2 is starting to...
That was a good race. A mistake like that could really bite Desalle later in the year but what's done is done.

MX2 is starting to get a little too predictable with Ken winning all the time. Don't get me wrong it's still exciting but Tommy has a rotten gate pick after his probs yesterday and Zach is riding hurt. Good iron man performances from both those guys though. If Herlings could just find a touch more and we'd have a battle.
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mccread 5/22/2011 10:08am
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What a race!!

Desalle came from nowhere to make it into second and four way battle for the lead, then made a mistake and Phillipearts caught Cairoli again at the end but came up short. Great win by AC. Roll on moto 2!!
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jamma10 5/22/2011 10:13am
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500guy wrote:
After going to the USGP twice, I have to say the racing isn't that great and with there being less riders on the track , it...
After going to the USGP twice, I have to say the racing isn't that great and with there being less riders on the track , it seems to get spread out very fast with not much action.

I can see now why more people from Southern California were at Hangtown then were at the USGP.
At Glen Helen I agree, but the track is massive. Im sure you will find that the same thing happened to an extent when the AMA races were held there.
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500guy 5/22/2011 10:17am
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500guy wrote:
After going to the USGP twice, I have to say the racing isn't that great and with there being less riders on the track , it...
After going to the USGP twice, I have to say the racing isn't that great and with there being less riders on the track , it seems to get spread out very fast with not much action.

I can see now why more people from Southern California were at Hangtown then were at the USGP.
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At Glen Helen I agree, but the track is massive. Im sure you will find that the same thing happened to an extent when the AMA...
At Glen Helen I agree, but the track is massive. Im sure you will find that the same thing happened to an extent when the AMA races were held there.
possibly and it seems I missed a good battle just now in MX1 too.
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Sherwood 5/22/2011 10:18am
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Fair enough, I wasn't aiming that comment at you specifically, but more those intent on wasting time searching the web for free, crappy web streams (often...
Fair enough, I wasn't aiming that comment at you specifically, but more those intent on wasting time searching the web for free, crappy web streams (often with foreign commentary) just to save themselves the price of a burger.
500guy wrote:
The Teams pay the fans pay everyone pay's, Who is collecting all the money ?
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The people who put the work in and produce the live feed for people to watch all over the world in the first place.
The people putting in the REAL work are the riders/teams.
Motocross83 5/22/2011 10:25am
5/22/2011 10:25am Edited Date/Time 5/22/2011 10:31am
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That was a good race. A mistake like that could really bite Desalle later in the year but what's done is done. MX2 is starting to...
That was a good race. A mistake like that could really bite Desalle later in the year but what's done is done.

MX2 is starting to get a little too predictable with Ken winning all the time. Don't get me wrong it's still exciting but Tommy has a rotten gate pick after his probs yesterday and Zach is riding hurt. Good iron man performances from both those guys though. If Herlings could just find a touch more and we'd have a battle.
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Yep, I'd have a hard job arguing with that as a VERY likely end result based on what we know now. Though none of these guys are out of it yet, it's still very early days. The problem is that in order for guys like Tommy and Zach to race Ken, they need to at least start with him. Even if they can't initially beat him..... it's the only way to really see what he's doing, the lines he's taking etc - and make the adjustment.

Right now I can't think of any time they've even had a chance to be in a direct battle for the top spot. The KTM's are so bloody fast of the gate it's unbelievable. I'm not saying Ken's only winning because of his KTM, of course not. He is the best rider in this class. But the combination of him and "probably" the best bike in the series doesn't afford the competition much room for error.
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mccread 5/22/2011 10:28am
5/22/2011 10:28am
Yep Roczen has holeshot every race bar one so far this year... totally contrasting to last season where he rarely got a holeshot. I think the other guys have a chance if they get the holeshot but Ken is growing in confidence every week. The battles behind him are pretty good though.
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Mstock 5/22/2011 10:44am
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Searle holding off Herlings is impressive.
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jamma10 5/22/2011 10:45am
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500guy wrote:
The Teams pay the fans pay everyone pay's, Who is collecting all the money ?
jamma10 wrote:
The people who put the work in and produce the live feed for people to watch all over the world in the first place.
Sherwood wrote:
The people putting in the REAL work are the riders/teams.
Of course, but without the promoters putting together the tv/web production we wouldn't be able to watch them race from wherever we are in the world would we.

Whatever currency you use, $4, 4 euros, £2.65 whatever.... is still peanuts for the amount of coverage you get.
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Mstock 5/22/2011 10:46am
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Track is actually really cool to watch.
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Mstock 5/22/2011 10:52am
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I am proud to say the Hangtown National track was more natural, had less jumps, and was rougher than todays GP. That might be a first.
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mccread 5/22/2011 11:03am
5/22/2011 11:03am
The crowd in Brazil are loving it!

Roczen holeshots again....

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mccread 5/22/2011 11:12am
5/22/2011 11:12am Edited Date/Time 5/22/2011 11:15am
Herlings catching Ken.. can he do it?!
Herlings is flying....this is for the overall!
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kongols 5/22/2011 11:13am
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Looks like it`s not going to be that easy this time around.
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RuFfRyDaH 5/22/2011 11:21am
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Only have my iPad here? What's happening
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mccread 5/22/2011 11:24am
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Roczen is human... Herlings leads.. on the hard pack!

Can Ken come back!?
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kongols 5/22/2011 11:25am
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RuFfRyDaH wrote:
Only have my iPad here? What's happening
Roczen messed up , he`s 5 s. down from Hearlings.
Motocross83 5/22/2011 11:28am
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Herlings has to keep his head, stay smooth etc. Great race so far!
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RuFfRyDaH 5/22/2011 11:29am
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Ei karamba!
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kongols 5/22/2011 11:31am
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RuFfRyDaH wrote:
Ei karamba!
Another mistake, he`s 20 sec. down.
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RuFfRyDaH 5/22/2011 11:34am
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Not very good...the small country of Germany is sad ;-)

Tho he's not losing points with a 1-2 to a 2-1
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kongols 5/22/2011 11:35am
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RuFfRyDaH wrote:
Not very good...the small country of Germany is sad ;-)

Tho he's not losing points with a 1-2 to a 2-1
Just don`t jinx it. Let the race finish.
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RuFfRyDaH 5/22/2011 11:37am
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Dude I'm sitting on the edge waiting for comments of you lol
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kongols 5/22/2011 11:39am
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RuFfRyDaH wrote:
Dude I'm sitting on the edge waiting for comments of you lol
Three more laps and Paulin is just 4 sec from Roczen and Paulin is 1.5 sec a lap faster.

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