Regardless of what country you were cheering for...

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Edited Date/Time 1/24/2012 2:44am
... you had to be pumped for Chad Reed winning the first moto. After his Millville crash and the fallout that came after it, it was awesome when I read the race report and beside the #1 slot in moto one was Chad Reed's name.
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ocscottie 9/22/2011 9:39pm
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Hell ya! and it was great to see Team AUS up on the box at the end of the day. Did you watch the guys from MOTO MXoN vid? check it if you havent HERE Chads quote after winning the moto is good shit.
Antipodean 9/22/2011 10:21pm
9/22/2011 10:21pm
In many ways Australian's are just like Americans, except we don't have funny accents.
lostboy819 9/22/2011 10:27pm
9/22/2011 10:27pm
Antipodean wrote:
In many ways Australian's are just like Americans, except we don't have funny accents.
Funny thats what they say about us.Smile
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morning_stiffy 9/22/2011 10:47pm
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Antipodean wrote:
In many ways Australian's are just like Americans, except we don't have funny accents.
You have the funny accent! IDIOT! haha just kidding, I love Australia. Visited once for 2 weeks and loved it! The Sydney area to be exact.

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VET176 9/22/2011 10:51pm
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Antipodean wrote:
In many ways Australian's are just like Americans, except we don't have funny accents.
Any Kiwi's on here care to disagree? Tongue
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TDeath21 9/22/2011 10:51pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Hell ya! and it was great to see Team AUS up on the box at the end of the day. Did you watch the guys from...
Hell ya! and it was great to see Team AUS up on the box at the end of the day. Did you watch the guys from MOTO MXoN vid? check it if you havent HERE Chads quote after winning the moto is good shit.
That is an awesome video for sure. I can only imagine what he felt when he crossed that finish line in first place.
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Premixed 9/23/2011 12:18am
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I would have been cheering for USA (in French) and offering any assistance I could to Team Kuwait.
hondaracer664 9/23/2011 12:43am
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I love Aus, I love Aussies and I love Chad Reed. I would love to live there, as well.
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jeffro503 9/23/2011 12:54am
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hondaracer664 wrote:
I love Aus, I love Aussies and I love Chad Reed. I would love to live there, as well.
You can X2 that for me as well. Dig the country and the people!

Scottie :............just finally had a chance to watch that video in your link. That is one of the best clips this year! Very well done. I could sit here all day and watch stuff like that!
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jamma10 9/23/2011 1:06am
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TDeath21 wrote:
... you had to be pumped for Chad Reed winning the first moto. After his Millville crash and the fallout that came after it, it was...
... you had to be pumped for Chad Reed winning the first moto. After his Millville crash and the fallout that came after it, it was awesome when I read the race report and beside the #1 slot in moto one was Chad Reed's name.
x2 and made extra special that they were able to do it for this guy... Smile
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ocscottie 9/23/2011 1:31am
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So true jamma, did you see the vid where he talks about getting his Sharky tribute tat?

Under The Gun - Chad Reed

Class act.
2strokerider 9/23/2011 1:52am
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yeh great ride by reed in the first race! Finally looked back to his old self. Was really happy for paulin in the 2nd moto aswel- i think reed was right about that too- paulin tired himself out in the 2nd moto! (with not much time to rest inbetween motos)

Reed was flying in the first race, RV was flying in the last race, but rider of the day for me was roczen!! he rode great on the 250f both motos!!
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FastEddy 9/23/2011 2:24am
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ocscottie wrote:
Hell ya! and it was great to see Team AUS up on the box at the end of the day. Did you watch the guys from...
Hell ya! and it was great to see Team AUS up on the box at the end of the day. Did you watch the guys from MOTO MXoN vid? check it if you havent HERE Chads quote after winning the moto is good shit.
That video is great.

What I thought was funny was when the fan grabbed RV's brace and wouldn't let go for a second...(it was on the live broadcast also). Grinning Grinning Grinning Grinning

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jamma10 9/23/2011 2:31am
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I was standing about two rows behined that guy in the red jacket ^^^
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FastEddy 9/23/2011 3:00am
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I was standing about two rows behined that guy in the red jacket ^^^
That's cool.

I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD after their 1-2 finish.
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jamma10 9/23/2011 3:15am
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jamma10 wrote:
I was standing about two rows behined that guy in the red jacket ^^^
FastEddy wrote:
That's cool. I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD...
That's cool.

I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD after their 1-2 finish.
The vast majority of fans everywhere were Europeans, mainly French of course. I only saw a few Americans, Aussies or South Africans to be honest, which totally understandable.

Irrespective of the fact many people on here like to think of Europeans as US haters, all the teams on the podium including America received a very warm and congratulatory reception on the podium. Im happy to say that I was one of them and for as long as Im a motocross fan I always will be first in line to show my appreciation. American riders are fantastic.
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robkinuk 9/23/2011 3:21am
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jamma10 wrote:
I was standing about two rows behined that guy in the red jacket ^^^
FastEddy wrote:
That's cool. I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD...
That's cool.

I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD after their 1-2 finish.
Fast Eddy,
This percieved pissing match between US fans & rest of world only exists here on T'internet, where posters can usually hide behind their screen names & make outrageous claims etc.
At the track I can assure you there were many non US fans cheering on Team USA and marveling at their one chance a year to see these stars in person!
It's sad but some of the most vitriol posters, probably weren't even trackside!
Well done Team USA and all the competitors, organisers, crew who make this event so special!
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mmcmx 9/23/2011 3:28am
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jamma10 wrote:
I was standing about two rows behined that guy in the red jacket ^^^
FastEddy wrote:
That's cool. I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD...
That's cool.

I assume that area was mainly European fans....It was neat on the broadcast to see all those guys cheering on the RV & RD after their 1-2 finish.
jamma10 wrote:
The vast majority of fans everywhere were Europeans, mainly French of course. I only saw a few Americans, Aussies or South Africans to be honest, which...
The vast majority of fans everywhere were Europeans, mainly French of course. I only saw a few Americans, Aussies or South Africans to be honest, which totally understandable.

Irrespective of the fact many people on here like to think of Europeans as US haters, all the teams on the podium including America received a very warm and congratulatory reception on the podium. Im happy to say that I was one of them and for as long as Im a motocross fan I always will be first in line to show my appreciation. American riders are fantastic.
x2 I wasn't that close to them tough. I have to say that I saw some french fans go out when Pourcel crashed. I was like WTF?

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neysbo 9/23/2011 4:14am
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Antipodean wrote:
In many ways Australian's are just like Americans, except we don't have funny accents.
Have ypu ever heard of Mick Kirkness- flat track racer from Australia. We rode some MX with him last night. He stays in Central Illinois this time of year. Super cool guy and hilarious.
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FastEddy 9/23/2011 4:58am
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Fast Eddy, This percieved pissing match between US fans & rest of world only exists here on T'internet, where posters can usually hide behind their screen...
Fast Eddy,
This percieved pissing match between US fans & rest of world only exists here on T'internet, where posters can usually hide behind their screen names & make outrageous claims etc.
At the track I can assure you there were many non US fans cheering on Team USA and marveling at their one chance a year to see these stars in person!
It's sad but some of the most vitriol posters, probably weren't even trackside!
Well done Team USA and all the competitors, organisers, crew who make this event so special!
Yeah...
And I think a majority of the pissing that does go on here is more directly targeted at trying to get a rise out of other posters then it is at truly disrespecting the USA riders or even GP riders for the most part.

Honestly....
Out of all the thousands of fans that attend that event every year.....
I think I can say I have only ever heard of 2 incidents that could be deemed as somewhat disrespect to the American riders at the event (over the past 10 years or so). One was at Matterley when some drunk crazy guy ran through USA's Pits after the race screaming something like "Europe #1" ,after Stefan had won (maybe he was just excited about 72 winning and had a bit to much to drink).
The other was the infamous plastic water bottle tossed at Stewart I think on the opening lap of MX1-MX2 at Donnington (which was blamed on a Canadian lol). That is like 2 fans out of prolly a half million fans over the past 10 years or so that have attended the event.
I would say that is a pretty good record.

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