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He still would of been 10 seconds back and gotten 3rd.. He would of been 18 points back or something like that.. Huge stewart fan as you know, but I did something the other day... I didnt look at Villopoto's body when he was riding a couple weeks ago.. I just stared at his bike, and pretended it was James riding it.
I was blown away. The speed.. I have always thought the fastest man in the world, was 07, sx supercross. STEWART. I am now wrong. I think this years sx with Villopoto is the fastest we have ever seen a person go in sx.Ryan Villopoto is so fast, mature, determined to win, and SMART. He was fine with Reed just right back there, no pressure like James would be in. He was very smart.
Im sorry, I just cant bet against Villo anymore. Stewart man, ive sat back and tried to figure out what is wrong with him, for the longest time. What on earth could it be... Didn know if it was just him on the yami, or what... Only thing I see is that he is NOT having fun on the bike. Not one bit. His back is more straight up and down then the empire state building, I think I WOULD PASS HIM IN THE CORNERS (lol) and yeah, Idk, but watching him back in the day, to now, hes just not even having fun. Its like he is so timid, and not wanting to hang it out AT ALL (and he still crashes in every main event..) Look at him back in the day on the kawi... He rode like Villopoto is now. Style, agression. Now, look at him! He looks so little, timid, and just not the same rider.
Whatever, just my 2 cents, but Villopoto is on a mission. No one will stop him.
I was blown away. The speed.. I have always thought the fastest man in the world, was 07, sx supercross. STEWART. I am now wrong. I think this years sx with Villopoto is the fastest we have ever seen a person go in sx.Ryan Villopoto is so fast, mature, determined to win, and SMART. He was fine with Reed just right back there, no pressure like James would be in. He was very smart.
Im sorry, I just cant bet against Villo anymore. Stewart man, ive sat back and tried to figure out what is wrong with him, for the longest time. What on earth could it be... Didn know if it was just him on the yami, or what... Only thing I see is that he is NOT having fun on the bike. Not one bit. His back is more straight up and down then the empire state building, I think I WOULD PASS HIM IN THE CORNERS (lol) and yeah, Idk, but watching him back in the day, to now, hes just not even having fun. Its like he is so timid, and not wanting to hang it out AT ALL (and he still crashes in every main event..) Look at him back in the day on the kawi... He rode like Villopoto is now. Style, agression. Now, look at him! He looks so little, timid, and just not the same rider.
Whatever, just my 2 cents, but Villopoto is on a mission. No one will stop him.
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Villo and Reedy are as consistent as they come---something James could use at this point.
72 SX wins is looking more and more unlikely as each race passes for JS7. Time will tell.
I saw this article on Tiger Woods the other day, and the point of it made me think of James Stewart! Reed it and apply it to motocross and James Stewart
http://msn.foxsports.com/golf/story/tiger-woods-once-feared-has-lost-hi…
Check out these lines:
"Bullies spend their lives picking people apart, creating fear. Then one day, someone isn’t afraid. And everything is lost.
It’s not an insult to say that Woods was a bully. It is said out of respect. He was one of the best and most fun stories in sports for years. In fact, I miss what golf was with him as a bully".
"Everyone used to crumble at the mere presence of him."
"What happens to a bully when that intimidation is gone? It’s not just that others see him differently. The bully sees himself differently, too."
RV, Chad, Dungey...those guys aren't afraid of James anymore. There is no more intimidation...and James feels it too, and so he's not the same any more, not in his eyes, and not in the eyes of his competitors.
Is this what happened to James? He doesn't "know", deep down, that he's the best anymore and its completely affected his game?
RV's determined, no doubt. James just kinda seems like he's along for the ride, sadly, in more ways than one. RV's corner speed is ridiculous, the best...but overall I'm not sure he's faster than Stewart at his best ever. Either way, I think he will be eventually (many of the young guys right now may be).
It's just...Chad had the fastest lap at SD. Maybe I just can't accept Reed being faster than Stewart. I don't think he is. James was toying with him in '09, and I guess I don't see how Chad can be that much faster now. His endurance probably kicks ass since he's been doing outdoors, but...I don't know.
IMO its take more than a couple of races for the new talent to take over the fastest man title. IMO If by the start of 2013 if RV has more fastest practice/ race lap then he dethrones JS.
Pit Row
lame.
the whole FMOTP naming shit is gayer than aids.
In the past most riders would not disrupt the flow one bit if James was behind them, they were happy if he passed them quick and left them on their way to race " the others"
Or maybe it's just the Yamaha...lol...
Villopoto is peaking right now. He's in shape and as healthy as you can be in MX, he's been on the same team for a while, solid bike...he's simply got it going on. I still think James will have something for him if they can get him comfortable on that bike...Might be a big IF, but it will get better.
Btw, his contract with JGR is for both supercross and motocross. So we get to see him outdoors this year.
I hope he goes outdoors, but I certainly don't expect it. I'd be more surprised actually.
What are you doing for the summer of 2012?
We're racing. We'll be ready to go. I think not racing outdoors this year sucked. For sure it sucked.
Here's the rest of the interview with ESPN when he signed with JGR:
James Stewart signs with JGR
October 27, 2011
James Stewart said his move to Joe Gibbs Racing to race on Yamaha through 2014, officially announced Tuesday, is like the Beatles "getting the band back together."
With JGRMX, Stewart will rejoin familiar company from his Kawaskai days; former mechanic Jeremy Albrecht, who now is the team manager; engine builder Dean Baker and Spencer Bloomer, JGR's R&D technician who was a support tech at Team Green when Stewart was an amateur.
Stewart, who finished fourth in the 2011 AMA Supercross series and then sat out the AMA Pro Motocross Championship for the third consecutive year, said he never stopped riding over the summer. Instead, he was pounding laps with his brother Malcolm while also trying to figure out what brand and team he wanted to ride for in 2012.
He tested on all five brands and fielded offers from many teams before ultimately settling on JGRMX in a deal that also will give him future opportunities to race with four wheels for the team's NASCAR operation. He has a test scheduled in a few weeks in a late model car, he said.
First though, Stewart, a five time AMA Supercross/Motocross champion, said he has two goals: to win both titles in the same year and to beat Jeremy McGrath's career supercross win record, which stands at 72. He currently has 42 wins.
Stewart talked with ESPN.com about his deal with JGRMX before the announcement.
ESPN.com: When did this process begin?
James Stewart: I want to say around Millville [July], so it's been a while. I came up and checked out the facility and kind of knew. I was in a position this year where we just couldn't find the setup we needed and I was looking for a change. With the team based around me, we just didn't have the resources to figure it out. It made sense to go this route.
It took this long, too -- up until last week. That's when I made my decision because I couldn't sleep anymore. I was having issues sleeping, trying to figure out which brand and what opportunity I was going to take.
You're James Stewart. How could you not have the resources available to you?
JGR is different. If you don't like the cut of the seat they'll cut it down and make four of them. Before, [I would get] 'We don't have an extra seat as an option'. JGR opens it up to the NASCAR side of things where they have CNC machines and they can build stuff and really make the Yamahas fit for me.
To put it in perspective, it would be like [being] a football coach and [being] told you could only recruit from Texas and Alabama, as opposed to the whole country. That was the biggest difference for us. Over there [L&M] we didn't have everything, especially with the times being the way they are. We didn't have the resources to say 'All right, let's build a new side plate, let's build new suspension'. We just didn't have that. Here we do: We can see what we're doing instead of shooting in the dark.
What happened at L&M?
There were so many negative things going on that it put me in a spot where I wasn't enjoying what I was doing. It was more drama, and I didn't want to do that again next year. It wasn't like I built this thing from the ground up. The way I look at it, all the issues we had this year made me a better person and we were within nine points of winning the championship with two races left.
Then it wasn't the brand?
If I didn't feel like I could win here [on Yamaha] then I wouldn't have come back. I had an opportunity to ride every single brand. I rode every single bike. This time it's what team I wanted to be on and how I gel with the team. To be honest, I gel with the Suzuki guys really well. I gel with everybody, but I felt like the situation to go racing and not have to worry about anything ... this was the best place to do that. I could up their racing program and they can support my future of eventually going into NASCAR. I felt like that was a strong package.
You rode every brand. Did you feel wanted by every single brand?
The only team I never pursued was Kawasaki. Obviously I rode the bike. I had a stock one and a few that were set up. I had an offer from factory Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha, JGR, my old team, and a few other teams, so I had a lot offers. Even KTM. I really think it came down to, I knew where [Ryan] Dungey was going and, when the outdoor season started, I felt like it gave me a chance to sit back and check things out and spend some time with my decision. When the Gibbs deal came up, as far as a racing team, I knew that was the team I wanted to be on. Once we locked the manufacturer in it was an easy decision to make.
What do they have that you've never had before?
Resources that will allow us do whatever we need to win races. I think I've always had that but when it comes down to it, the tools in the toolbox are a lot bigger. We have four of the top engineers in NASCAR working on my motorcycle. That's the difference. And being able to run whatever we want, whatever is best. When you get locked in to a factory you have to run whatever they have. This opens it up. That's the cool part.
What are you doing for the summer of 2012?
We're racing. We'll be ready to go. I think not racing outdoors this year sucked. For sure it sucked.
Is this a fresh start?
I think it's more about going to a racing team and worrying about racing. I want to say it's business as usual and the mistakes we made in 2011, I hope, are not around next year. What I struggled with in 2011 was when I wasn't perfect things went bad really quickly. That's why we would go from a good night, way out front, to flipping over the handlebars. I believe that we've put our finger on it and found a better setup where those problems shouldn't happen and I don't have to be perfect all the time to try to win races. I think we'll be better off.
http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/story/_/id/7147730/james-stewart-talks-nascar-signing-joe-gibbs-racing
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