Aussie MX Nats Rnd 4

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Edited Date/Time 5/14/2012 9:09am
Didn't realise we had such a sandy track here in Australia.

Oh yeah, and Yamaha won both classes.

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wow123 5/13/2012 10:12pm
5/13/2012 10:12pm
You never rode or have seen Rosebud Mornington penisular Vic. almost like riding on the beach!
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ausdirt 5/13/2012 10:35pm
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Its a pretty special track. You have to love the sand north of Perth.
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Trauma 5/14/2012 12:22am
5/14/2012 12:22am Edited Date/Time 5/14/2012 12:31am
@wow123 I grew up racing at Rosebud, def deep sand. A bit deeper than that track in the vid but it is pretty damn close to the ocean.

Not surprised Boyd had his best finish yet at that track, he grew up in Rosebud.
scott_nz 5/14/2012 12:39am
5/14/2012 12:39am
the old man cleaned up as well, Coppins spent a long time living in Belgium and it sure showed though on sunday

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Crush 5/14/2012 2:46am
5/14/2012 2:46am
Track looks nasty!

You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment...

Like Coppins is killing it, he was horrible in his last year of GPs... Then Simmonds showed more speed than this in the US and is getting similar results despite arguably less competition... Why is Cheyne Boyd on a 250... When did Lawson Bopping get consistent... Brad Anderson seemingly getting slower here...

AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE REAL DAN REARDON!?!?!? These guys were all his bitches a few years back...
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TY6 5/14/2012 3:06am
5/14/2012 3:06am
I went to this race yesterday, Coppins looked awesome all day and Anderson, Marmont rode strong. The track was absolutely fucked by the last 30 minute moto, and that video does absolutely no justice to the true conditions.
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Ashleymx 5/14/2012 3:11am
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I wish AMA tracks got that rough. Makes for better viewing and racing!!
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Ashleymx 5/14/2012 3:14am
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TY6 wrote:
I went to this race yesterday, Coppins looked awesome all day and Anderson, Marmont rode strong. The track was absolutely fucked by the last 30 minute...
I went to this race yesterday, Coppins looked awesome all day and Anderson, Marmont rode strong. The track was absolutely fucked by the last 30 minute moto, and that video does absolutely no justice to the true conditions.
True. It ends up way rougher than video will show. I've been dumb enough to try and ride there the week after lol.
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TY6 5/14/2012 3:18am
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Crush wrote:
Track looks nasty! You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment... Like Coppins is killing it, he was...
Track looks nasty!

You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment...

Like Coppins is killing it, he was horrible in his last year of GPs... Then Simmonds showed more speed than this in the US and is getting similar results despite arguably less competition... Why is Cheyne Boyd on a 250... When did Lawson Bopping get consistent... Brad Anderson seemingly getting slower here...

AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE REAL DAN REARDON!?!?!? These guys were all his bitches a few years back...
Reardon did not look good at all, was at the back of the pack all three races, was way off the pace and was really struggling. You would be amazed of how such a rough track can bring out the truly skilled sand riders, which was where the 'gp guys' killed it.
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Stoop 5/14/2012 3:19am
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Crush wrote:
Track looks nasty! You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment... Like Coppins is killing it, he was...
Track looks nasty!

You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment...

Like Coppins is killing it, he was horrible in his last year of GPs... Then Simmonds showed more speed than this in the US and is getting similar results despite arguably less competition... Why is Cheyne Boyd on a 250... When did Lawson Bopping get consistent... Brad Anderson seemingly getting slower here...

AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE REAL DAN REARDON!?!?!? These guys were all his bitches a few years back...
x2 on the Reardon thing, looks like he's lost the passion, not sure what happened to Jake Moss but was expecting him to be at the front not the back especially after his ride at Southwick couple years ago.
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TY6 5/14/2012 3:19am
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TY6 wrote:
I went to this race yesterday, Coppins looked awesome all day and Anderson, Marmont rode strong. The track was absolutely fucked by the last 30 minute...
I went to this race yesterday, Coppins looked awesome all day and Anderson, Marmont rode strong. The track was absolutely fucked by the last 30 minute moto, and that video does absolutely no justice to the true conditions.
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True. It ends up way rougher than video will show. I've been dumb enough to try and ride there the week after lol.
True. It ends up way rougher than video will show. I've been dumb enough to try and ride there the week after lol.
Haha i couldnt imagine anything worse then that
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Derpin' DJ 5/14/2012 3:20am
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Crush wrote:
Track looks nasty! You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment... Like Coppins is killing it, he was...
Track looks nasty!

You know what I don't get... Some of the results in Oz MX at the moment...

Like Coppins is killing it, he was horrible in his last year of GPs... Then Simmonds showed more speed than this in the US and is getting similar results despite arguably less competition... Why is Cheyne Boyd on a 250... When did Lawson Bopping get consistent... Brad Anderson seemingly getting slower here...

AND WHERE THE HELL IS THE REAL DAN REARDON!?!?!? These guys were all his bitches a few years back...
The Coppins thing is easily explainable: he was on an Aprilia.

A few of the guys that have come back from the US have been off the pace, like Reardon, Simmonds and Cooper.

I think Boyd just wanted a change.

Lawson Bopping and Todd Waters have been really impressive with their consistency. Moss should be there too, but he has run into some bad luck.

Anderson isn't doing too bad either, just some bad luck as well.

Styke seems to be running away with the lites. Dale and Gibbs have the speed though. Styke would have to be the early pick for our MX2 rider at Lommel after the weekend. Ferris is eligible for that position too, and with his GP experience he would be the better choice at the moment
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Crush 5/14/2012 3:50am
5/14/2012 3:50am
Derpin' DJ wrote:
The Coppins thing is easily explainable: he was on an Aprilia. A few of the guys that have come back from the US have been off...
The Coppins thing is easily explainable: he was on an Aprilia.

A few of the guys that have come back from the US have been off the pace, like Reardon, Simmonds and Cooper.

I think Boyd just wanted a change.

Lawson Bopping and Todd Waters have been really impressive with their consistency. Moss should be there too, but he has run into some bad luck.

Anderson isn't doing too bad either, just some bad luck as well.

Styke seems to be running away with the lites. Dale and Gibbs have the speed though. Styke would have to be the early pick for our MX2 rider at Lommel after the weekend. Ferris is eligible for that position too, and with his GP experience he would be the better choice at the moment
Coppins last year was on an apilla, the year before on the Yamaha he wasn't good...

Didn't Boyd have a good year last year?

I love the Moss boys and OldMate seems like a good dude, but I think Matt and Jake either permanently have bad luck or need to slow down to go faster... I always remember reading an article Chad wrote in 2001 when he was figuring it out on the GPs and he just talked about taking it easy and thinking more than trying to ride like Bubba... Which he also said later when racing James...

Styke is good... Must be that carby haha...
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ausdirt 5/14/2012 5:58am
5/14/2012 5:58am
Crush, I thought Coppins got 6th in his last year on yamaha in the gps, could be wrong.
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Crush 5/14/2012 6:05am
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Crush, I thought Coppins got 6th in his last year on yamaha in the gps, could be wrong.
Yeah he did, just checked his bio, just remember him seeming off only a year or so after being so dominant in 2007... Good for him tho, I remember him at a SX masters in 93 or so? Always the bride, would be good to see him get it!!!
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pmcc 5/14/2012 9:09am
5/14/2012 9:09am
Got to give a shout out to Gordon Crockard! He got a call 7am on monday morning to to ride for a yamaha team out there (not sure which one) Flew from N. Ireland on Tuesday arrived in Aus on thursday rode the bike for 1st time in qualifying and got a 13th ,9th, 9th for 10th overall! He said it was the roughest deepest sand track he has ever rode, and with being a gp winner he has rode lommel and leirop!

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