What exactly happened in the JS/RD relationship?

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Edited Date/Time 5/17/2012 9:27pm
http://www.racerxonline.com/2012/05/16/racer-x-redux-the-big-two

Weege wrote this:

There’s even some personal stuff between Dungey and Stewart, as back in the summer of ’08, when Stewart was embarking on his perfect season, Dungey was staying at his house and riding with him. Somewhere along the way (most point to a first-turn crash at the U.S. Open that Fall) that relationship went off the rails.

So what exactly happened to the relationship?

I wasn't a big motocross fan back then, any clarification would be good
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DownSouth 5/16/2012 3:58pm
5/16/2012 3:58pm Edited Date/Time 5/16/2012 4:03pm
Dungey moved into the same class and thus became the enemy.

Who knows, what Weege wrote about is all that I ever heard. Stewart was mad about the US open thing and then Dungey started riding at RC's place in Tallahasee.

All these guys are so mental that they never want to ride with anyone that are close competitors with.
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GuyB 5/16/2012 4:11pm
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Actually, at that race, I think Dungey was still on a 250F. If I remember right, he got a good start, and got pushed wide by James. I do remember James being really hot about it when he heard that Ryan was complaining about it afterwards, and he marched over to the Suzuki truck to talk to him.

It's all old stuff, and I'd guess that neither one of them are as concerned about it as anyone in here is.
neverwasfastenuf 5/16/2012 4:19pm
5/16/2012 4:19pm
GuyB wrote:
Actually, at that race, I think Dungey was still on a 250F. If I remember right, he got a good start, and got pushed wide by...
Actually, at that race, I think Dungey was still on a 250F. If I remember right, he got a good start, and got pushed wide by James. I do remember James being really hot about it when he heard that Ryan was complaining about it afterwards, and he marched over to the Suzuki truck to talk to him.

It's all old stuff, and I'd guess that neither one of them are as concerned about it as anyone in here is.
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mom241 5/16/2012 4:30pm
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Steve, I remember it differently. Seems like to get the trifecta, James had to holeshot that race. Dungey was a little aggressive (nothing bad) and took the holeshot. I could be wrong. It's happened once before.

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Hank_Thrill 5/16/2012 5:09pm
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Dungey just went from the "friendship" zone to the, "oh poop, this guy might someday beat me" threat zone. I'd be surprised if either of them have hard feelings for one another, but if Dungey had never progressed up to Stewart speed wise, I think the chances of them remaining riding buddies would be a little more favorable lol.

https://youtu.be/N2KddXe15Sw
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Derpin' DJ 5/16/2012 5:20pm
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Wow, cant believe dungey held him off that long on a 250f.
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TDeath21 5/16/2012 6:11pm
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Hank_Thrill wrote:
Dungey just went from the "friendship" zone to the, "oh poop, this guy might someday beat me" threat zone. I'd be surprised if either of them...
Dungey just went from the "friendship" zone to the, "oh poop, this guy might someday beat me" threat zone. I'd be surprised if either of them have hard feelings for one another, but if Dungey had never progressed up to Stewart speed wise, I think the chances of them remaining riding buddies would be a little more favorable lol.

https://youtu.be/N2KddXe15Sw
Looked to me like Stewart kept trying to pressure the young teenager into a mistake, and he just never made one. If that didn't tell Stewart that Dungey was here to stay, Anaheim 1 in 2010 did.
The Roooster 5/16/2012 6:29pm
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When they do Nike commercials and press events together, there doesn't seem to be any bad blood between them, they actually seem to get along quite well and joke around.
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Tim507 5/16/2012 6:37pm
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The day the rope started to unravel?
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jasonv43 5/16/2012 6:52pm
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Correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm thinking of somebody else but.....

Wasn't Dungey going to ride / train at Stewart's house at some point early on and then switched to RC's house all of a sudden???

Do I have that right?
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gsxrcr28 5/16/2012 7:03pm
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jasonv43 wrote:
Correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm thinking of somebody else but..... Wasn't Dungey going to ride / train at Stewart's house at some point...
Correct me if I'm wrong or if I'm thinking of somebody else but.....

Wasn't Dungey going to ride / train at Stewart's house at some point early on and then switched to RC's house all of a sudden???

Do I have that right?
Yes. Dungey stayed and rode at Stewarts for a while then moved to Tallahassee.
sbarrington314 5/16/2012 8:01pm
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Derpin' DJ wrote:
Wow, cant believe dungey held him off that long on a 250f.
4 reelz? on a tight arenacross track?
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Moto331 5/16/2012 8:35pm
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Derpin' DJ wrote:
Wow, cant believe dungey held him off that long on a 250f.
sbarrington314 wrote:
4 reelz? on a tight arenacross track?
Exactly. Done-G got eatin alive.
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IceMan446 5/17/2012 4:02pm
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Found this watching the vid on the home page. Look at the young number 28 ripping.
TriRacer27 5/17/2012 9:27pm
5/17/2012 9:27pm
IceMan446 wrote:


Found this watching the vid on the home page. Look at the young number 28 ripping.
Wow, James' track used to be super rough compared to the current version from all the videos. No wonder he went undefeated that year.

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