Hangtown Bench Racing Discussion - 1st Moto's

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TeamGreen 5/19/2012 5:52pm
5/19/2012 5:52pm
ocscottie wrote:
oh my gosh! i see dust!! the riders should pull off in protest Laughing
TeamGreen wrote:
Nice!

Made me Laff.

Thanks!
pilotdude wrote:
TG, you better tell Baggett that "1st one week 12th the next" crap needs to STOP!
I get the feelIng that Blake is figuring things out.

Actually, I think all he needs to work on are his starts...
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DownSouth 5/19/2012 5:54pm
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171motocross wrote:
I love when people bag on barcia or tomac for not doing so great outdoors. Its probably because they are focusing on sx and winning that...
I love when people bag on barcia or tomac for not doing so great outdoors. Its probably because they are focusing on sx and winning that championship first while others are getting a jump start on the outdoors. It will only take a few races for everyone to get used to outdoors again and then it'll be even better racing. Gotta hand it to bagget though, dudes haulin
DownSouth wrote:
IMO Barcia gets criticism because this is his 4th year racing 250 MX and he has one career win in his rookie year back in 2009.
171motocross wrote:
True true but how many of us could go win one of those races.
Last I checked you don't need to have pro class speed to bench race.
Motocross83 5/19/2012 5:56pm
5/19/2012 5:56pm Edited Date/Time 5/19/2012 5:57pm
Great day of racing.

Blake did this last year too and then had a so so season.... so it's difficult to know where he'll take this. If on the other hand he maintains that sort of form across 12 rounds then everyone's in trouble. He floated over the track today.

Barcia clearly improved over last year as predicted. Good first rider for Kenny and recovery in that 2nd moto. It's a seriously deep class.
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ocscottie 5/19/2012 5:56pm
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Franklin Bluth 5/19/2012 5:57pm
5/19/2012 5:57pm
171motocross wrote:
I love when people bag on barcia or tomac for not doing so great outdoors. Its probably because they are focusing on sx and winning that...
I love when people bag on barcia or tomac for not doing so great outdoors. Its probably because they are focusing on sx and winning that championship first while others are getting a jump start on the outdoors. It will only take a few races for everyone to get used to outdoors again and then it'll be even better racing. Gotta hand it to bagget though, dudes haulin
DownSouth wrote:
IMO Barcia gets criticism because this is his 4th year racing 250 MX and he has one career win in his rookie year back in 2009.
171motocross wrote:
True true but how many of us could go win one of those races.
But that is irrelevant to the discussion ... Barcia and Tomac get paid to race and to win. Barcia has one career win and I believe Tomac too with his first ever rookie race.

IMO, I don't particularly care who wins as long as there is great racing. All the bashing you see from posters on this site is from fanboys. Just ignore it. It will help you the good stuff from the crap.
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dramirez12 5/19/2012 5:57pm
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no one is watching the nbc transmission hahaha
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CocaineCrazy 5/19/2012 5:58pm
5/19/2012 5:58pm
Lol Roczen was talking like KTM Austria threatened him if he doesnt win!Wink
171motocross 5/19/2012 6:00pm
5/19/2012 6:00pm
DownSouth wrote:
IMO Barcia gets criticism because this is his 4th year racing 250 MX and he has one career win in his rookie year back in 2009.
171motocross wrote:
True true but how many of us could go win one of those races.
DownSouth wrote:
Last I checked you don't need to have pro class speed to bench race.
Well we'll see what happens. I very rarely post on here i just like to see other peoples opinions. Good racing coming!
Franklin Bluth 5/19/2012 6:00pm
5/19/2012 6:00pm
Motocross83 wrote:
Great day of racing. Blake did this last year too and then had a so so season.... so it's difficult to know where he'll take this...
Great day of racing.

Blake did this last year too and then had a so so season.... so it's difficult to know where he'll take this. If on the other hand he maintains that sort of form across 12 rounds then everyone's in trouble. He floated over the track today.

Barcia clearly improved over last year as predicted. Good first rider for Kenny and recovery in that 2nd moto. It's a seriously deep class.
Barcia has improved but I think it's more of a result of his commitment to conditioning. The speed has always been there. He seems much more fit this year and able to sustain speed for the entire moto.
Motocross83 5/19/2012 6:01pm
5/19/2012 6:01pm
CocaineCrazy wrote:
Lol Roczen was talking like KTM Austria threatened him if he doesnt win!Wink
Yeah I noticed that. He's pretty hard on himself, though I guess they all are.

I have to say he looked knackered, maybe the heat.
Motocross83 5/19/2012 6:03pm
5/19/2012 6:03pm
Motocross83 wrote:
Great day of racing. Blake did this last year too and then had a so so season.... so it's difficult to know where he'll take this...
Great day of racing.

Blake did this last year too and then had a so so season.... so it's difficult to know where he'll take this. If on the other hand he maintains that sort of form across 12 rounds then everyone's in trouble. He floated over the track today.

Barcia clearly improved over last year as predicted. Good first rider for Kenny and recovery in that 2nd moto. It's a seriously deep class.
Franklin Bluth wrote:
Barcia has improved but I think it's more of a result of his commitment to conditioning. The speed has always been there. He seems much more...
Barcia has improved but I think it's more of a result of his commitment to conditioning. The speed has always been there. He seems much more fit this year and able to sustain speed for the entire moto.
True. Also from what Reed said the other day in the podcast, he seemed to think they've really improved the bikes for this year.
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Thelen20 5/19/2012 6:08pm
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pilotdude wrote:
TG, you better tell Baggett that "1st one week 12th the next" crap needs to STOP!
Ya, let's see if he can handle the Texas heat next week before we crown him. We have seen him do what he did today as many time as we have seen him ride around stuck in 10th.
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ocscottie 5/19/2012 6:11pm
5/19/2012 6:11pm
Well thanks again dudes for another one in the books, might come back and have a thread when the 2nd motos are televised...if im still alive, i need to get some sleep...

I cant even begin to imagine how bad it is going to be around here tomorrow, all the Luvvahs will be coming out of hibernation. He rode one helluva race, that is for sure.

...and Bagget, damn if he can improve his consistency over last year, combined with the speed he showed today??? Dangerous!!

Im out, thanks again everyone, these race threads are practically the only civil real bench racing we have left around here.

Next week, same time, same bat channel Cool
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Faceaz 5/19/2012 7:09pm
5/19/2012 7:09pm
Great racing today.

Anybody else notice how close the 250 / 450 times were. Bubba was running 2:06's with an occasional 2:04 on a cleaner track, Bagget was running 2:06's & the top guys were mostly in the 2:07's on a rougher track. I think the 450's are too much indoors, possibly outdoors too now. One thing for sure, I think watching the 250's is more exciting. The 450's are more grunting their way around the track, while 250's are having their neck rung.

A quick thought on Baggett, Wilson out may help him. Baggett doesn't seem like one to let other riders get in his head, but the inner-team squabling / rivalry was probably getting to him a bit last year. Could be a bit more focused, without that distraction now.
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PressPassP 5/19/2012 7:28pm
5/19/2012 7:28pm
pilotdude wrote:
Anyone who gets their best lap time in lap 10 or higher is one fit dude.
Ironicalt Pourcel in Italy laid down the fastest lap of the race on the last lap 21 laps strange huh?It's more an AC222 thing though
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NoGo 5/19/2012 7:59pm
5/19/2012 7:59pm
171motocross wrote:
I love when people bag on barcia or tomac for not doing so great outdoors. Its probably because they are focusing on sx and winning that...
I love when people bag on barcia or tomac for not doing so great outdoors. Its probably because they are focusing on sx and winning that championship first while others are getting a jump start on the outdoors. It will only take a few races for everyone to get used to outdoors again and then it'll be even better racing. Gotta hand it to bagget though, dudes haulin
Barcia had his championship wrapped up early so I don't see how he would be behind in training.

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