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does he have a point about the outdoor tracks or is it just sour grapes? He said he's been really disappointed in the tracks from the start. said they were way to narrow and some were even downright dangerous(unadilla especially). I have not been to any nationals this year so I wouldn't know. just curious, are they really that bad this year? BTW, it's a great podcast
I say Bravo James! He's getting better communicating with us mx fans instead of being a recluse like years past. He gives a great podcast any time he has done one.
Unadilla was dangerous when you hit the rhythm section going twice as fast as everyone else....just saying.
My opinion (and I'm sure I'll get hated on for this as well) is that Unadilla sucked. I know that motocross is ruts, bumps, and downright brutal, but Unadilla was too much. If I wanted to see someone tiptoe around to try and survive the race, I'd watch Enduro. I was thinking that as soon as the first moto started - it just doesn't lend itself to good racing. At Unadilla a pass was made because some guy's leg just got torn off in a rut or because he flew 10 feet off the track because he cross-rutted. I like to see wide open, bar-to-bar racing where a pass is set up and executed, or one attack is counter-attacked by the other rider. Not because the guys are locked into a rut like a train on tracks and one line just so happened to be quicker than the other. That's just not good racing.
As far as the other tracks this year - I think they've been pretty decent. The problem is that this sport has advanced so much with bike technology, and timing technology that everyone is doing nearly the same thing. Physically speaking, there is going to be one line around the track that is the fastest. That's just a fact. In the past riders had to go by what "felt" the fastest, rather than comparing split times from practice. Now that every rider knows the fastest line around the track, they're all using that line. So, unless you're substantially quicker than the guy in front of you and you can make another line work, you're going to be stuck behind him.
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A lot of people bitch about stuff that they see on TV. Actually getting out to races and seeing what's really happening is about the only way to know what's really going on.
Trainers fault
Bikes fault
Photographer crossing the tracks fault
Tracks fault
I liked watching the rough track. If they think it's too dangerous...slow down.
It claimed a few guys........sometimes that happens to.
It sucks , but it's part of the sport.
I don't know why we are over thinking it.
Dungey said he really liked the track. the difference is one guy went 1-1 and the other guy went 9-dnf.
i'm just disappointed that he got hurt for the 5th (#?) time this season counting supercross. would have been nice to see him finish out the year.
Side note : Thanks James and Matthes.......great interview.
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At least no one is complaining about the rocks there anymore -- they've done a lot of work to make the soil much better, but there's nothing anyone could do about the massive amount of rain they got on Tuesday and then again on Friday after two months of drought.
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Obviously you don't get as successful as JS without knowing how to ride rough tracks but if the above point indicates anything, it's that he's perhaps pulling more towards smoother tracks these days as a personal preference.
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