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Stoked for my boy, he won every rd of the Aussie pro open sx series and I think is the first rider to ever do it, and won the last final from the rear of the field to back up his 2014 title. Hope to get him to Bercy,etc and the first 6 AMA rounds. Would love to do a whole series but he must come back to defend his MX title in Aus. I think Gavin Faith got the lites overall with 3 round wins out of 5..
I thought Jackson Richardson would have had better results after his US results,
Also Jesse Dobson filled in well for the KTM team, 5th overall on a 450 and only 17, (he was racing juniors last year)
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I hope your boy comes over here and puts the "heat" on the old-man Chad Reed. . .
He's got it coming. . . hahaha
Good Luck with Bercy!!
PS
To be honest the track scared me. It was so tight and narrow, especially over the finish jump. But with the limited space they had, it was well done.
Does anyone how many people were there? To me it looked about three-quarters full so maybe 7-8000?
Hopefully theirs a chance the Qld round could be at the Qsac stadium next year? Just like 2009.
Bud Racing will take good care of him, brand new '15 RMZ from Suzuki France
By the time the crowd rolled in it was awesome. I chucked a quick instagram video up during the opening introductions and just to hear the crowd again indoors way awesome.
Racing was good, still a lot of passing.
Sure it would be great to be at bigger stadiums with 40-60 second lap times, but Aus is always going to struggle to get more than 10,000 to a SX for the time being, so these stadiums, mixed with MotoGP, Bathurst, going back to Wayville in SA I think will get the sport back on track.
This seasons supercross had the best feel to it all round than anything I have been to since I started covering the events for Fullnoise.
Gas events were good, but so tightly controlled with access it got a lot of people off side early and by the time they got things sorted it was to late, the first year back with Konsky was good but rained out rounds hurt. last year had a very average vibe to it and rain did not help again.
Then this year everyone seemed happy, racing was tight and some on track niggle keep things interesting at all times, you were always waiting for payback in each race from someone. Seen so many big hits this year, lol I really need to stop watching them and shoot them, I just get to caught up in it.
I think the way things are heading for next year it will be even better again.
Oh and it was announced just before I left last night that the race will be on Channel Seven, though not sure on time frame. Some free to air coverage for the final round and it sounds like to channels were both wanting it! Hopefully it rates well and all rounds get some coverage next year.
Combine that with the live streaming of the Nats, the final round from Coolum on Foxtel and probably more next year, things are starting to look good here in Aus. Fingers crossed.
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So what happened with Peters and Harrison? Is Harrison banged up badly?
I'd like to see the freestyle landing ramp incorporated into the track so it doesn't take space for no reason... it might make the landing sketchy for the FMX guys? But could also be a cool obstacle... Even if it was an over under lander or something...
He was coming good again too...
Monster Truck in there would have had to be a waste, but kids love loud noises!
Not sure about Harry and Peters, it was right behind said down ramp and we were on the other side. I did not see him go down but because of where it was I did not think much off it. Then I nearly got cleaned up by the Ambo as it shot down the start straight behind me, scared the crap out of the lol.
Was surprised to hear he done so much damage, it really sucks.
Expect to see quite a few Aussies at A1 then a few more on the East Coast for 250
Moss's eluded to it above and I am expecting to see both team-mates there, Mellross is heading back and has a good thing lined up and is on pace. Taylor Potter is going back and I think the American will be surprised in the speed he has found, he has always been a good rider, but has hit another level since the end of his American trip last year.
Pretty much all comes down to him finishing his apprenticeship now so is taking the time to focus on racing with his trade behind him.
There might be a few surprised on the line come A1 from the Aussies
Ps you boys can keep mellross
I actually did not realise they were running the Arena-X the way it was, if i knew I would have organised a bike and and had a ride, looked like fun and the track was dulled down quite a bit. they did not use the whoops (came straight back down the start straight)
The other Aussie website lol (Motoonline) has a highlights video up done by Spence which gives a bit of a look at the event and pretty cool.
I was actually amazed there were not more takes downs, there were a lot more big hits at Phillip Island than there were at Brisbane, maybe the extra space and speed made the hits bigger and a couple of well placed 180 turns!
Have a 6 frame sequence of Gibbs throwing a block pass on DMC that ill upload tomorrow, was a good pass.
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