20 riders on lead lap at end of 450 main!!

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Edited Date/Time 1/4/2015 3:17am
When (if ever) is the last time that has happened? Did anyone else notice the complete and total lack of lappers that race?

Is it the parity everyone was talking about before the season or the "easy" track the riders talked about making it a parade?

Either way I thought it was pretty cool.
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c_dub 1/3/2015 10:23pm
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Interesting. Did not notice that. I think it is prob. a combination of both but probably more so the track.
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ktmdan 1/3/2015 10:27pm
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Track was super lame...Nothing to separate riders and it looked hard to pass on. That and there are a lot of fast guys.
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Hank_Thrill 1/3/2015 10:27pm
1/3/2015 10:27pm
That's absolutely crazy!
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Johnny Depp 1/3/2015 10:40pm
1/3/2015 10:40pm
the racing stayed close all night, I'm a fan of that.

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Grieby54 1/3/2015 10:48pm
1/3/2015 10:48pm
That's how you know the track wasn't any good. If everyone out there is doing the same thing it just becomes a freight train.
Onepostwonder 1/3/2015 10:48pm
1/3/2015 10:48pm
And zero lead changes. Yawn.
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Johnny Depp 1/3/2015 11:02pm
1/3/2015 11:02pm
As far as I'm concerned they can have yellow flags and bunch up the pack like Nascar. I fall asleep watching everyone get all separated with no passing anywhere. That is boring.
Onepostwonder 1/3/2015 11:06pm
1/3/2015 11:06pm
It's a FIM event. They will fix it. After all they are the FIM.
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Ozy 1/3/2015 11:30pm
1/3/2015 11:30pm
this was one of the easiest SX tracks I have ever seen at Anaheim
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Johnny Depp 1/3/2015 11:35pm
1/3/2015 11:35pm
Do you mean more time on the ground than in the air? Less freestyle air time. I knew I enjoyed it.
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Crush 1/3/2015 11:39pm
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ktmdan wrote:
Track was super lame...Nothing to separate riders and it looked hard to pass on. That and there are a lot of fast guys.
Yep. Looked slick too in the 90s... really slick.
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austin888_99 1/3/2015 11:57pm
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ktmdan wrote:
Track was super lame...Nothing to separate riders and it looked hard to pass on. That and there are a lot of fast guys.
Crush wrote:
Yep. Looked slick too in the 90s... really slick.
I thought the same thing. I could tell it was going to be good watching practice and noticing a bunch of sliding around
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austin888_99 1/3/2015 11:57pm
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also is it just me or did the braking bumps seem to be really rough?
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Crush 1/4/2015 12:08am
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ktmdan wrote:
Track was super lame...Nothing to separate riders and it looked hard to pass on. That and there are a lot of fast guys.
Crush wrote:
Yep. Looked slick too in the 90s... really slick.
austin888_99 wrote:
I thought the same thing. I could tell it was going to be good watching practice and noticing a bunch of sliding around
Yep... And with a bunch of 5 footers in a row there isn't really a point to go wide or tight, it's all the same. Not a great track imo.... also the 4 45° corners before the finish... wtf...
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austin888_99 1/4/2015 12:45am
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Crush wrote:
Yep. Looked slick too in the 90s... really slick.
austin888_99 wrote:
I thought the same thing. I could tell it was going to be good watching practice and noticing a bunch of sliding around
Crush wrote:
Yep... And with a bunch of 5 footers in a row there isn't really a point to go wide or tight, it's all the same. Not...
Yep... And with a bunch of 5 footers in a row there isn't really a point to go wide or tight, it's all the same. Not a great track imo.... also the 4 45° corners before the finish... wtf...
Yeah that was strange. Interestingly enough I didn't even pay attention to that until the end when I was rooting reed on and saw the finish line on the side of the tv and thought OK he has a top 10 then it seemed like an eternity of corners till the end.lol
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mmcmx 1/4/2015 3:04am
1/4/2015 3:04am
When I saw Alessi keeping up pace and Reed not making up time I knew track was easy. But maybe its a good thing for A1.
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me_da_racer 1/4/2015 3:17am
1/4/2015 3:17am
The one corn that was more then 90° but less then 180° had some good passes.

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