Reedy on top step?

2/5/2016 7:59pm
oshow wrote:
Reed is capable of a win any week.
Very true, Reed and at least 6 others are as well, as long as they are on the line and close to 100% at the time.
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2/5/2016 8:02pm
The only time Reedy sneaks up to the top spot is if Dungey, Roczen, or Anderson invite him up...

...AFTER the trophy ceremony and Fox Sports has already started their stick and ball highlights.

Anytime I've dis-respected Reed he's proved me wrong. Hope he does it again this year.
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2/5/2016 8:09pm
RedRum666 wrote:
Reed came in strong like the true veteran he is....With Stew and Canard out from week to week, his chances are better but as we saw...
Reed came in strong like the true veteran he is....With Stew and Canard out from week to week, his chances are better but as we saw in Oakland, Roczen and Tomac are starting to get their game face on and then you have Anderson as well as Seely ...at SD and A2, Reed looked great, but I dont think he would have stayed in 2nd if Eli, Kenny or Anderson were up front with he and Dungey and not in 10th or worse the opening laps. those races were over by the 4th lap as far as Reed and Dungey go...Dungey was gone and Reed was all alone.....Like last year in Atlanta....a holeshot and some bad luck for the other top dogs allowing Reed to get a cushion is what he needs most in my opinion.......
At A2, Tomac was 1 second behind Reed on lap 8. Reed stretched the gap back to 3 sec, made mistakes and allowed ET to close the gap, but ET failed to make a pass as did KR.
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2/5/2016 8:51pm
Reed can do it. He was on dungey's back fender for 20 laps when he pulled a good start. That was impressive.

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51xc wrote:
this weeks track has a pretty long starting straight and we all know those yamahas get good starts. i still belive he won't win a race...
this weeks track has a pretty long starting straight and we all know those yamahas get good starts.
i still belive he won't win a race this season but you never know...
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Why?
51xc wrote:
because i think there are 4 riders that are faster than him, especially in the last 5 laps. unless they all start way behind him, which...
because i think there are 4 riders that are faster than him, especially in the last 5 laps. unless they all start way behind him, which is unlikely, he will not win. the odds are against him in my books but again, that's why they line up to race. everything can happen. (and no, I don't mind be proofen wrong.)
And you will be proven wrong...Smile
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2/7/2016 8:48am
25 seconds off the leader and finished 6th?
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2/7/2016 8:54am
kkawboy14 wrote:
25 seconds off the leader and finished 6th?
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race.

His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as it did in the race - Reedy held his own

It just was not his night. He WILL win this season. Stamp it.
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2/7/2016 9:45am
Reed has been a bit off the pace the last two weeks. Last night he seemed to labor in corners. RD made him look really bad cornering.
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I'm not bagging on him, I really would love to see him throw it down on these youngs guys for us old guys.
I do think the older you get the more the season wears on you, that race because of time was the equivalent of 3 laps longer than a 50 second a lap race
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2/7/2016 3:09pm
toroP wrote:
Reed has been a bit off the pace the last two weeks. Last night he seemed to labor in corners. RD made him look really bad...
Reed has been a bit off the pace the last two weeks. Last night he seemed to labor in corners. RD made him look really bad cornering.
Yarp... don't think the flat turns and hardpack dirt are helping. Dungey outbraked him from a good ways back and Reedy made a few bobbles coming in/out of corners too, sliding, gassing, getting into/out of ruts wrong... Also two goofy mistakes jumping over the table out of turn two so he couldn't go onto the dragon's back... Weird.

Just didn't seem to gel... It was a miracle he got a good start too, holy shit he was horrible out of the gate, late and didn't go forward.

Still saved a decent finish considering he looked to be having an uncharacteristic meltdown going backwards for a bit.
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2/7/2016 4:06pm
dirtnapper wrote:
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race. His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as...
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race.

His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as it did in the race - Reedy held his own

It just was not his night. He WILL win this season. Stamp it.
Look good? He went backwards all night, hell Marv passed him and if he is lucky he knows how to ride a wide bike because Brayton also had him covered.
2/7/2016 5:56pm
dirtnapper wrote:
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race. His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as...
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race.

His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as it did in the race - Reedy held his own

It just was not his night. He WILL win this season. Stamp it.
BobPA wrote:
Look good? He went backwards all night, hell Marv passed him and if he is lucky he knows how to ride a wide bike because Brayton...
Look good? He went backwards all night, hell Marv passed him and if he is lucky he knows how to ride a wide bike because Brayton also had him covered.
He passed Marvin back... with the exact same cheeky pass that Marvin put on him.

He was also a lot lower than 6th place at the start of the race. Tomac cut infront of him on the start and he was about 11th or so at one point. So he wasn't going backwards all night. The highest place he had was 5th and he finished 6th. Hardly going backwards all night. He just got passed by someone for each rider he passed basically.

His biggest issue is how long it takes to pass riders who are slightly slower than him. It allows the faster guys that are behind him to catch him easily when he would probably be able to keep them behind him otherwise.
2/7/2016 6:05pm
Not liking the trend.

Chad either goes up or goes down as a season progresses. Look at his points earnings this year to see what I mean.
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2/7/2016 6:14pm
Phoenix has never been Chad's best place for results, hell he never even won there in his prime, so I wouldn't base a lot on this result

San Diego next week for him to rebound.
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He passed Marvin back... with the exact same cheeky pass that Marvin put on him. He was also a lot lower than 6th place at the...
He passed Marvin back... with the exact same cheeky pass that Marvin put on him.

He was also a lot lower than 6th place at the start of the race. Tomac cut infront of him on the start and he was about 11th or so at one point. So he wasn't going backwards all night. The highest place he had was 5th and he finished 6th. Hardly going backwards all night. He just got passed by someone for each rider he passed basically.

His biggest issue is how long it takes to pass riders who are slightly slower than him. It allows the faster guys that are behind him to catch him easily when he would probably be able to keep them behind him otherwise.
I don't think he was that far back. RD was behind him to start and he was 8th after the first lap.

If you can not see that he did not look to be on his A game last night, you might be a bit biased. Big whoops are his thing, I thought he would have been a podium threat.
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2/7/2016 6:44pm
dirtnapper wrote:
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race. His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as...
To be fair he was within a few seconds of 4th and 5th place the whole race.

His 6th doesn't look as good on paper as it did in the race - Reedy held his own

It just was not his night. He WILL win this season. Stamp it.
BobPA wrote:
Look good? He went backwards all night, hell Marv passed him and if he is lucky he knows how to ride a wide bike because Brayton...
Look good? He went backwards all night, hell Marv passed him and if he is lucky he knows how to ride a wide bike because Brayton also had him covered.
Went backwards?? Huh

Did we watch the same race? Reedy certainly did NOT start in the Top 5.

He fought tooth and nail for his position and was on 5th place Davi the entire race.

I have a feeling you just threw out a very weak cast......................Pinch
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2/7/2016 6:49pm
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Went backwards?? :huh: Did we watch the same race? Reedy certainly did NOT start in the Top 5. He fought tooth and nail for his position...
Went backwards?? Huh

Did we watch the same race? Reedy certainly did NOT start in the Top 5.

He fought tooth and nail for his position and was on 5th place Davi the entire race.

I have a feeling you just threw out a very weak cast......................Pinch
Weak cast?

Reedy did not look good last night, how hard is that to see through your blue glasses
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2/7/2016 6:56pm
dirtnapper wrote:
Went backwards?? :huh: Did we watch the same race? Reedy certainly did NOT start in the Top 5. He fought tooth and nail for his position...
Went backwards?? Huh

Did we watch the same race? Reedy certainly did NOT start in the Top 5.

He fought tooth and nail for his position and was on 5th place Davi the entire race.

I have a feeling you just threw out a very weak cast......................Pinch
BobPA wrote:
Weak cast?

Reedy did not look good last night, how hard is that to see through your blue glasses
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all.

And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish behind Reed?

Ok, Bob, ok.......................Whistling
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And I don't wear blue glasses.
Quite the opposite.
I've been seeing red for quite a few years!

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2/7/2016 7:42pm
After Reed gets another great finish everyone in here will be singing a different tune. A lot of fair weather fans around here.
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2/7/2016 8:03pm
dirtnapper wrote:
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all. And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish...
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all.

And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish behind Reed?

Ok, Bob, ok.......................Whistling
RD passed him like a back marker , Anderson changed his line in the middle of the whoops and still had the speed to pass him. Mushy ran him down and passed him only to fade later. Brayton gave him all he could handle. Yes he was going backwards.
2/7/2016 8:09pm
Reed was 7th at the stripe, 6th when things got sorted out and then into 5th until Dungey got by him.
2/7/2016 10:00pm
dirtnapper wrote:
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all. And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish...
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all.

And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish behind Reed?

Ok, Bob, ok.......................Whistling
Zracer wrote:
RD passed him like a back marker , Anderson changed his line in the middle of the whoops and still had the speed to pass him...
RD passed him like a back marker , Anderson changed his line in the middle of the whoops and still had the speed to pass him. Mushy ran him down and passed him only to fade later. Brayton gave him all he could handle. Yes he was going backwards.
He finished higher than he got out of the gate. That's not going backwards all race.

This was far from his best race. But he was nowhere near as bad as you're making out. By your logic Tomac was going back aswell since he finished a position lower than his best during the race (same as chad).
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2/7/2016 11:39pm
As has been stated, did not look good in corners.

And when he looked down that time ... bike problem or just a missed shift?

A win should surprise no one if it happens.
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2/8/2016 3:48am
dirtnapper wrote:
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all. And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish...
I'll give you he didn't look great, but he certainly did not go backwards. At all.

And if Brayton "had him covered" why did he finish behind Reed?

Ok, Bob, ok.......................Whistling
Zracer wrote:
RD passed him like a back marker , Anderson changed his line in the middle of the whoops and still had the speed to pass him...
RD passed him like a back marker , Anderson changed his line in the middle of the whoops and still had the speed to pass him. Mushy ran him down and passed him only to fade later. Brayton gave him all he could handle. Yes he was going backwards.
RD passed everybody like a back marker.

Dude got 6th on a night where he clearly wasn't comfortable.

If he's feelin it and gets a start its on.

And to the dude that said he will fade as the season gets old....must me new to the sport. Barring injury he only ever gets better as the season goes on. Maybe you were thinking of Kenny.
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PJ205 wrote:
After Reed gets another great finish everyone in here will be singing a different tune. A lot of fair weather fans around here.
What if he doesn't ever get another great finish?
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2/8/2016 8:09am
Someone needs to tell Reed (and James) that you jump for show and corner for dough. Neither one of them are going to win creeping through the corners like my grandma on her walker.
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I think he is riding great so far, the only thing he could improve on is his rolling speed in corners. He looks a little bit less smooth then the other top guys to me. Dungey and Roczen roll the turns very well.
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djgordon21 wrote:
Someone needs to tell Reed (and James) that you jump for show and corner for dough. Neither one of them are going to win creeping through...
Someone needs to tell Reed (and James) that you jump for show and corner for dough. Neither one of them are going to win creeping through the corners like my grandma on her walker.
You should enlighten them.

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