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The Alessi piece
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CR should've punted him... yeah, I know he's there to race and all, but he held up the points leader, and his TEAMMATE... guess he only considers people named Alessi on his team... lame...
just sayin
If Chad was that much faster early on in the race he would have passed Mikey earlier. Good for #800.
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That's why he was wise to race ahead. He never was closing Reed down. Reed slowed Mikey down.
And this post is in no way disrespecting Reed. Just the way it was.
I thought it was a good little side story.
Sorry.....I thought they were all there to win.
Oh yeah, if I had a rider "pull over" for ANY other rider he'd be fired before his bike stopped moving after the RACE.
He is doing very well though from his injuries, its a good thing he's the "holeshot master'
I liked it.
and there's something to be said about holeshottin the best racers in the world week in and week out. pretty fuggen cool if you ask me.
It's obvious Mike is getting his speed back, but he still has a way to go with his endurance. For 25% of the race, he looked like we was capable of riding up at the front. I bet he ends up on the box before the end of the season.
I just hope he makes through SX healthy because he will be a lot of fun to watch when the outdoors come around.
This not Formula 1. Mikes job is not to block the other riders so that Chad can move to the front of the line. The Suzuki camp is not really known for creating a happy "team" environment. The way their contracts are structured, if the riders want to make the moola, they need to get as close to the front as they can.
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I was also impressed with his riding in those first few laps, Mike has never seemed to
be comfortable in Supercross, but he was putting down some pretty good laps. I think
that a podium this year would be pretty tough, but definately top 5 if he stays healthy and
continues his improvement. Good Luck to the "Holeshot Master"
back to work and try harder this week...all you can do.
alessi looked pretty good for 4 laps or so. not sure why people bag on his sx skillz...they get better every week while many of the veterans are looking worse every week.
http://bobbymx.com/SF/ma_4laps.wmv
If you have ever raced on a team you would know that there comes a time in many races where you have to give way to the better rider to save face and a position on the team in the future and this was one of those times. Remember, some day Mike may need someone to help him on the track and these guys have very long memories of past indiscretions..
Also, team Suzuki is great under the tent from my source and has never been a breeding ground for controversy until the Alessi's showed up. But after hearing mikes interview Sunday i can see that he is well aware of the problems they have created and is doing something about it. I say good for him, he's figuring it out a little at a time!
as for team suzuki it is well known they had nothing for a good 10 year stretch...that is controversy to me.
And I am sure Reed would have gladly returned that favor some day in the future. And if you really believe that, you might want to see if you can borrow that bong from Michael Phelps and take another hit.
All kidding aside..... I definately don't have much racing experience as some of you folks, but from the limited experience i do have, when I was doing my best to let it hang out on those first few laps, I was not thinking about who I was going to let pass me because i knew they were faster than me. I was pretty much focusing on trying to crash and trying to catch up to the guy in front of me.
Maybe Alessi was think ing more about what he was doing at the time, and not about helping his swell team pal Reed. As far as that chummy Suzuki team, they could probably help improve that team spirit you are talking about if they would extend Mike's contract another year.
Mike's a racer, its always great to see guys show the effort.
Saying fire them is not going to happen...... but a little constructive criticism will get back to them and they might make some changes.
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