Video of Alves Being a Roadblock

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Edited Date/Time 3/19/2018 9:19pm


Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and respect the blue flag.
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kkawboy14 3/17/2018 8:18pm
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aeffertz wrote:
Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and...


Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and respect the blue flag.
That kid was in survival mode!
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slipdog 3/17/2018 8:19pm
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What is "lack of situational awareness", Alex?
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oldblood 3/17/2018 8:50pm
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"There's a race going on and you're not in it".
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adjentleman 3/17/2018 8:59pm
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aeffertz wrote:
Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and...


Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and respect the blue flag.
I think you should rematch the video. He got a flag for Peters but not a single one between then and the incident. Hell before Peters passed him he still wasnt being flagged by half of them. The flaggers didn't do a good job tonight.

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Helder 3/17/2018 8:59pm
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Get out of the main line at least see him close the door on the inside to Forkner, Forkner should of punted him, all theses clowns in the other thread saying Forkner is a punk I’m 32 and I would of punted the prick.
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Helder 3/17/2018 9:00pm
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aeffertz wrote:
Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and...


Cut to 12:30. He got the blue flag plenty of times and was holding up both Peters and Forkner. Dude really needs to pay attention and respect the blue flag.
adjentleman wrote:
I think you should rematch the video. He got a flag for Peters but not a single one between then and the incident. Hell before Peters...
I think you should rematch the video. He got a flag for Peters but not a single one between then and the incident. Hell before Peters passed him he still wasnt being flagged by half of them. The flaggers didn't do a good job tonight.
He need some to look around and take note of what’s going on. If Jnr has just come by start looking for another and another especially when he would of only seen 3 before that.
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visser62 3/17/2018 9:32pm
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I didn't see any blue flags after Peters got by him. He should have had better situational awareness, but he might have thought he was being raced for position.
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rmoto003 3/17/2018 9:52pm
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Lol the dude was getting blue flags the entire time. Just because you couldnt see them from the camera view doesnt mean they werent there.

The dude should have checked up and let them go by as soon as he realized the race leaders were going around him. Instead he kept racing like normal.

As soon as he goes down and sees its Forkner who he went down with, only then does he decide it might be time to roll some sections out of the main line.

I dont understand the viewpoint of people who are defending him. He did literally everything wrong for like 3 consecutive laps
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hamncheeze 3/17/2018 11:17pm
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Lol the dude was getting blue flags the entire time. Just because you couldnt see them from the camera view doesnt mean they werent there. The...
Lol the dude was getting blue flags the entire time. Just because you couldnt see them from the camera view doesnt mean they werent there.

The dude should have checked up and let them go by as soon as he realized the race leaders were going around him. Instead he kept racing like normal.

As soon as he goes down and sees its Forkner who he went down with, only then does he decide it might be time to roll some sections out of the main line.

I dont understand the viewpoint of people who are defending him. He did literally everything wrong for like 3 consecutive laps
There’s no defending Alves in this situation. I get that the Forkner haters want to light him up over his reaction but can you blame the kid? Home race, red plate, in lead, make mistake, eat crap, try to recover and then a lapper jacks you up. For sure AF was angry AF.

Even if there was no blue flag after Peters got by Alves, HE’S ALREADY BEEN LAPPED BY 5 DUDES. If another rider arrives on to your fender quickly there is a 99.99% chance it’s someone else lapping you. He raced AF like Friese and the 800 in their day when they were getting lapped
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omalley 3/17/2018 11:29pm
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oldblood wrote:
"There's a race going on and you're not in it".
Someone needs to create a meme of George Carlin with that line...
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omalley 3/17/2018 11:32pm
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Alves needed to be punted into row 10...and his mechanic needed his lip fattened...
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Premixed112 3/17/2018 11:36pm
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oldblood wrote:
"There's a race going on and you're not in it".
omalley wrote:
Someone needs to create a meme of George Carlin with that line...
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KDXGarage 3/17/2018 11:53pm
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Hell yeah!!

Thanks, Premixed112
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omalley 3/18/2018 12:39am
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KDXGarage wrote:
Hell yeah!!

Thanks, Premixed112
^^^this!
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surfer22 3/18/2018 12:41am
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omalley wrote:
Alves needed to be punted into row 10...and his mechanic needed his lip fattened...
What did his mechanic do?
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The Candyman 3/18/2018 12:43am
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Forkners fault.
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omalley wrote:
Alves needed to be punted into row 10...and his mechanic needed his lip fattened...
surfer22 wrote:
What did his mechanic do?
Stuck up for his rider (maybe son? just a guess) Tried to let Forkner know he was carrying on like a brat
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King KTM 3/18/2018 1:46am
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Maybe if Forkner hadn't choked he would not have had to worry about Alves and I agree he was acting like a child. Where was he when Zack wanted a word for cross jumping......oh yeah hiding behing his mechanic.

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dedi684 3/18/2018 2:36am
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Maybe they should build better tracks
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TriRacer27 3/18/2018 6:28am
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You guys are crybabies.

First of all, like others have said, Alves got a blue when Peters was coming by, and then he passed 3 flag stations with no blue for Forkner.

Second, there is no rule that says you have to move over. In fact, it says hold your line.

Forkner was just going for it and didn't quite get there soon enough to make the pass. Some of you, and Jeff Emig, just jump to Forkner's defense when he rides a bit over his head. He almost crashed in the exact same way just a few corners earlier with Peters. Was that also Peter's fault? Of course not.

Sure, it would've been great if Alves had moved over, but I think everyone crapping on him, and starting a thread about it, is trying to unfairly blame him for Forkner's bad night. Forkner was clearly trying to force the issue, and it backfired on him.
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Kyle_McNab 3/18/2018 7:24am
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Alves pulled a Vince frieze..like get the fuck out of the way
Jeff_Crutcher 3/18/2018 7:38am
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I like it when lappers don’t slow down. I like both riders. I like supercross.
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lumpy790 3/18/2018 7:40am
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FYI - Alves finished 4th in 250A at Lorettas last year with a 3-8-4 score and he is in his rookie year and qualified for his 1st main event in Daytona Last week where he finished 9th and was only 6 places behind Forkner. He has the speed.

In St Louis before this crash Alves had raced up from 21st to 14th and was dicing with 570 who was in 15th. A blue flag means hold your line and Alves backed off a little and held his line through the woops but Forkner did not go fast enough to pass him. The rider Up front always takes the line he wants.



I have noticed Forkner has a habit of trying to push people around and take them out. How did Forkner pass 5th place 114 Hatraft after taking Alves out? Forkner could have taken Hatraft out too.



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King KTM wrote:
Maybe if Forkner hadn't choked he would not have had to worry about Alves and I agree he was acting like a child. Where was he...
Maybe if Forkner hadn't choked he would not have had to worry about Alves and I agree he was acting like a child. Where was he when Zack wanted a word for cross jumping......oh yeah hiding behing his mechanic.
Wrong, Forkner was already heading towards the podium. Some of you fools are really short in the mental department. Try thinking just a hair further and seeing the bigger picture. Austin may be upset with himself for his mistake... I say fine. Your doing damn good this early in your career. If you want, take solace in the fact that the guy your battling with was on Factory KTM when you were still on the tit.
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Helder wrote:
Get out of the main line at least see him close the door on the inside to Forkner, Forkner should of punted him, all theses clowns...
Get out of the main line at least see him close the door on the inside to Forkner, Forkner should of punted him, all theses clowns in the other thread saying Forkner is a punk I’m 32 and I would of punted the prick.
Anybody saying Austin is a punk is full retard. Bunch of Husqvana Zach Osborne jerk off fan boys.
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Ted722 3/18/2018 9:02am
3/18/2018 9:02am Edited Date/Time 3/18/2018 3:43pm
What is it with 2's, Yamaha's, and being lapped at St. Louis? That's the lappers. Regarding a points leader's racecraft , I'll take old age and treachery (Dungey) over youth and exuberance (Forkner) every day and Sunday.

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FroDiddy 3/18/2018 9:04am
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Alves rode like a punk during the race, Forkner acted like a punk after the race.

Notice he approached Alves with caution, keeping a safe distance. He didn't want no smoke!
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500guy 3/18/2018 9:05am
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Alves could have done it better but so could have Forkner

Sucks it happened but 2 wrongs don't make it anything right.
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kaptkaos 3/18/2018 9:37am
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King KTM wrote:
Maybe if Forkner hadn't choked he would not have had to worry about Alves and I agree he was acting like a child. Where was he...
Maybe if Forkner hadn't choked he would not have had to worry about Alves and I agree he was acting like a child. Where was he when Zack wanted a word for cross jumping......oh yeah hiding behing his mechanic.
X2

I think Austin is fast and has a good future but he needs to either man up and be a bad ass or stfu and stop whining. Right now hes acting like a whiny punk.

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Johnny Ringo 3/18/2018 9:42am
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I get more heated than Forkner when a guy merges in front on me on i5. This guy is fighting for a title. Nice to see some emotion instead of the robotic bullshit you all claim to hate.

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