pourcel ...

mohammed wrote:

looks like hes on cruise control for most of the race and then turns on the turbo when he needs to. The young lads are giving...

looks like hes on cruise control for most of the race and then turns on the turbo when he needs to. The young lads are giving it there all barcia and stroupe but pourcel is bit too much for them. I see pourcel going undefeated this sx season.

Jarid332 wrote:

Pourcel is bad ass. Slowly becoming a fan of that kid.

MX Culture wrote:

agreed...awesome riding, period. Talked to him after the race and he was a cool as could be. My whole perception of him has changed after that...

agreed...awesome riding, period. Talked to him after the race and he was a cool as could be. My whole perception of him has changed after that 3 minute conversation.
DD

XBUTCHX wrote:

Sorry, that win was far from a gift.

TeamGreen wrote:

How do you say,"Dee, Dee, Dee" in French?

Someone call Carlos Mencia and see if he knows French...

XBUTCHX wrote:

Sorry, that win was far from a gift.

jbomx363 wrote:

Really? Let's see....leader goes down in turn with a 3 to go and causes the 2nd place guy to check up and go around to allow...

Really? Let's see....leader goes down in turn with a 3 to go and causes the 2nd place guy to check up and go around to allow the 3rd place guy to go on for the win...hmm.. gift to me..

Anyway, it is what it is and that's a win for CP.

XBUTCHX wrote:

Sorry, that win was far from a gift.

jbomx363 wrote:

Really? Let's see....leader goes down in turn with a 3 to go and causes the 2nd place guy to check up and go around to allow...

Really? Let's see....leader goes down in turn with a 3 to go and causes the 2nd place guy to check up and go around to allow the 3rd place guy to go on for the win...hmm.. gift to me..

Anyway, it is what it is and that's a win for CP.

Shenzi wrote:

the others made errors under pressure. by pushing. What made them push harder, what made them ride on the edge? There's no gift in racing, they...

the others made errors under pressure. by pushing. What made them push harder, what made them ride on the edge? There's no gift in racing, they are errors resulting in crash or mechanicals, most of the time resulting from trying to catch up or trying to resist passes from another rider.

Shenzi wrote:

the others made errors under pressure. by pushing. What made them push harder, what made them ride on the edge? There's no gift in racing, they...

the others made errors under pressure. by pushing. What made them push harder, what made them ride on the edge? There's no gift in racing, they are errors resulting in crash or mechanicals, most of the time resulting from trying to catch up or trying to resist passes from another rider.

luv2ridemx wrote:

The poster who felt Barcia was riding wild apparently didn't watch the same race as I did. He was riding angry after CP cut his line...

The poster who felt Barcia was riding wild apparently didn't watch the same race as I did. He was riding angry after CP cut his line. I've played it back a few times and Barcia made a clean pass not a block pass. Came inside and didn't touch him or cut across his line. CP was miffed from him being so close that he couldn't plant his foot in the turn because Barcia came in. Pourcel became pissed thinking I have the red plate give me respect and wait for me to make the turn.

quote from interview " I'm the #1 and I don't want anyone to push me out" BS!!

Barcia was riding better then Pourcel and was being held up by all his blocking crap games. Pourcel is smooth and has the stamina and talent to become a great sx rider in the future. Wait until he tries his little games on Reed, Poto and Stewart they'll be using him as berm and sending him into the cheap seats.

Respect is earned from winning by being faster and consistant not by taking out the competition to win.

CP most likely gave Barcia a reason to press on his training/racing and will get more then his share of wins against him.

Pourcel was rattled that Stroupe and Barcia were faster then him and wasn't expecting their speed thinking he would be alone out front.

As Fro mentioned he was damaged goods after casing the quad earlier in practice and hurt his back but he just gave up his edge to Stroupe and Barcia letting them know he can be beat.

SteveS wrote:

I think you guys are saying....





It wasn't


straight up

mohammed wrote:

looks like hes on cruise control for most of the race and then turns on the turbo when he needs to. The young lads are giving...

looks like hes on cruise control for most of the race and then turns on the turbo when he needs to. The young lads are giving it there all barcia and stroupe but pourcel is bit too much for them. I see pourcel going undefeated this sx season.

luv2ridemx wrote:

The poster who felt Barcia was riding wild apparently didn't watch the same race as I did. He was riding angry after CP cut his line...

The poster who felt Barcia was riding wild apparently didn't watch the same race as I did. He was riding angry after CP cut his line. I've played it back a few times and Barcia made a clean pass not a block pass. Came inside and didn't touch him or cut across his line. CP was miffed from him being so close that he couldn't plant his foot in the turn because Barcia came in. Pourcel became pissed thinking I have the red plate give me respect and wait for me to make the turn.

quote from interview " I'm the #1 and I don't want anyone to push me out" BS!!

Barcia was riding better then Pourcel and was being held up by all his blocking crap games. Pourcel is smooth and has the stamina and talent to become a great sx rider in the future. Wait until he tries his little games on Reed, Poto and Stewart they'll be using him as berm and sending him into the cheap seats.

Respect is earned from winning by being faster and consistant not by taking out the competition to win.

CP most likely gave Barcia a reason to press on his training/racing and will get more then his share of wins against him.

Pourcel was rattled that Stroupe and Barcia were faster then him and wasn't expecting their speed thinking he would be alone out front.

As Fro mentioned he was damaged goods after casing the quad earlier in practice and hurt his back but he just gave up his edge to Stroupe and Barcia letting them know he can be beat.

Rupert X wrote:

I guess I saw a different race. I saw an incredibly talented rider that normally checks out - struggling to maintain a solid footing up front...

I guess I saw a different race. I saw an incredibly talented rider that normally

checks out - struggling to maintain a solid footing up front and, for a while there,

it looked like Metcalfe or whoever it was - might even put him back to fifth - with a few laps

left. Everybody up front was hanging it out and everybody was making little

mistakes here and there, so the reality is, that I'm not confident that Pourcel was

confident when he was fighting off Barcia and crowd, I think he was in panic mode

with the other riders able to get deep inside his helmet. I think he was fortunate that

things played out like they did and, his erratic behavior on the podium reflected that

he was truly shaken up by the upstart challengers.

luv2ridemx wrote:

McCream says "wow you are so wrong... Barcia started it on Pourcel... he started it with Wilson int he heat.. he started it with Davalos in...

McCream says "wow you are so wrong... Barcia started it on Pourcel... he started it with Wilson int he heat.. he started it with Davalos in practice and he started it with Stroupe last year... " ok he's passionate about competing with other equals where does this bring in CP to play big brother. I heard that Davalos was the one not allowed to race therefore your saying the AMA caught the wrong guy?

Respect is earned by being faster and not taking out the competition to win...so by that definition Pourcel has done that time and again - look at his titles and race wins...."Compare that to Barcia's record- who should respect who? "

After watching Pourcel the champion I don't believe he deserves respect from Barcia others maybe.



I didn't see the altercation of practice or time trial but your response doesn't hold water for the reasoning a champion going for a title stoops down to engage in a game with another rider he had no previous contact with. Am I missing something that occured between them?

Has this become tag team sx? Dean and Stroupe are more then capable of handling their own revenge.

Champions race the track and don't play games. He lost the battle because he can no longer race his race Barcia has entered into his head. Just as Dungey is being bothered by Jlaws antics.

A champion has one goal in mind and it doesn't include revenge on rookies in the main event.

Barcia is a rookie and he is expected to make mistakes just as JS did with Mc at Anaheim by his cheap block pass. He lit up the boards with that shank display of disrespect. Champions live by better standards and are respected by their peers for their display of tactfulness.

RACERX69 wrote:

Bubba wasn't even close to being a rookie when he took out "The King". Total bullshit and lack of respect move on Bubbas part. He's a...

Bubba wasn't even close to being a rookie when he took out "The King". Total bullshit and lack of respect move on Bubbas part. He's a punk and will never fill MC's shoes. In fact he's not even worthy of holding MC's Jockstrap!

As for Pourcel, who the hell is he? He a guy with a B-class title from Europe and a Lites class SX C-ship from the USA. I doubt Barcia gives two-shits about the2 titles CP has.
If CP were a little more humble, he may garner more respect form his peer group.
He's another JMB in the making. The American fans and riders will eventually ostercize his ass.

mccread wrote:

wow you are so wrong... Barcia started it on Pourcel... he started it with Wilson int he heat.. he started it with Davalos in practice and...

wow you are so wrong... Barcia started it on Pourcel... he started it with Wilson int he heat.. he started it with Davalos in practice and he started it with Stroupe last year...

If you bothered watching Pourcel from 2005 you will see he never rides like that,

Respect is earned by being faster and not taking out the competition to win...so by that definition Pourcel has done that time and again - look at his titles and race wins....Compare that to Barcia's record- who should respect who?

Pourcel is number one why should he allow some kid to try and take him out? He started playing Barcia's game giving him a tast of his own medicine not the other way round... I have never seen Pourcel ride like that before.

I like Barcia and he is great to watch but he needs to respect Pourcel's speed and learn how the former world champ and defending supercross champ wins - patience. MC never rode like Barcia and he is the King of supercross.

It's not just Pourcel, If Barcia did that to RC, Barcia would have been in the cheap seats... look what he did to Roncada...

Pourcel probably can't wait to race a 450 to get out of the destruction derby of the 250fs.