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There will be multiple races happening in the same race. Dungey vs Villipoto and Reed vs Stewart.
It should be fire works.
I'll say this right now, RV and RD won't think twice about banging bars and putting James on the dirt.
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Neither can afford a point penalty, DQ or race suspension.
That's not to say either Ryan will just let James pass with ease either. They may try to prove a point that they are quite capable of racing with James, just has he may prove a point it's still his sand box.
The end result is great racing for the fans, I hope.
A1? Well, we know how that turned out. Phoenix? There wasn't much to compare there.
James was just off the pace at A2...with the broken wrist. My guess is that once he does come back, it'll be back at his usual speed. No reason to rush back before that.
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As for the Reed being 4 tenths better does anyone remember what he said his goal was coming back? To focus on the MX championship. How do you think that bike is set up and what kind of practice has he been doing? Toronto will be more telling IMO
Once Reed and Stewart come back, I think it'll be:
James
Chad
Ryan, Ryan
Everyone else
James is on his own level as far as speed goes....Chad is just a tick off the pace...the Ryans will be about two ticks off Chad's pace, and everyone else will be about 5 ticks of the Ryan's.
And I don't get all the hate on JS for crashing trying to go as fast as he possibly can. Seriously? The guy is putting his life on the line so that us fans can have a good show, and people are hating on him? Really?
I give him props for giving it his all....crash or not, championship or not, the dude never disappoints.
And there is NOTHING like watching james stewart at top speed....NOTHING. So I'm going to be enjoying it, right up until he crashes or wins. Either way, his riding is SPECTACULAR.
And if someone else (RV, RD, CR) have the speed to run with him....that'll just be better.
It will be fun to watch.
I don't even think you'd say that James was riding as fast as he could at Vegas? Of course he wasn't.
And I'm still not convinced the others (RV, RD, CR, or even MA for that matter) are at James speed, even outdoors. But it's been so long since they've been on an outdoor track together that I could be wrong.
All I know, is that the last time James raced the outdoors, he EASILY went undefeated. EASILY. A nearly impossible feat, and to do it as easy as james did is almost unbeleavable (if RC hadn't done it twice, I wouldn't believe it.)
I'm just still not convinced James still isn't the speed king, indoors and out. And that's coming from a Reed fan.
RV won by 4.45 seconds at Daytona. RC must have been dumbfounded with Dungey's speed also. I wonder what RC thought about Reed's speed in practice.
Maybe I am forgetting but why didn't James nut up for the Nationals last year?
This year however is another animal. RD ran ahead of JBS for almost 18 laps and they both had 30 sec's on the field. After a HEALTHY JBS passed a HURT RD, RD came back in the last few corners and could have stuffed JBS easily but its not his style or we would have seen the new kid beat down the old guard dog in his very first full time SX 450 ride! Now thats a hell of a lot more impressive than anything that JBS did lately..
JBS always ran about the same distance in front of rest of the pack as the Ryans are now and the pack is the same bunch now as they were when JBS was here so that logic and the race i just spoke of tells me there is a new sheriff in town but it sure as hell is not Bubba! Hmmm maybe co-sheriff's
I cannot imagine the Ryans not running the pace at the front no matter who may be able to keep up with them..one or both may lose thats a given in any race but i think they will both be in the hunt for the win.
So I hope you all are right...I really hope you're right. That'd be best for the sport.
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