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That what we saw last night was not reflective of how the rest of the year will go. Stewart was the only rider that seemed to at least partly have the track figured out. That was perhaps the worst SX track I've seen in a long time. I think the top 5 are all much closer together than last night showed. RV, Dungy and Reed all looked way off. Stewart looked off too but to a lesser extent, his slicing under where nobody else can was his advantage, that isn't going to work on every track. I think it may take Reed a few weeks to up his game, and this year that will mean out of the title hunt. But I think anyone who thinks Stewart with a good start will gap the field a second a lap is going to be disappointed. Nobody wins more than 7 races, who that will be I don't know.
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Digger437 1/9/2011 9:45am
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Alot of the riders "just want to get through A1 without incident" Everyone is hyped up and some just hope to ride it out without any problems. I say Reed is happy with a top 5 as is Stewart and his 3rd. Other riders also now have some bugs worked out and hopefully ride better next week.

To me the track seemed slow in a couple of the corners and hard to pass or make up time which made the starts especially critical last night.
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FreshTopEnd 1/9/2011 9:49am
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I don't think it was the worst track I've ever seen, not even close; I don't think RV, RD, Reed looked off at all, but that Stewart is still better; I think Stewart got beaten straight up; I think for the first time in many, many years the front five+ are way fast, and that the group is fast enough that an even faster Stewart has less margin for mistakes like that start; I think this was the best Stewart's bike has looked at an opening round that I can remember. It should be a great season.
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lafawnduh 1/9/2011 10:13am
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Digger437 wrote:
Alot of the riders "just want to get through A1 without incident" Everyone is hyped up and some just hope to ride it out without any...
Alot of the riders "just want to get through A1 without incident" Everyone is hyped up and some just hope to ride it out without any problems. I say Reed is happy with a top 5 as is Stewart and his 3rd. Other riders also now have some bugs worked out and hopefully ride better next week.

To me the track seemed slow in a couple of the corners and hard to pass or make up time which made the starts especially critical last night.
I say 7 isn't happy with third. Stewarts mindset has always been WIN. He said he isn't changing anything about the way he rides. He may be ok with 3rd, but I don't think he is happy.. If he gets a start last night, nobody touches him on that track... Bring on Phoenix..
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kongols 1/9/2011 10:19am
1/9/2011 10:19am
What you guy`s think - is Phoenix gonna mess with Stewart head, or is it gonna be just another track.

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RaceFace 1/9/2011 10:29am
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RandyS wrote:
That what we saw last night was not reflective of how the rest of the year will go. Stewart was the only rider that seemed to...
That what we saw last night was not reflective of how the rest of the year will go. Stewart was the only rider that seemed to at least partly have the track figured out. That was perhaps the worst SX track I've seen in a long time. I think the top 5 are all much closer together than last night showed. RV, Dungy and Reed all looked way off. Stewart looked off too but to a lesser extent, his slicing under where nobody else can was his advantage, that isn't going to work on every track. I think it may take Reed a few weeks to up his game, and this year that will mean out of the title hunt. But I think anyone who thinks Stewart with a good start will gap the field a second a lap is going to be disappointed. Nobody wins more than 7 races, who that will be I don't know.
I did think RV and Dungey looked a little tentative. RV looked slow at times, compared to how he usually rides....but he has commented that he would be leaning towards a more controlled style this year. Dungey always looks slow but somehow is going very fast. I don't think Reed is at all happy with his result, even hough it is 5th. His fastest lap was 2 seconds slower than the top 4 guys' fastest.

I'm thinking back to when RC made his move in SX. It didn't happen at the 1st race. If we went by the 1st race, it looked like MC was still the man. I think we will see a similar thing from RV this year. He made the same type of slim down training move as well this year. RV was 5th at A1 2010 some 44 seconds back. After finishes of 2nd and 7th, he then won round 4. Imagine if he makes that same progression this year.......
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wownd out 1/9/2011 10:33am
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kongols wrote:
What you guy`s think - is Phoenix gonna mess with Stewart head, or is it gonna be just another track.
If Stewart keeps up the gotta win at all costs he will knock himself out of contention again.
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jpracer931 1/9/2011 11:15am
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it looked to me like Reeds bike wasnt set up to goob in the heat,seemed like on the exit of the corners he had to shift his upper body back to get traction and it looke dlike the rear end was squatting
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rgmx-49 1/9/2011 11:21am
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Digger437 wrote:
Alot of the riders "just want to get through A1 without incident" Everyone is hyped up and some just hope to ride it out without any...
Alot of the riders "just want to get through A1 without incident" Everyone is hyped up and some just hope to ride it out without any problems. I say Reed is happy with a top 5 as is Stewart and his 3rd. Other riders also now have some bugs worked out and hopefully ride better next week.

To me the track seemed slow in a couple of the corners and hard to pass or make up time which made the starts especially critical last night.
yeah next week and the following we will see them at full potential. hopefully no gets hurt, I just wanna see some good racing between all these guys.
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zippy895 1/9/2011 11:28am
1/9/2011 11:28am
i feel the top 3 r satisfied w/ their results.reed, im not to sure about.

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