Bench Racing | Southwick National Timed Qualifying

Chris_Buehler
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7/11/2026 9:14am
truck wrote:

Shimoda out with collarbone.....

DonJulio wrote:

Yep. Cole needs to ride 75% and title is his 

Easily. His consistency will have him wrapping up the title a race early. Everyone else in the class is so up and down 

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7/11/2026 9:17am
truck wrote:

Shimoda out with collarbone.....

Oh bummer man ☹️

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7/11/2026 9:18am
truck wrote:

Romano out as well but no word on the injury

Jesus man, as soon as he caught fire and started getting attention he pretty much no showed high point and redbud and now out

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7/11/2026 9:18am

Ugh, I am gutted for Shimoda! Get well soon man!

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7/11/2026 9:22am
280driver wrote:

Only three American riders in the top 10 in the first 450 qualifier.  Crazy how international the series is.

Still very much believe we have guys capable of filling the top 10, but our guys refuse to actually setup their bikes for outdoors. They still run such a stiff SX like setup compared to any Euros or Aussies. Show me an American that runs in the top 5 with a bike setup anywhere close to as plush and comfortable as the Lawrence’s, Coenans, Roczen or any other foreign rider.


You won’t find it. I truly believe that it hurting our guys more than anyone will ever admit. 

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7/11/2026 9:23am
D.K.O.N. wrote:

Jesus, will Jo ever get it done??? Such a bummer..

 

I love Jo and have been a fan of his since dropping the gate for him when he was on the 150, but sadly I don’t think so. 

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7/11/2026 9:23am

Says a lot that jo goes out and nobody even suggests it's now kitchen's title to lose. Just doesn't have that dog in him it seems. 

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7/11/2026 9:27am

Don't forget, got old dog TC222,  would be great if he could lake top 10

Its probably the race, that I have most been looking forward to for a while 

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7/11/2026 9:27am
Mavetism wrote:
Coincidence definitely. Jcoop is not known for riding over his limit. Tomac had a bad incident at the first lap he couldn't do anything about it...

Coincidence definitely. Jcoop is not known for riding over his limit. Tomac had a bad incident at the first lap he couldn't do anything about it. Sexton with a press day crash.. I think the level and speed is definitely higher now which automatically brings more risk but most of these are not "pushing too much" outcomes imo.

I know comparing era's, bikes, riders and tracks is all just a guess. But saying levels and speeds are at a all time high, has anyone actaully looked at lap times over the past 20 years?  Surley if the bikes are better and the riders faster it would show some sort of trend that laptimes are dropping by 5 seconds etc....yes I know weather, track changes etc...are a huge variable, but take take 10 tracks compare over the last 20 years seems there should be a pretty noticable trend of lower laptimes. Personally i dont think the lap times are much different.

My guess Stewart, Charmicheal, Villipoto are just as fast as Jett, we know hearling has beat Cohen a few times too.

Regardless today should be very competitive racing for the top 5 in 450s. 250s id say it is all aready over.

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7/11/2026 9:33am
Mavetism wrote:
Coincidence definitely. Jcoop is not known for riding over his limit. Tomac had a bad incident at the first lap he couldn't do anything about it...

Coincidence definitely. Jcoop is not known for riding over his limit. Tomac had a bad incident at the first lap he couldn't do anything about it. Sexton with a press day crash.. I think the level and speed is definitely higher now which automatically brings more risk but most of these are not "pushing too much" outcomes imo.

kijen wrote:
I know comparing era's, bikes, riders and tracks is all just a guess. But saying levels and speeds are at a all time high, has anyone...

I know comparing era's, bikes, riders and tracks is all just a guess. But saying levels and speeds are at a all time high, has anyone actaully looked at lap times over the past 20 years?  Surley if the bikes are better and the riders faster it would show some sort of trend that laptimes are dropping by 5 seconds etc....yes I know weather, track changes etc...are a huge variable, but take take 10 tracks compare over the last 20 years seems there should be a pretty noticable trend of lower laptimes. Personally i dont think the lap times are much different.

My guess Stewart, Charmicheal, Villipoto are just as fast as Jett, we know hearling has beat Cohen a few times too.

Regardless today should be very competitive racing for the top 5 in 450s. 250s id say it is all aready over.

You make good points. I will say the 250 class over here can be unpredictable though. Mainly because of crashes. 

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7/11/2026 9:35am

I think it's time to hang up my hat as a Jo fan. I can't take it anymore

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7/11/2026 9:38am
truck wrote:

Says a lot that jo goes out and nobody even suggests it's now kitchen's title to lose. Just doesn't have that dog in him it seems. 

He really doesn't. The sample size has been big enough with him. 

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7/11/2026 9:38am

I think it's time to hang up my hat as a Jo fan. I can't take it anymore

You sound like me with Sexton. I'm over it

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7/11/2026 9:40am

After watching RDL seems like today is gonna be more about making it to the finish and less about winning 

7/11/2026 9:43am
GD2 wrote:
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In 4th Larry the local from Ct. Impressive 

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Chris_Buehler
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7/11/2026 9:52am
GD2 wrote:
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In 4th Larry the local from Ct. Impressive 

You would love him. He races a 125 in the Pro Class in NESC all the time

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7/11/2026 9:56am

My buddy TJ qualified 31st! Hot damn. I dont think hes ever qualified before. Fuck yeah

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7/11/2026 10:07am

Has anyone else got the intro screen when watching through the SMX video pass?

7/11/2026 11:28am

whole damn race is split screened, just switch between battles when they heat up god damn

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7/12/2026 6:01am
Mavetism wrote:
Coincidence definitely. Jcoop is not known for riding over his limit. Tomac had a bad incident at the first lap he couldn't do anything about it...

Coincidence definitely. Jcoop is not known for riding over his limit. Tomac had a bad incident at the first lap he couldn't do anything about it. Sexton with a press day crash.. I think the level and speed is definitely higher now which automatically brings more risk but most of these are not "pushing too much" outcomes imo.

Thank you, great answer.

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