#490 VIDEO FOUND!!! Damon Smith....

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the_wood109 2/11/2011 9:22pm
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Did you see how fast he was coming up on the guy?

Looked to me that he tried to change lines because he realized he was gonna land on the guy.
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redrider400 2/11/2011 10:10pm
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mxmadness wrote:
I'm not seeing where he crossed into Howell's line. Looks to me like Austin hit a rut. Too bad the guy's hurt and all, but seems...
I'm not seeing where he crossed into Howell's line. Looks to me like Austin hit a rut. Too bad the guy's hurt and all, but seems like every time a rider crashes they want to blame some other rider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT7ydC1pgtI
Dude, c'mon. Some of you guys are acting retarded about this dude. It know alot of you get on the internet just to argue with people because you can't disagree just to disagree in real life, but this is ridiculous. You could clearly see Austin trying to cut over so he didn't land on the idiot. You are right, it does look like he cross rutted, and he probably did, but he tries to cut over almost on the face because of the dude "very slowly rolling", not just rolling the jump.
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Ddavis 2/11/2011 10:32pm
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mxmadness wrote:
I'm not seeing where he crossed into Howell's line. Looks to me like Austin hit a rut. Too bad the guy's hurt and all, but seems...
I'm not seeing where he crossed into Howell's line. Looks to me like Austin hit a rut. Too bad the guy's hurt and all, but seems like every time a rider crashes they want to blame some other rider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT7ydC1pgtI
Your a ******* moron I swear, Austin hit a rut because HE LOOKS AND THERE'S A GOON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACK.

My good friend Brandon Brady ruptured his spleen back in 2005 because he came over a huge tabletop (this was in the 85 expert practice) and there was a PW50 going 2 MPH in the middle of the track and Brandon tried moving out of the way when he landed and hit the poor kid and packed right into the lip of a jump and couldn't ride for almost a year cause of it. (Btw Brandon is racing West lites this year, but crashed in Phoenix in the heat race and hasn't been out there since)
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davis224 2/12/2011 5:05am
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mxmadness wrote:
I'm not seeing where he crossed into Howell's line. Looks to me like Austin hit a rut. Too bad the guy's hurt and all, but seems...
I'm not seeing where he crossed into Howell's line. Looks to me like Austin hit a rut. Too bad the guy's hurt and all, but seems like every time a rider crashes they want to blame some other rider.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT7ydC1pgtI
I'm seeing that as proof he knows he shouldn't be out there. He looked and saw Austin Howell PASS him off of his bike. He shouldnt be out there and he knows it.

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mattmatt300 2/12/2011 6:40am
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why doesnt someone punt him off the track? after a few times i think he'd pack it in and head home.
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I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the big deal? He didn't look like a top 20 guy, but he look good enough to be out there. I've seen worse in the night show.

Leave the guy alone and go ride.


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SPYGUY 2/12/2011 9:30am
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P wrote:
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the...
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the big deal? He didn't look like a top 20 guy, but he look good enough to be out there. I've seen worse in the night show.

Leave the guy alone and go ride.


P
Why am I not surprised?
Brian_Cope 2/12/2011 11:54am
2/12/2011 11:54am
Last year at the indy supercross there was a big guy on an rm250 that was rolling jumps and way under the slowest laptime. He was blackflagged in the first practice session and didnt return for the second
Chris O'Neal 2/12/2011 12:58pm
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Brian_Cope wrote:
Last year at the indy supercross there was a big guy on an rm250 that was rolling jumps and way under the slowest laptime. He was...
Last year at the indy supercross there was a big guy on an rm250 that was rolling jumps and way under the slowest laptime. He was blackflagged in the first practice session and didnt return for the second
He should sue! Woohoo Grinning Silly
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Ddavis 2/12/2011 1:01pm
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This guy is going to be more well known than Bubba when all this is over with..
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Mstock 2/12/2011 1:19pm
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Is #490 at Houston? Any pics?
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redrider400 2/12/2011 1:22pm
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P wrote:
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the...
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the big deal? He didn't look like a top 20 guy, but he look good enough to be out there. I've seen worse in the night show.

Leave the guy alone and go ride.


P
SPYGUY wrote:
Why am I not surprised?
Completely, I can't think of a reason why he would stick up for the guy. Hmmmmmm?
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redrider400 2/12/2011 1:25pm
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Brian_Cope wrote:
Last year at the indy supercross there was a big guy on an rm250 that was rolling jumps and way under the slowest laptime. He was...
Last year at the indy supercross there was a big guy on an rm250 that was rolling jumps and way under the slowest laptime. He was blackflagged in the first practice session and didnt return for the second
Chris O'Neal wrote:
He should sue! Woohoo Grinning Silly
There ya go. She if you are an out of shape white guy, you have to go. But if you are a black guy, no one can touch you? Just stating the obvious.
Chris O'Neal 2/12/2011 1:26pm
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Is #490 at Houston? Any pics?
No this is a East round. He should have rode the 450 class! Would have made the night show by default!
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FastEddy 2/12/2011 1:49pm
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P wrote:
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the...
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the big deal? He didn't look like a top 20 guy, but he look good enough to be out there. I've seen worse in the night show.

Leave the guy alone and go ride.


P
I was thinking the same thing when I first watched the video....
But after seeing him in the whoops...I was kinda like hrmmm.

Then I seen him in this video rolling a triple.
And was hrmmm k.
https://youtu.be/rxvvm75nNBc

Then I went and looked at his individual lap times for the day for A2 and compared with some other slower guys.
Then I was hrmmm 13 to 20+ seconds a lap off from the next guy(not good),he was also the slowest by far.

Did some math and Hanny would have lapped him several times in the main (if that was the case).

Then after looking at his amateur results and his real age 39 years old.
I was kinda like.....
Maybe he needs to shave at least 10+ seconds a lap off before he goes back out there.
Because in all reality ,the lap times do not lie and he is far off the pace.
And as some have stated it could be/is unsafe for him and others.

Perhaps having a D practice would make it safer for him and a few other guys that roll whoops and do not jump everything each lap,within standard.

They guy does have balls and I respect him as a person/rider/racer,for giving SX a shot.
He also seems like a pretty cool guy by looking at his websites.
But if he really wants to make a night show,he is gonna have to step it up quite a bit.
Because he is far from the standard of what a professional SX racer truly is,by looking at his times and his style.
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Ddavis 2/12/2011 2:26pm
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He just needs to stay away from supercross, he should race arenacross.
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Vazscep 2/12/2011 2:41pm
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Who are the idiots who film the guy though?


Motocross83 2/12/2011 3:29pm
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I don't think Damon's responsible in either video (i.e the near superman or the Austin crash).

The first film of him rolling the triple shows that he is over to the right side. Ok, he could move over more but he's hardly in the middle either. Towards the very last second of the vid you can clearly see two more guy's do exactly the same thing. And as for the Austin crash, look again, Damon's over on the right side - NOT in the middle. What he did is no different to what happens a zillion times throughout the practices, qualifiers, heats and even in the main event when a rider lays up and rolls for this or that reason etc - while a faster guy comes flying by.

However with that said I don't think he should be out there with his current speed deficit. Huge props to the guy for hucking those triples, he can clearly ride. But as it would be with most us mere mortals, it's hardly convincing either. He looks as though he's barely just making the few things he does go for. And his whoop speed is non existent. I'm forced to agree that it'd probably be better to stay away. Improve your whoops, improve your jumping, corner speed and confidence etc. And then THAT is the time to come back and have another go.

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slipdog 2/12/2011 7:36pm
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Damon is a good dude! People making accusations of him trying to sue are way off base. He set a goal for himself to become a professional MX/SX racer and is attempting to live the dream. Personally, like most of you, I do not believe he is ready to be out there racing SX, but he followed all the rules set by the AMA and they issued the license. So where do we go from here? Ridiculing the man for following his dreams isn't going to solve the problem, only the AMA can remedy this situation.
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the_wood109 2/12/2011 8:25pm
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Moto GP uses a set cutoff time based on a % of the fastest time. Maybe it's about time for the AMA to implement such a rule and actually enforce it. If you aren't close enough in the first session you are done....they could even add in some type of approval system before the next attempt.
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P wrote:
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the...
I thought that he was going to be singling everything or something. He was making all of the jumps and even the triples so what's the big deal? He didn't look like a top 20 guy, but he look good enough to be out there. I've seen worse in the night show.

Leave the guy alone and go ride.


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"I've seen worse in the night show"

Who, where, and when?
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jleews6 2/12/2011 9:01pm
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My son just showed me the interview with Damon and all I can say is that everybody needs to read it. You will have a different opinion about the guy. he seems like a cool dude that just wants to live the dream like the rest of us. the only difference is that he does it.
http://jaredbolton.com/2011/02/12/damon-smith-interview/#comment-202
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jemcee 2/12/2011 9:02pm
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I blame 4 strokes! would he be attempting to race supercross on a 125 or 250 2 stroke I'd think not..
sorry I was fighting it yesterday but then the thread popped up again today

but seriously the guy really shouldn't be out there. people stick up for stewart when he crashes into people by saying that he's just way faster than everyone and he comes up on them so fast... well everyone on the track is that much faster than this guy and by the looks of those videos he's constantly somewhere he shouldn't be or not expected to be.
a split second of confusion of a fast guy coming up on him can be really dangerous
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jemcee 2/12/2011 9:05pm
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jleews6 wrote:
My son just showed me the interview with Damon and all I can say is that everybody needs to read it. You will have a different...
My son just showed me the interview with Damon and all I can say is that everybody needs to read it. You will have a different opinion about the guy. he seems like a cool dude that just wants to live the dream like the rest of us. the only difference is that he does it.
http://jaredbolton.com/2011/02/12/damon-smith-interview/#comment-202
everyone is saying he just wants to live the dream like the rest of us, but the difference is most of us know that we can't because we're not good enough.. so we don't

this guy is not good enough.. doesn't matter which way you look at it
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dlowe102 2/13/2011 7:01am
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That dude wouldnt be out there if they were on 2 strokes. The four strokes allow you to stop in the corners and still huck the triples. I dont think he is anymore a danger to the other riders than say stewart. I am a fan of tewart though
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dlowe102 2/13/2011 9:05am
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But for real look at the dns's this guy racked up..Looks like all you have to do is send the money for registration and hope only 4 or 5 show up and you can be a pro in no time..Am i wrong?
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redrider400 2/13/2011 10:56am
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dlowe102 wrote:
But for real look at the dns's this guy racked up..Looks like all you have to do is send the money for registration and hope only...
But for real look at the dns's this guy racked up..Looks like all you have to do is send the money for registration and hope only 4 or 5 show up and you can be a pro in no time..Am i wrong?
nope, your completely right. We all could do it, but we are smart enough to realize that we would not be deserving of a professional license. Usually there are just a couple pros at the local races so, I could sign up and get 3rd out of 3 people a few times and become a pro. Great, I am going to start this year. LOL
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mxmadness 2/13/2011 11:06am
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Whats he gonna do? Sue the ama and feld? I looked at his profile and he has had a couple alright finishes here and there. He...
Whats he gonna do? Sue the ama and feld? I looked at his profile and he has had a couple alright finishes here and there. He got 3rd at a loretta lynns qualifier in 450 A which is pretty damn good.
Its one thing to go out to a track like washougal or unadilla and try to qualify, but in supercross dudes like this have no buisness at all being out there. Not even in practice. Its shitty that Austin Howell is sidelined after putting all that work into it because he came up on this dude w/ out knowing he was there. Really shitty.
The dudes skills seem pretty lopsided. It looks as if all he does is practice triples and 15-10 ft rythem sections. And no I'm not talking shit on the dude nor am I a "racist".
Foster576 wrote:
Well actually in this day in age yes I bet he would sue, and he would probably win a good amount of $$$ too.
VEGAS711 wrote:
He wins a law suit and ends up making more money than the privateers and most lites team riders. In the future privateers make even less...
He wins a law suit and ends up making more money than the privateers and most lites team riders. In the future privateers make even less as the purse goes down, the money to pay the lawsuit hasSad to come from somewhere, right.
Why are people making a big deal about his sponsors being lawyers? Have you not noticed motorcycle lawyers sponsoring almost every SX event this year? Motorcycle lawyers handle street bike accidents - like when someone riding gets hit by a car or truck and the insurance company doesn't cover everything. My cousin was in a bad accident and motorcycle lawyers helped his family cover all of his medical bills, not to mention their own bills since he could no longer work.

Lawyers sponsor these things so they can be seen by people who ride motorcycles. There's no way to sue the AMA - SX and MX riders sign their lives away everytime they hit the track.

Do some homework before you make ignorant comments.

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