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Even all the lights riders were wheel tapping that jump to the top of the tabletop, and Alessi did from the inside at that same moment. I am sure James thought JT was going to at least wheel tap it from the outside. Its not anyone's fault, its just a racing incident like JT said. said.
But if JS is that much faster than JT$, then should have JT$ gotten out of his line?
James is trying to play catch up after a bad start, he isnt going to slow down for other riders that are clearly slower than he is.
Reed is in the position to win a championship, JT is NOT. People like JS, RV, CR, TC, RD, are all in the business of winning championships. Not waiting around for slower riders.
Sure James could have been smarter than he was, but JT could have made a few better decisions as well.
James would NOT have hit him had JT made it through the section smoothly, JS barely hit is back tire even AFTER he cased it. Had JT not fucked up, JS would have not hit his back tire, and just been right on his ass to pass him.
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If youre stupid enough to ride close enough to hit someone if they hit the breaks, its theyre fault.
JS was close enough to land on him because its RACING, rear ending someone on the freeway has nothing to do with racing, comparing the two topics is completely irrelevant.
As i said in my last post, JT cased it, and JS still BARELY hit his back tire. Had JT NOT cased it, JS would have just been right on his ass, and not hit his tire. The crash is, for the most part, JT's fault. He fucked up by casing something right in front of Stewart... I don't get how casing something in front of another rider, thus that rider landing on you, makes it the other riders fault.
Either learn to clear a DOUBLE, or get the fuck off the track. Simple as that.
If JT hadn't nose-cased that double he wouldn't have lost his momentum and balance which caused him to drift left into the fast line. If you watch carefully you'll see that when JS committed JT was completely clear of his line (so was the third rider to far riders' right) but then JT proceeded to ride into JS' line and that's when the collison occurred. JT obviously didn't veer on purpose and JS obviously didn't jump on him on purpose hence it was what you'd refer to as an "accident".
James is riding for the championship, how else was he supposed to make up for lost time if he didn't haul ass and take good lines? Especially on a track that was super hard to pass on. Yeah, he's made errors in judgment before but this was different than the Partridge incident and both riders involved agree with that. period. The only mistake James made in doing that jump was that he crashed and fell even further back, not in risking other riders' safety.
Maybe the AMA needs to expand the usage of the blue flag to include riders who are on the same lap but are clearly riding at vastly different speeds? Especially on one-lined tracks like Houston was. That's what they do at karting tracks if you're roadblocking, they make you get get outta the way.
p.s. did anyone else see when JS scrub-whip-transferred (or whatever you call it!) and pass IT9 and another rider mid-air off that sketchy triple coming out of the back turn right before the whoops? It was f'n awesome! crazy skills.
so just because you are a lot faster, or a "pro" that is always supposed to be going WFO, is no excuse for the accidents Bubba has caused..
Bubba has been reallyyy lucky...... what if JT$$$, or Partridge, or Preston, or Hot Sauce, or RC had been paralyzed from one of those incidents?? Bubba either has a false sense that he could never injury another rider, or he simply doesn't care, either way he's a clear and present danger to every other rider on the track with him... does a rider have to get seriously injured before the AMA does something????
ya sure, Bubba landing on people is bound to sell a lot of tickets for Feld, so Feld is probably all against any type of sanction on Bubba... they wanna fill those seats, and one of the best ways of doing so is to keep Bubba on track and crashing.... the masses don't come to the stadium to watch anyone win, they are just there for the crashes...
to boil it down, what's more important, keeping Feld's bank account full, or rider safety???? what if Bubba lands on a rider next weekend and paralyzes him???
Expand the usage of the blue flag....should JT have gotten out of his line? LMMFAO. Great stuff only Vital could supply. Thanks, boys.
Why not reply to the posts we made? Is it because you know were right? There has to be some reason...
Like Honcho said, look at the race, JT slipped up, went right into Stewie's line, on accident, if he wouldnt have slipped up, bobbled into JS line, and cased the double, nothing would have ever happened.
It's like a bullet, if you were shooting a gun (lets say you were in Afghanistan, or Iraq) shooting at some insurgents, and the rifleman to your right, who is CLEARLY standing there, trips, and falls right in front of you as your bullet is coming out of your gun, its not your fault that HE tripped.
Shit happens, JT bobbled, moved into JS line, and cased the double, there fore James' "bullet" hit him.
If youre a professional supercross rider, you should know how to clear a double, and you should know that youre not supposed to go right into someone else's line if youre already committed to taking another, (not saying he did it on purpose, but it did happen) or else someone is going to get hurt, in this case it was JT.
Ok.....I had a bad day and I am taking it out on (most of) you. Please just ignore this reply.
Although i agree with you that it WASNT JS fault.
nice to see Deano pass back clean BOTH times, but Emig got it right: "I'm telling you, here on the East coast, the rider who wins this is going to have to trade paint on more than one occasion. It's going to be brutal." But don't worry, the AMA can always look the other way and Speed gets the action it wants.
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So let me get this straight,
In your world the racing line now belongs to the racer in back,
and not the racer in the lead..
This is gonna be big news to 99.9% of the racers out there..
P.S. Im not a hater just tired of the nut swingers.
My original post was obviously tongue in cheek and I don't think Stewart should be black flagged if he starts outside the top ten but he definitely needs to get his shit together when coming through the pack. In his last seven SX starts he has had two major incidents crashing into other riders. One which took him out for a season. Now, I am a huge JS fan but to hide behind a veil and think just because he is the fastest and most talented guy out there we can't criticize some of his choices is ridiculous.
I will say it here, again, I want James to win the SX championship in 2011 and in 2012. Make these young guys earn it. Don't lose making rookie mistakes.
how about just telling someone you disagree with their opinion? is that so hard?
my opinion is that he shouldn't have even attempted that triple with the rider in front of him doubling. especially on such a one lined track. my opinion wouldn't change whether it was reed, dungey, villopoto, or mcgrath doing the landing on another rider.
"fore, james' actions coming through the pack"
This has not only happened to James but other riders. This track was tight and to come through the pack fast when down in the holeshot is what you do.
My question is, who are you to tell James which jumps he should do and not do? Are you as fast as he is? Were you in the position behind a rider you though was going to jump but didn't an had to make a split second decision as to whether he was going to jump or not? If he were behind Alessi, Alessi jumped to and off of the table top, and if James would have been behind him, nothing would have happened. I just don't think any of us are in the position to tell any racer which jumps he should do and which he shouldn't. Crashing is part of the sport, the fastest guys riding on the edge are going to crash more. It is not like James is a dirty rider like Reed that try's to take out other riders because that is the only way he can win.
Has anything good come out of Utah?
"my opinion is that he shouldn't have even attempted that triple with the rider in front of him doubling."
And maybe that is why we don't see you racing AMA SX and in the points battle. They have to take risks, Windham took the same risk on the same jump, where is he? In the hospital. It is all about risk and that's what can happen when you take them.
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