Bench Racing | Columbus SMX Qualifying

9/12/2026 8:07am

Looks like my guess was wrong. JB said they’re just going off of points to fill the gate. If I interpreted that correctly they aren’t even running Wildcard/LCQs. If that is how they handle it, a lot of guys will be really upset.

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9/12/2026 8:09am
TheMilkman wrote:
Looks like my guess was wrong. JB said they’re just going off of points to fill the gate. If I interpreted that correctly they aren’t even...

Looks like my guess was wrong. JB said they’re just going off of points to fill the gate. If I interpreted that correctly they aren’t even running Wildcard/LCQs. If that is how they handle it, a lot of guys will be really upset.

As of now they will be running the LCQ's

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9/12/2026 8:17am

JB just clarified. Wildcard race is at 1:30 local time. So only the seeded guys will go off of points. That makes much more sense. 

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9/12/2026 8:37am
aeffertz wrote:

Super mudder cross!

Anybody could win, even Deegan.

Deegs was throwing laps in the rain at Buds Creek while everyone else sat under their tents.

This thing is wide open. A holeshot at a murder is about as good as it gets...

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9/12/2026 8:40am

It’s not hard to adjust a few elevations to allow drainage in case of rain. Building the start straight in the middle, as the lowest section with no drainage, is just dumb. They built a pool. They need to use the low sections between double/triple jumps as drainage channels, to give the water an easy way out. 

With “decades of experience”, the track designers know the predictable disasters and should build all the open stadium tracks to avoid them.  It’s not like we’ve never seen water falling from the sky before..

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9/12/2026 8:42am
brocster wrote:

Why are they not trying to drain the standing water from the track????

DonM wrote:
Because of the lightning in the area...It's the stadium that makes the lightning rules for insurance reasons so nobody can be in the open while lightning...

Because of the lightning in the area...It's the stadium that makes the lightning rules for insurance reasons so nobody can be in the open while lightning is in the area.

There were people standing in and around the track when I asked the question. You can stand but you can’t work. I am not talking with dozers and skids mixing it up making slop. I’m talking shovels and trenches and pumps. It’s a lot of work but doable. 

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9/12/2026 8:42am
aeffertz wrote:

Super mudder cross!

Anybody could win, even Deegan.

Boomslang wrote:
Deegs was throwing laps in the rain at Buds Creek while everyone else sat under their tents.This thing is wide open. A holeshot at a murder...

Deegs was throwing laps in the rain at Buds Creek while everyone else sat under their tents.

This thing is wide open. A holeshot at a murder is about as good as it gets...

HD was flying in the mud, that was a great show!

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9/12/2026 8:47am

Having a blast standing outside in the rain because they won't let anyone in to fanfest.

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9/12/2026 8:49am Edited Date/Time 9/12/2026 8:57am

I hope we are going to see the LCQs on RDL…


Edit: nope 👎 

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9/12/2026 9:17am
Boomslang wrote:
Deegs was throwing laps in the rain at Buds Creek while everyone else sat under their tents.This thing is wide open. A holeshot at a murder...

Deegs was throwing laps in the rain at Buds Creek while everyone else sat under their tents.

This thing is wide open. A holeshot at a murder is about as good as it gets...

"...hole shot at a murder" sounds painful.

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9/12/2026 9:19am

I hope we are going to see the LCQs on RDL…


Edit: nope 👎 

Still over an hour away from LCQs. Maybe they will come back on for those? 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

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9/12/2026 10:08am

If SMX is the playoffs or the premier attempt at racing for this series why fuck around with the inaccuracies of weather? Who makes these decisions? If this truly is supposed to be a combination of SX and MX have it at an outdoor track that can handle a rain storm and add whoops or a "stadium section", have it in an enclosed stadium with an "outdoor section", have it some place that is NOT rainy in the fall, put it in Daytona without whoops and lengthen it, anything else. It seems the decisions maker's hubris is almost tempting fate or trying to make things go wrong.

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9/12/2026 10:18am
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9/12/2026 10:21am

Much better than I expected! Venues without actual seats and just a number on a bench is a little irritating though. 

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9/12/2026 10:24am
Spoonguy wrote:
If SMX is the playoffs or the premier attempt at racing for this series why fuck around with the inaccuracies of weather? Who makes these decisions...

If SMX is the playoffs or the premier attempt at racing for this series why fuck around with the inaccuracies of weather? Who makes these decisions? If this truly is supposed to be a combination of SX and MX have it at an outdoor track that can handle a rain storm and add whoops or a "stadium section", have it in an enclosed stadium with an "outdoor section", have it some place that is NOT rainy in the fall, put it in Daytona without whoops and lengthen it, anything else. It seems the decisions maker's hubris is almost tempting fate or trying to make things go wrong.

It’s pretty crazy and doesn’t make sense. I agree with you. Shoot most the big name mx facilities have a supercross track on site, just connect them for a killer track. Redbud has both and so does Pala for example. 

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9/12/2026 10:27am

Have to love the positivity of the RDL crew... 

 

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9/12/2026 10:34am

Weird today is supposed to be the series we have all been waiting for and I just don’t give a fuck. Shit stadium shit track shit city. 

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9/12/2026 10:35am

On Peacock, RDL is just showing the replay from this morning and race coverage doesn't start for an hour. 

How do we watch the LCQs? What am I missing here? 

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9/12/2026 10:36am

Does anyone know how many they are even taking form the LCQs

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9/12/2026 10:37am
On Peacock, RDL is just showing the replay from this morning and race coverage doesn't start for an hour. How do we watch the LCQs? What am...

On Peacock, RDL is just showing the replay from this morning and race coverage doesn't start for an hour. 

How do we watch the LCQs? What am I missing here? 

you cant watch them

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9/12/2026 10:38am
On Peacock, RDL is just showing the replay from this morning and race coverage doesn't start for an hour. How do we watch the LCQs? What am...

On Peacock, RDL is just showing the replay from this morning and race coverage doesn't start for an hour. 

How do we watch the LCQs? What am I missing here? 

Pretty sure we're getting jipped on the lcq's Sad

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9/12/2026 10:38am
mx519cali wrote:
Weird today is supposed to be the series we have all been waiting for and I just don’t give a fuck. Shit stadium shit track shit...

Weird today is supposed to be the series we have all been waiting for and I just don’t give a fuck. Shit stadium shit track shit city. 

Then why are you even here? 

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9/12/2026 10:42am

How many more rides does Anstie have in him to squander 

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9/12/2026 10:42am
Spoonguy wrote:
If SMX is the playoffs or the premier attempt at racing for this series why fuck around with the inaccuracies of weather? Who makes these decisions...

If SMX is the playoffs or the premier attempt at racing for this series why fuck around with the inaccuracies of weather? Who makes these decisions? If this truly is supposed to be a combination of SX and MX have it at an outdoor track that can handle a rain storm and add whoops or a "stadium section", have it in an enclosed stadium with an "outdoor section", have it some place that is NOT rainy in the fall, put it in Daytona without whoops and lengthen it, anything else. It seems the decisions maker's hubris is almost tempting fate or trying to make things go wrong.

I bet it was stupid cheap to get that field!

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9/12/2026 10:43am
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Come on Max...
how many make it in? 6?

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9/12/2026 10:44am

Anstie out? When it's a mudder? Wtf

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mx519cali wrote:
Weird today is supposed to be the series we have all been waiting for and I just don’t give a fuck. Shit stadium shit track shit...

Weird today is supposed to be the series we have all been waiting for and I just don’t give a fuck. Shit stadium shit track shit city. 

DonM wrote:

Then why are you even here? 

Does anyone on here even like you? I have been lurking for a long time and you are in the top 3 for most hated. 

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