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I hear you GuyB and I certainly appreciate why they run all the races. I can also appreciate the natural "ebb and flow" of good luck in racing (i.e. the Atlanta incident). However the point I was trying to illustrate has less to do with being the recipient of a few points here, and losing out on a couple of...

loftyair, You're absolutely right. I only put this stuff together for fun, and to give us all something to chew on and bicker back and forth over, during these next two weeks. I think your point about stats being potentially deceiving would be especially apt in the case of a rider like Mike Alessi. Without having done any analysis on...

ayearinmx, Dang, sorry man. I didn't know that you were compiling all of these stats already. This is great! I like how you go all the way down through the pack. Anchors and chargers...that's awesome. -Neil

Okay, last one. Although currently not in the top eight, I couldn't resist and also ran a quick analysis on Trey Canard's brief, but incredibly successful, stint on the Factory Honda 450. Trey Canard: Like almost every other rider in the top eight in points this season, Trey finishes the races on average in a better position than he comes...

Tedesco - 7th in points: Although IT's finishes have been pretty erratic and inconsistent so far this year, he has generally been a rider moving forward during the main events. In fact, and exactly like Josh Hill, IT held onto and improved his end of lap one positions in every one of the first eight races. Since then however, and...

Kevin Windham - 5th in points: K-Dub has the largest dispersion in his individual race difference values. He's had several races where he's really moved forward (Anaheim II, Toronto and Dallas), but then also a couple or races where he's fallen backward quite a bit (San Diego and Atlanta). One thing is for sure though, K-Dub isn't just riding around...

Josh Hill - 3rd in points: Wow, riding injured makes a HUGE difference. Amazingly, throughout the first eight races Hill held onto or improved his position at the end of the first lap in every race. Since then however, he's unfortunately gone backwards in three out of the last four. Davi Millsaps - 4th in points: Super interesting. Millsaps...

Thanks Rock, I appreciate your response. While I still like the idea of increasing the actual number of races throughout the evening (i.e. bringing back the semis), your suggestion of moving towards a standardized timed main, and perhaps it being helpful for TV, is an interesting one. Just for fun I looked up the total race times from each of...

I like your way of thinking on this mcphilly. More races, more total laps, and most importantly, more racing! How many of your best SX spectator moments came not from watching the big names in their heat races and main events, but sometimes from just random semis or even afternoon qualifiers where two privateers who were just painfully matched in...