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I always hear a lot of talk about James being so much faster than Reed; but if you put everything into context, and step back to look at the whole picture: there really isn't much difference. These are the two dudes at the end of the bell curve. The two guys faster on a supercross track than anybody else on this tiny planet. They are some of the best in the world, and so is everyone else anyone who makes a AMA Supercross main event.
Making the main is truly an incredible feat, that completely gets overlooked. Those who have made mains know how hard it is. (Heck, even Pastrana failed to make the main on a track he designed!). And those who have not given an attempt - such as myself, and damn near everybody else here - have no idea how difficult it truly is. Yeah, we have a better idea than the genera public, thanks to the fact we may have experience riding a bike, or racing a state series; but in all reality, nobody knows how hard it is to make a main event, except those who have, and those who have put in a honest efforts of attempts. So, as far as getting last in a main event goes, I actually think it's impossible. Even if you're a loser at supercross, you're a winner through my eyes. I believe, anyone who makes a main event at supercross is a legend (they just may or may not be recognized throughout history next to the super-legends, due to our small narrow focused and forgetful minds). So if I see the losers of the race as winners, then what makes those who finishes first?
Sometimes I think it's a bit of a bummer there can only be one person holding up the number one plate at the end of a series. That may seem like a crazy thought, especially when all we're taught growing up is, "win win win!" But who decided to put all the attention on the winner?? I know it would be impossible time wise, but everyone out there at the track DESERVES acknowledgment. I think Reed and Stewart deserve equal respect. Both are super incredible athletes, incredible champions, and I can't wait to watch them go at it again this year.
cheers to a new season, and those who will be competing, racing, and talking shit on message boards about the best there are
Who knows maybe if James wasnt out there Chad would be able to run the same pace, or make it seem like he can. He definitley did in the outdoors this year.
All the best to everybody for the festive season and here's to a good seasons racing for 2010.
Cheers
Preset
Equals would be both riders winning the same amount of main events and scoring the same amount of points in the series championship. But this is not the case here and the rider that won 11 of 17 main events and wins the championship, should be considered faster and the better riders.
What you might want to say, is that Reed won 3 main events and RV won 2 main events, so they look to be equals on a Supercross track.
And people want the underdog to win, that's just the way it is. Whenever the person on top is passed it means someone stepped it up, and that's always exciting to see.
Cheers for a good post, and indeed cheers to another great season coming up. And Merry Christmas.
The Shop
That said, I don't see why we need to act like James isn't a superior rider in nearly every category. Isn't that obvious? Like Looped Out said; it seems that since James is the better one we need to downplay it and make it seem like he and Chad are equals. With all due respect I call BS on that. RV and Reed are much more equals than either RV or CR are to James - isn't that obvious?
Good post.
After the first few rounds last year i think James may have actually said that to himself..
No disrespect intended, but although these 3 guys are at the top, there still has to be a pecking order at the end of the day.
Pit Row
Anyway, the whole "James Stewart this and that" on TV is obviously meant to explain to the non-moto fans how dominant Stewart is, which is acceptable (though kind of annoying). But it really sucks when people on a forum like this brings up that card. You'd think people here knew better than that. Crashing is a part of racing.
I do believe in supercross there are 20 people on the gate and 40 people in motocross.
Now all these riders are lined up and all there gates do drop at once, please correct me if I'm wrong.
And if everyone takes off at the same time, isnt that a heads up race?
I know I aint to smart but isnt every race like this?
Now that that's out of the way, it was simply amazing to watch those two go at it. Either one had it in them to win, and I couldn't believe the pace they were setting. There was absolutely no one else on that track that could even race their pace for a single lap.
On to Chad, I don't know where people automatically throw the "lack of respect" term around when someone simply points out that James is faster. As of the last series where we watched the two go at it, James was simply faster and won more races.
Does that mean I don't respect the hell out of Chad and his ability to ride? Hell no. He surprised the shit out of me at A1 last year, and pretty much throughout the series. I didn't think anyone had anything for James, and Chad clearly did. He definitely has a great chance of earning the title this year if he attacks it like last year. I still want James to win though...
AURORA, Ill. (April 21, 2009) - Ryan Villopoto has thrown a wrench into the two-man machine that has dominated the 2009 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, and with the penultimate round set for this Saturday at Salt Lake City's Rice-Eccles Stadium, the story line is expected to take another exciting twist. On the heels of his first career victory last week in Seattle, the Monster Energy Kawasaki-backed Villopoto has become the wild card in the James Stewart and Chad Reed championship race. Villopoto's win not only turned Reed's five-point lead into a three-point deficit to Stewart, but he also became the first AMA Supercross class rider to win a main event in which Stewart did not crash, snapping the previous string of 54 consecutive races that Stewart had either won or crashed.
Post a reply to: Chad Reed, and Stewart aren't much different speed wise.