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Was watching some old races on the down weekend and of course I had to watch Toronto 2014. I swear to god I'm more impressed every time I watch it. James just mows down the best guys in the world like it is nothing. I think this is the single greatest ride in a SX of all time. Change my mind.
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What makes races great for me are the emotion they give, for example Reed first win on a twotwo kawasaki, when everybody counted him out again, that gave me goosepumps.
Also Osborne Las Vegas race and passing Savatgy and seeing the emotions after the race, these are the moments that make me watch Supercross
Fuck Stewart was great, i don't think we ever see someone being so much faster than everybody else.
Always worth a watch, and pretty amazing that it has nearly 4MM views since it was reposted less than a year ago:
The Shop
MC gets the holeshot while cutting down on RC, shuffling him back. Bailey talks about how Mcgrath does what he needs to do when the time comes, just like he has so many times before. After a couple back and forth races MC REALLY needed to assert himself as having the edge before going East in the series.
However, as we all know, RC just pushed himself forward the whole race... Inching forward every lap. Late in the race it became obvious to Coombs who said something along the lines of "RC is giving himself over to the bike... He's going to win or crash trying".
MC saw the times and knew RC was coming. He probably tried a little too hard and lost concentration... Jumped into the face of a triple, had to double. That was pretty much that. He had nothing left in the tank and as we know RC brought hardcore training to the sport.
The season ended for McGrath that night and a new era began.
After the race, MC was visibly shaken. No answers. He rode as a shell of himself for the next 11 races. It was only at Vegas where we saw some of the old fire... That last race of the season was probably the best McGrath rode all year, even though he lost. It was just another small mistake in a corner that really cost him, but he stayed within 2 seconds of RC for the entire remainder of the main. He vowed revenge on the podium, and he meant it, training hard in the off season. Probably too hard. It was truly the end.
RJ - dead last to first coliseum. (87?)
But honorable mention simply for the emotional impact- LaRocco taking the win at Indy '04 in his last race
in front of the hometown crowd.
Pit Row
If anyone asks “Who is Ricky Carmichael?”, play that race.
even though it’s in a 125 that’s still one of my favorite races ever... still have it on VHS somewhere!
https://youtu.be/YlyR0t-IDVo
I watched both races a few weeks ago (TO and 250 Vegas). Both impressive in there own way.
The pure gnarly speed and perfection Stew had that night compared to the rest of the worlds best riders was incredible. The whoop speed...mind blowing.
As far as “hecticness” Wacko 16 takes the cake on that in my opinion. How the entire night unfolded in that class was unbelievable. When I watch it to this day I still can’t believe he can pull it off even though I know the end result.
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