Inspiring Rides . . .

dkg
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2/5/2013 11:00am Edited Date/Time 2/6/2013 2:59pm
What are your inspiring rides. I'll start with a few:

1. Dungey 2013 Anaheim 3. Deflated shock in heat, crash in LCQ. Won main.
2. Stewart 2011 nasty crash at Daytona. Gets back on and finishes 9th.
3. Dungey 2011 Southwick. Bike doesn't start. Leaves gate about 1 minute late finishes 6th in the rain.
4. Reed 2011. Spring Creek. Gets launched some 20 feet in the air and finishes race.

There are many more. Add a few.
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jtomasik
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2/5/2013 11:04am
RC lapping the entire field at the muddy Millville race.
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2/5/2013 11:14am
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1987 LA SX, RJ catches Cooper on lap 18 after going down in the first turn!

Great race!

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2/5/2013 11:22am
Arkmx wrote:
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1987 LA SX, RJ catches Cooper on lap 18 after going down in the first turn!

Great race!

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If anyone can find a YouTube vid of this, please post it. Here's the Millville one:

https://youtu.be/I0NgeNIUrGY
2/5/2013 11:24am
Robbie Reynard - 2nd moto southwick 2000. Last to 4th.

And of course... Ricky Carmichael Pontiac Supercross 2002.

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2/5/2013 11:25am Edited Date/Time 2/5/2013 11:25am
I was wondering how Dungey would answer the question of whether last Saturday night or second moto Southwick 2011 was a more redlining, off the charts race day?



Stewart 125 moto last to first at Budds could be in there.

Herlings last moto run from the back at the last MXdN as well

And of course O'Mara's bon voyage to Honda at the 86 MXdN
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2/5/2013 11:39am
Chad Reed, Daytona, 2005: Taking it to Ricky in his own backyard.

K-Dub, Vegas, 2011: I thought the race was over when Stewart started busting out the quad and triple triple. Next lap KDub starts nailing the same line.

Carmichael, Seattle SX, 2006: It was a mud race and Ricky was way far back at the beginning. Not sure if he crashed or what, but he came back to podium near the end which kept his supercross championship hopes alive.

Stewart, Budds Creek, 2003; Last to first.

Alessi, Washougal, 2012; Him holding off Dungey was pretty spectacular. Dungey may have been quicker, but Alessi did some of the best defense I've ever seen on a dirt scoot that day.
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2/5/2013 4:03pm
Danny Smith, winning 125 nat at southwick a week after losing his brother

Kevin Windham, win at the last moto at glen helen 2003?
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2/5/2013 4:22pm
Doug Henry , broke his back on a Honda , gets cut , comes back , rides Yamaha 4 stroke , breaks both wrists ( I think when the bike seized ?), comes back , wins the National Championship .
2/5/2013 4:29pm
Reynard vs. RC Unadlla '98. Ricky leads early while Robbie gets a terrible start and proceeds to school the entire field - including the GOAT!

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2/5/2013 5:00pm
Renner qualifying for the MAIN...

WFO...

ON a 125...

AT REDBUUUUUUUUUUUD!!

While the crowd goes WILD...

On July 4th in 2012 on an outdated, get over it, they're never coming back, nobody wants to see these any more, dinosaur of a clapped out 125, laying it flat over the infield table top as the crowd goes wild (while not even cheering for the 5th place guy, on a FACTORY bike that costs more than my house, who was being paid bookoo to be there) but oddly still not getting any mainstream press for pulling off a seemingly impossible feat against all odds?






ROI anyone?
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2/5/2013 5:16pm
My girlfriend, on Sunday afternoon...
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2/5/2013 5:19pm
The crash of Reed in Spring creek and then finish the race in 14th is the most inspiring thing I have ever seen in my life. That's pure badass, unbelievable ...
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2/5/2013 5:24pm
Bradshaw 1989 Miami 125cc Supercross - crashed three times and still won the race
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2/5/2013 5:28pm
Jeffrey Herlings lapping some big name guys at mxdn!
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2/5/2013 5:32pm Edited Date/Time 2/5/2013 6:10pm
KlootZak wrote:
The crash of Reed in Spring creek and then finish the race in 14th is the most inspiring thing I have ever seen in my life...
The crash of Reed in Spring creek and then finish the race in 14th is the most inspiring thing I have ever seen in my life. That's pure badass, unbelievable ...
I agree, pretty hard to top that one. The fact that he was even able to focus againBlink
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2/5/2013 5:39pm
Tomac, 2012, Can't think of the event, but when he overheated. He was flying that moto.

This thread rocks!
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2/5/2013 6:17pm
O'Mara's ride in Maggiora Italy @ the 86 MXdN. That was badass...
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2/5/2013 6:51pm
Carmichael. 2002 Pontiac.

Dungey. 2011 Southwick.

Fonseca. 1999 Saint Louis.

Canard. 2013 Anaheim 1.

That's a few that pop into mind.
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2/5/2013 7:48pm
James Stewart.
Budds Creek.
2003.
Dead Last to First.
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2/5/2013 10:10pm
I know its not a race but how could anything be more inspiring tha this:

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2/6/2013 5:21am
Dungey at Southwick 2011
Herlings at the Des Nations in Lommel
Langston at Southwick in 2001
Cairoi batting with Dungey in the qualifier at the Des Nations in 2011 just a week after his mum died.
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2/6/2013 5:28am
Hannah, 1987 MXDN Unadilla on a RM 125 in the mud! RJ and Wardy did their thing but Hannah was inspiring that day!
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2/6/2013 5:29am Edited Date/Time 2/6/2013 5:30am
Also, Bradshaw at High Point in his "comeback"
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2/6/2013 6:07am Edited Date/Time 2/6/2013 6:10am
GOAT Pontiac 2002: Just like some mentioned above, viddy:

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2/6/2013 7:14am Edited Date/Time 2/6/2013 7:21am
Jay Marmont beating Chad Reed and winning the Canberra Supercross two days after losing his 7 month old daughter was pretty epic.

Dave Thorpe's famous last to second place ride at Farleigh Castle in 84.

Dungeys ride at Southwick was pretty damn amazing and I got a chance to show my appreciation at the MXdN at Saint Jean d'Angeley. He and Decoster were walking some sections of the track during an MX2 Practice session and they happened to stop right where I was standing. After considering saying something for a while I decided I couldn't let the moment pass.
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2/6/2013 7:20am
Both of Dungey's rides have to rank at or near the top
RC's Millville race was absolutely ridiculous
Hannah's ride in 87 at the des nations
Herlings at this years des nations was pretty impressive too
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2/6/2013 8:06am
Magoo...From his "International Sweep" to racing with destroyed handlebars to Flying ALL the way down to the bottom of the Leap at Saddleback.

Magoo.
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2/6/2013 10:47am
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1987 LA SX....







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RV on 250f at Des Nations.

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