Most Badass moment in R.C.s riding history

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Im thinking it was when he passed Mcgrath in 01.That was a magical moment in time.Came from like 9th to pass the King .Everyones jaws were on the floor.
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That would be my choice too. Also when he lapped the entire field in the mud. That was unbelievable.
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Heres the only vid I could find of theat year


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there was a moto at unadilla I think in 98 could be wrong about the year where he fell the first lap and came all the way back to win.. the first few laps he was passing 5-10 people a lap
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Laping 2nd place in the mud at a pro national... He was from another planet that day!

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That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC

flashbacks.

What I've been thinking about lately is - that as incredibly AMAZING as

he was and AS SPECTACULAR as his career was- his pro debut

at Steel City - was pretty average, right ?

Didn't he go 4-7 or something like that ? It's really hard to believe that there

were people who could beat him.
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Rupert X wrote:
That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC flashbacks. What I've been thinking about lately is - that...


That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC

flashbacks.

What I've been thinking about lately is - that as incredibly AMAZING as

he was and AS SPECTACULAR as his career was- his pro debut

at Steel City - was pretty average, right ?

Didn't he go 4-7 or something like that ? It's really hard to believe that there

were people who could beat him.
Really Cool Racing Career .
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Wandell 12/13/2009 1:34pm
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It was over for MC when this pic was taken.


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Rupert X wrote:
That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC flashbacks. What I've been thinking about lately is - that...


That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC

flashbacks.

What I've been thinking about lately is - that as incredibly AMAZING as

he was and AS SPECTACULAR as his career was- his pro debut

at Steel City - was pretty average, right ?

Didn't he go 4-7 or something like that ? It's really hard to believe that there

were people who could beat him.
from what i remember of rc before his pro debut,is that he had/has a knack of training/improving for the level of competition he has to encounter at a really fast progression.even the 1st round in 97? against lamson.rc had the knack of stepping it up even in a days time .i still remember that day, i told a buddy to expect rc to go for a win in moto 2 against lamson.he laughed at me"no way,lamson is the national champ".
that day rc 2/1 = 1st overall in his, well, 2nd ever pro race
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calimxer91 wrote:
Im thinking it was when he passed Mcgrath in 01.That was a magical moment in time.Came from like 9th to pass the King .Everyones jaws were...
Im thinking it was when he passed Mcgrath in 01.That was a magical moment in time.Came from like 9th to pass the King .Everyones jaws were on the floor.
Here ya go Cali, 01 Anaheim






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RC is/was a moto god. I just cant see anyone elipsing his overall greatness soon. Especially now that JS is SX only.
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You made my Sunday that was epic!
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Rupert X wrote:
That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC flashbacks. What I've been thinking about lately is - that...


That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC

flashbacks.

What I've been thinking about lately is - that as incredibly AMAZING as

he was and AS SPECTACULAR as his career was- his pro debut

at Steel City - was pretty average, right ?

Didn't he go 4-7 or something like that ? It's really hard to believe that there

were people who could beat him.
"The pass"
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My most memorable moment is not the same as most. My most memorable is his crash at Washougal, Suzuki has a slow motion video of it and the way he was trying to will that bike back until the very last second is just amazing.

All his near crashes that would have put ANYONE in the ground, just crazy.
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When he stopped during a SX race to buy a boat...
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Rupert X wrote:
That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC flashbacks. What I've been thinking about lately is - that...


That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC

flashbacks.

What I've been thinking about lately is - that as incredibly AMAZING as

he was and AS SPECTACULAR as his career was- his pro debut

at Steel City - was pretty average, right ?

Didn't he go 4-7 or something like that ? It's really hard to believe that there

were people who could beat him.
WSR wrote:
"The pass" [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/WSR38/High-Point05thepass.jpg[/IMG]
"The pass"
That's the amazing thing about Ricky, I thought Rup was talking about the "RC Jump" when he jumped over Davi Millsaps' head on that insane step down. The guy was just too good
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The second moto at Steel City in 2002, when he iced his first perfect National season, 12 straight 1-1s. Before that summer it was such a mythical accomplishment, no one ever even considered it possible. It was never even talked about.

RC made it happen on that 250 all summer, and the last race at Steel City was actually probably the easiest of them all. Up to that point RC was a great champion, but after that he truly reached that legend status.
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His entire career was one badass moment after the next. Even races that did not have any super noteworthy passes, battles or crashes were full of badass RC moments...my mind goes back to the last time I was at unadilla.....06 I think. Millsaps got the holeshot and RC was somewhere in the top ten. He came through the pack like there was a rocket attatched to his bike and went flying sideways past millsaps over a new tabletop down in the valley , carrying twice the speed that millsaps was running, and millsaps was not out for a trail ride. It was one of a thousand kick ass moments that come to mind. I was gutted when he retired
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I think it was when he fell at Unadilla in '05, came back from about 15 seconds behind Stewart, passed him and Stewart jumped and landed on his back, then he picked up Stewart's bike, threw it over the fence, got back on his bike and got second in the moto.

One other was (I think) Vancouver in '05, when he was leading by a long way and he kept trying to clear two tabletops and kept coming short, one time landing on the tuffblocks, but he kept trying until he hit it. He could have thrown the whole thing away, but he knew he could jump it and he wasn't going to stop until he got it done.

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Rupert X wrote:
That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC flashbacks. What I've been thinking about lately is - that...


That PASS at Mount Morris a few years back was one of my jillion epic RC

flashbacks.

What I've been thinking about lately is - that as incredibly AMAZING as

he was and AS SPECTACULAR as his career was- his pro debut

at Steel City - was pretty average, right ?

Didn't he go 4-7 or something like that ? It's really hard to believe that there

were people who could beat him.
WSR wrote:
"The pass" [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/WSR38/High-Point05thepass.jpg[/IMG]
"The pass"
This and when he whipped it past MC (as pissed as that made me at the time) were moments I will never forget.
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bmoto816 12/13/2009 3:41pm
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Anytime he strapped up his helmet was badass!
Defiantly fun to watch all the time.
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Big Lenny wrote:
When he stopped during a SX race to buy a boat...
I thought it would be the opening ceremonies with the crown on his head. Crowd loved it.
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The pass at Mt. Morris was pretty damn amazing. I was there. You should have seen where he was landing that table where he made the pass. He was jumping well over 100' and landing in braking bumps. Watching James and RC at that track was awesome. I could drink a beer before 3rd came by us.
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GH 2004. KW crashes in practice and RC hits his factory CRF 450. 22-0 RC, decides to race with badly bruised foot and goes 1-1 to finish the season 24-0
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In his youth days when he stopped along side the track to take a pee.
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Not specifically RCs but the best 30 seconds of outdoor motocross video in the last 10 years is RC at Washougal in the first TGO waiting for second(Kyle Lewis I think) to come around.
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UpTiTe wrote:
My most memorable moment is not the same as most. My most memorable is his crash at Washougal, Suzuki has a slow motion video of it...
My most memorable moment is not the same as most. My most memorable is his crash at Washougal, Suzuki has a slow motion video of it and the way he was trying to will that bike back until the very last second is just amazing.

All his near crashes that would have put ANYONE in the ground, just crazy.
+ eleventy bajillion zillion




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It was over for MC when this pic was taken. [IMG]http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd82/WandellAsbell/SXcomPics8/RC9.jpg[/IMG]
It was over for MC when this pic was taken.


X2....

I remember this... it was awesome, and a little bit of a bummer at the same time.

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