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first off.... i had just listened to the Mattes/DB interview last night..... so a lot of the things the Icon said were still pretty heavy on my mind as i watched the worlds most elite SX'ers go at it...
secondly... who gives a shit much what went on except for Canard's pass on RV... so here's what i saw from the stands... RV didn't easily catch and pass Canard..... he slowly caught him, then put a clean pass on him.... then RV slowly pulled away... Canard actually came up oh-so-short on a few jumps, giving RV some breathing room... but TC knew this was for the title, so he put his head down, and just throttled it..... he caught back up the 1-2 second gap RV had pulled on him.... and let's face it, it was for the championship.... so he really hucked it into the corner before the finish line jump.... he went in crazy hot, and RV had left the door wide open.... TC bumped him, and off went RV..... if there was ever a time to rub a little paint, it was right then and there, for the championship.... i would have done it.... RV would have done it..... TC did it, and walked away with the title..... the more i thought about it, RV didn't lose the title tonight... he lost it at the first two races in the east coast series..... RV should never have been in the position that he was, going into the last race 3 pts down.... Sh!t, RV should have locked up the title in Detroit....
remember that little talk Bailey gave in the Mattes interview?? Canard showed he isn't some clown.... he got passed by RV, caught him, and did what he had to do for the title.... he showed some serious balls tonight.... the kind of balls that Bailey was talking about...
now to the 450 class.....
i paid a lot of attention to the Cobra tonight...... i mean, Bailey verbally azz raped him in the Mattes interview, surely the Cobra would go above and beyond..... i will say the Cobra came in hurt..... (but so was Reed and CR pulled a podium)..... but the Cobra i saw tonight would easily have gotten smoked by the Cobra that first hit these shores riding a YZ-125..... the old Cobra was "i'm not intimidated by any of you Yankees", typically did some weird azz (but fast) rythem through the whoops, and had insane corner speed..... tonight's Cobra (yes, i know he was hurt'n) was just way the F off the pace.... i can't help but think that the Cobra of old would never have been lapped, no matter how hurt he was....
about the track..... last year i wrote on a board that i could make all the jumps at the STL supercross, and i suck.... i don't think i could have made them all this year.... but i could have made the triples, and i suck worse this year than last.... Red Dog got in a little bind in one of his races, and was still able to jump a triple with about a 8 ft run at it...... seriously, WTF??
some riders said the whoops were gnarly.... i will say that they were extremely one-lined, and while fairly tall, they were really rounded.... even i could have skimmed them, and yes, everyone knows how bad i ride....
Reed kept saying that "other riders" were diss'n him today, and in previous days.... personally, if you have to get up there and bitch about somebody elses bitching, you are kinda wasting mic time that you could be using to get your sponsors some more free advertising... now...... we all know how easily K-Fade can be brain-F'ed (RC did it to Kevin for a decade).... so, it really is in Reed's best interest to get into K-Fades brain..... certainly a smart move on Reeds part....
so Ryno and some others were out for the mini-bike race..... i'm not a mini-bike hater, but dayummm that was some boring sh!t..... they didn't jump Anything.... el'zero..... i love supercross, but do i really give a dayum who can roll every single jump on the track the fastest?? i think not.....
Red Dog.......... with Stewart being out, Reed hurt, and K-Fade riding a "i don't wanna skin my elbows" pace.... this really is Red Dog's best chance to win a supercross..... he looks slower than last year indoors..... dayumm he's got the pace to win one.... i guess he might be on the K-Dub race pace plan.....
people might also talk about what i thought was the biggest hack of the night, Millisaps on Wey- in one of the quals..... ya....... DM was faster than Wey...... all the more reason to go around him than through him.... and it wasn't for the title..... it was for the lead of a qual..... paybacks are a b!tch Davey.... hope yours comes when a title is on the line.....
btw...... Tommy Hahn looked Awesome all night...... ride hard.... rode smart..... get a well deserved good finish....
Nate Dog showed up tonight.... rare...... but i guess he has to put it in the top ten a couple times a year to keep getting a check..... tonight, Nate was jumping everything..... had good corner speed.... just plain looked like a top 5 guy that he should always be, but rarely is...... he did what he could do to help out his teammate.....
btw... on the first lap crash in the 450 main, i saw lots of sparks flying off of Millisaps bike as it skidded across the concrete...... that's gotta be fairly rare.... and with PC actually crashing and going Under the stands, mark that up as also one of the strangest crashes i've seen at an SX in quite some time....
Shorty....... yo homeskillet....... K-Fade could have used you tonight..... it sure would have been nice if you would have picked up the pace enough to pass a guy with a broken scapula and a 1 week old separated shoulder..... maybe you don't want to see Red win the title??
anywhos...... that's all i can think of now.....
secondly... who gives a shit much what went on except for Canard's pass on RV... so here's what i saw from the stands... RV didn't easily catch and pass Canard..... he slowly caught him, then put a clean pass on him.... then RV slowly pulled away... Canard actually came up oh-so-short on a few jumps, giving RV some breathing room... but TC knew this was for the title, so he put his head down, and just throttled it..... he caught back up the 1-2 second gap RV had pulled on him.... and let's face it, it was for the championship.... so he really hucked it into the corner before the finish line jump.... he went in crazy hot, and RV had left the door wide open.... TC bumped him, and off went RV..... if there was ever a time to rub a little paint, it was right then and there, for the championship.... i would have done it.... RV would have done it..... TC did it, and walked away with the title..... the more i thought about it, RV didn't lose the title tonight... he lost it at the first two races in the east coast series..... RV should never have been in the position that he was, going into the last race 3 pts down.... Sh!t, RV should have locked up the title in Detroit....
remember that little talk Bailey gave in the Mattes interview?? Canard showed he isn't some clown.... he got passed by RV, caught him, and did what he had to do for the title.... he showed some serious balls tonight.... the kind of balls that Bailey was talking about...
now to the 450 class.....
i paid a lot of attention to the Cobra tonight...... i mean, Bailey verbally azz raped him in the Mattes interview, surely the Cobra would go above and beyond..... i will say the Cobra came in hurt..... (but so was Reed and CR pulled a podium)..... but the Cobra i saw tonight would easily have gotten smoked by the Cobra that first hit these shores riding a YZ-125..... the old Cobra was "i'm not intimidated by any of you Yankees", typically did some weird azz (but fast) rythem through the whoops, and had insane corner speed..... tonight's Cobra (yes, i know he was hurt'n) was just way the F off the pace.... i can't help but think that the Cobra of old would never have been lapped, no matter how hurt he was....
about the track..... last year i wrote on a board that i could make all the jumps at the STL supercross, and i suck.... i don't think i could have made them all this year.... but i could have made the triples, and i suck worse this year than last.... Red Dog got in a little bind in one of his races, and was still able to jump a triple with about a 8 ft run at it...... seriously, WTF??
some riders said the whoops were gnarly.... i will say that they were extremely one-lined, and while fairly tall, they were really rounded.... even i could have skimmed them, and yes, everyone knows how bad i ride....
Reed kept saying that "other riders" were diss'n him today, and in previous days.... personally, if you have to get up there and bitch about somebody elses bitching, you are kinda wasting mic time that you could be using to get your sponsors some more free advertising... now...... we all know how easily K-Fade can be brain-F'ed (RC did it to Kevin for a decade).... so, it really is in Reed's best interest to get into K-Fades brain..... certainly a smart move on Reeds part....
so Ryno and some others were out for the mini-bike race..... i'm not a mini-bike hater, but dayummm that was some boring sh!t..... they didn't jump Anything.... el'zero..... i love supercross, but do i really give a dayum who can roll every single jump on the track the fastest?? i think not.....
Red Dog.......... with Stewart being out, Reed hurt, and K-Fade riding a "i don't wanna skin my elbows" pace.... this really is Red Dog's best chance to win a supercross..... he looks slower than last year indoors..... dayumm he's got the pace to win one.... i guess he might be on the K-Dub race pace plan.....
people might also talk about what i thought was the biggest hack of the night, Millisaps on Wey- in one of the quals..... ya....... DM was faster than Wey...... all the more reason to go around him than through him.... and it wasn't for the title..... it was for the lead of a qual..... paybacks are a b!tch Davey.... hope yours comes when a title is on the line.....
btw...... Tommy Hahn looked Awesome all night...... ride hard.... rode smart..... get a well deserved good finish....
Nate Dog showed up tonight.... rare...... but i guess he has to put it in the top ten a couple times a year to keep getting a check..... tonight, Nate was jumping everything..... had good corner speed.... just plain looked like a top 5 guy that he should always be, but rarely is...... he did what he could do to help out his teammate.....
btw... on the first lap crash in the 450 main, i saw lots of sparks flying off of Millisaps bike as it skidded across the concrete...... that's gotta be fairly rare.... and with PC actually crashing and going Under the stands, mark that up as also one of the strangest crashes i've seen at an SX in quite some time....
Shorty....... yo homeskillet....... K-Fade could have used you tonight..... it sure would have been nice if you would have picked up the pace enough to pass a guy with a broken scapula and a 1 week old separated shoulder..... maybe you don't want to see Red win the title??
anywhos...... that's all i can think of now.....
Awesome and I agree with you. Go to MMA Junkie for my UFC review.....we have similar writing styles!
In cases like this, you have to be really objective and follow the rules to the letter.
The Shop
What person there said that?
But again, I don't care either way.
The general consensus of people who were there was that Canard "stuffed" Villopoto.
Where is this general consensus saying TC stuffed RV?
Where did you make that up from?
Pit Row
I sort of agree. If TC wouldn't have had that trouble cranking his stalled championship winning Honda a few weeks ago, then RV would never have had the chance to be in the position he was given last night for the Championship.
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