My thoughts on Daytona

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3/10/2019 8:39am Edited Date/Time 3/10/2019 7:33pm
The 450 race was an all out sprint for 10 minutes with Webb patiently riding his own race and not pushing it and let the guys up front either wear themselves out or make a mistake which both happened.

That reminded me of dungey right there.
Webb also has incredible fitness thanks to aldon and he squeezed out a very impressive second and protected the championship. That was a championship ride by Webb.

Tomac is well Tomac. When he’s on and doesn’t make a mistake he is almost unbeatable. Not the best way to a championship but a good way to whip up on some people from time to time.

Bagget was good but faded quickly. He just flat wore himself out.

Marvin showed he has the speed but the mental mistakes and riding over his head have hurt him.

Forkner is on another level. Sexton is inches behind that level and didn’t let forkner get too far away. Those two are on a different level than everyone else in there class.

Daytona was one of the best tracks I’ve ever seen. I didn’t like the first turn sand section though because it was too thick and too easy for people to wreck on a start with 10 to 20 riders piling in a huge sand corner. Other than that the track was perfect. Kudos to RC and dirt wurx. The track even held up also pretty well.

I will say that camera view of them getting huge air on the rhythm section coming down the other side of the table top was nail biting. Glad nobody ate it right there. That was a crazy jump. I really wanted to see more of a different angle of that jump from the side or behind more. But the front camera angle was impressive and nerve racking.


Anyone else with some thoughts they noticed?
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MXMattii
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3/10/2019 8:45am
Don't you think that the track looked dangerous at times?
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3/10/2019 8:47am
MXMattii wrote:
Don't you think that the track looked dangerous at times?
I’ve never seen a motocross track that wasn’t “dangerous at times”.
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Tim507
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3/10/2019 8:47am
Agree the sand section at the start left a bit to be desired. Bark Barnett did the track I do believe. This championship is CW's to loose...
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3/10/2019 8:58am
Deathcross 2019
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The Shop

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3/10/2019 8:59am
Great track layout - RC did good this year. Faulkner was unreal in the rhythm lanes.

Get rid of the football and baseball stadiums. Plenty of motorsport complexes that would allow for better tracks like Daytona.

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3/10/2019 9:02am
Wish they added in more of that orange clay dirt. But I agree with all of your points. I hope Webb gets a 5th or worse here soon so the points will tighten up. I wanna see a 4 man battle to the end between tomac, MM, Webb, and Kenny. Forkner is absolutely killing it. Mistake free and cruising out front. Sextons time will come...Hes only 18
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3/10/2019 9:05am
I thought it was a good track with all the different line choices. Not old school Daytona but still different than most stadium tracks imo.
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3/10/2019 9:08am
Forkner and Sexton have always been on another level all through amateurs and still are now no doubt.
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3/10/2019 9:13am
rider41 wrote:
Deathcross 2019
Dont watch it.
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3/10/2019 9:25am
i thought RC had an exceptionally difficult time stringing together original sentences.
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3/10/2019 4:26pm Edited Date/Time 3/10/2019 5:23pm
"The Beast"

Is that the hardest an announcing duo has tried to make a name "stick"? No one is going to start referring to Daytona as The Beast. Give it up, Ralph. Tongue
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3/10/2019 4:40pm
Yeah i dont think that one is gonna work as planned, ive never seen a plan for a new catch phraze go so badly
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3/10/2019 5:10pm
I didn't look at lap times, but it looked to me like Marv was as fast, if not faster than Tomac, but he couldn't seem to stay out of his own way.

Normally, I'm pretty forgiving with the broadcast, but I yelled at my TV during heat 2 when they cut to Bagget crossing the line while there was a fantastic battle going for 2nd/3rd.
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3/10/2019 5:12pm
I loved the long rhythm sections allowing a lot of different combos. I don't have anything negative to say, even the sand I thought did what it was intended to to. Great Job to RC for the design.

Overall, I was entertained the entire night. I was standing up for most of the 450 race to the point of my wife telling me to settle down from upstairs.
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3/10/2019 5:21pm
ab5772 wrote:
"The Beast" Is that the hardest an announcing duo has tried to make a name "stick"? No one is going to start referring to Daytona as...
"The Beast"

Is that the hardest an announcing duo has tried to make a name "stick"? No one is going to start referring to Daytona as The Beast. Give it up, Ralph. Tongue
Probably a Monster thing trying to name their own track, similar to how they had the “Monster Quad” in Atlanta one year.


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3/10/2019 5:43pm
ab5772 wrote:
"The Beast" Is that the hardest an announcing duo has tried to make a name "stick"? No one is going to start referring to Daytona as...
"The Beast"

Is that the hardest an announcing duo has tried to make a name "stick"? No one is going to start referring to Daytona as The Beast. Give it up, Ralph. Tongue
Hell,

I was tired and thought they were saying "the beach", and I thought, well now, that makes sense
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3/10/2019 5:43pm
The Beast in the (South) East?
3/10/2019 7:32pm
If that’s the best Daytona track you’ve ever seen you haven’t been watching SX very long

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