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I notice in all the SX testing videos, the riders are taking what appears to be a very wide line around the berms. In a racing scenario, it seems you would never leave the door open like that. I remember from High School athletics that you gotta practice like it's the real thing. So what gives? Perhaps I don't understand what is actually taking place at the Supercross practice tracks.
Another thing I wonder about is drills. Aside from starts, I've never seen any videos of the riders doing any sort of drills. Is that because the camera is not on during this time? I think I may have seen some footage of Alessi doing drills once, but that's it.
I don't know but to the untrained eye, most of the SX practice track footage looks like a bunch of fast paced riding around. Seems like good practice to mix it up, maybe do all inside lines for 10 laps, then all outside lines, etc.
Can someone enlighten me? Are the guys just so good that they only need to test? No practice needed?
Another thing I wonder about is drills. Aside from starts, I've never seen any videos of the riders doing any sort of drills. Is that because the camera is not on during this time? I think I may have seen some footage of Alessi doing drills once, but that's it.
I don't know but to the untrained eye, most of the SX practice track footage looks like a bunch of fast paced riding around. Seems like good practice to mix it up, maybe do all inside lines for 10 laps, then all outside lines, etc.
Can someone enlighten me? Are the guys just so good that they only need to test? No practice needed?
I'm sure the drills and inside lines, starts and all the non-glamourous stuff gets hit on pretty hard.
Everyone wants to rail the outside and whip it out cool for the camera guy.....that's what you are seeing.
Like jndmx said, aside from testing, the rest of their time is spent doing motos and I can gurantee they are testing new lines and rythms to get in the practice of race mode.
KTM:
Honda:
I can see where the tractor prepped the track everywhere except the main line. Maybe the vids were shot early in the morning, I don't know.
Now look how people square the corners in a race...
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Maybe we just aren't seeing everything.
Jason
And why are the whoop sections not longer than the tracks they race on? The whole track should be longer.
If I were 20 and a AMA pro, I would time my practice motos on a longer track for 30 laps and push
Myself hard so when a1 is here 20 laps would be a walk in the park.
saw it at Canards practice track too and wondered why they do that...
When the dirt at the Honda track is wet it is very slippery and moisture always goes to the bottom so that may also be the reason he is high in this turn.
A: They're doing it because they can. These guys can hit the same line over and over, where a lot of us (okay, me) would be happy if we're within two feet of the same line each lap.
B: Track preservation. The tracks get beat up fairly quickly. Yes, they get freshened up from time to time, but it's not like Marc Peters or the Dirt Wurx crew is on standby to tidy it up between each moto. If they were squaring up turns a lot, they'd get beat up a lot more quickly. You'll see some line variations (inside/outside), and sometimes different rhythms, but a lot of the time it looks like a monorail system.
C. A lot of the SX test tracks are really hard-packed. The lines you make when you first break in a new track are the same ones that you'll be riding for a while.
haha you'd be surprised...
S
The most INSANE at this is Martin Davalos...he can nail that VERY SAME line down to the millimeter...well...it looks like he can...
Now go to a SX track where privateer's are training and that's a whole different story. They don't have the experience and need to learn through drills and SX training.
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