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5/9/2010 5:19pm
5/9/2010 5:19pm
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1/24/2012 10:29pm
Do you guys think that having that super hard packed dirt makes for great racing??!
Granted the Lites race was fantastic but really, so many times that dirt seems to restrict the guys in terms of making up lots of time...
Wish they could get some more moisture through it to keep it tackier for a while... Don't know how, maybe make it a mud bog first?
Granted the Lites race was fantastic but really, so many times that dirt seems to restrict the guys in terms of making up lots of time...
Wish they could get some more moisture through it to keep it tackier for a while... Don't know how, maybe make it a mud bog first?
we were all talking about how much the track hardly resembled the "usual" LV track early on in the night, but later on it got beat down as usual.
It seems every year there are guys slightly paired waiting for mistakes from the other, or just miles in front and behind...
Where as the east tracks where there is traction and berms etc, the guys can drop the hammer and go crazy trying to make up some time...
I LOVE the long lap times in Vegas but damn, sometimes that dirt looks shit to ride...
As far as this year's Vegas, it seemed, on tv anyway, to be somewhat worked up and watered.
Yes, unexpectedly slick and muddy for the first 250 Heat, but it sure improved by the second Heat and was pretty good the rest of the night..
I liked the Vegas track.
The Shop
the wind really vaporizes the track surface...fucking wind was howling last night. they figured water the hell out of it now and it might be good later.
It was back to dusty by the main events.
haha...
Seattle, wettest place on earth - we need an open air setup...
Vegas, hottest place on earth - we need an open air setup...
SanFran, fuck knows what it will do - we need an open air setup
WTF!?!?!
It'd be great if there was something they could do to combat the hard pack... It just seems that the race is always close to being determined from the start... There might be a mistake or pass here or there, but no-one is going from 10th to first...
Its always too wet or too dry. This sport will never rise up until they wise up.
It always seems to come down to the start... Best advice Johnny O ever gave RC... Start on the inside at Vegas!!!
Valero Oil isnt buying 500 front seats to the Supercross, but to a Giants Game, hell, that's nothing. Supercross fans can sit in a puddle for all anyone cares............
BUT... It still would be shit watching whatever at Seattle, Vegas or SanFran and dealing with the excessive rain, heat or who knows what...
Windham found a way around people as did several others. You already admitted that the lites race was "fantastic" but if no one could catch Dungey after he got the holeshot you're going to complain and say that it was crap.
It's pretty well known that the Vegas round will be hard packed, so show up with your bike set up for that, after practicing for that, like everybody else.
But, save for last nights Lites race and a few riders, typically they all get spread out and there is bugger all action going on...
Don't believe me, watch re-runs of Vegas the last few years... and then tell me I'm wrong.
Pit Row
It's a race, it doesn't always turn out like you think it should or might want it to.
I think it gives the guys that are good at hard packed tracks the same advantages of the other tracks that cater to other peoples preferences.
It just happens to be the last race of the series.
I can't make it any clearer for you but if you have a better plan than get some backing and have at it.
Good luck.
I was asking for an opinion on do you think it helps for good racing, and especially being the last race of the series where hopefully it gets decided at that race...
Instead the dry speedway track generally means it's decided at the jump of the gate... And AGAIN... If you don't believe me, go back and watch some races at Vegas over the years...
If there are two guys going at the title, it is pretty much over by the start...
09... Reed needs to win, James need a bad result... Reed gets a bad start and can barely catch James whilst RV is gone from the beginning...
08... Reed comes from right about 3rd or so and slowly catches Short and KW when he was putting them away all year, but it didn't really matter anyways, he won because he was trying to do what Dunge did last night...
07... No one had anything for James anyways, but the racing behind was boring at best...
06... They finished like they started...
05... finished like they started... etc etc etc...
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