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Title is simple, your answer might not.
For me it was MXON at Ernée in 2015. The atmosphere was really special that day. The race was very good but there was definitly something with the crowd that day. I remember the moment when the French commentator was like "we might be defeated on the track, but not in the public stands. There is sports of idiots. There is some dumb peoples in the stadium (refering to Football supporters). We don't need cops, we don't need barriers to respect each others. We have the best crowd in the world!" And then the crowd errupted!
https://youtu.be/UlzzvyMTeQ4
For me it was MXON at Ernée in 2015. The atmosphere was really special that day. The race was very good but there was definitly something with the crowd that day. I remember the moment when the French commentator was like "we might be defeated on the track, but not in the public stands. There is sports of idiots. There is some dumb peoples in the stadium (refering to Football supporters). We don't need cops, we don't need barriers to respect each others. We have the best crowd in the world!" And then the crowd errupted!
https://youtu.be/UlzzvyMTeQ4
Zach Osborne's catch and pass on Savatgy for the championship came to mind first....
I quit drinking, I trained my ass off, lost 20 lbs. Lined up on my 300 2 stroke. Had my good buddy running the pit board. Had a ton of friends come out and parked along the fence, cooking out, camping, etc..
Every gate drop last to the first turn having to battle my ass off. Every lap 30 yards of people screaming and blowing air horns, made a last corner pass running on pure heart!
Damn good day, won all 4 motos. The 2x bob hanna gold is a joke for the gold dude on top the trophies back in the day.
The Shop
Or going to the MXON at Unadillia in 87.
Tough to make it just one but if l had to it was Marty winning. Amazing. We lost our shit.
Now, I add watching my kids riding on their own to that as well.
Actual racing.. Thorpe's last to first at in 3 laps at Farleigh, Jobe jumping Malherbe, And Max Anstie going 1-1 at Matterley. Was there for all of them.
As a rider, coming back after 20yrs and going to Budds for the first time ever and racing. I was terrible, I knew it, and didn’t care, wanted it to be something special and it was. Defining moment of being back in the sport and feeling like I belonged. Haven’t taken a break since.
First race. 1971.
And to bust that out after a holeshot and being in his later years racing, I knew I wouldn't see that happen again in a race from MC. Watching MC in the mid-late 90's is what got me interested in SX/MX in the first place. So it was a full circle moment for me.
And being the last 2 stroke to holeshot a 450 main, that was pretty cool. To me, that bike is one of the sickest 2 strokes I ever seen. Hearing that thing bark in an empty Anaheim Stadium threw the whoops is something I'll never forget.
Pit Row
I had just got my (Canadian) Pro card that year and Mtl had been a dream of mine. My first qualifier went horribly, I was in the B group and was near the bottom. I had went off the track twice trying not to crash. The finish line jump was so steep you couldn't walk up it and I couldn't bring myself to hit it. Halfway through my second qualifier my friend grabs the pit board from my dad and writes "Hit the finny you PUSSY" That got my blood boiling and I finally nutted up and went for it, it was scary as hell being 30 feet off the floor looking eye to eye with a fan 15 rows up, but i landed it. I watched my name jump to the top of the leaderboard for the session 2 laps before it was over. It ended and I pulled off, my dad was there waiting for me. It was one of the best father son moments I've ever had. As it turned out I was 3/10ths out of the last qualifying spot. So we watched the night show then went out for the night in downtown Montreal.
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