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Tired of these arenacross tracks... All high speed, one lined.... Sigh ....
Webb, he's always had the skills.
Difference imho is he's in the best shape of his life.
The track, it's just another track. The dirt, ha, it's just dirt. Everyone rode the same thing.
MM was just MM. He did give it a good shot at the end, hats off to him. He ain't laying down.
ET, who the hell knows what's up with him.
17 rode his best race to date.
800, I thought he'd maybe do better. I was hoping so but really, unlike some have said, the current crop of guys out there are the real deal.
22 rode good but hey stuff happens. Can a 30 something guy regain the intensity of a Webb at his current age, it doesn't look like it. Time sucks.
The shootout was a real good race.
Ralph showed why they keep him on. He plugged about 6 things in about 20 seconds and didn't miss a beat. Even challenged RC to do better, and Ricky wisely stfu.
DeCoster could have Midas added to his nickname and it wouldn't be far off.
Suzuki needs electric start, bad.
The Shop
The race was pretty much follow the leader and the track offered very little in the way of options for the riders to try.
Plessinger! Nuff said.
Don’t know the who the kid is but stoked for Lesher(?) who qualified 38th then rode in 5th for the majority of his heat before finishing 7th. That had to be surreal for him.
I wanted more from Wilson and Seely after their practice and heat success honestly.
250: 5 east/ 5 west in the top 10 is pretty cool.
Proud of AC92 for that effort, that was a pleasant surprise to see him ride to his ability like that.
My takeaway are:
1. Our first trip to this stadium and it was great. Very reasonable food and drink prices, never been anywhere like it. Free refills on soda, 2 dollar bottled water and my chicken tenders and fries we actually hot. Food and drink cost more at the local HS football games. All the staff at the stadium I encountered were friendly and helpful.
2. We stayed at the Marriott Marquis downtown, not a bad hotel clean and friendly staff. Wasn't cheap for sure and 100 bucks to park my f250 for 48 hours was ridiculous. Oh well, is what it is.
3. Downtown Atlanta is old and needs a facelift. Not a complaint just an observation.
4. The pits were fine but if the weather is bad i could see that being a problem. After doing it this year i don't really care that much about them. I'm not one to stand in line for autographs or interact with the riders. I just want to watch practice, qualifying and the racing. Next time I may not even go in the pits.
5. Like I said above we enjoyed the racing. I don't get all wrapped up about how it used to be or which track allows a little better passing opportunity. These guys are the cream of the crop and its their mission to get to the top step of the podium on whatever track they race on any given day. I saw MS 27 limping thru the pits, glad to see him on the mend. Watching alessi ride its clear its been a while and i assume he was playing it safe. Either way glad he's back for however long he's committed too.
Looking forward to Daytona and hoping for some close racing.....
Pit Row
Lots of people just didn't think the racing was very good. If you think it was, great. But as I said earlier, it was pretty much follow the leader and the track had no options.
I wonder why they don't use split lanes and split turns more often. They seem to make the racing better.
Split lanes would be great. One thing I just thought of that I didn't mention above was the stadium looks much bigger on TV vs. In person. I would have thought there would be plenty of room to design almost anything but its not as big as you think, or at least what I thought.
Track was great.
Best dirt of the season so far
Huge whoops.
Sand section was great. Would love an entire track sx track made of sand.
Top 3 riders super close the entire race.
AC and Tomac proved you could pass all over the track.
Excellent event.
EXCESSIVE GROOMING CAUSED LACKLUSTER RACING.
Everyone says it was a “shitty” track, but when you continue to dumb down the track with excessive grooming, it makes passing impossible. If you had the NBCSports package you saw they groomed the 3 - 3 rhythm section AND the ruts and bumps before the tunnel before the 450cc main event. IT’S SUPERCROSS, IT’S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE EASY.
Sand was awesome.
'19 Webb - 199
'93 MC - 199
I second the thought of Suzuki needing E-start, it was a pretty bad look having 3 bikes crash right in front of us, 1 rides away(ZO) and the other 2 have to sit there and kick several times to get going again. It was funny when Reed went down right before the whoops section and you could here the announcer say that Reed was over there trying to kickstart his Suzuki.
They really lucked out with the Pits being outside, weather in Atlanta area this time of year is way to unpredictable to make that sustainable going forward IMO, they had TORNADO warnings and major storms on Sunday! Plus it really seems to change the atmosphere, not the same buzz as normal in the pits was the vibe I felt. That and the lines to get in and out, yeah you had to wait in line to get out lol, were a little strange. In previous years there was always a line to get when they opened, this year there was what seemed like a perpetual line at any time during the day. Sticking all the Privateers in that dark tent seemed like they were trying to hide them, I know FELD couldn't care less for them but that seemed a bit much.
I felt like with the way the top 3 rode, if either MM or BB would've gotten the Holeshot they would've probably won as well. I was a little shocked that Webb couldn't put any space between himself and them, I did think it was pretty exciting to watch because even though there wasn't much passing between the top 3 you were waiting for one of them to make a mistake and drop way back and it never really happened other than MM losing 2 to BB.
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