Motocross
I like the first races of every season because you just don’t know who will be better or worse after a few months off. Last week I was surprised at how fast Ryan Dungey was, a fvourite rider of mine. Usually rookies take a year or two to adjust to the fast pace from Reed or Stewart but he grabbed second. Stewart probably could have passed him as soon as he hit second but I think he was just having a play.
Fast forward to this week and I was hoping Chad Reed would step up and win, he had to. Lucky for every other ride, James Stewart collided mid air with another rider. It’s funny when people try to pin the blame on others but there is much time to try and correct your flight path on those small supercross doubles or triples especially when there is 4 or 5 other riders right next to you during the start. I think it was just back luck for both riders. The good news for stewart was he aced the LCQ and was in the main.
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Well like most people who watch my videos – well probably the people who watch the supercross ones know, the 2009 season of AMA Motocross is kind of boring yet exciting at the same time. Stewart, Alessi, Villopoto and Windham are not even racing and it’s only been 4 rounds.
Good news is though, Chad Reed will likely grab his first AMA Motocross Championship title, I don’t think he won any in the 125cc class, especially against Stewart all those years ago. For those people who say Chad only entered because James wasn’t I bet you didn’t know Stewart never signed the contract for a motocross season. The only reason, and a stupid one at that, Kawasaki didn’t give Stewart a moto ride for 2009 was because they preferred Ryan Villopoto since he crashes less often. Looks like their plan didn’t work out, Ryan was out in round 2 I believe.
What I don’t understand is why they didn’t sign both riders, I’m sure they’d be happy with a 1st and 2nd for the series. I also thought it was pretty cool that James has been Kawasaki his whole life, hardly any riders do that the only ones I know of are Travis Pastrana and Ryan Dungey, both Suzuki riders.
Back to the Motocross and I have to say NBC is the worst when it comes to broadcasting Motocross. No joke, half the show was talk about the first moto, when they could have shown it. Also the commentary is boring, I prefer Jeff and Ralph since they know what they’re talking about.
Since I’m a Suzuki/Reed fan, I hope he wins the series and hope he gets the next Supercross season as well.
I’ve also been watching the 2007 Lites Motocross season, it’s also very exciting to see Grant, Villopoto and Lawrence battle.
Another (in my opinion) boring race, the season looked like a close Reed-Stewart and perhaps Ryan Villopoto and Reed in the mix, but it’s turned out to be a James Stewart show (again). Winning both his heat race and the main event, Stewart gained a substantial lead over 2nd place. Reed came out of the first corner in 4th, passing Ryan Villopoto and team mate Mike Alessi but unable to even challenge Stewart. Alessi eventually dropped back a few more places when the Redbull Honda riders and Kevin Windham charged through. Villopoto has picked up the speed, this week being able to keep up with Chad Reed and finally, for the first time this year, he didn’t stack it or fall over like he usually does. Bad luck for my Kawasaki fave, Tim Ferry, he was caught up in his heat race holeshot and got run over b a few riders, maybe he should relax and take it easy for the motocross season? Here’s the podium:
- Stewart
- Reed
- Villopoto
And this week I didn’t do a video about the SX Lites reason being, I haven’t got the race yet. I might do a double race wrap up next week but don’t count on it! So I don’t even know the results!
Enjoy