anaheim 1

luckly we have this fine series here in the states........ or i'd go fukin insane with a lack of 2 wheeled racing! tho i have been fortunate this season to have hd net showing world speedway which has help alot!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Jan 2 2010, 09:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>luckly we have this fine series here in the states........ or i'd go fukin insane with a lack of 2 wheeled racing! tho i have been fortunate this season to have hd net showing world speedway which has help alot!!!
Ill be there! I dont pay much attention to off road motorcycling but im going to start this year

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (The California Kid @ Jan 2 2010, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Ill be there! I dont pay much attention to off road motorcycling but im going to start this year
You're gonna love it.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jan 4 2010, 04:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>You're gonna love it.
Is that this weekend?
The Yam is finally fuel injected and has a radical new design on the motor. I havn't seen pics but was told the exhaust comes off the back of the motor. It's supposed to be real fast. It will be interesting to see how the non Stewart Yamaha's go.
.... Chad Reed.
Go Villopoto!!!!!!!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Jan 2 2010, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>i have been fortunate this season to have hd net showing world speedway which has help alot!!!
Frosty
I've been watching it as well. I've never seen Speedway racing before this year.
Good .... Huh? Especially on HD

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Jan 5 2010, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Is that this weekend?
The Yam is finally fuel injected and has a radical new design on the motor. I havn't seen pics but was told the exhaust comes off the back of the motor. It's supposed to be real fast. It will be interesting to see how the non Stewart Yamaha's go.
.... Chad Reed.
Go Villopoto!!!!!!!
Yes,this saturday on Speed 10am EST

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Jan 5 2010, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Frosty
I've been watching it as well. I've never seen Speedway racing before this year.
<span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:100%Good .... Huh? Especially on HD
ooohhhh yeahhhhh!
speed use to show speedway back in the day.... ......s quit showin it tho.
isle of man & speedway in HD!................. man i wish they would get the rights to broadcast motogp!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Jan 5 2010, 06:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>.... Chad Reed.
Chad

Lets hope everybody stays healthy and no more gift titles to this guy.

Not sure how Reed will go with his new kawi ride, Villopoto should do well this year. Love him or hate him but your moneys gotta be on Stewart#7.

Reed's on a Kwak?
Is he Villopoto's teammate on the Monster team?

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (alex29 @ Jan 7 2010, 02:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Not sure how Reed will go with his new kawi ride, Villopoto should do well this year. Love him or hate him but your moneys gotta be on Stewart#7.
I was not aware of anybody "hating" Bubba Stewart.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jan 7 2010, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I was not aware of anybody "hating" Bubba Stewart.
Unfortunately Jum's he gets hated on in the Motocross community for the color of his skin...it's truly sad that people can't just recognize the skills.
He will win the SX title this year, but would love to see Villopoto make him earn it.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Jan 8 2010, 05:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I was not aware of anybody "hating" Bubba Stewart.
Like in any sport there are fans and there are haters.....

Stewart is ridiculous, he tooled around for 3/4 of the race. 4seconds down with 5 laps to go,wicked it up and passed Dungy for the lead with 2 laps to left,puts a second between them in a lap,dicks around the final lap and allows Dungy to catch back up and still wins by 2 seconds when Dungy about wrecks. The kid is a freak

stay tuned folks, Dungey might be the spoiler this year. Good race for Bubba, I think he rode tight for the first 10 or 11 laps in the main, but relaxed and got it in hand, but he had to work to reel Dungey in. Damn Villopoto needs to work his fat ... out and get rolling!

it's gonna be tough for anybody to stop stewart. he's in a league of his own. now what i find most interesting is that dungey did so well! really i thought him to be 4th or 5th at best but the kid was blazzing fast! he looked like the pressure & maybe a bit of fatigue got to him at the end but i'd say that was a damn impressive rookie premiere for him! villopotto was a big dissapointment. he looked tired & slow. been sittin on his ... to long. reed goes out with broken spokes??? hhmmm he didn't look that great either.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Jan 11 2010, 10:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>it's gonna be tough for anybody to stop stewart. he's in a league of his own. now what i find most interesting is that dungey did so well! really i thought him to be 4th or 5th at best but the kid was blazzing fast! he looked like the pressure & maybe a bit of fatigue got to him at the end but i'd say that was a damn impressive rookie premiere for him! villopotto was a big dissapointment. he looked tired & slow. been sittin on his ... to long. reed goes out with broken spokes??? hhmmm he didn't look that great either.

Dungeys always been fast but how fast is he really. Stewart said that he got the setup wrong so by that logic he was not running as fast as he wanted. The 2nd fastest guy is usually Reed and since he was out it's hard to say if he would have been faster than Dungey. Villopoto was supposedly riding with an injured wrist so he was not up to speed. I love Windham and Short but when they are blowing by Villopoto it's clear that Villo is not just taking "his fat ..." time and most likely something is not right. We'll have to see if everyone else was just slow or Dungey really was that fast.
Now that everyone is talking about Dungey the spotlight is on him and with that comes the pressure .
What's clear is that if Stewart stays healthy once again noone is going to touch him.
Reed could have changed his front rim and salvaged some points. What a loser

Johnny....I'm a Villopoto fan, my "fat ..." comment was one of frustration because I do want to see him compete with Bubba, when healthy Villopoto without a doubt is one of the fastest riders in the world. I think I overheard one of the commentators mention it would take Villopoto about 3 rounds to get into racing shape, I had not realized he came into the first round injured.
Dungey will be interesting to watch, after the performance he put on in the first round he will put pressure on himself to do it again, but lets not forget he's been in some tight battles winning a SX, National, and Des Nations title so he may be accustomed to it already.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Jan 11 2010, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Dungeys always been fast but how fast is he really. Stewart said that he got the setup wrong so by that logic he was not running as fast as he wanted. The 2nd fastest guy is usually Reed and since he was out it's hard to say if he would have been faster than Dungey. Villopoto was supposedly riding with an injured wrist so he was not up to speed. I love Windham and Short but when they are blowing by Villopoto it's clear that Villo is not just taking "his fat ..." time and most likely something is not right. We'll have to see if everyone else was just slow or Dungey really was that fast.
Now that everyone is talking about Dungey the spotlight is on him and with that comes the pressure .
What's clear is that if Stewart stays healthy once again noone is going to touch him.
Reed could have changed his front rim and salvaged some points. <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%What a loser
i agree...... .... all we know damn well that even the time he lost changin out the front wheel he easily coulda finished in the points. very very lame

Best part of watching Anaheim 1 was texting Johnny back and forth, hahaha.

Ok, my thoughts. First off, congrats to James. What more can be said really, the ....... kid is nails and now mature to boot, holy .... watch out. In the past he would have wanted to pass anybody in front of him at light speed; which has been his downfall, but now stalking his prey out like a shark, the field is ......!

I was impressed with Dungey as much as the next guy. Nobody expected it. And I have a few thoughts on that. One, the track may have favored his riding style. It was not a super fast track, seemed like it was alot of park and go. No major super fast flowing sections. Second, the other guys that 'may' have come in front of him were either taken out (Bad Seed AKA Chad Reed), or may have not been 100% Villapoto. And third, as it was mentioned, James did not have greatest of set ups (though I don't think its supremely important) but for sure Stewart did tone down the balls out style we've come to both admire and cringe at seeing. Now in Dungey's favor, having beaten Short and Windmill is not small feat, and bodes well for the young gun. So all in all, getting beaten by Stew is expected yes, but beating Short, Windy, and Villa (ya ya I heard you Johnny ) means it wasn't some odd spark of brilliance to be discounted (and nobody did but you get my point). All said though, Dungey was impressive but will need to back it up.

The rest of the field notes:

The race could have been disasterious had Stupid taken out both Reed and Bubba, thankfully he only took out Bad Seed.

And with that, I would like to thank Jesus Christ. Speaking of the Lord, the Lites race was excellent. I would like to note that I called the podium as JK should back me up on this. And barring any crazy ...., I pick Wiemer for the west title.


Oh, I almost forgot, how funny is it that they kept mentioning convict J. Law had just been paroled? Hahaha.

Lastly, coverage and promotion was outstanding. ...., DMG take note you .......s!