This is one gnarly race ... You gotta give it to cr and RD ... And RV busted his butt at the beginning, lays in the fetal position while the entire pack passes him and then gets up and records laps faster than the leaders towards the end of this moto ... #18 was leading the pack for the opening few laps... This is truly great racing ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlMhmDAkvI
Moto 2 RV2 may not win the title but it looks obvious that he is the fastest rider ... watch him blitz at the 16:00 mark ... Don't be surprised if he runs off a string of 1-1 finishes ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o0tFqS01Vg
He is good, and I wouldn't write him off for the season just yet. It's mid-season and he's hit his stride. Hopefully that means he won't fizzle out early as he hasn't peaked too early in teh season. Saying that though, Reed is Mr Consistency and I would be hard pressed to bet against him continueing that way. I see Dungey as "the spoiler" for CR and RV's title chances as he is more likely to cost them points that are detremental to their title chase than he is to take the title away himself this year. We'll see though I guess.
Don't forget Canard will be back soon ... he'll be the spoiler guy ..... RD is a contender ... cr is hanging better than I thought ... He's the only one that I think might fizzle out ... BUT cr is riding for himself, his team ... Anytime anyone works for themselves, we all try harder ....
cr has been rollin through the mx races this year. i thought rd was going to get him but couldnt pull it off this race.
RD5 pulled up to him on the last lap in moto 1 but cr just fought him back ... RV2 can blast them both ... He very seldom shows all his speed ... He used the same tactics in sx ... Whoever is coaching him on how to race is doing a very good job ... He would have caught cr this week in points if not for the crash ...
Unfortunatly one of the riders (I forget his name) died of complications from heat stroke. I was there with my son but found out about it 2 days later on fuel TV. Hodaka Bob
