2012 AMA Supercross/Motocross Thread - **SPOILERS**

[DogBoy]

Some great racing all night in Phoenix. Happy to see KTM and Dungey grab the win.

[Rockin SV]

I was also happy for Dungey and KTM, he had a great race. Villopoto is insanely fast though to make up all the spots he did! Pretty gutsy performance by Canard also in his comeback from injury.

[R Doug]

fingers in ears.... **** I can't hear you... I need to watch the races still on my DVR ****  

[DogBoy]

Did anyone else notice Ricky Carmichael* getting taller and shorter and all night?   He was taller than Sheheen and Emig at the beginning of the broadcast and then almost back to normal size, then about the same height as the others, then shorter again. These are MX guys, they should be able to find a milk crate.



*AKA the fat guy that ate Ricky Carmichael.

[R Doug]

   on GOAT.  

Great race indeed.  I'm finally caught up.  

[DogBoy]

Supercross Main from Dodger Stadium* on TV tomorrow Noon Eastern/9am Pacific.

2012 SX TV schedule which I sure is subject to change. http://www.supercross.com/tv-listings

Air Date - Venue - City - Network - Time
12/25/2011 - Supercross Preview Show - CBS - 2:00pm ET
1/7/2012 - Angel Stadium - Anaheim, Calif. - SPEED (Live) - 10:00pm ET
1/14/2012 - Chase Field - Phoenix - SPEED (Live) - 9:30pm ET
1/22/2012 - Dodger Stadium - Los Angeles - CBS - Noon ET
1/29/2012 - Overstock.com Stadium - Oakland - CBS - Noon ET
2/5/2012 - Angel Stadium - Anaheim, Calif. - CBS - Noon ET
2/11/2012 - Qualcomm Stadium - San Diego - SPEED (Live) - 10:30pm ET
2/18/2012 - Cowboys Stadium - Arlington, Texas - SPEED (Live) - 9:30pm ET
2/25/2012 - Georgia Dome - Atlanta - SPEED (Live) - 7:30pm ET
2/26/2012 - Supercross Special - CBS - Noon ET
3/3/2012 - Edward Jones Dome - St. Louis - SPEED (Live) - 9:30pm ET
*3/10/12 - Daytona Int’l Speedway - Daytona, Fla. - SPEED (Live) TBD
3/17/2012 - Lucas Oil Stadium - Indianapolis - SPEED (Live) - 7:30pm ET
3/24/2012 - Rogers Centre - Toronto, ON - SPEED (Live) - 7:30pm ET
4/1/2012 - Reliant Stadium - Houston - CBS - Noon ET
4/15/2012 - Louisiana Superdome - New Orleans - CBS - Noon ET
4/21/2012 - Qwest Field - Seattle - SPEED (Live) - 10:30pm ET
4/29/2012 - Rice-Eccles Stadium - Salt Lake City - CBS - Noon ET
5/5/2012 - Sam Boyd Stadium - Las Vegas - SPEED (Live) - 10:00pm ET
5/6/2012 - Supercross Season Review - CBS - Noon ET
*Not a Feld Motor Sports-produced race
ET stands for Eastern Time in the USA

[DogBoy]

Forecast had rain for tonight. Pics of the entire track covered in plastic were posted on FB. Sun was out during the autograph signing and the plastic started coming off a few hours ago. Dry or mudpit, this should be good.

[Orson]

wtf is overstock.com stadium?  

 

[DogBoy]

Its the Oakland Coliseum. Still a better name than Sacramento's Power Balance Pavilion (named after some shame bracelet company that was sued out of existence).

[DogBoy]

Lots of surprises in the main class all night. Still getting the shakes from watching Canard get hit. Best wishes for a speedy recovery to all involved. Villapoto is one cool customer. Nothing seems to shake him up.

[phoenix]

a little web search indicated that Canard has a broken back. Still has feeling in his legs, but no word yet on treatment. I forget who the rider was that landed on him, but the other rider also suffered a broken back. Yikes.

[R Doug]

It didn't look that nasty, I really hate to hear that's the outcome.  

I still can't believe Chad walked away from his failed Superman impersonation last year in MX.  

[DogBoy]

It was pretty ugly. The other bike landed right on TC's head.

[Orson]

I, for one, find the jumpey-jumpey nature of modern supercross tracks a bit too removed from classic outdoor motocross...

and you kids get off my lawn!  

[phoenix]

I still can't believe Chad walked away from his failed Superman impersonation last year in MX.  

as they say, "the ground broke his fall".

[R Doug]

Yea, I believe Chad simply landed right.

Don't get me wrong about TC.  It looked bad but not back-breaking bad.  

[DogBoy]

**SPOILERZ**

My DVR (and subsequently, me) missed most of the Oakland Supercross due to the spine-tingling end of a golf tournament in San Diego. I can't take the pulse pounding excitement of watching four guys in polyester walk a few hundred yards at a time so I just erased the recording.

GoPro puts together "sizzle reels" as promos after each event. GoPro also has James Stewart wearing a helmet cam for every race. Below are two vids: the promo and James Stewart POV for the main. Best full screen at 1080p. N-JOY!

[DogBoy]

Anaheim 2 was pretty good. First repeat winner.

[X1Glider]

Thought it was a great race.  I first watch more to admire the skills and learn from them and enjoy the battle second.  Seeing Reed work his way to the front was great and even moreso when Villopoto gave Reed a taste of his own tactical medicine with the agressive block passes.  Typical Stewart in the tuff blocks.  Gotta say I feel bad for him being trapped like he was due to exposed wire/cable.

[R Doug]

How did his pants rip?  The end of main event was excellent racing!