Why is everyone crashing in the 2022 Supercross - Jason Anderson explains
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- El Hombre is a fan favourite in Supercross and a multi-time champion and after over 10 years as a pro, it looks like he is just getting started. The last few weeks have been insane in the 450 class so naturally we spoke about some of the chaos, we get into his championship season and how he came to resent that title and much more! Away from the track Hopefully this podcast gives you a look into the mind of a complex and creative human, who just happens to be super good at riding a dirtbike!
In this clip from the full show we ask El Hombre why 2022 has seen so many crazy crashes!
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Gypsy Tales' bookings, Jase's interview style, the chemistry when the cameras are rolling, and editing have become remarkable. Bereman, Anderson, Searle, et al, represent 2-wheel moto in ways that make you appreciate the tradecraft. Grateful i found y'all shortly after the launch. Well done GT.
Appreciate the kind words.
"Are 450s too fast for the tracks?"
"No, but the tracks are too small for 450s."
Hmmm. 🤔 😃
Both
Thats why motocross is way more entertaining to watch
@@melissakelly5813 hearing they might stop the 450 class in supercross here soon
They need to do a retro race. Flat turns and ski jumps. I bet it would be some bad ass racing.
That was a good analysis of Ken Roczen's departure. The man endured two horror story level arm injuries. I respected him immensely for even returning, the wins were astounding. But the risks are so much bigger, the margin of error so much smaller, I have the same level of respect for his decision to bow out.
It's so easy to tell that Kroc HATES supercross and is riding it only because he has to.
He is a motocross god, the pass he made on Barcia on the outside some years ago was the most ridiculous corner speed i've ever seen.
To my point, supercross as it is right now is way to dangerous, we need more Daytona layouts style
Old Motocrosser here. I LOATHE Super (Micro-track)cross! Motocross was made for outdoor tracks, natural terrain. Too many riders in a small area. What could go wrong! I attend Redbud and Ironman every year, Love It.
@@rossilake218 I agree. The reason for Supercross is huge stadiums can be filled with fans that can see the entire track and pay ... $100/ticket(?). A Supercross championship can be worth over $2 million! My quick Google research reveals that for the entire outdoor series there is $6 million in prize and contingency money spread thru all racers. I know this does not tell the whole story. But, Supercross pulls in so much more money the Motocross and that is what America is sadly more and more about.
It's simple.
They're all crashing because they're trying to keep up with Eli, who's now on a bike that is built to HIS preferences instead of some pencil pusher at Kawi's.
Eli will probably win the title by the biggest margin ever while the rest of the field self-destructs behind him.
True!
👊 Well said brother
Indeed.
Is that what happened at Atlanta lol
Won by 9 point haha...
I think the main reason they are crashing is they are trying to keep up with on fire ET and riding over their heads. Plus those crazy whoops. But what do I know
Agreed
no, Jason is right. too much power in a small stadium does not work. good for outdoors, but sx should be 250f and 350f.
@@markgaudreau8053 I agree with that too. It's a combo but keeping up with Tomac is a biggie imo
Yup. If the whoops are so bad then that just shows how good et is. He makes most of his passes this year in the whoops
@@okaydudes He and Mookie are so good in the whoops
Make the premier class 350's problem solved
Yea 3 strokes!!
@@SJKLR99 not exactly what i meant but if you can figure that out, I'm willing to give it a try!
Looking back at older sx tracks they had cool turns and humps and little technical things. Now the tracks are 90s 180s Rhythms and whoops
No way it’s “Justin Anderson”!! You should get Jason Barcia on the pod next
Right , the bam bam brother 's !
Easter egg comment
I agree with Jason. Bring back 2 strokes. Haha!
Every year Tuffblocks cause multiple crashes. When they were introduced riders complained that they were dangerous because they didn’t break apart like a hale bales if you snagged or hit one. Promoters liked that they could be reused and used as sponsor billboards. Again promoters chose profits over safety. Riders today don’t know any different because they have only ridden with Tuffblocks, but it’s time for a better solution.
100 percent agree.
Obviously you've never ridden on any Supercross track, back then and now...🤦♂️
Tough blocks are meant to stop the rider from going into on coming traffic, it's meant to take them out to prevent further injury
@@patsharks9605 I mean no disrespect, but that's a bullshit reason touted by the sponsors. Riders can navigate the track just as well without tuffblocks. I've ridden arenacross, which had no tuffblocks, and nobody rode into oncoming traffic accidentally. They just cause problems.
Just remember isle of mann,thats what these promoters want.they want crashes and carnage.do you see what they have created.everyones griping.everyones getting hurt and its drawing interest.thats the goal..they want to weed out the guys who cant be fast.promoters are raising the bar.these riders are rich but they are the biggest slaves on planet,slaves to the promoters😂😂😂
Combination of a few things. First thing the bikes are faster then they've ever been. Second is the way these track designs are being built. Third is the level of intensity amongst all the riders that they put into there training and programs. The end result is insanely fast guys who are super competitive and have so much at stake all racing on a super tight track that is constantly changing lap to lap. There's too many variables for there not to be crashes of epic proportions regardless of how perfect there technique is.
Bikes aren’t really getting faster.
When I say fast I'm not necessarily even speaking on raw h.p. I just mean overall the suspension, how they just keep getting lighter. Everything that comes together and determines how fast a rider can push the motorcycle
@@mrjacktraeger agreed 100% I think at the end of the day people are racing for money and they all know that so the level they are pushing themselves to is just gonna cause crashes
@@mrjacktraeger this is an important clarification, however stock bikes have been getting faster progressively in hp as well. I think what Anderson meant was factory 450's have been the same HP forever.
I'm just happy to finally have Jason on here. Your lucky cause he actually doesn't like to do a lot of these sit down interviews like this.
Would be cool to see more of the Daytona type layouts stretching out infield type venues to blend the power and long runs. Or go back to the early days for tighter stadiums with super steep walls, tight turns with a tall roller and obstacles after. Basically kill the ability to carry speed. But I'm sitting on the couch and not riding so I'm just throwing out my fan opinion
Naw to many restrictions on how and where to build the track. That Atlanta speedway track was almost to big. Daytona is ruined, that race is garbage now because of those restrictions.
Agreed! Daytona was my favorite race of the season .
Back in Stewart mid career it almost like Anderson said the frame and chassis were not good enough for how fast he rode and how a couple others rode
Tracks do not have much flow anymore. And the whoops are made about as tough as then can be for the spectacle w o killing the riders. I do think they have gotten a bit more gnarly. And the track dirt is more shoddy.
Tracks can’t have too much flow. The lap times would be too low. We need walls, bridge jumps, and limits to rhythms otherwise we’re 30 seconds back to the start. A good track is a challenging one not A1 every round.
Whoops are great to watch this year. It is such an unattainable thing for a normal rider like myself and most that it gets me so excited to see the best in the world tackle these difficult features. In the end, they're all riding the same track, not competing with some ideal imaginary lap time.
This is one of the best no bullshit straight up interviews I've seen and I go back to the McGrath days. Anderson broke it down so well. 450 is not to much, whoops are not to much but everyone is so good pushing so hard, they have outgrown the tracks, and the tracks are getting crazy with quards ect. Great point about the best crashing so much. 1st time ever in fear for these guys and when you see so many top guys crashing so much and hard your like ok this is serious and crazy.
Every track for the last several years the riders say. "The track was so gnarly today". Haha
They ALWAYS say that.
Jason I love your having a great time riding. Keep it up. Your riding better than I've ever seen. Hit it hard these next rounds. Excited to watch.
450s simply have outgrown the stadium.
No the track development doesn’t match what they can do.
Why are they building such dangerous tracks? Why do they even have the option to do quads? Yeah it’s awesome and separates the best from the rest but it also makes it so much more dangerous. Tone down the tracks. The racing will be just as good with a toned down track AND less people will crash out.
I love the 20 +1 format but def ruins the track running that many laps especially with a 450.
issue is ja and the few others who always crash out of every season. first season in what? 4 years he has been doing half decant bc he decided to pick up the pace. kroc had a rough year being taken out 3 times in a row and being sick the next few. its always same same few riders who crash out bc they are not fast enough to be a top 3 or 5 without pushing past there limit and making mistakes. look at tomac he use be alot faster but now he is riding much smarter and riding at 90% instead of 110 so he makes lot less mistakes.
Whoops are getting way too dangerous they see it as more entertainment I see it as career enders.not everyone can blitz them like Christian Craig the guys trying to keep up or ride his pace are getting hurt .
If you crash it’s your fault. The whoops may be huge but if they take you out, you went past your limit.
No matter what Justin A. Is a cool guy. Chill relax and tells it how it is from his perspective.
Eli let up because he would win the overall.... push it for what? To still win the OA? This is the only reason.
The track layout is always the same! Too little soil is processed! The whoops are way too dangerous! 6 races to go and most of the top guys are injured! The goal of the track crew should be to build a safe and spectacular track!
What if the teams went to 350s for Supercross and 450s for outdoors and Kawasaki Yamaha Honda Suzuki all fell in line and built 350s?
Would love to see one round where they 100% cloned a track from 1990 where the track is half as wide and it looks more like a hard enduro with super peaky jumps. Let these fast guys try to ride a 450 in first gear all the time and just slow everything down. Speed doesn't necessarily make for better racing.
100% dude…that’s almost exactly what Ryan Hughes said!
Track builders need to be riders.
True
Doesn't Carmichael have some input on track design or just daytona?
Daytona only.
Something like 10 top guys having a say on every part of the track.
Been saying this for years
Rich Winkler an ex pro racer owns Dirt Worxs the track builder for all SX events. He started dirt works in 1990.
So cool you got Jason Anderson on the podcast
These guys have no choice but to push those insanely powerful 450s to the limit. They need to put them on 350s and they need to figure out a way to extend the tracks like they used to do in Vegas going outside the stadium or at the LA Col. with a parastile into the stands or outside the stadium. Anything to stretch it out and save the track from breaking down so much.
Unfortunately manufactures wont go that way. Otherwise we would of seen it already. I reckon the 450 class should use stock engines with maybe just a change of ECU. I don't know if it would make a considerable difference but it's something.
@@maxl8302 Yeah, you're probably right, Max. It's tough for them to sell 450s if they aren't being raced on a national level. I guess they could keep them for the outdoors, but I don't think that the audience for that is nearly what it is for SX. This happened in NASCAR a long time ago which lead to with restrictor plates when they were running carbs on the cars seems like there should be a way of limiting the HP like you said with the computer or something. But then do you restrict the weight saving parts, and all the other things that pump up the HP to Weight ration, etc. I guess we'll find out down the road. In the meantime. I've been watching for 30 years and don't remember many times when the leader lapped up to the top 10.
Maybe AMA should consider switching to the 350.
Then the Japanese manufacturers would have to start making them which would be cool
I think they just need to maintain the tracks more before and in between mains..i know the tracks breaking down is huge part of racing but I feel like with how technical these SX tracks are they need to maintain them more..leave the rough shit for the outdoors
I think you're over thinking this. A rider crashes because he messed up or someone ran into them. C'mon man. The track can not make someone crash just like guns don't kill people. A solo crash is the fault of the rider.
ja throwing away best chance at title since he won(bc no one was left that year) so has make up bs as why tomac is so much better lol. he never been the fastest guy but this year pushes him self past the point he can ride and crashes him self out.
Racing is solely about consistency. No consistency, you're a loser. This year Anderson might just be the first loser, but a loser nonetheless.
Its the track design as a whole but the whoops are fucking gnarly
You can thank rc for this... Emig and McGrath used to get hammered drunk night b4... The tracks are insanely different from back then due to technology. Everyone is training like triathlons 180 heart beat per min for 25 min straight... These guys in 250 b would've won mains back then
evolution in skill level from that instant 4 stroke power lol
No, they did not get hammered the night before. But RC did get them to put the beer down for sure. :)
For everything wrong with SX/MX today, you better blame the right people, and that would be the environmentalists/governments that forced the faster 4-stroke on the industry. It is outside intervention that destroys every industry, or the government takes it over. I don't give a damn what your teachers tell you,--they get paid from the state. I am talking from study spurred by my personal experience in what is left of our free enterprise.
Cuz tracks to small
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I miss the old day tracks
I think it’s just a matter of everyone pushing the envelope, everyone is riding on edge. Bikes are getting faster, tracks are being built for speed not so much technical. All WTFO.
four strokes outperform what anybody would have expected so they should be limited to 300 - 350cc for 250 two stroke equivalent.
Anderson is so chill
Must be tuff
They may have to start using carpet on parts of the track, the whoops are insane, not like the Ricky Stewart days whoops.
Tracks get rutted because the bikes have massive torque and power like a bulldozer ripping rock.
Thanks boys , no wonder villapoto retired without telling anyone.
There was a Gypsy video recently, I don't remember who with, but they were talking about how the 450s have too much power for supercross. And I agree. I have a 450 and it's not even fun on forest trails. Something a bit smaller would make it more competitive.
The AMA stopped racing the 500cc 2-strokes in SX around 1980 because they were too powerful for the tight indoor tracks. But MXA used to bitch about bikes that were to damn tall to. We do the dumbest things today,---because we are losing our ability to "reason", and we just follow dysfunctional directions. Look at the dopes still wearing masks. They do not have the ability to think for themselves any further than tying their shoes, so they buy Velcro.
That was Ryan Hughes. He was suggesting that they move the 450s to outdoors only and introduce a 350 formula for supercross.
Crashing because they are trying to run with Eli. They need to let Eli lap them and race for 2nd place maybe they will quit wrecking.
That's one thing I have noticed is doing quads are wayyy more common nowadays. Nobody ever did quads back then. James Stewart would randomly do one here and there but now it's always part of the track and everyone is hitting quads
They were hitting quads on 125s back in the 90s. The jumps riders hit today are not that much different. The reason people get hurt now is 4 strokes are so easy to ride fast that riders actually push past their limit without even realizing it.
@@jeffstuart4424 yeah I instantly thought of Casey lytle hitting that insane quad on a 125 back in like 98 I think. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about
@@thecommonsenseconservative5576 yes that and kdub at Houston supercross. Js7 was hitting stuff on a 125 that 250f and 450 riders couldn't hit.
Trying to hang with Eli's pace.. riding over their head..
Why is everyone crashing?...What do you mean? EVERYONE is crashing...Who do mean? I think Jasons bell is still a little rung from his crashes...😬
Bit of a late comment but for me what it feels like is the event organisers or who ever it is that runs it, they are trying to push these riders to the absolute limit every race rather than focus on the battling for the whole championship. it started happening from the dungey days and thats why the guy did as well as he did, it’s because he didnt buy into the having to push himself to meet these standards. watching some older ama races compared to modern day races the tracks were built to battle, not built to see who could be the last man standing. how ken pulled out of this season is just a big sign of a good rider who can throw down and battle for a championship but just knows that its just not worth it at the end of the day. its a rough situation for all involved tho
Like I keep saying. SUPERCROSS SUCKS. 50 years and it still blows. The tracks are way too dangerous, the money for the riders is shit and the stadiums are too small. SUPERCROSS SUCKS
Needs to go back to 20 laps
That would be a 15 min race,--like I raced in the B and C lasses.
They used to be 60 second laps with the 2-strokes. The bikes, and then the tracks, got too fast. The problem is government forcing the 4-stroke and now electric bikes on us, and it is not functional. I just saw an ad for a electric dirt bike that claims 90hp. Crap like this happens,---when our free market is stolen from us.
I met a gypsy and she hit me to some right game, to stimulate and active the left and right brain
I know this is a couple of month late, but have you seen the little guys on 50s nowadays? I have a 10 year old grandson who is at least in the top 20 in the country (he again qualified for Loretta Lynne this year) and they are really flying, racing on the same Supercross course's (maybe with some modifications on the more gnarly sections) as the Pros. My son said that he recently cleared a 90' table top and almost flat landed! He thinks it was over 100'. His normal jumps average 50 to 75 ft on his 50. It is really scary what the future holds for the pro racers!
Dude Baricia please! GG. Eli got that neck burn and they all trying to keep up.
Since 4strokes hit the track at almost double capacity is nowhere near as close and like you said people are pushing that hard it's make it or maybe ride to the hospital and season is over which then effects whole future. 500 2bangas got stopped because of crazy dangers. Now bikes that are almost same size and are faster are allowed back out there. If 4strokes wanted to race they should have been same size. Joke. You can't tell who's revving which bike either, it's just a loud annoying wet fart. Avagud1 fella's
Maybe time to make the big bikes 350s.
“Literally everyone’s crashing”
Who is crashing?
“Literally everyone!”
…..names one rider
They are all crashing because they're trying to mimic James Stewart.
Please drop the f-bombs from your questions and comments. Keep it legit……. You’re tainting the level of professionalism achieved by the sport. Yes your guests might do the same, but you likely feed the feed the comments as the host.
You’re very good…….and better than that.
2 strokes may be hit 60mph probably 55mph on the start...outdoors may 70mph on a long start....i dont want to down play but the tracks really determine the speed reached....they could make more challenging tracks we dint need insane freaking jumps all the way around the track more turns would require more thought out track building but it would make for more opportunitys on the ground to pass...
I wanna see the best of the best race in supercross…..weed the mediocre guys out! Make the whoops bigger or longer….t
the dirt needs help to accommodate a 450. if you ever walk a SX track its often a spongy material with shrapnel in it. Use industrial equipment like trommels to make good dirt. silt, sand, clay
I love the tracks this year! Rhythm sections are different, split lanes, massive whoops, more sand sections! Shit is amazing this year!
2:39 cut enuf the truth...done print...in motocross we have the bikes we have wanted the 4 strokes are premium bikes they are ready to race70s 80s 90s the bikes werent an now everyone has access...race shops can get ur engine even better...people are training u have a much tighter field...back in 91...privateers were showing up with outdoor MX suspension an trying to ride supercross that shit dont work...yes the tracks get more proggressive are they gonna make it easier probably not...it used to be the factory teams had tracks 3 times harder than the saturday nite SX track in the stadium...one of the things they could o to the tracjs is put more turns an switch backs in more turn would make it more technical an slow it down a little still be a race but nit as crazy high speed...turn take talent...
Slippery clay with rocks!? really? I've lost interest in following Supercross. It's more of a hard enduro than a race track
I have been racing motocross, desert racing and flat track since 1973.
There s always gong to be crashes! Its not the bikes or tracks it is the people that ride them,when a person rides above his or her ability we crash.. Some years we have fewer or a few more crashes but in the 45 years I have been alive the total is very close every year.
You have been on a trip for some time now to blame some one. There is always going to be crashes as long as people decide to ride above there personal talent!
Its call life, life is dangerous and the more a person test there LIMIT the more they crash in anything type of racing.
Supercross is hard its jumps for most that they only get to ride there...so its pushing it...i really think i know jason doesnt want to say it...but really the track could be changed made with turns that shave some of that speed...an not needing sick obstacles on every straight making technical changes....i think he brought up a very good point the 4 strokes tearing up the track indoors an outdoors i dont think the aversge rider aka person realuzed how good pros are at riding thru sick ruts...their skill level with that is so high...may be they can start doing some track grooming an clean up thats some thing simple that they could do an it would be fair to the 450 guys to at least in supercross have much newer track to start with...the only obstacle is how much track repair could they get done between the 250 main an the 450s main
They need to slow the tracks down more. Make it safer and more interesting.
Anderson always sounds like he's about to cry
Does “like ” have to be every word? And why “fuck” so much? I’m not subscribe because of that.
I think they're building the tracks for the crowd and the cameras.
Thanks again u gypsy great interview wit el cahunines...ah i mean el hombe...
The tracks are designed poorly for todays powerful bikes. . The top riders with most of the fans, are getting injured, what's to watch or go to the events?
How to make it safer? PUT EVERYONE BACK ON A 2STROKE!
This is what people pay to see!!! Someone is either taking checkers flag or on the side of the track crying in pain 2022! Anderson said the stadiums are to small dam! Respect
People crash every year? Tomac has done it every year, webb last year, roczen 2 years in a row, Adam years in a row. That's every year what the hell is this dude talking about.
Very insightful answer to a simple begging to be asked question.
The last few gypsy tales interviews have been some of the best content I've ever seen
Best answer I heard from a Mx racer when asked who is your biggest competition? “ The track “ 😀
And with the levels of the extreme sports nowadays with dirt bikes doing double backflips and s*** Motocross and supercross is kind of got to keep up to that level or compete which is kind of insane. I think it really has to come down to the promoters of the sports realizing that these are human beings regular people yes they're athletes and they're asked to perform at a certain level but the promoters need to realize that these people are only human and you keep on wanting to make these jumps bigger and the speeds faster well something is going to get the short end of the stick and it's going to be the riders
450s go almost 90mph what the heck its supercross we dont need 500cc bikes we already stopped racing those indoors an outdoors
Maybe the ones crashing took the poison shot💉. You do know it eventually crosses the blood brain barrier. 🤔
Supercross tracks have become a circus, freak show. Way too technical.
Put more turns i strategical would slow it down an make fir tecnical talent to show...makecgetting thru the turns count for more....
Anyone think that we should bring the engine sizes down to like 300 and 200cc's?
thats easy to ancr the bikes are way to powerfull the sport has come to far now and the bikes are too crazy for people to properly handle the new bikes arent like the old ones there stiffing up the shocks where thay have nothing left and way to stiff and with the speed its just to crazy the power 450cc make is just stupid and not needed in a stadium event that there not even brakein 3rd gear its silly and then that shorten the gear boxes for no reason at all just to be the fastes across the line i think motorcross isnt like it use to be it was for fun and to win fairly thesedays thay want more power more this more that when just a simple bike will be just as fine i get people have balls and wanna show them rideing 450ccs on track but whats the point when ower heros are dieing and getting hurt and cant ride becoz the bikes are to much
With the level these guys are goin now, having the concrete floor just outside the track is fukin wack. Put dirt there.
Dirtbike are not meant for stadiums never have been. Always about how many tickets seats you can sell.
Well done Gypsy, love your style man. Jason Anderson is one cool cat, love that guy even more after watching this interview. Absolutely mind blowing to watch these boys ride a dirt bike, mad skills very few on this planet are blessed to have !
Could it be horse power, improved tires and improved riders. Max power to the ground digging deep ruts everywhere.
AC: "every track worker should have to ride one lap of the track they built"
It's an ego thing. They don't want Eli to run away with the title so they ride over there heads to keep pace and sometimes it reaches out and bites them. They train on knarly tracks so its not the track.
If Eli wasn't there we wouldn't be seeing the amount of crashes we do in my opinion.
while Eli is cruising about and not even pushing!
Yeah but at the same time, all those guys that will risk crashing because they’re so determined, they have a champion mindset too. It’s a really competitive field so you’re right Eli deserves serious props
Agreed
Eli is the smartest rider on the track and btw he is already pulling ahead in the point standings
Ego thing? It's also their livelihood
Maybe Jason needs to stop crashing people lol. I will agree with him the whoops are absolutely ridiculous this year we lost 3 or 4 top riders due to them
The crashing and injuries are just a symptom of the problem. Jason does not understand does not understand the problem, and I have only seen a handful of people who do,--and they are not a racer or behind a microphone.
The problem is the redundant tracks that are full of rhythm sections that are designed to keep everybody the same speed under the false premise, "Close racing is better racing". The fact is, a track that is designed to keep everybody the same speed,---is not racing. The track is suppose to separate the talent, not squish it together.
So today, we have the top 8 guys on the same second, (because they all have the track wired), and they are busting their azzes trying to find .1 more seconds per lap.
Now enter what is actually boredom. No, I would not be bored with 5 rhythm sections on a track, because I would have a lot to figure out. But after 20 laps,---these guys can get bored very easily and do things like drop the bike in a flat section of a corner, or just be off on speed a bit entering a rhythm section.
The speeds are also about 25% faster than the 2-strokes were in lap time, (what used to be a 60 second track is now a 45 second track.). The tracks got faster because the 4-stroke engines got faster. I don't think there is a concussion protocol outside of the name of it, but I am amazed at how hard these guys can slam into the face of the next jump, (in "PogoMoto",), and not break bones. I have been amazed for this series at how many guys have come back the next weekend after a nasty crash. But then again---we tend to forget who is on the injured list.
The foundation of the problem is actually,---the faster 4-strokes being pushed on the industry by governments. It is not a free market industry anymore. The industry got stolen from us and is run by dysfunctional people.
Just thought I would let you guys "Know".
Doug in Michigan
If you want a safer rhythm section, put a speedometer on the bike and a speed limit sign before each section, because that is what a rhythm section does. That is what "Rhythm" means. Stay in "Rhythm", (same speed). To slow, (made a mistake), you get passed. To fast--you crash. Stay in the rhythm speed limit,---or else. That is not racing. It is more like a fast parade. Now---enter the block pass, (a valid way to pass if the guy in front is your speed), and the fact that you can't take an inside line, (and clear the next whoop or rhythm section fast enough), to protect yourself from it, and the speed seems too fast to "shut off" if your getting blocked,---and what do you get?
It all comes back to the 4-stroke and tracks that are too redundant, and too fast. I miss the days when you had no idea what the track looked like until you saw it on race weekend. That was when we were the best in the world also,---and that is related.
Jason said it answer the tracks are getting destroyed..simple enuf
I think they are constantly over riding on there suspension like the faster you get the more you hafto keep up on your suspension if not bucked the fuck 📴
everyone should start asking how many of these athletes are vaxxed. to say it has nothing to do with it, is crazy.