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- Apr 21, 2000
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Holy cow!!! Several 125's jumped Larocco's leap in Saturday's practice. I only saw the first full set of practices since we were racing on the night track - but there were eight 125 riders we saw jump Larocco's leap!
Steve Boniface (first guy to do it I think) [KTM125]
Ross Martin (local A rider kid) [RM125]
Kelly Smith [YZ250F]
Scott Sheak [CR125]
Greg Schnell [YZ250F]
Ernesto Fonseca [CR125]
Josh Demuth [YZ250F]
Micheal Bryne [CR125]
Maybe more guys did it in the second practice set - but wow... it was very cool to see!! 125's (and 250Fs) going BIG!
Awesome races on Sunday, too!
My 125 recap - Man, Jesseman was hauling in the second moto! Passed Bubba once early in the race, then towards the end there was only a 4-5 second gap between the two. About time for Ward to have a good race, too (he did win Red Bud last year). Brown looked strong after having some time off - was in contention for second in moto one until he crashed and pulled off the track. Bubba was flying in the first moto - crashed pretty hard in the start, started nearly last, and flew through the pack up to second. I wasn't as impressed with Reed second moto, he layed his bike over in a corner early (maybe 3rd lap), had troubles getting started, started around 30th and only moved up to 22nd. If that was Bubba - I think he would have been up in the top 10 for sure. Antunez really surprised me, too! Lead for a few laps in the first moto and had a good second moto, too. Way to go Bud Man!
My 250 recap - RC HAS NO COMPETITION! I begin to wonder if it's even fun for him anymore to cruise way out in front with noone in site. He had constant 30-40 second leads! He is simply amazing. Nuff' said. Ferry rode really well - a solid second place finish in moto one. Then, in moto two, Ferry was in the back of the pack in the start and worked hard to move up into the teens by about the third lap. Then he went down in a corner and got started back around 30th. Ferry was on the gas as he passed all the way up to 6th! Larocco looked good for the home crowd. Passed Ezra Lusk late in the second moto for third - and Ezra was riding extremely well, too. And Natedog!! Very impressive... been off for a while too, had to go through qualifiers all weekend, and comes out swinging for second overall! I think he really likes that CRF. Roncada and Vuillemin should have sat out another week - as neither one did as well as they should have. Heck - Roncada had to run qualifiers to get into the main and only came in 4th in his qualifier. For a guy who lead RC a few laps this year you expected him to win against the guys outside of the top 20. His ankle must be still hurting I guess. Tortelli was another rider who didn't do as well as expected. He's always done really well at Red Bud, too. On Saturday in practice he cased Larocco's leap pretty good and took a while to get back going again. Maybe that messed him up a little for Sunday.
So thats my summed up race reports... :confused:
RED BUD!!
Steve Boniface (first guy to do it I think) [KTM125]
Ross Martin (local A rider kid) [RM125]
Kelly Smith [YZ250F]
Scott Sheak [CR125]
Greg Schnell [YZ250F]
Ernesto Fonseca [CR125]
Josh Demuth [YZ250F]
Micheal Bryne [CR125]
Maybe more guys did it in the second practice set - but wow... it was very cool to see!! 125's (and 250Fs) going BIG!
Awesome races on Sunday, too!
My 125 recap - Man, Jesseman was hauling in the second moto! Passed Bubba once early in the race, then towards the end there was only a 4-5 second gap between the two. About time for Ward to have a good race, too (he did win Red Bud last year). Brown looked strong after having some time off - was in contention for second in moto one until he crashed and pulled off the track. Bubba was flying in the first moto - crashed pretty hard in the start, started nearly last, and flew through the pack up to second. I wasn't as impressed with Reed second moto, he layed his bike over in a corner early (maybe 3rd lap), had troubles getting started, started around 30th and only moved up to 22nd. If that was Bubba - I think he would have been up in the top 10 for sure. Antunez really surprised me, too! Lead for a few laps in the first moto and had a good second moto, too. Way to go Bud Man!
My 250 recap - RC HAS NO COMPETITION! I begin to wonder if it's even fun for him anymore to cruise way out in front with noone in site. He had constant 30-40 second leads! He is simply amazing. Nuff' said. Ferry rode really well - a solid second place finish in moto one. Then, in moto two, Ferry was in the back of the pack in the start and worked hard to move up into the teens by about the third lap. Then he went down in a corner and got started back around 30th. Ferry was on the gas as he passed all the way up to 6th! Larocco looked good for the home crowd. Passed Ezra Lusk late in the second moto for third - and Ezra was riding extremely well, too. And Natedog!! Very impressive... been off for a while too, had to go through qualifiers all weekend, and comes out swinging for second overall! I think he really likes that CRF. Roncada and Vuillemin should have sat out another week - as neither one did as well as they should have. Heck - Roncada had to run qualifiers to get into the main and only came in 4th in his qualifier. For a guy who lead RC a few laps this year you expected him to win against the guys outside of the top 20. His ankle must be still hurting I guess. Tortelli was another rider who didn't do as well as expected. He's always done really well at Red Bud, too. On Saturday in practice he cased Larocco's leap pretty good and took a while to get back going again. Maybe that messed him up a little for Sunday.
So thats my summed up race reports... :confused:
RED BUD!!