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[QUOTE="mknight, post: 75493, member: 18839"] It was a great night of racing in Salt Lake. Here are a few additional observations. * Being a Utah rider, I didn't think much of the altitude either until I saw it on ABC yesterday and heard all of the comments regarding the altitude. Now that I think about it though, there did seem to be a lot of "fading" late in the races, particularly the 250 main, where I think conditioning played a large role. * There seemed to be something about the track that gave a slight advantage to the four-strokes (or Ferry and Fonseca may have just really been on their game). Ferry passed McGrath in their heat race and Fonseca flat out hauled. I was sitting in front of the first triple. All night long there were very few, if any, 125's doing the first triple. In the 125 main Fonseca, came flying off that thing and landed beyond the downslope, easily clearing the thing. Langston and a handful of others were doing it consistently throughout the rest of the race but it took everything they had. There was also a fair amount of wind that night, and that triple had the riders going right into it. * I was rooting for the KTM's in the bunch (being a KTM rider) and it was cool to see Pingree pull the SFX.com holeshot in the 125 main. He and Fonseca were close for about half of the first lap and then Fonseca just took off. It was fun to watch Langston charge from about 10th all the way up to second. Then he went right off the track down on the cement right in a tight corner after the first triple and a small double. There were crashes there all night long. He could have easily regained his position (he didn't crash....just went off the track), but upon trying to re-enter the track he ran right over some tuf blocks and got caught up on them and tipped over. * Lusk and Larocco were flying.....both of these guys charged from back in the pack. Lusk was dead last in the 250 main......and I mean dead last. He went down in the first corner and it took him a while to get back up and get his bike started. I would be interested to see what his lap times were......he charged all the way back to 4th. Larocco....in typical fashion charged from behind as well for 3rd. * The first 4-5 laps of the 250 main were some of the most exciting racing I have ever seen. Everyone was on their feet and to see McGrath pull the holeshot and then battle back and forth with Windham, Ferry, and Carmichael, was amazing. They were literally bar to bar flying off the triples and finish line jumps, just barely edging each other out. As mentioned, Carmichael finally pulled ahead, but Tim Ferry was also riding an incredible race. * Other than the first 5 laps of the 250 main, McGrath did not seem to be himself. He was passed in his heat race and he faded to 6th in the main. The guy is an icon to the sport and it is like watching Michael Jordan.....but I hope he comes back strong next year and makes it interesting. * Being a brand new facility, it was great to see the stadium full. It was just shy of capacity and I hope that pacesupercross recognizes Salt Lake as a great place to stop again next year. I think they would have an absolute packed house next year.....but the Salt Lake attendance was comparable with other venues I believe (there were about 43,000 there). [/QUOTE]
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