Supercross to Spring Break

Welcome back race fans! Well this weekend came and went much in the way I thought it would. This cat and mouse points championship is coming right down to the end with Reed still leading by eight. Stewert rode sharp all night and despite a few near misses he came away showing he is still the man to beat.
In the Lites division Christophe Pourcel capped off a championship run with a huge exclamation mark. He rode hard and determined all night, while his other potential title contenders crashed or started slow. This has to be one of the better comeback stories of all time. I am really happy for Christophe.
The real story through out the whole night seemed to be what the track was going to do. You could see that the Lites guys had a little better time at it early in the night, but the Supercross guys were tiptoeing by the end of the night. The question I kept asking myself is how does this still happen. Is it really that hard to find better dirt for a top-notch race like a Supercross?
Now the series turns to the south and we can see if we get some good sun block racing as I like to call it. The series comes to a new venue in Jacksonville and right in the heart of spring break. I am hoping we see some good dirt, good racing and most importantly a continuing championship battle when it is all said and done.
Good job to Josh Hill for really pushing hard this weekend. I have always liked him and it is great to see him up front. This year has proven that sixth through twelfth can be a real toss up.
I will finish with a back up statement to how I felt last week in terms of the championship. If Reed waits for James to make a mistake and hand it to him again he will lose. Chad must finish ahead of James at least once to win it. He doesn't have to win, just finish ahead of him in one of the remaining races.

Clip of the Day

Nitro to an M-80 in a Single Night.

Wow what a weekend! First the expected unexpected mistakes of James, wild Pastrana riding, a great track and best of all an exciting race. Chad Reed came into the race with the point’s lead and left with a bigger one. Stewert who struggled to keep it on two wheels all night all but handed the win to Reed falling in the lead of the main event. Not to take anything away from Chad, but James still gave it to him by making silly mistakes playing right into Reed's strategy.

But can this really be a good strategy for Reed? On one Chad has the lead of the majority of the series even thought James has shown his superior speed to Reed's by easily accumulating more wins. Still every time we come to the weekend I feel the series is James to win or loose.

James on the other hand is riding as if he is fifty points down every lap and unfortunately this has really bitten him this year and dumped a bag full of points in Reed's lap. If James can wise up and realize the pressure is still on Reed he will win the championship. If Reed sits back and waits for it to come to him, I believe he will lose. Either way we will see the true colors come through starting this weekend in Toronto.

If James (385) wins the rest if the races and Chad (381) gets second Stewert every time he will lose four points. At least at this point we know they are racing for four points and I myself can't wait.

Once again Jason Lawrence rode a smart race and put his bike in the top five again. There is no question at this point he is here to stay in Supercross on a big bike. The real question is the most fundamental one and that is can he stay on the right track. This is going to be interesting to see what the factories do after this summer and budgets continue to shrink.

As for this weekend all one can hope for is the same racing we have been treated to for the last month. Track looks good aven though the Toronto dirt always plays a wild card. It if ruts up bad it could still resemble the Nitro Circus just minus Travis and his pet monkeys.