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WATCH MORE SUPERCROSS OR I WILL MURDER YOU  No, seriously. I think the only reason why you're not watching Supercross at this point is because you're racist against dirt bikes or something. Every drat race there are thrills, spills, full-contact passing, unpredictable racing, manufacturer parity (new in 2021: GasGas and it's already won!!) and a competitive championship. To pique your interest, I will direct you to the highlights from Arlington 2019, one of the two closest finishes in the history of Supercross that happened that year, where the winner overcame a 13 second gap to steal it at the line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbxhLJAQan4 Supercross is both the AMA and FIM championships for the discipline, so you've literally got the best riders in the world doing this every week. It's unique in that the track layout is different every time the circuit comes to a venue or returns to the same venue, so track knowledge can only be built up in one day. In Covidtimes most venues are pulling double or triple duty with 2 or 3 races in a week, including mid-week races, but they still manage to mix up the track very well. They're also racing at Atlanta Motor Speedway for the first time? So that's cool. The season runs from January to May before switching to the outdoor Motocross season for the summer. (Pro Motocross is OK but not as good as Supercross!) There are two bike classes (450cc and 250cc) split up into three divisions (450SX, 250SX West, 250SX East), with every race day featuring the 450 class and (usually) one of the regional 250 classes. Many, many bikes participate in qualifying practice, but only the top 40 bikes qualify for the night program (what you see on TV) with the heat races and LCQs. From those, the top 22 make it to the main event. Some 450 events are Triple Crown races that have a special 3-heat overall format, and some 250 events are crossover races where both regions compete with and against each other. If that sounds confusing, the easy way to put it is that there's a lot of variety in the competition! The racing really is unpredictable. You could get a 10+ second butt-kicking win by the leader, but you could also see the leader blow a 10-second lead by self-crashing in a corner, on a jump, in the sand section, or over the whoops. The track degrades through a race and through the race night overall, so riders really have to stay on their toes just to stay upright, let alone go bar-to-bar with one another. Aggressive block passing is allowed and expected (but you can be penalized for 1st degree bike murder) and revenge re-passing is totally a thing that happens and is very entertaining when it doesn't go well! It is still a very good time to jump in to Supercross. The younger 450 veterans and many up-and-comers from the 250 class are all competing to make a name for themselves—literally half the field is capable of winning any given race now. From 2010 to 2017 only two riders won the championship. In the last three years there have been three different champions, and 5 or 6 others that could legitimately compete for it. Without a single currently-dominating rider, and with at least four or five of the seven manufacturers good for several race wins through the season, I have absolutely no idea how this season is going to play out. Which makes it exciting to watch! If you want to watch, there's good news! All live streaming coverage of Supercross has moved to Peacock this season, so the $5 a month you're already paying for Indycar practice and The Office will get you live Supercross practice, qualifying, and yes! Every race session. Every race will be on NBCSN as well, though not all of them live. 2021 Season & TV Schedule 2021 Track Maps WindyMan fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Jan 30, 2021 |
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net work error posted:Leh Keen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAvN0EzEacU also 
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ARCA brakes making a surprise appearance https://twitter.com/VincentJBruins/status/1373328568948822022
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So this was shown during the race before they interviewed Hobbo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwa-n8JrMH8 Nice slacks
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algebra testes posted:Ahh we need a new racing bike thread. Supercross 2021: It's a GasGas!
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orange juche posted:gently caress anyone who says that more reliable cars more better. Some of the reliability is just a matter of cars getting built better. But then cars lost some of that back because they had to lighten cars and lean out engines to try to beat the two or three other top manufacturers that were also doing that. The Audi/Toyota/Peugeot years were some of the drat best. And then just when you thought things were going to stop getting interesting, an LMP2 car almost wins the drat thing in 2017. Hopefully things will spice back up when the LMDh cars are fully up and running.
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net work error posted:For like 3 years it's gonna be sick It's the boom-bust cycle and we're in it for the booms
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algebra testes posted:Bahrain is a pretty nifty track I bet it'd be fun for WRC.
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Vasukhani posted:I'm literally positive they would do it fine if they allowed battery development I'm sure Formula E is getting to that point. I think the series is doing very well for itself, actually. It seems to have a plan of incrementing its way to a more open rulebook with each generation of car. There will always be interest in independent teams participating in the series because of the cost controls in place. Without that, the series runs the risk of growing too quickly and dying out just as quickly. That factory teams have been coming on board has been more of a bonus, with some of them leaving feeling like an "oh well, they'll be back eventually" kind of deal. Let Formula E stick to its plan.
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