RJ Says: Defending a Supercross Championship and season review

After watching the first three supercross races of the 2011 season, I'll share with you what I see at this point.

Two riders that have really impressed me so far are Ryan Villopoto and Trey Canard. Looking at their fitness, their riding technique, their ability to get thru traffic on the race track, both are far beyond what I thought they would be.

I knew Ryan would be fast. But when a rider has been away from racing for a while, as he has, sometimes it takes a while to knock off the rust. Ryan has looked great after his heat races - obviously the training with Aldon Baker has helped him a lot. I can see his fitness, how much he is sweating, and his ability to retain his breath and breathing after both his heats and main events. It's visible that Ryan has leaned down together with Aldon, and he's in awesome condition.

I thought it would take Trey Canard at least half a season in the premiere Supercross class to where he was really comfortable. As I watch Trey in these first three races, there are certain section of the different tracks where he is faster than either Villopoto or James Stewart. Once Trey puts together the whole track, and an entire 20 laps like that - look for him to win some races this year.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-defending-a-supercross-championship-and-season-review

Vladimir Kavinov Mike Kiedrowski Darryll King

Salvaging Positions

This past race was pretty crazy.  It seems like this season is the epitome of Murphy?s Law; anything that can happen, will happen.  Stewart going down early in the main, knocking himself loopy and then remounts to set the fastest lap time.  On top of all of this, he still jumps the massive wall!  That [...]

Source: http://www.mxtrainingblog.com/riding-techniques/salvaging-positions/

James Stewart Jr Brian Stonebridge David Strijbos

RJ Says: State of Supercross

As the West Region ends for a while, and East region gets ready to start up ... In 250 West Supercross 2010, Jake Weimer and Trey Canard are showing a lot of confidence right now. I'm very impressed with both of these racers right now. This past race at Anaheim was a good example for both of them.

Series points leader Jake Weimer has a great heat race with a win, even after that heat was red-flagged. Jake had some trouble in the Main Event, but showed his smarts by charging hard the full 15 laps, coming up to eighth at the finish ... that could literally save his season and potentially the championship title.

Trey had some problems in his heat, but came back very strong in the final - he won the 250 Main in Anaheim. That shows a lot of maturity from him as a rider.


Trey Canard on top in Anaheim

Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-state-of-supercross

Jonathan Barragan Andrea Bartolini Willy Bauer