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Swizcorner- Hangtown "Tardiness"
May 21 2013 - 4:59pm

I may be guilty of tardiness for the opening round of MX but I'm sharing the burden.

Photos by: Simon Cudby

Firstly let me apologize for my own tardiness with this first edition of 2013 MX Scorner (catchy little abbreviated title there), excuses aside I can assure you, I have thought long and hard (settle down Moser) about the focal point of this edition. Sadly, I am going to have to throttle my aspirations this week as the second moto's were only made available today and if I delay the release of this article another day, Matthes will surely dock me… err withhold my pay. You really can’t just throw around terms like that with reckless abandon on this website. So back to my point. Once again there were high reaching goals for the National televised broadcasts for 2013 and just as you’d expect, the hardcore fans were poised with fingers hovering over their keyboards for the inevitable first hiccup in...

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Swizcorner- Vegas "Straight"
May 6 2013 - 10:03pm

Well that’s a wrap! It seems like only a few weeks ago, not months, that this series was kicking off with wildly different results than anyone could have anticipated in the 450 class.

Photos by: THE James Lissimore

In the end, the status quo pulled through. There were a few surprises in the final point standings but I’m not going to itemize the results here. I want to look at each rider in the top 12(multiples of 5 are so old school) of each class and give my honest thoughts on where they finished when compared to what I expected of them.

 

With that, lets get started. I want to start with the class that caught a lot of shit this year. The 250SX East class. From the first round there was...

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Swizcorner- SLC "Docked"
Apr 28 2013 - 11:14pm

The much ballyhooed “penultimate” round of the Supercross series was setup for either max-drama or predictable deflation.

Photos: THE James Lissimore

 

As fate would have it, we got a little of both sides of the coins and that ain’t all bad if you ask me. I mean seriously, the RV we’ve seen for the majority of this series was just not going to be denied. He’s the same guy who secured the title in 2011 without qualifying for a main and also the guy who put the title on ice last year with what amounted to 3 rounds left on the schedule. SpeedTV did their best to build that last gasp of drama with the qualifying session crash-compilation of the repeat champion and...

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Swizcorner- Seattle "The Equalizer"
Apr 22 2013 - 6:25am

This season is moving right along. 15 rounds are now in the books and Seattle was typical with it’s damp conditions, plastic covered track, abbreviated program and of course, ruts.

Photos: THE James Lissimore

Most riders are not down with these types of conditions in the Supercross series. They train, ride  and prepare their machines for the standard indoor track. When a track presents itself in opposition to this status quo, it throws everything off. All their preparation of bike and body is thrown askew. Much like PulpMX is the monkey wrench of moto-coverage, a rutted, greasy, sloppy (yet somehow tacky) track is also the monkey wrench of race-prep. 

 

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Swizcorner- Minneapolis "Parallels"
Apr 15 2013 - 10:00am

For the first time since 2008, the series headed into a cold and very snowy Minneapolis Minnesota. 

Photos by: THE James Lissimore

It’s nice to see the “midwest” get another “east coast” race. You know what other race has been off the schedule since the last time they raced in Minneapolis? That’s right, Detroit. I’m not going to grind the axe on Detroit because in all honesty, I much preferred the racing at the Silverdome in Pontiac. The double-header schedule was pretty crazy by todays standards. We always hear about how stubborn the teams are when it comes to Feld wanting to implement changes; can you imagine the friction if Feld attempted to re-introduce a Saturday night race followed by a Sunday afternoon race now?! As a fan, I think it would bring an awesomely...

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