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| Photo: amasupercross.com |
Some of you will have noticed that Ryan Dungey was
conspicuously left out of my top 10 for A1.
Like last year, I felt there would be some mistakes that could affect
the outcome of the season and this year I thought Dungey would have the dumpster
fire. I actually came up with 2
possibilities in this category; Dungey and Tomac but I ended up giving the nod
to Dungey because I thought his new teammate might leave him with something to
prove and of course he doesn’t need to prove anything. I got the rider wrong but Anaheim 1 had
another groundhog day, unfortunately James Stewart beat himself again. I couldn’t decide in the 250 class so I left
them unchanged.
The 250 class is always exciting because it’s a huge
proving ground for the next generation of SX superstars. I was not surprised at all by the results and
I only missed one name in the top 10.
Anderson was my biggest surprise and what a charge at the end of the
race to pull off the upset. I believe
we’ll see this set of riders dominate the West top 10 this year and the points
lead may even see a few changes along the way.
Great effort by all these guys and I am so looking forward to round 2.
I like the format this year with the semi rounds making a
comeback. It does tend to take the
pressure off the riders and perhaps takes a little of the fire out of the LCQ
but the trade off is more racing so I guess it all evens out. Supercross and playoff football, what a great
country we live in – round 2 in the gate.
450 SX (+/- handicap)
1. STEWART, J (-1)
2. VILLOPOTO (+1)
3. BARCIA (-1)
4. DUNGEY (+1)
5. ROCZEN (+1)
6. REED (+1)
7. BRAYTON (+1)
8. TOMAC (-1)
9. WEIMER (+1)
10. TICKLE (+1)
250 SX (+/- handicap)
1. SEELY (-1)
2. OSBORNE (+1)
3. WILSON (-1)
4. ANDERSON (+1)
5. HILL, JUSTIN (-1)
6. WEBB (-1)
7. DURHAM (+1)
8. STEWART, M (+1)
9. CANADA (+1)
10. LEIB (-1)
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| Figure 1 |
Figure 1 is my Roost’r TRAP for Anaheim 1. My scoring system placed Jake Canada with the
highest score for round 1. You’ll notice
that Roczen and Anderson placed 12th and 18th respectively. You’ll find as the season goes on that these
riders will score all over the board which is exactly what I had hoped
for. My goal was to create a scoring
system that is dynamic as the riders themselves and I believe I’ve done that
with the Roost'r CLAW.
If you’re as obsessed with SX as I am, please don’t
hesitate to leave a comment or two and let me know what you think. The factory teams have their own evaluation
methods, it’s about time the fans did as well.
Who knows, perhaps this web of scores will reveal the next biggest star;
thanks for clicking in.
The Roost’r
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