A different look at a different race
A different look at a different race
Photos by Simon Cudby
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Monster’s Eric Johnson mugs with Stefan Everts who’s kid raced the KJSC and finished 3rd.
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They had the amateur all-star race again and RJ Hampshire (trained by Tim Ferry by the way) took the win with 1-3 scores. He had to make a, errr, aggressive pass to win the thing on the last lap. Then RJ announced that he was now a new Amsoil/GEICO amateur kid going forward. See kids, block passing is rewarded in the end.
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Ricky Carmichael ponders…hey, wait a minute! That’s Kenny Watson!
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Tyler Bowers was there and easily made it into the main and from there was solid the rest of the night.
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The split-start was a pretty cool visual and much safer this year than last. Still, no matter what the same guys were out front.
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Schnike takes last years champion’s bike through tech. I’m not sure how I feel about them giving Barcia the number 1 plate. I’m just not sure…
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Funny to see these two talking things out. Age will do that to a couple of guys huh? LOTS of wins and titles right here.
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EJ poses with his hero Johnny O’Mara and Thomas Covington.
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A lot of people didn’t know that Alex “Troll” Martin raced the MEC. Well he did and yes, he was on a 450 but no, he didn’t make the night show which was only for the 22-man field.
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Josh Grant debuted the 2014 Yamaha YZ450F and has been testing a ton with factory Yamaha. He didn’t have a good night in Vegas.
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One of these guys is Zach Osborne, we’ll let you figure out which one.
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Making his return to racing after a long layoff was Kyle Chisholm. The Chiz doesn’t have a ride as of now so was pitted out with a table and a bike supplied by Transworld Motocross Magazine.
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Probably the surprise of the day was N-Fab’s Chris Blose being in the top 18 in practice while some heavy hitters were forced to the LCQ. Good for Blose who’s also looking for a ride next year.
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Hollywood and Kevin try to make off with the million dollars.
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Eric was busy at the MEC, this time posing with Everts AND O’Show.
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Carey Hart was there shaking hands and kissing babies.
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YEAH! Fireworks! Wheeeeeee….
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There was a lot going on in the pits at the MEC. Like this off-road truck doing laps.
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The MEC trophy is massive and has to be crated and forklifted into the winning riders truck at the end of the night. Then they get to keep it for a year.
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I don’t know how Jessy Nelson didn’t qualify, do you?
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Jake Weimer was on the box after main 1 but then crashed back in the next two. I love, love, love the look of the new Kawasaki’s. It’s not for sure going to be the 2014 look though, they’re still debating that.
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EJ posing with Andy Wilson, Dean’s dad. Eric was a busy guy at the MEC.
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PJ Larsen was there on a Rock River Yamaha in a one-off ride but he too didn’t make the main event.
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I had to get a Monster girl in here right? I have no clue who this is so I asked my wife Pookie and she commented “It’s Ashley Michaelson and she’s f**king hot. Life must be so great when you look like that”
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Britney Chisholm and Jessica Tickle put on their best Monster Girl poses.
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Oh yeah, we had a rapper at the MEC!
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Does anyone know who was riding Zach Osborne’s bike? Perhaps his mind was still on the jungles of Italy…
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Had to run this photo just for the guy in the Oiler jersey there. Hey man, good job!
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