Oops. This is how the last turn of the LCQ went for JT$ and DV. DV comes in like this, JT$ goes down, and DV makes the main with second in the LCQ. JT$ got a damaged bike, DV got a $1,000 fine.
RC, Stewart, and Reed put on a great show at San Francisco. RC won it, while Reed and Stewart made mistakes. Reed is back on his game. RC will be back at Atlanta. Stewart gave RC a lot of credit in the press conference, and RC noted that at his time and said that was pretty cool.
The weather held out pretty much. The track was actually good. The afternoon was shortened to just one practice, so they left the plastic on the track until then.
Villopoto was again untouchable in Lites. He raced on the first lap with his teammate Chris Gosselaar and got away. Gosselaar was racing for second with Davalos and fell in front of Davalos, who ran into him. Gosselaar has a separated shoulder and is possibly in for next weekend.
There were some major fireworks after a Lites heat between Lawrence and Grant over what went on in the race. Lawrence was pretty fired up and had to be pulled away.
Villopoto is pinned and making the Lites wins look easy.
The Red Bull Air Force skydiving team made a landing at the show opening, which is a must-see.
AMA folks stayed busy all weekend. First there were phone calls on the 2007 version of the fuel fuss Thursday, then everyone talking about it Friday, then meetings and more arguing Saturday. People just can't understand why the AMA is beating up on the teams with the rulebook when there is a known problem with fuel at the supplier. It's just not logical. They are finding fuel out of spec and treating it like fuel that was tampered with.
Then there was the JT$/DV thing, and another when Dennis Jonon got DQ'd for doing a double during a red light condition on a triple, when is was really Adam Chatfield that did it and not Jonon. As the pits were closing, the Jonon camp wasn't getting it reversed and people were still arguing over it.
MDK wrote a strong letter about its fuel penalty (Nick Wey), and the owner Mark Kvamme isn't going to let it slide. Stayed tuned on this one because it's just getting started. Motorcycle OEMs and the AMA have beat on each other for decades and fusses come and go, and ultimately the OEMs have to put up with it. Not so with Kvamme, so this one may turn out different. Who knows, if things get too gnarly, we may be writing about the Amp'd Mobile MDK Supercross Series.... The AMA can not afford a battle with this guy.
