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6/28/2017 9:04am
6/28/2017 9:04am
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6/30/2017 9:50am
I might be late to the draw here but anyone else watch the animated track map of Red Bud for this weekend? I remember seeing a while back that it looked like they were building a replica of Larocco's Leap right next to it (to the south of it)...sure enough, looks like that is what they did according to the animated video. SO, what this leads to is better seating where the previous jump was....all in preparation for MXdN 2018
Years ago, only a handful of 125 guys could do it and 250 guys had to hit their corner lines perfect to consistently hit it.
The corner before has been slowly moved closer to the take off since the 4 stroke takeover.
I do like how the new layout is an "S" turn leading into the Leap. This will hopefully make it hard to clear again due to the reduced speed coming through and the tighter turn.
The Shop
Who's going to be the 250 rider that goes for it first?! RED BUUUUUD!
If you have a link to a pic of this "replica" it would be interesting to see.
I highly doubt you'll see a change to one of the most iconic jumps in motocross for MXdN.
Apparently it was due to the face of the jump was falling apart and hard to keep consistent so they built a new one next to it.
I wonder if Larocco launched a two stroke over it to "christin" it?
I don't think its fair to say the leap became easier with the 450's. Not the same as with the 125 maybe, but it was still an option riders didn't nail every lap.
Pit Row
Thats like saying Lincoln's assassination is not really a big deal anymore because today we have semi auto handguns and John Wilkes Booth could shoot him 30 times today.
Jamie discher was the first amateur to hit it this morning
Local news reporting on the new leap.
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