Sunday, April 20, 2008

St. Louis SX Lites

WOW!


The season that can't be predicted was to,sum up,-----unpredictable. With the tango for two set up coming into the weekend, the pressure was on two of the young guns in our sport.




----Ryan Villopoto----

At times, he has been the most dominating "lites" rider we have ever seen. He has blazing speed, he is an animal on the bike where others are mere humans, and he has an air of confidence around him that makes other riders shake in their boots. The Vegas odd makers absolutely KNEW he would win this year, every magazine KNEW he would dominate year, and I KNEW he was invincible. After a terrible race one, I KNEW he was still in it. After a mistake riddled second race, I THOUGHT he could pull it out. After getting pummeled at Daytona, I questioned his health but knew he was the fastest. Then he proved me right, by reeling off 3 easy wins, dominating the competition in true 2 fashion. With a final race left, mano y mano, I had no doubt he could use his dominating ability and put forth his confidence by showing his blazing speed to become truly invincible this season.

Heck, he jammed Ben Townley, the mx2 WORLD champion, under his boot when the pressure was on during the epic outdoor season, who is Trey Canard again?




----Trey Canard----

The rookie sensation took a vacation the past couple rounds, allowing Ryan Villapoto to get within striking distance. At this point, anyone who is anyone, and even those who aren't, thought Canard's dash for the cash (the title) was over for the year, although the general consensus was his debut season was a brilliant success.

The Villopoto train had just got rolling,
"CHUUU CHUUUU!"
and what started as a slow "CHAuuuuga chuuuuuga chuuuuuga, CHAUuuuuuuga chuuuuuuga chuuuuuuuuga"
changed into a ROARING "CHUGA CHUGA CHUGA CHUGA" moving at a speed so fast even asteroids had to throw their respect.
When Villapoto gets going, HE GETS GOING.

After a solid amateur career, and a championship at his final Loretta's, Canard entered the pro ranks as someone to look out for in the next couple years. In the remaining nationals after Loretta's, he had some strong showings, besting even his teammate Josh Grant a few times, but didn't show the blazing speed Austin Stroupe debuted or the amazing speed Villapoto showed the year previous at Glen Helen. Apparently, Trey is not one to sit idly in the off season, as he ripped into first 3 rounds of the AMA supercross Lites East Coast division by winning big. In doing so he amassed himself a seemingly infallible points lead and a ton of confidence.

But he the young one lost his way at some point, and let the talk get to his head! He started losing points faster than Russian Skaters with a French Judge, with no seeming answer.

On Saturday, April 20, Trey Canard fought back to a "chuging" Ryan Villapoto to not only win his 4th race of the season, but also his first ever championship.

Read at over RacerX the controversy that took place, but it was no doubt one for the record books. Thanks for reading, I'd do a race report, but others already have!

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