Elevate your hand for those who missed watching SX on tv final weekend. With the Oakland SX postponed due to the horrible climate in Northern California till February 18th, there was definitely a void in our lives final weekend. Nevertheless, the excellent news is that the 2023 Monster Power Supercross Sequence is again this weekend on the new Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego. With a in a different way formed flooring space than Petko Park Stadium (Snapdragon is used for soccer whereas Petko Park is a baseball stadium) the observe crew was capable of construct extra of an east coast kind observe with a number of extra choices for the riders. This morning the collection launched the Yamaha Animated Observe Map, so let’s have a look at how the San Diego observe will form up on Saturday night.
Not like the break up begin we noticed at Anaheim 1, the beginning at San Diego is one thing we’re extra accustomed to seeing at a SX. It’s lengthy and nearly runs the complete size of the stadium flooring, after which on the finish, we have now a 180-degree gradula left-hand nook. The beginning straight and first flip look truthful and protected, so there shouldn’t be too many points throughout the night time present.
From there, the observe heads into two lengthy back-to-back technical rhythm sections that might see the highest riders attempting a number of bounce combos. With a good 180-degree nook between them, we’d see loads of passing all through the night in flip two. In supercross, rhythm sections are the nice separator as just some have the expertise or the braveness to go large and try to make-up time. Additionally, as soon as riders discover the quick method by means of them, the following factor they need to grasp is consistency. It’s one factor to leap by means of them a sure method in apply or your warmth race, however are you able to do it for 20 minutes in the primary occasion? Most riders can not and that’s the reason rhythm lanes are so vital on a SX observe.
After the primary two rhythm sections, the riders will make a 90-degree right-hand flip earlier than heading into one more rhythm-type assortment of jumps. This one is not going to be as vital as the 2 earlier than, however remaining constant shall be vital. From there, the riders flip 180 levels left and into the one large triple on the San Diego observe. Within the outdated days, triple jumps had been vital as a result of on sure tracks, not each rider jumped them. However everybody jumps as of late, so the as soon as mighty triple jumps are actually only a place to calm down and catch your breath.
After the triple bounce, the riders head into a good 180-degree left-hand flip which may very well be a superb passing spot throughout the primary occasions. If a rider can achieve an inside benefit over the triple, they might throw a stable block cross on this flip. Additionally, with it being a left-hand nook, the riders will be capable of be aggressive as they’ll have full entry to their rear brake the complete time.
As soon as the riders survive this nook, it’s onto a difficult high-speed dragon’s again, adopted by a 90-degree right-hand flip after which into an extended whoop part. Clearly, the whoop part shall be a superb passing spot, relying on how every rider can get by means of them. Hopefully, the whoops shall be difficult sufficient that just some riders shall be quick by means of them. From there, it’s over the end line, then a left-hand 180-degree flip earlier than the riders head again up the beginning straight to most likely probably the most distinctive sections we’ve seen shortly in SX. No, it’s not a bounce part or a sand part (fortunately) it’s only a flat, 180-degree nook proper in entrance of the beginning gate. This flip goes to take loads of work as it will likely be simple to mess up. Any points with braking or the stability of your bike whereas attempting to get arrange for the flip will price a rider time and can decide the drive they get on the exit. We’ll see how this straightforward part seems, as it should both enhance the racing we watch on Saturday or damage it. After that, the riders head again down the beginning straight and start one other lap. So, there you might have it. One lap across the San Diego SX observe!
