The Re-Raceables

We get together to talk about San Diego SX 2008 where privateer hero Bobby Kiniry gets a 3rd in 250SX, we get BK on the show to talk about that night, his bonuses, why J Law never messed with him, his career as a whole and then the guys talk about Reed winning 450's, Ferry getting 2nd, Turbo Reif, Carlos Gonzalez and more. Thanks to JT, Ferry, Millsaps, Wil Hahn and Weimer for the texts

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00:00 Intro & Fox Racing sponsor read
01:35 Bringing on Bobby Kiniry
05:06 San Diego whoops & the 2008 race recap
10:41 An underrated podium & near misses at Seattle/Millville
17:03 Brayton whoops banter & privateer bonus money
20:49 J Law's mind games & Dungy's meltdown
26:52 How the Solitaire Honda deal came together
29:31 Track obstacles, Will Hahn's cryptic text & the JT comparison
33:13 Velocity 3 Yamaha and helping Mo after his injury
35:50 Maxxis ad read & Vince Friese battles
37:16 Kiniry's comeback to riding with Triumph & Scuba
40:28 The Brondo energy drink tangent
42:45 Kiniry's real job: hostage rescue team
48:32 450 class recap: Reed, Ferry, Millsaps
51:12 Tim Ferry's run & the Weigandt "test rider" controversy
54:15 Awards: Who's That Guy, Lit Kid & S**t Kid
1:00:03 The mystery of Turbo Reif's gear photo
1:06:16 JT's night, Jacob Marsack Award & sign-off

We covered the 250 class already but this week Matthes, Weege and Rarick look back at the 2002 SX opener from the 125SX angle. We get Buddy Antunez on to tell us about his comeback to SX/MX for Suzuki, why he got dropped at the end of the year, his memories of this night, why he chose this race, his early days at Suzuki and more.

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00:00 Show open
01:36 Why we're covering Indy's 125 race
08:56 125 field breakdown: the gray beards return
11:30 Sponsor read & Buddy Antunez joins the show
16:08 Suzuki tryout, dropping the ego, taking a pay cut
24:12 Unfinished business & the Indy main event breakdown
29:40 Replaced by Chad Reed & Suzuki loyalty
37:22 East Coast choice, Glen Helen mishap, Axo gear
40:54 Millville CRF test reunion tangent
44:29 Season consistency, Broome-Tioga letdown, Le Louis & the Suzuki firing rant
53:06 Contract confusion & rookie-year context
59:06 Weege's Racer X 'bring some thunder' story
1:01:53 Post-interview debrief & Havasu tangent
1:09:00 Lit Kit / S**t Kit Award
1:12:24 Jacob Marsack Award: John Dowd's forgotten 125 ride
1:16:35 What The F**k Happened & sign-off

Weege, Matthes and Rarick get together to talk about the epic LA Coliseum race where Rick Johnson comes from last to first and we break it all down. RJ himself joins the show to talk about shoveling the whoops, the terrible track, his bad luck in '87 and other seasons, win bonuses and more.

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00:51 Intro and 87 Coliseum setup
04:58 Worst track ever and the zigzags
08:13 Huffman and Stanfield announcing quirks
17:12 Rick Johnson joins: shoveling the whoops
32:11 Coliseum neighborhood and stolen helmet
37:31 Peristyle crashes and Anaheim knockout
42:53 Missing all three titles
46:56 Win bonuses, bonds and Euro money
56:10 Wrap-up and vault confusion
1:00:06 Re-Raceables categories and 125 class WTF

Cooper Webb's first 250MX win, a close finish, Stew, Reed, RV, Dungy, Rocze in the 450's and more to talk about with Matthes, Weege and Rarick. Guest starring Matt Burkeen who was in the race that day as we'll!

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00:46 Intro and Fox Racing
03:57 Muddy Creek's legacy as a track
07:57 J-Mart, Baggett and the 250 power shift
09:49 Stew's drug test week
14:44 Observations column and J-Mart vs Webb
18:37 Phil, Freddie and the LaRocco career-starts argument
22:55 Chad's helmet cam and the live onboard saga
27:20 Purcell's lost season and Scotty Adkins
31:32 Burkeen's path to pro and Rarick's privateer rant
39:08 Webb's outdoor career and Privateer talk
45:43 Categories: Who really won, Who's That Guy, Lit Kit
56:20 Where's JT and Jacob Marsak award
1:03:53 WTF moments and Desiderio's missing bike
1:08:52 Burkeen favorite episodes and legend scale wrap

Weege, Rarick and Matthes talk about the 2002 Phoenix SX where David Pingree's bike breaks in half, the great 250SX race, the announcers and more. The Ping himself comes on to talk about that night, his win the week before, racing Stew, his Racer X columns that got him in trouble, not getting signed by KTM and more.

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00:46 Intro and Ping coming on the show
04:14 Missing Chase Field
07:13 Announcers on James Stewart overload and the receipts
10:38 Big burly old tracks and where the dirt went
13:30 250 race, McGrath, LaRocco and Cycle News
27:54 Ping comes on the line
30:11 The piston, the triple and the broken clamps
42:05 How the crash ended Ping's career
45:09 Stew taking up all the oxygen
51:11 Signing with KTM and Selvaraj's laptop
56:27 Ping's Racer X columns and the pizza lawsuit
1:05:01 Unadilla mud and the 2001 outdoors
1:07:42 Dallas 2000 and losing to Shea
1:11:17 Wrapping with Ping and sponsor reads
1:15:19 Who really won and Who's That Guy
1:19:26 Lit Kit and S**t Kit awards
1:24:07 JT, Marsak award and WTF happened