Anaheim 1 This Weekend!

Anaheim 1 Supercross is this weekend and it will be live on Speedvision. No idea what time but I would guess the night show starts about 7pm PST and typically ends around 10pm PST. This event is always super hyped up and it ends what I call "Survival Season." Most notable victims of survival season: Ken Roczen, Trey Canard, PJ Larsen and I know there are others that I'm forgetting. As always, this is the time of year to catch the first glimpse of 2013 gear, the new bikes, new teams, new haulers, new team/rider relationships, and the whole shebang.

Things that stand out to me the most... right now...

Moto Concepts Racing - Not sure how I feel about these guys going all Team Nami (thanks Porter) and calling their bikes MCR 450's and MCR 250's because of the lack of support they get from the industry. By doing this, and making their bikes white instead of the OEM color. The teams riders are sacrificing the OEM contingency money put up by Suzuki and Honda (i'm guessing that their 250F guess will be on Honda's but could very well be white Suzukis). Although the freedom to ride what they like, and use what they like, with no pressure from a OEM is pretty cool. If it wasn't an all Alessi team in JT gear I would almost like them... Maybe next year.

Dodge/Hart and Huntingon/Sycuan Casino/Kawasaki/Loc Tite/We'reSponsoredByTheWorld - These guys have an awesome pit presence. Everything is branded and tagged with their logos and colors and looks real professional for as busy as it. Stark contrast to the usually very bland and simple Factory Honda set up. I think that the H&H Team along with the KTM team have the best pit set ups. But also these guys have alot of support from Pro Circuit using their Suspension and Motors and have very capable riders in Ivan Tedesco #9, Josh Hill #74, and Kyle Partridge #??, and Josh Hansen #100. The raw talent in that team is insane. Hill and Hansen are flashy and fast but hopefully Carey Hart and Kenny Watson can keep them in line and focusing on winning races and they have potential to be real upsetters. Tedesco isnt nearly as flashy but rock solid. Tedesco was strong last year even with knee/hip problems. Kyle Partridge is also on the team but I don't know shit about him. He's tall.

Nick Wey - NYK is back with Alan Brown of Brown Racing (XXX Fame) and made the choice to purchase his own 2012 Kawasaki KX 450's. Nyk is super talented but has been pinched in alot of deals in the past but he's a solid performer and in the action week and week out. Rarely injured I think only Kevin Windham has lined up for as many races as ole Nick. Plus i'm a Nyk fan cuz I grew up about 60 miles east of him. Keep an eye for the ole Michigan Mafia and the number two-seven from the big city of Dewitt come A1.

Two Two Racing - Will they do as good as they did last year? In the off season Chad went out and hired Mike Gosselaar and Sergio Avanto. Everybody knows Goose from success with RC. And i believe Sergio is an engineer that used to work for KYB suspensions back in the day for Kawasaki (think bubba on a 2 stroke)... I think. I could be wrong. Chad is now armed with full

factory Honda 450's so he can pick n choose n build a bike of what he think works best and I think for Chad this will work again this year as it did last year. Dude is happy and can do what he wants and that's coo.

Ryan Dungey / KTM - KTM announced today the 2012 KTM Factory SX-F 450 which is essentially a prototype 450 and they'll get around the rule by importing 50 of them and selling them at 10g a piece. It has a new frame and new body work (probably a preview of 2013). Cool to see KTM making such an effort. Hopefully it pays off for them. Hopefully Dungey finds a personality in the process...

James Stewart / JGR / Davi Millsaps - I think Stewart is going to be unreal. I think Millsaps will surprise and I think Pirelli will sell alot more tires after Stewart wins a few races on them despite that what he rides on and what we can buy are nothing alike. Not alot to say about these guys.

250F's - Well I don't know jack because nobody ever says what coast they're riding until the last minute so i'm going to throw out my favorites. Wil Hahn, Comeon mane! Dean Wilson, Dude is killer. Eli Tomac, turned into a monster at the end of the SX series last year. Justin Barcia, comeon he has a #1 plate! Daryn Durham, ever seen this kid ride? Got style for days! Malcom Stewart, he's the little bro of James, and he's hilarious. Enough for me! Kill it kid! All of the Troy Lee guys. Those guys are all cool on that team. Seely is the shit! and i think they have a #51 over there too. Hope that dude wins them all!

And here is the animated track map.