![]() ![]() “I led 32 laps tonight and just came up short, man,” Hill said. ![]() On the 20th and final lap, Brayton went for it at the end of the rhythm section and snatched the lead away from Hill while simultaneously fouling Hill up enough that he had to worry about Blose and a fast-approaching Reed rather than try and make a run back for the lead spot. Brayton recovered, though, fought his way by Blose, then bided his time on Hill. Hill is wily and at one point got some breathing room when he fouled Brayton up in a turn long enough to cause Brayton to lose a spot to Chris Blose. Reed rejoined nearly last while Hill was doing everything he could to keep Brayton behind him yet again. Ultimately, the contact forced Reed off the track, taking Peick and a couple of other racers with him. ![]() In the main, Reed looked to have the holeshot, but Hill and Brayton were on his inside as the field headed into the very tight first corner, and they leaned on Reed. Reed responded with a come-from-behind Heat-race win of his own to transfer to the main event. It also doesn’t hurt that his personal sponsor Monster Energy is huge in the world of X.īut it was his fellow Monster Energy athlete Josh Hill, of the RCH/Dodge/Sycuan Casino Suzuki team, who drew first blood, grabbing the holeshot and leading every lap – with heavy pressure from privateer Weston Peick and JGR/Toyota Yamaha’s Justin Brayton – of his Heat race. At the same time, success at X Games – due to lack of competition or not – could be a spring board on which he could build some confidence as we head into the final three rounds of the AMA National MX Series, the Motocross of Nations, the Monster Energy Cup, and ultimately the 2014 Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Series. ![]() Reed has been having a pretty terrible year by his own very high standards and saw the X Games as an opportunity to get in front of a lot of eyes and give good exposure to his sponsors. But for really the first time, the X Games attracted at least one established supercross champ in Chad Reed. Eventually, the X Games added Supermoto, Moto X Racing (which is basically supercross, or in the case of this year’s event, arenacross), Best Trick (which disappeared after snowmobile freestyler Caleb Moore died in Snowmobile Best Trick in January), Best Whip, Speed & Style, and on and on…įor its final run in Los Angeles, the X Games brought back Moto X Racing (along with Women’s Moto X Racing and Moto X Adaptive), which had been on hiatus for a few years, and brought back Enduro X (along with Women’s Enduro X), Speed & Style, Step Up, Best Whip, and of course, the staple (so to speak), Freestyle Moto X, in its 15th year at X Games.īuilt on the floor of Staples Center, this year’s X Games Moto X Racing event could and maybe should be considered the first Arenacross event ever held inside Staples Center. In 2000, it was the addition of Moto X Step Up. Ever since the introduction of Freestyle Moto X in 1999, the X Games had been looking for more and more moto for their flagship Extreme Sports franchise. Over the years, the X Games has had a love/hate relationship with moto. Justin Brayton (10) and Josh Hill (75) battle for the Moto X win. ![]()
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