supercross: the movie

[itgirl]

anybody seen it? it was on fX the other night. i was bored and it had bikes in it, so i watched it. kinda cheesy.

anyways, the plot was about these 2 brothers that race supercross as privateers. then one brother gets picked up for a factory ride, however, his main job is not to win, but to run interference with other riders so the star of the team gets on the podium.

does that stuff happen in the real racing world? does one teammate exist solely to keep others outta the real star's way? or is it just hollywood fantasy?

[Trip]

I remember that piece o shit movie. That thing was bad. I know that kind of shit use to happen in F1 all the time, don't know about moto.

[Cutty72]

yeah, i have it... burned a copy one time. It's ok.
I'm sure stuff like that happens in any race team. Probably not gonna can one team member if they take the win over the other. Unless they take OUT the "star" to do it however.

[dReWpY]

ppl help out teammates, used to work for a large mx team ...

[itgirl]

that's just playin' dirty though.

[Cutty72]

Originally Posted by itgirl

that's just playin' dirty though.

not really.
the purpose of a race is to win
if i'm blocking you, i was at some point obviously faster in some way than you.
If I then block your passing lane, forcing you to stay behind me, I must be in some way a better rider/racer.

It's the name of the game.

I don't think they ever purposly crashed anyone out... but it's been awhile since i've seen it... that would be dirty.