The Re-Raceables

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 / Shit Kit Award
1:12:24 Jacob Marsack Award: John Dowd's forgotten 125 ride
1:16:35 What The Fuck 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.

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!

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.

Special edition of the show with Lewis Phillips joining Matthes to talk about Tommy Searle's epic day in front of his hometown fans, Phillips was there himself, the great battles him and Herlimgs had that year and then Tommy himself joins the show to tell us about that day, his lonely Monday, his relationship with Jeffrey now, that season as a whole, moving up to MXGP the next year and more.