Archive for July 28th, 2011
The X Games begin today! We could hardly stand the wait considering all the story lines this year. Here are a few stories we will be following over the next 4 days.
Carey Hart-Hart and his Hart Huntington team of riders will participate in many events. Carey Hart himself will race in the freestyle/motocross event known as Speed and Style. Supercross star Chris Blose will try his hand at Step Up. Jeremy Stenberg will join Hart in Speed and Style. Stenberg will also compete in Best Whip, and Freestyle. Look for Hart and Huntington to have a strong showing in the Moto X category.
Travis Pastrana-Travis Pastrana will have his hands full when he competes in 1 or more events everyday from Thursday thru Sunday. Pastrana will compete on his dirt bike, in a NASCAR Nationwide car, and in a Rally Car. In two different states that arent exactly near each other. Epic Pass for Pastrana would be to Medal in every event and finish in the top ten at the NASCAR race. Epic Fail would be to injure himself Thursday and miss the remaining events on his calendar. That would be terrible!
Robbie Maddison-Maddison will set aside his dirt bike gear to compete in Rally Car for the first time at X Games. How will he fair against the experts like Ken Block, and Marcus Gronholm? Can’t wait to see if he takes to 4 wheels as well as Pastrana, and Deegan.
Tanner Foust- Foust has been dominant in 2010 and 2011 in a rally car around the world. Foust won the gold in both Rally car and Super Rally last year. Can he repeat? So far I would put my money on Foust over all Rally racer for good reason.
Enjoy this year’s X Games. We only get to see this kind of star power once per year.