Show Notes
Rarick, Weege and Matthes try to break down all the nuttiness from the 125MX final race in 2005 at Glen Helen. From Langston and Alessi's moto 1 battle to Tedesco and Alessi's incident in moto two, the penalties afterwards, RV's day and then Ivan Tedesco himself joins to tell us what was going on behind the scenes as well!
--- CHAPTERS --- 00:00 Race broadcast cold open 02:21 Setting up Glen Helen 05 06:10 2005 season backstory: Langston, Hepler, Tedesco 10:05 Moto 1: Langston cuts the track, Alessi kicks 17:06 David Bailey's cheater quote 21:08 Penalties and the Whitelock quote 23:03 Ranking the craziest moves and Alessi's plan 25:54 Villopoto's overshadowed ride 27:04 Post-race chaos, Dino Rambert and sponsor reads 30:32 Ivan Tedesco: the chain and the Hepler crash 35:57 Tedesco on Alessi's takeout and the kill switch 48:07 Tedesco's unlikely outdoor title 51:57 Suzuki 250F engines and Triumph testing 57:09 Weege's omission as fuel 59:12 Weege's red-eye schedule tangent 1:01:56 Who really won the race 1:03:17 Who's That Guy and Mike Brown's privateer Honda 1:09:42 Lit Kit awards and Terry Fowler's return 1:15:22 Jacob Marsak Award and sign-off
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