VOL. 50 ISSUE 42 OCTOBER 22, 2013
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Briefly...
for the appreciative audience.
Opening ceremonies at the Monster
Energy Cup also featured easily the
coolest rendition of the national anthem in years – at least in the USA.
(We say that because Slash, of Guns
'n' Roses fame, played "Oh Canada"
in Toronto a couple of years ago.) At
the ME Cup, contemporary Christian
musician Lincoln Brewster played
a blistering, spine-tingling rendition
of the Star-Spangled Banner on his
Fender Stratocaster for the sold-out
crowd inside Sam Boyd Stadium.
Some fans may have noticed that,
as of the Motocross of Nations, Red
Bull KTM's Ryan Dungey stopped
wearing the Nike motocross boots
that he had been wearing for the
previous few years. Instead, Dungey was wearing Fox boots to match
his helmet and the rest of his gear.
"Yeah, that deal ended after Elsinore," Dungey said. "They just
didn't see the value in continuing to
pursue the MX program there, from
what I was told." However, Yoshimura Suzuki's James Stewart was still
sporting the Nike boots at the Monster Energy Cup, along with a Nike
swoosh on his jersey, so apparently
his Nike deal is still going.
at $1 million, which is why the
Monster Energy Cup has never
incorporated Supercross-style
whoops into the track design.
The final goal in the creation of
the Monster Energy Cup was to
give the promoters, sanctioning
body, teams and riders a chance
to try out new things. For the promoters and sanctioning body,
the Monster Energy Cup gave
them the chance to institute a
As part of the "show" at the Monster
Energy Cup, rotating, color-changing spotlights lined the entire stadium floor, along with flame-throwers
that went off every time the leader
went by. However, it was the spotlights that were causing some issues, as racers complained after the
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