Larocco's Leap

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Edited Date/Time 7/15/2014 12:35am
A couple of questions for the old Red Bud fans -

(1) The takeoff for LaRoccos Leap looks just a tad lower than it used to, and the last jump looks higher, making it almost a monster step up;
(2) The 250Fs aren't jumping it much but I think they were in practice - was the turn before the Leap too deep?
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Ing 7/13/2008 3:27pm
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Didn't look a whole lot different to me, but was pretty hard to tell from TV. Maybe someone that was at the race can tell us for sure.
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835 7/13/2008 3:32pm
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Every year this gets talked about and evey year it hasn't changed.
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Crash82 7/13/2008 4:09pm
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Not jumping then shaving the side of the top was just as fast.
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835 7/13/2008 4:11pm
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Canard accually looked alittle faster through there. Just a touch.

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al8 7/14/2008 5:17am
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Did anyone notice they never call it Larocco's Leap during the broadcast?
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WSR 7/14/2008 5:20am
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This thread is useless without pictures.
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Yamaha336 7/14/2008 5:24am
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The jump has changed a little over the years. The landing is a little taller.

Maybe not this year, but I have always heard broadcasters referring to the jump as Laroccos Leap.
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rucka356 7/14/2008 5:28am
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I thought they said Dungey was jumping through most of the 2nd moto before his zook blew.
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ktoom987 7/14/2008 5:48am
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WSR wrote:
This thread is useless without pictures. [IMG]http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a109/WSR38/RCwhipoverByrne.jpg[/IMG]
This thread is useless without pictures.
What the hell kinda motor is in the kawi bike with that goofy looking header?????
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WSR 7/14/2008 6:31am
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Thanks Scottie.
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jbomx363 7/14/2008 7:12am
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al8 wrote:
Did anyone notice they never call it Larocco's Leap during the broadcast?
Yeah.. they said it was known as the PARKING LOT JUMP.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
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gp 7/14/2008 7:43am
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I heard parking lot jump?

That's like calling Wrigley field.... well, anything else.
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al8 wrote:
Did anyone notice they never call it Larocco's Leap during the broadcast?
Your right it was either the uphill tripple or the parking lot jump. The only time larocco was mensioned was when fro said he got beat by hi in a moto.

yep now they stripping all the history out of the sport to make it more PC. I love progress
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NB304 7/14/2008 11:21am
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I think it has been a little steeper and a little shorter the last few times i was there. The landing is bigger for sure. I think its a 90 degree corner at the bottom of the hill now too unlike the old 180 they had a few years back. when i first started racing d-14 stuff there like 7 years ago it seemed like you were motoring up that hill alot longer than you do now. Maybe its just the 450 but I never used to have a problem over jumping the double and face planting into the landing of the triple. maybe i should bump up my aflac coverage, grow some balls, and hold on the throttle a little longer the next time I go.
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NB304 7/14/2008 11:23am
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I didn't see anyone whip it like rc the whole weekend. Sad
rockcrawlerdude 7/14/2008 11:25am
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NB304 wrote:
I think it has been a little steeper and a little shorter the last few times i was there. The landing is bigger for sure. I...
I think it has been a little steeper and a little shorter the last few times i was there. The landing is bigger for sure. I think its a 90 degree corner at the bottom of the hill now too unlike the old 180 they had a few years back. when i first started racing d-14 stuff there like 7 years ago it seemed like you were motoring up that hill alot longer than you do now. Maybe its just the 450 but I never used to have a problem over jumping the double and face planting into the landing of the triple. maybe i should bump up my aflac coverage, grow some balls, and hold on the throttle a little longer the next time I go.
let us know how it works out....

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NB304 7/14/2008 11:34am
7/14/2008 11:34am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 7:37pm
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FLmxer 7/14/2008 11:34am
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Look at James forks flex on his 125 on landing.
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FLmxer wrote:
Look at James forks flex on his 125 on landing.[img]http://img164.imageshack.us/img164/2403/hotpics082hs1.jpg[/img]
Look at James forks flex on his 125 on landing.
daaaayuuuummm!!
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NB304 7/14/2008 11:44am
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wow!!!!!
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kopfjaeger 7/14/2008 12:00pm
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Maybe Fro was just pissed that The Rock jumped it first!!!!
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SEEMEFIRST 7/14/2008 12:07pm
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al8 wrote:
Did anyone notice they never call it Larocco's Leap during the broadcast?
835 wrote:
Your right it was either the uphill tripple or the parking lot jump. The only time larocco was mensioned was when fro said he got beat...
Your right it was either the uphill tripple or the parking lot jump. The only time larocco was mensioned was when fro said he got beat by hi in a moto.

yep now they stripping all the history out of the sport to make it more PC. I love progress
Perhaps a little animosity towards Mike? I've never heard it called anything but Larocco's Leap. Parking lot jump? Seriously? WTF???
rockcrawlerdude 7/14/2008 12:10pm
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Perhaps a little animosity towards Mike? I've never heard it called anything but Larocco's Leap. Parking lot jump? Seriously? WTF???
probaly like what kopfjaeger said...
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SEEMEFIRST 7/14/2008 12:11pm
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SEEMEFIRST wrote:
Perhaps a little animosity towards Mike? I've never heard it called anything but Larocco's Leap. Parking lot jump? Seriously? WTF???
rockcrawlerdude wrote:
probaly like what kopfjaeger said...
Oh yeah, just like that.

I should read all the way down before posting, I guess.
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jtomasik 7/14/2008 12:12pm
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kopfjaeger wrote:
Maybe Fro was just pissed that The Rock jumped it first!!!!
Actually, I believe the first to jump it was David Bailey.
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jtomasik 7/14/2008 12:14pm
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Oh. Could've been LaRocco. I've heard the reason they named it after Mike was because it was his home track, not because he jumped it first on a 125 (if he did).
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kopfjaeger 7/14/2008 12:37pm
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I always heard it was because he was the first on a 125 to clear it.

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