This jump really compressed the riders' suspension:

There were a ton of crazy deep ruts!

Seattle Supercross

A view of the pits from the stadium:

A view of the track from inside the stadium:

And a view of the track from our seats. The people standing on the start straight are part of the military and are pledging allegiance to the flag as part of a military recruitment campaign. Among other things, they vowed to follow orders from their superiors without question and do whatever the president tells them. Imagine if the military taught people to think for themselves rather than just follow orders? We'd be in a very different world.

The roost if flying bigtime as Brady Sheren looks like he's gonna get the holeshot here, but low and behold he just let off too early into the corner and consequently couldn't qualify.
And in spite of years of potential and opportunity, his riding career now fades into oblivion:


And the Aussie Jake Moss takes the first heat win.