Dallas rider list...

A lil' bit of a twist and bend to them bars there, bet that was fun.

Weimer's out with jacked up ribs at least until Atlanta. Chisholm's out this week 'cause he rang his bell pretty good last week. It looks like Grant's going to try and race this weekend even though his ankle and shoulder are wonky.

Gonna be free for all since it's the first 250 east round but ya gotta figure the usual suspects will be up front - Wilson, Hahn, Musquin, Wharton, Swanepoel. 

Plus there are a fair amount of fast rookies making their debut , Jeremy Martin, Zach Bell, Vann Martin, Zach Williams and Justin Hill (who may not quite be at 100% 'cause of injuries, go figure Josh Hill's brother is hurt). 

There are also some REALLY fast guys - Justin Bogle, Nico Izzi, Darryn Durham, Alex Martin (rookie Jeremy's bro) are all sidelined with various medical maladies right now and they'll miss a least a few of these first east rounds.

If you wind up picking a Martin for your 250 team make sure to include their first initial as well, i.e. -V. Martin or J. Martin, thanks.

Please pick the top five 450 guys in the order you think they will finish, plus the tenth place 450 guy and the top five 250 guys in the order you think they will finish. Grazie.

450's -

The Contenders - Villopoto, Dungey, Milsaps, Stewart, Reed, Canard, Barcia, Grant, Brayton

The Challengers - Hill, Tickle, Short, Alessi, Goerke, Albertson, Blose, Kiniry, Nicoletti, Partridge, Lemoine, Smith, Peick

The Injured - Stewart - knee, Grant- leg and shoulder

The Missing - Weimer, Chisholm, Hansen ?,Tedesco, Hahn, Byrne, Wey, Metcalfe

250's -

The Contenders - Wilson, Bell, Musquin, J.Martin, Hahn, Faith, Swanepoel, Wharton, Peters, Freise

The Challengers - Hill, Audette, DeCotis, Williams, V.Martin, Sewell, Vincent, Cantanzaro, Freeberg, Thompson, Zimmer, Clarke

The Missing - Bogle, Durham, Izzi, A.Martin

Post your teams in the comments section below or e-mail them to me at - sergio.heartburn@gmail.com or text me your team at 619.861.8253

What time does this start 5:30 pacific?


Mission Control picks -
450
1 Canard
2 Reed
3 Millsaps
4 RV
5 Short

10 Alessi

250
1 Musquin
2 Wharton
3 Wilson
4 Bell
5 Hahn

D.Reed -
450
1 RV
2 Dunge
3 Millsaps
4 Reed
5 Barcia

10 Alessi

250 
1 Wilson
2 Musquin
3 Hahn
4 Wharton
5 Swanepoel