{"id":143244,"date":"2026-01-21T15:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143244\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:44:10","slug":"steve-matthes-observations-from-san-diego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/143244\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Matthes&#8217; Observations From San Diego"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cMentally I kind of went, \u2018All right, you\u2019re ripping. You\u2019re fine go on. F**king take it. I don&#8217;t know if I\u2019ve got anything for you tonight.\u2019 And just in that moment he slid the rear round, and I was like, f**k. Mate, what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That was <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/max-anstie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Anstie<\/a> talking to me about his moment with his teammate Deegs in the main. Got to think that last week when he said all was good between them, Deegan let him ride his track and everything was peachy keen. I\u2019m thinking that\u2019s out the window now?<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the thing with Deegan, he\u2019s making too many enemies out there. I know McAdoo is not a fan after Anaheim 1, we know <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/levi-kitchen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levi Kitchen<\/a> isn\u2019t, Ryder D\u2019s not a fan, add <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/max-anstie\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Anstie<\/a> to the list now. The list adds up and all it takes is one of these dudes to decide that they don\u2019t care about their own race and Deegan\u2019s screwed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s more from Max:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of talk and it brings a lot of razzamatazz or whatever you want to call it to the sport. I want to race him. I want to beat him, of course. But tonight, he put me on the floor, and I\u2019ve got to take it on the chin. I\u2019m a big boy. I\u2019ll be all right. I\u2019ll figure it out and be back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Props to Max for bringing the word \u201crazzamatazz\u201d into my post-race interviews for the first time in my media career!<\/p>\n<p>Cam McAdoo was on the box in second and rebounded nicely from his crash-induced last place at A1. McAdoo\u2019s like that 90\u2019s sitcom in that he\u2019s not gonna change. The notes that make people laugh, they\u2019re gonna feed them to you over and over. Mac\u2019s had some serious injuries and missed a lot of time but when I watch him this year, he\u2019s same as always. He\u2019s loose, he\u2019s pinning it and he\u2019s going fast. Never change wild stallion, never change.<\/p>\n<p>-Two races in 250SX and two completely different podiums! Although Deegan took the red plate, I feel like this class is pretty wide open still.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/michael-mosiman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michael Mosiman<\/a> is riding pretty well two races in. He still crashed but hey, he\u2019s improved for sure. A third in SD had to feel good for Michael Michael Motorcycle.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/levi-kitchen\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Levi Kitchen<\/a> told me he had fixed his starts with some changes to his clutch perch. Then he went out in his heat and got a last place start. In the words of <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/phillip-nicoletti\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phil Nicoletti<\/a> \u201cThat ain\u2019t it\u201d Levi. In the main it was better, but he fell. Like Sexton, he\u2019s riding well and passing a lot of riders but that\u2019s not what he\u2019s paid to do. He\u2019s got to start winning and like, now.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Shoutout to the ClubMX guys for <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/hunter-yoder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/hunter-yoder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hunter Yoder<\/a>\u2019s starts this year in the heats as well as <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/max-vohland\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Max Vohland<\/a> winning his third career heat race. The little team that can has <a class=\"show_card\" href=\"https:\/\/racerxonline.com\/rider\/chad-reed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Reed<\/a> helping them out and even with Yoder\u2019s knee injury and bike issue in San Diego and Vohland\u2019s crash, the guys look pretty good to start the year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMentally I kind of went, \u2018All right, you\u2019re ripping. You\u2019re fine go on. F**king take it. 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