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#1 - Tate Reed starts the press conference.
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#2 - James Stewart, "We got a lot of things figured out and found out a lot about the bike we should have figured out a year ago....but I feel rejuvenated and every time I can get out and race is good. I think we've made all of the changes to make it happen."
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#3 - The Monster Girls
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#4 - X2
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#5 - JS7 Helmet
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#6 - Ryan Villopoto, " For myself, I'm ready. I'm excited to see what's going to go down. But it's going to take a little luck, and whoever wins, you'll know that no stone has gone unturned."
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#7 - James Stewart, "There is hostility up here this year. I don't know how me and him got to sit next to eachother (pointing to Reed). I think everyone had a chance to win and there are 5 title contenders up here right now. "
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#8 - Jeff Emig, "Stewart on the otherhand - he crashes too much. He needs to bring the needle back towards podiums instead of wins."
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#9 - Tom Carson from Asterisk received $100,000 from Feld to help fund their 2012 campaign.
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#10 - Canard, "For me, there's always this feeling that can't be trained and can't be taught. It's something within you, an inner-gut feeling that you want to strive and want to be the best. It's there for me, and I'm still learning it."
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#11 - Ryan Dungey, "I've had a lot of fun with Suzuki but change is good. (KTM) looked like the perfect fit for me....aside from that, preparation has gone really well. I feel ready and I feel fit, I'm ready."
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#12 - James Stewart, "If an opportunity came up and I had a chance to drive then yea I'll get out there...but it's probably gonna be 5 years before than happens (laughs)."
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#13 - Ryan Villopoto, "It's really once you get on the track. Your heart rate is 180, you can't see straight, and you have 10 laps to go. If you've never done it before you can't really understand it…I don't think we can even explain it."
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#14 - Chad Reed, "I think we're ready this year. We've had more months to prepare. We have more support from Honda, I think we have the best bikes out there."
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#15 - Andrew Short, "You never know how it's gonna shake out, that's the excitement of this race."
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#16 - Chad and Tate check out the track. Lil' Reedy already has the dirtbike noises down pat. braaap braappppp brap
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#17 - Josh Grant
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#18 - Kevin Windham
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#19 - Matt Moss is back over from Australia and looking fast on his JDR KTM.
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#20 - Justin Brayton looked solid on his new Honda, how do you think the Iowa native will do on his new team?
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#21 - Can Cole Seely win more races this year?
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#22 - Jake Weimer looks to have a full SX season after missing almost all of last years with a broken arm.
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#23 - James Stewart, "The level of competition has changed, now you have 9 or 10 guys that can win. For me, it's striving to win and catching records that I want to break. "
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#24 - Broc Tickle on his new PC 450.
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#25 - Travis Baker
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#26 - James Stewart
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#27 - Jake Weimer
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#28 - Broc Tickle
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#29 - Cole Seely
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#30 - Chad Reed, " I think it takes race wins. I think you need to be around 5 wins to take the championship. We have 5 guys up here and the only way to win it is with race wins."
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#31 - Ryan Dungey, "It's going to be a lot of intense racing. I know I'm ready, and in the end, may the better man win."
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#32 - Justin Brayton
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#33 - Ryan Villopoto, "Everything's been done that I wanted to do, I'm prepared, and I'm ready. It's digging deep - when your tongue is hanging down to your sprocket and you have to pull through, that's when you have it. "
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#34 - Ryan Dungey, " I'm fortunate to have had a healthy season and a good off season. Sometimes you wish for a week off, but when you get that downtime off, you start to go crazy."