I explained having "your guy" a few weeks ago here on Blogandt. The rules are simple—pick someone who is good but not TOO good. If Eli Tomac is your guy, you're cheating yourself. Eli is going to win a lot. You'll get used to winning. You'll EXPECT winning. The emotional power of the wins will diminish. That's not fun.

What's fun is exploiting the living hell out of a highlight. And we got one this weekend when MY GUY WON!!!!!

(A main event that doesn't count as a main event.)

With that, the evening was already clinched as an all-timer. I had experienced joy alongside such other random winners, like the time Andrew Short won in Seattle and Moser nearly died. Or how Hansel will feel if—BIG if—Kyle Cunningham actually gets a holeshot.

But wait, there's more!

I went home and watched the supercross broadcast only to find two more gems, Hope Diamond-level. First, my face was snuck into the TV show during a feature explaining Blake Baggett and the legend of El Chupacabra. 

(Let's not let the facts get in the way of a good story. Blake did not get the nickname because he charged from the back with his helmet visor backward. He got it because Ping challenged me to get the word "Chupacabra" on the air and, during the Budds Creek National, I was running out of time and hastily threw it in for Baggett with like two laps to go. It was so bizarre that it stuck. Hey, want to know where the Weege nickname came from? Someone called the office asking for Jason Weege-ant. Yup. That's all it took. The best nicknames make very little sense.)

A Brayton win and an El Chupacabra reference would be enough for euphoria, but good things come in threes. To wit? Martin Davalos' 90th start was mentioned on the TV show, so Ralph Sheheen then had to mention the all-time leading in small-bore SX starts. 

BARRY EFFING CARSTEN!

Please go to 1:52 in the video below.

Let's be clear. Barry, my all-time hero from just down the block in New Jersey, is right up there with Chad Reed in the SX record books. Chad is the all-time premier class starts leader and Barry the all-time support class starts leader. Barry and Chad. Chad and Barry. So similar in so many ways. 

Hey, Feld gave Chad the 30-second board from his all-time start in Tampa. Barry? When he comes down to Daytona to race the RC Amateur Supercross, the AMA gives him a yellow flag... so he can be a flagger. Yes! They give to Barry and Barry always gives back!

Can't wait to see Barry this weekend and re-congratulate him on his record. We'll do it over free breakfast at the hotel (which I don't think Barry actually stays in. He just walks up in the morning to get the freebies. I HEART this man.)