Jason Weigandt

Welcome to our weekly web-exclusive column, Transmoto USA Insider Presented By Fly Racing. Penned each week by our man on the ground, Transmoto's US Correspondent, Jason Weigandt, USA Insider presents the story-behind-the-stories of the AMA supercross and motocross scene.

With four winners in four rounds of Monster Energy Supercross in the US, there are theories everywhere as to why certain riders are doing well and others are not. Just last week, it was two-time SX champ, James Stewart, who was on the 'loosing team' and everyone had a reason for Stewart's performance. I've heard it all, including: he's not in shape, he's waiting until the east coast races, he's not happy with his bike, he's done, he's not done, he still has it, he doesn't have it anymore, his team needs more experience at this level, his team will figure it out because of their resources, and just about everything else you can imagine. No one quite knew what was wrong with Stewart, to the point where no one quite knew if there was anything wrong at all. It gets tempting to change up everything, but sometimes you have to keep faith in what you've already done which certainly paid off this weekend at Oakland, where Stewart took his first win of the season and proved he still has what it takes to win.

To keep you Aussie folks in the loop, I talked to J-Star JDR Team Manager Nathan Ramsey about his team, which struggled at the opening two rounds (Ryan Marmont and Matt Moss each missed a main event out of the first two races). "We believe in what we're doing," said Ramsey. "Do we want to do better? Yes, we expected to do better, but we still think it could happen. Matt could go out on any night and be on the podium. He could win. We believe in our program and our guys that much, so we're not going to change everything. If we keep doing the right things, keep presenting ourselves in a professional way, we think everything will work out."

Ramsey also adds that Marmont was only supposed to race a few east coast rounds in February, anyway, as he was recovering from injuries when PJ Larsen went down with a broken arm. "Ryan could have said no and waited six more weeks for the east races," says Ramsey. "He stepped up for the team." So no major changes are planned, and after Moss finished eighth at LA and broke into the top five at Oakland, it looks like they're moving forward.

The story goes on. I talked to Kyle Chisholm of the new Jeff Ward Racing Kawasaki team, and he too talked about patience. "I rode a Yamaha 450 for the last three years, and now we're on Kawasakis," he explains. "We didn't get our race bikes until late, I was riding stock bikes for awhile, so I'm still getting used to it. The Kawasaki is so stable, I can push it more than I am, I think, but I'm still getting used to how stable it is."

Chisholm says in the meantime he won't change anything on the bike. "I've told them it's not the bike, it's me," he says.