"At the end of the day I'm not happy because I've made a mistake and it
has cost me the chance to win this race, but I also think that even if
he rode a great race, some of Valentino's moves early in the race were
too aggressive."
http://superbikeplanet.com/2008/Jul/080721a.htm

Even though I didn't see anything overly aggressive that doesn't mean
it didn't happen, but cryin' about it after you drop your bike in sand
comes off, well, a little "un-Champ" like, doncha' think? Mostly what I
saw was the master taking the youngster to school and very well done
too..

Heheh, Vale breaks another one? Once they start cryin' it's usually
already over and it will be interesting to see how Brno goes...

I thought the broadcast on CBS this year was pretty good, all things
considered.

I am disappointed that we didn't get at least a 1 1/2 hour show. I think
they could have done well with a pre-race show with a couple of
interviews and a quick history of the season so far. Rather it was one
hour and live. Literally the broadcast started at 2pm and I think the
green flag dropped at 2:01 or 2:02. At the end, they got a quick
interview with Rossi and Nicky and they were done for the day.

Broadcast team were Greg White and Kevin Schwantz. Kevin was much better
and more relaxed this year. Frankly, how could he not be relaxed with
Greg White screaming in his ear. He's probably thinking "how can I screw
up when Greg here is screaming OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!"

Greg was a _bit_ over the top today, a little close to the "SUNDAY
SUNDAY SUNDAY" crowd, but his enthusiasm was so much better than what we
had last year.

Perhaps we'll get a longer show for Indy, but overall I think it went
pretty good.

Regards,

Will Hartung

...and it's cold and cloudy/foggy, no visibility problem this morning
but this stuff promises to be more tenacious. The warmup must have
been a waste for almost everyone, as no one was likely on their race
tire. But the track will almost certainly be cooler than it's been the
last two afternoons.

My guess is that there arr a few Michelin guys who will be lower than
they qualified (Lorenzo, de Puniet, Toseland, maybe Hayden) and
Bridgestone guys who will be higher (Vermeulen, Nakano, Melandri,
probably Spies, maybe Hacking, de Angelis if his thumb is
serviceable). Those 'stoners really got hurt in qualifying, but the
race should be different. I still take my Stoner-Rossi-Vermeulen
podium, although I withdraw that Rossi dice roll at this point. Nick
could get on thw box, but only if he can get away from Chris in the
early laps. And too bad about my Gresini call, which looked very good
until they both crashed in the Q.

Beyond the Stoner runaway and the Rossi chase, it should be a good
race, lots of guys running similar times. And I can see more crashing,
as the surface - tire issues will continue. Damned tire rule...

On Fri, 18 Jul 2008 09:05:27 +0100, Julian Bond
voidstar.com> wrote:

Except that I can't find the WSB or BSB anywhere in the UK TV
schedules.

Fucking opinionated Yanks, they are ruining this Planet ... I hope every
Yank that takes time out to go and watch Luguna Seca or whatever the Red
Neck Trailor trash strip is called gets the squirts from their fat belly
hamburger and Milk making machines .... Fuck, it will be no surprise if
they all POP and give a spontaneous firework display, fat belly and gas from
hamburgers .... it will be a RIOT :)

War Mongering yanks ... Fucking hate those Bastards !!!!

I look on this group and see a typical bitter Yank post day in day out ....
Burn him ... BURN HIM.

Its good to se him humiliated and make all sorts of excuses for a TWIT like
Hayden though ... has Fucking Haaaaa, you Moron.

Sack Hayden, Fucking useless CUNT, even Edwards is better and that's not
saying much.

The sooner we remove Yanks like we have on here from the Gene pool, the
better.

Fucking yanks !!!!!!!!!! .... cant Kill em, cant fuck em.

Burn em.

http://superbikeplanet.com/2008/Jul/080719a.htm

Here are my two favorite lines in the posting:

"The program we are releasing today represents the best combination of
our vision and the vision shared with us by the manufacturers,
promoters, fans, and independent teams"

and

"Works bikes, salaried star riders, rules written by and requested by
the manufacturers, special tires, no-holds barred superbike racing by
the strongest teams in America.....what more could a racing fan ask for?"

The first line is notable because it seemed pretty clear that DMGs
vision and the "manufacturers, promoters, fans and independent teams"
vision were different. Perhaps less so the independent teams, but
certainly the factories and fans.

The second line is notable because he's crowing about the exact thing he
didn't want. Everything in that statement is against the vision he's
been promoting.

The 3 classes, Factory, American and Daytona Superbike are also interesting.

Looks like the fog is lifting just a bit, but SB practice was
cancelled and it's only 20 minutes to MGP practice, no motors revved
in anger yet. Most of the MGP paddock is staring at the sky in wonder,
and the AMA boys are busy discussing the '09 class announcement, and
wondering if SBs will go out at all today. Stay tuned...

Looks like he knows how to live large!!
http://notsafeforkids.com/?page_id=1445

On 18 Jul, 09:05, Julian Bond voidstar.com> wrote:

The F1 is on too, it's weekends like this that I'm glad I'm no longer
married :-)

It would be nice to see the bloody Dukes NOT win in BSB this weekend
for a change but unfortunately I can't see it, in fact it could be an
Italian whitewash weekend if Stoner wins at Laguna, Bayliss at Brno,
Shakey in WSB and Rakonen in F1.

Paul

I've seen a lot of these, but this is one of the absolute worst.
Gruesome injury:
http://notsafeforkids.com/?page_id=1399