MM VIR AMA Superbike Report

[G.Irish]

Day 1:

Welp, for this event I got das press credentials since I'll be posting an interview with American Honda's Al Luddington, head of Honda's Superbike and Formula Xtreme programs. My interview should be appearing on VTEC.NET in the near term future.

So I got in at about 7:30 this morning, ran into Yack (for those of you who know him). He hit a tire wall with his EP3 Si a few weeks earlier and it looks like someone vandalized the side of his car with tire rubber. One of the Kawasaki truck drivers was driving by and yelled out, "Rubbin's racing!"

Anyway, the Media pass got me parking in the paddock, access to the press room and access to the hot pits. Through VTEC.NET I got put in touch with a Honda Motorsports PR person so I caught up with her in the morning.

Man I have to say that it was one of the most awesome conversations I've ever had with anyone at the track. Her name was Stacy Jones and she was the media coordinator for Honda's pro motorcycle racing in the US. She goes to the Baja 1000, Moto GP, Supercross, Motocross, Supermoto, and of course Superbike.

She had a kind of funny story about how Max Biaggi was being a big bitch during the autograph signing session (at Laguna Seca) because they got stuck in traffic at the track. Why'd the get stuck in traffic at the track? Well, the riders were told to meet at 5:00pm in the paddock to get in a van to go to the signing session but they were all late because they wanted to watch the Superbike race. And of course when the Superbike racing was done the stampede was on to get out of the track.

Anyway the Superbike race was awesome today, I won't spoil it for anybody but make sure you catch it on Speed Channel tomorrow starting at 4 pm. It'll be the Superbike Race 1, Superbike Race 2, then the Moto GP race.

[Feersty]

Thanks Gerald for the writeup I hope to read more. Tomorrow is definitely a Motorcycle racing day!!!!!!

[G.Irish]

Miguel suiting up


These guys don't leave ANYTHING to chance. They had two fully prepped spare bikes in the pits "just in case"




None other than the 94 Moto GP World Champion: Kevin Schwantz. I actually saw him last night while he was eating at Hams


Squatting on the ground there is Ducati pilot, Neil Hodgson. Check out the wild ass hair on that Ducati mechanic. I'll see if I can get a better pic of that tomorrow.

[Feersty]

Idiots with Tivo got upset.

[Ginger]

Somebody want to stick *spoiler* in the thread title?

[Maengelito]

seriously feersty, thats not cool

[Evan]

it was on TV already donkeys

although it was neither superbike nor VIR, so it belongs in its own thread

[Ginger]

I saw it on TV, but I felt bad for the folks that TiVo'd it

[Evan]

people who TIVO shit and wait 3 weeks to watch it must deal with the consequences

[G.Irish]

A few pics from Day 2:

[Sijray21]

she can hold my umbrella :wink:

[G.Irish]

Mo pics:
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[Myuki]

some good shots G 8)

[Sijray21]

this will never stop to amaze me:

[Feersty]

Nice pics.

[Evan]

my friend Nick's pics taken with his 20D

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[G.Irish]

A better pic of the Ducati mechanic

[Ginger]

I hope somebody noticed that in the link there is a picture of, none other, the Milf Hunter.

Yes.

And he rides an R1.

In urban camo.

[Maengelito]

I hope somebody noticed that in the link there is a picture of, none other, the Milf Hunter.

Yes.

And he rides an R1.

In urban camo.

that is awesome. he's a short dude though, never realized that. perhaps i need to do more research and look at more video...

[Mike]

i wouldn't exactly call him "short"...