MotoAmerica FINALE - Barber Motorsports Park - Sept 20-22 2019

Geoff Ru$$ell...

Yeah, we heard the whole story yesterday of how that one time...you met a guy another guy named Geoff...And by golly...he also had a “goofy” way of spelling it.

#coolstorybro ...

Geoff was a trooper riding hurt..and making ground up after running off.

Stefano had a ballsy pass that paid off at the end!

Congrats to Lee. Hope he finds the funds and rolls in SBK year. Seems like a class act.

 

That was cringe worthy. What a d bag. So embarrassing when Rocco was like"nah, I'm good".

 

Bin it and win it?

 

Escalante!!!

 

Had to skip the track today and out running errands. Fong bin it?

 

Yes, way out in front. Lowside.

 

Yup. 4 laps to go.

 

Huey got the win for that Motion Pro commercial.

 

Caught the podium. LOL @ PJ's interview. Glad to hear him talking about "coming back next year".

 

PJ is a bit of a stroke. His comment that Bobby choked tells you PJ is a poor loser.

 

PJ was bummed big time. He'll be the one to beat if He's back next year.

 

I hope Toni pulls a rabbit out of his hat but I think the Yammie guys have got things covered unless one of them goofs and bins it.

 

I’m going with the Herrin wildcard.

I think JD, Jake Gagne, Kyle, and Scholtz can mess them up though. Jake Lewis too, but he’s. Suzuki guy.

I watched the Yosh guys throw the kitchen sink at the bike yesterday; changing shocks, etc. They just can’t get it to work. The Yamaha guys just come in, change tires, and hang out of for the most part. I know there is more to it than that, but no frantic ness on their end on pit wall.

 

JD for the win because he's my mostest favoritestest MA rider and I'd like to see the year end that way.

 

That still pisses me off. The Suzuki was untouchable, then a few races into last season Dunlop introduces this new tire and it magically “only” works in the Yamaha. Fuck that. Suzuki should still be able to run the old tire.

 

To be fair, they had all of off season to sort it out.

Reading the article about Honda and the Bridgestones vs. Pirelli has me thinking the same thing is going on.

Pretty sure Yosh R&D (NA) can’t just start making parts to suit the rules (Dunlop) here. If Yosh Japan isn’t interested, slow to get them parts, and/or just isn’t doing the testing, then they’re kind of left out to dry. It all seemed really bureaucratic talking to those guys in the past.

 

I don't buy that though....LAST year Yosh had growing pains with the Dunlop 200/60. Coming into 2019 they were in much better shape. There's quite a few races where the Yosh bikes had things well in hand, when I was at COTA at the early part of the season Toni and Josh traded wins and there's been several since then. Toni had a fairly sizable points lead a few races ago.

How did the tire all of a sudden become an issue again now?

 

The rounds they have been to now have less straight aways. COTA and RAm are HP tracks.

 

Holy crap!! That start

 

Go Gagne! And it took em awhile, but they have posted the SSP results...