Holy S@#t the field is stacked @ the 2021 Daytona 200

So will it be televised/streamed or what?

 

Which is EXACTLY my godamn point. FFS. Thank you for finally seeing it, and stating it for me again.

Not once did i ever say they are "physically incapable of". It is highly likely that if they have/would put their attention and efforts into circuit racing, they would probably be just as successful at it.

As I have stated at least 3 times now, it is a different specialty. Just because someone is capable of running up front at one, it doesnt mean they are automatically going to run up front in the other. That does not mean they are physically incapable of doing so; it means that isnt the particular format they chose to apply their efforts. And there is nothing with that.

It would be like saying a Long Drive Champion probably wouldnt crack the top 15 in a PGA tour event. Or how Ricky Gadson probably wouldnt crack the top 15 in an AMA race. That is not a slight on them; it is just pointing out they are good at what they do, because that is where they put their time and effort. But being good at their chosen specialty doesnt automatically make them good at another specialty...even though it uses the same equipment.

 

Looks like it's going to be streamed through AFT on trackpass.

https://www.nbcsports.com/gold/trackpass?utm_tags=goldtrack1015

https://www.nbcsports.com/gold

Pay $1.99 for a month and you get the two flat track races and the 200. It's auto renewal so remember to sign into your account and cancel if you dont want to continue.

 

What is this I see??? Chris Broome maintaining a semi-calm ( yet still verbose) tone and similar response?

Is this a kinder/gentler Brooome???

Let's find out....White wheels are superior to black wheels...

 

I'm just hanging out.
I have #45 on my Zuma

 

I never quoted you saying "physically incapable" but ok?

I quoted exactly what you typed.

The difference is this:

Real road racers cannot crash.
Short circuit racers must crash.

That's the only difference in the two sports, but a big one.

So to sit online and talk about this guy vs that guys capabilities is downright laughable... McPints bsb results are completely irrelevant.. all the bsb/tt debating is irrelevant. Hickey wins BOTH.


I've got a bit more data to pull from before you get too bent here... not trying to be a dick but it does come out quite naturally when I see an off base post like that discrediting an entire grid of IMO the baddest dudes in sport, when you don't have any real info to base this attack on beyond speculation.

Truth is, you would have been correct 15 years ago. But guys are figuring out some things through the fast corners with inertia that you simply don't see in short circuits.... and I'll just leave it at that.

 

Once again, it wasnt an attack or any attempt to discredit him (or them) in any way. Here, since you apparently missed this one (or are choosing to ignore it), i will quote my own post:

 

i didn’t do a ton of research. Just saw that he got 20th and 22nd at a bsb stock 1000 race last year.

https://www.roadracingworld.com/new...-race-results-and-report-from-donington-park/

 

I'm not gonna comment on your intentions man just what I read... that's all dandy but this is where I saw the problem:

It's literally the exact same set of skills. Like riding a bike......

 

And as far as that debate goes... if we're having fun speculating here.. I bet if you put the TT course out in the desert with no walls, Valentino and his crew wouldn't touch Hickey's record over a 2 day test...

 

And man I can't even figure out quotes on here but this bit:

"Being able to win at one specific format doesn’t automatically mean someone can win at the other"

Also short selling the TT paddock here by a long shot. You're just not gonna win the TT anymore without being a guy capable of also winning BSB. The TT has evolved extremely in the last 10-15 years. This cannot be overstated.

 

That is probably true. You must have also missed the part where i said "it goes both ways".

 

Yea, guys who run the tour de france can definitely compete with downhill mountain bike racers... it's just riding a bike

 

They're doing 85mph downhill in spandex at the tour.. I'm sure if those guys went the downhill mtb route they'd be just fine...

but that has nothing to do with an argument about racing the exact same bikes on the exact same surface......

 

Dumb question maybe but how many classes can an individual enter in any given year at the Isle of Mann TT?

 

5 different classes plus the Senior TT... and the sidecars..!

 

MD @JGP....who would have thunk it.


https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDE_7pAspN/

 

Yup, shared the track with MD many times today.

 

well... do tell... how slow was he?