AMAfan At Infineon

Zero.

 

Holy krist I'm not the only one throwing stuff at the tv! Well, he is from "over there" so you have to expect some quirks.










Chaz comes off as a cool mofo for real.

 

Even if he is "an Englishman ... from Wales" (quoting Greg W. there)

 

Good question. Can you?

 

Yes....that is the question.

(Why do I fell like I am in the middle of a monty python sketch)

 

According to Obama (paraphrasing), "Yes you can!"*






*Original, from a speech = "Yes we can!"

 

The biggest thing in both classes is the spec tire....especially for M4...its amazing what they team can do with the same tires as everybody else.

 

If coulda woulda he shoulda. Now just go do it!

 

Correct. Next time we will try harder..

 

Do or do not. There is no try...

 

We're racing the same teams as last year, albeit with some reformulation:

Erion Honda, now Zemke and Peris instead of Zemke and Hayes

Monster Kawasaki/Attack Kawasaki, now Jamie Hacking and Rog Hayden instead of Attack Rapp/Davies and Monster Hayden

Graves Yamaha, Herrin and Aquino instead of Herrin and Bostrom and Aquino

Who are the guys missing this year, other than Ben Bostrom and Hayes?

Last year we had Martin, Blake and Cory West. This year Martin and DiSalvo. Last year we won 1 Supersport race and 1 Superstock race. This year to date we've won 5 SportBike races (with two 1-2 finishes) with podium finishes in all the rest except for race two at Atlanta.

Same crew working just as hard. Same plan. Same execution. Different tires. Different results. But slightly tighter rules, spec tires, spec gas.

Not sure why. But I like it and am trying to enjoy it, because (as everybody in racing for long knows), it may all go to hell tomorrow!

 

Good Brand X is not the same as Good Brand A. In most cases Good Brand A was better than Good Brand X. For example purposes only.

 

Never mind, I just answered my own question. Although Hacking coming in should have canceled out either BBoz or Hayes leaving.

 

so it basically boiled down to the tires.

 

Those not winning will always have a reason why those that do win have won.
Maybe the Buell team have just done as awesome job so far this season, i mean you don't win unless the whole package is good and that means the crew, rider, bike etc. Credit is due.
Also look at how close the racing is? Times look pretty tight to me. How much have Spies and Mladin led by in the last couple of years? More than this class.
My only criticism is that if DMG are going to police the series as it goes to keep it level, then surely they could allow more freedom for engineering excellence in the spec of the bikes. It would be nice to see more engine development, chassis mods, ecu/loom choices, etc. Only excessive budget should allow a team to disappear into the distance but if they are finding ways to handicap everyone then that should not be an issue and that in itself should limit wasting of budgets. For me the engineering side is as interesting as the racing itself.

 

Cubic dollars won't necessarily make for better races.

-jim

 

I got no other explanation, other than dumb luck.

 

So I shouldn't ask you guys to build me an electric 125GP sized race bike?

(ducking)