Anyone else talking RACING?! <--- of the motorcycle type

Casey Stoners new Aussie home.




Full Pictures Linky:
Casey Stoner's Sanctuary Cove mansion - Photo Gallery | Gold Coast Australia

 

I just threw up in my mouth..........wtf.really...to each his own I gather

 

Well, it's not Oxnard anyway. What is most important is that the proof by pic certifies that all the dudes from OZ do not live in roo pouches and that fast guys finish first.

There will be no discussion as to whether sentence #2 is a prepositional phrase disguised by more than one complete thought.

 

AMA no longer televised?

On The Tube Or Down The Tubes? Is DMG Superbike Going Off The Air?

Soup :: On The Tube Or Down The Tubes? Is DMG Superbike Going Off The Air? :: 01-30-2013

DMG still has a chance to be the death of AMA sportbike racing... At some point, the AMA has to get a clue and realize they just made a bad decision, eat the crow pie and move on; otherwise the AMA will just be a amateur/club level roadracing series that no one pays any attention to... Hell, it's almost there now.

This is not a knock on the racers by the way, or the teams, just the organizers and promoters.

 

I agree, the only kind of racing that is worth a fuck is the kind the old sarge likes.

 

What a crock of shit--------------thats just fu*cking great

 

DMG is the promoter of AMA Road Racing. A few years ago the AMA decided they didn't want to run the races anymore, that they wanted an outside production company to do it for them (sound idea, every other big series does the same); however, there was much politicking going on, as there were people ousted from the AMA and other folks that came in and all of a sudden they wanted to change everything; meanwhile, there were several track owners and other "power brokers" who were "in bed" with these new folks at the AMA & DMG - there are several really good articles about it several years ago, I'm sure still available on the webz.

Anyway, DMG are the promoters of NASCAR, and the idea was that they would bring that HUGE audience to AMA road racing; except it never happened. They have monkeyed with the rules, made all kinds of changes, screwed up the schedule, gone to tracks no one likes and are not safe, dropped tracks everyone liked and were safe, and made some really stupid deals with SPEED for TV coverage (their guy actually tried to defend the 11PM showings, saying "that way everyone knows when the races will be on..." No lie).

Then, when Fox made it clear that they were changing the format of SPEED and would not renew the contract, DMG was "caught completely flatfooted" (at least that's the public view) and had no plan B, and took many months to recover and even come up with a plan to try to start looking for a new TV deal...

There was an overhaul at DMG a year or two ago, and some new blood came in; they did at least seem to have a better handle on how to run a series, at least from the rules perspective; but, they have never recovered from the perspective of the schedule, tracks or TV coverage.

And unfortunately, nothing has really changed in the several years this has been going on, it has perpetually gotten worse, yet in my opinion, pockets are getting lined, so they don't care. If my opinion is wrong, then both the new guys running the AMA and the folks at DMG are both COLOSSALLY incompetent, almost criminally so; and yet they sure are making a lot of money and have been awfully successful elsewhere for that to be the case.

Or, they could just be a bunch of spoiled, self-absorbed, prideful to the point of arrogant incompetents, who didn't really have a plan, can't manage their way out of a wet paper bag, and refuse to admit it and ask for help...

But that's just my opinion...

 

World Superbike No Longer Televised on Speed?

Now WSBK may follow...

Soup :: World Superbike No Longer Televised on Speed? :: 02-12-2013

 

Confirmed: Soup :: Speed: No Plans For WSBK :: 02-13-2013

And: http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=50822

 

World superbike is on tv in usa!

World Superbike TV Is a Go in U.S. | Cycle News

 

Not that we can trust this but Wiki is saying,
Though the 499 cc V-4 could produce more than 200 horsepower (150 kW), chassis development, sophisticated engine management and an Australian named Mick Doohan made the NSR500 a legend in the 1990s.

There is no doubt that the four strokes made more power even back in 2002 when they first hit the track they were posting higher speeds immediately.

 

MotoGP still on Speed TV

MotoGP Will Be On SPEED TV, World Superbike Will Be On beIN Sport TV In 2013 (Updated) News Article // RoadracingWorld.com

 

Yahoooooooooo

 

Yaaaay! What will the old sarge's next voyage into the world of gloooooom and dooooom, take us? Most likely another reprint of some article he thought was true because some doofus who writes bike stuff thought it a good idea to forecast the future and not do any homework. Now for my 2014 Superbowl prediction fresh from the guy at a sportsbar who always has jo-jo crumbs on his shirt and chin.

 

If HP was the real issue, I bet some of the fast dudes here could hop on a blown Boss Hoss and suck those pansyass Moto GP guys into the intake.

Oh My.. norkledude thinks he has something in common with Hugh Laurie.. LOL

 

beIN will also be simulcasting all the WSBK & WSS racing they are going to show live this year on their website, so if you don't get the channel, you can watch them online.

I sure enjoyed almost 5 hours of great coverage, live with no commercials!

 

Is the old sarge going to share all this valuable infomation and how to hold going to the latrine for five hours?

 

Ya that was great...nice to have the dvr to fast forward threw the soccer. Those Aprila are extremly fast but we see once the Ducati time actually stay on there bikes. It was great to see Haslam and Rea on the Hondas even though there long in the tooth...

 

So, here's what's happening to SPEED TV...

Fox Sports 1 Multi-Sport Network To Launch August 17, 2013

 

I hope Regis Philbin is doing play by play for the destruction derby and tractor pulls. Fox? Maybe even Rush Limbaugh covering race riots.