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

Yes Imola is today. BeIn tv is horrible listing the races. Finally showed up in their schedule yesterday. I don't know if it's them not getting the info to comcast or just another comcast shortcoming. But the coverage by BeIn is usually very good.

 

For your motorcycle TV listing woes...

http://www.cyclenews.com/56/Racing/Motorcycle-TV-Listings.aspx

 

Thanks for the list. Always double check, especially BeIn TV as they change often.

 

I wonder how they handled this weekends first WSBK race? They stopped it for a while and then restarted. Not sure if the delay took them beyond race time, but it was a while before they got going again. Is BeIN Sports broadcasting live or tape delayed?

 

They did not have race 1 up. I started watching and it was race 2. Going to have to find it later in the week. I have seen them broadcast live but lately it is all recorded. Seems to be not set format with them. How about Rea? He is a monster this year. Sykes has nothing for him it seems. To bad about Haslem. Torres looks promising. Vandermark went into the weeds....

 

Rae is pulling a Marquez this year! I was hoping to see Haslam on the podium, I like him and like the Aprilia, but the Kawi seems to have a lot more oomph! The Ducs seem to be keeping pace a little more though recently. Seems like Honda is playing the mid field, other than the home race VDM had in Assen.

 

It really goes to show you how hard Rae was running the Honda the last few years and how hard Vandermark is pushing it. Honda is really way over due for some major changes. Can I scream V4 loud enough?!

 

Word from Pedro's camp is that he'll be at Le Mans.

 

Proof that there is always hope for the not so fast guys.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/offbeat/15-amazing-things-you-didnt-know-people-race/ar-BBjQ0Yr#page=1

 

BB Clickbait

 

Well, I do try to keep up with The Kardashians. The fast guys were always too fast for me.

 

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MM and Iannone was by far the best of the race. Smith just watched from behind and did not want to get into the hornets nest. Looked more like an old moto 3 figtht they use to have. Val made 2 really impressive passes, he still has major balls. JL is in the groove.... Val has to wonder what he has to do. JL is gaining 5 points a race....
I still think that near the end of the year there will be 4 riders all battling for the championship. Dovi being the 4th. I thought the Honda's would do better as that track has some hard braking. But they were struggling and the Yamaha's were flying.

 

It seemed like almost all the Honda riders experienced some sort of issue, with maybe the exception of Hayden. Pedrosa, Crutchlow and Redding all DNF'd and MM said he was having front end issues. Agree, the battle between MM and "Crazy Joe" was the best part of the race. Of course the outcome is what I had anticipated but was not hoping for. I was also expecting MM to be part of the front runners after he took pole position. Alas, this is racing and anything can happen!

Kudos to Dani and Iannone for their efforts! Good to see Dani was able to get back on and ride. Iannone: "It was maybe the most difficult race of my career", what a fighter! That had to be one race full of adrenaline for him to push that hard near the end of the race.

 

Crazy Joe was battling with MM. Did you see MM almost high side and still make the pass? Crazy ability. And balls of steel.

 

Crazy, MM had that bike snap sideways and still made the pass.....

 

Nice to see Dani Pedrosa showing his true colors! He should've been punted after he hit Nicky Hayden all those years ago. I believe this is his final year, unless he wins the Championship! I think that Ianone deserves his ride!

 

He already has a contract for 2016. Pedrosa still an alien when healthy (with 26 wins), Nicky.....I'll just leave it at not so much (with 3 wins). I thought it was great when Pedrosa won the USGP....in front of all the haters, classic in your face.

 

Didn't Haden win the championship with 1 or no wins?

 

He had 10 podiums, two 1st, three 2nd and five 3rd place wins the year he won. What cracks me up is the Pedrosa haters because he crashed into Hayden, the same year Hayden won the championship. Him crashing into Hayden had no negative affect on the championship for Hayden! However, Tony Elias should be hated by Rossi fans as his crash into Rossi DID affect Rossi's championship, as he lost to Hayden by 5 points, the result of missing one race due to the crash.

As much as I like Hayden, he is the one who should have thrown in the towel after 2006, not Pedrosa. Look where Pedrosa is now compared to Hayden. No, Pedrosa hasn't won a title yet, but he's shown that he's a much more winning rider than Hayden, at least when you count the podium wins. This year he is currently in the lowest point standings since 2006, where he was 5th. Every year since then, the lowest was 4th but was typically 2nd. With only 2 starts this year he is 14th, let's see where he ends up at the end of the year. Hayden on the other hand, his highest between 2006-2015 was a 6th place in 2008, let's see where he ends up.

By the way, the year after Hayden won the championship he was 8th, Pedrosa was 2nd. So unless the crash Hayden suffered from Pedrosa's mistake had a delayed affect on Hayden, I'd say he Hayden hit his peak the year he won the championship.

 

Watched the race again last night, last 7 laps were awesome, crazy joe with a bum shoulder, now thats a racer hard core racing hurt. Ducs are crazy fast. The best GP action in a while, how MM kept his bike on two wheels is beyond me.