The Moto GP race in Italy....

[EX#996]

... was an absolute thriller!!!!!  I wish I would have video taped that one.

As Paul said "I have butterflies in my stomach and I'm not even on the track!"

Dawn   :D

[tigerblade]

Great racing!

How scary was Shinya Nakano's crash though!   :o

[EX#996]

Great racing!

How scary was Shinya Nakano's crash though!   :o

Scary was an understatment!  And then the medical personel tearing (with Nakano's help) his helmet off.  We were in absolute shock.  Thank goodness the report is that he is OK.

Dawn   :)

[quicktoy]

i know when i had my sever concussion all i tried to do was rip my helmet off, dont even remeber why and my vision was black

The race was sick though.. Rossi is a god,  he was so down on power but would just late brake them and cut under them everywhere

[roadracer67]

What a great race. I stood and watched the entire race in my living room!!!!!!! What a drag for the rain. I was hoping it would hold out until the end of the race. Don't you think that that being the pinnacle of all racing that they would have better medical personnel. Could you imagine if a racer here in the states blew a tire at 200mph and after tumbling forever if the safety personnel just ran over and tried to rip their helmet off.... You would never here the end of it!!!! I was amazed and horrified all at the same time. I am just glad to here he was o.k.

[tigerblade]

I was going to comment about them ripping Nakano's helmet off too.  You'd think after all the outrage last year over what they did to Kato, all MotoGP cornerworkers would have a friggin' clue.  It's ridiculous!   >:(

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

... was an absolute thriller!!!!!  I wish I would have video taped that one.

     I just bought a DVR (digital video recorder) with an 80 GB hard drive that can record something like a 100 hours of video and then burn it to a DVD with the built in burner. I still haven't burned a disk yet, but being able to record so much racing and keep it on the hard drive totally rocks! I would highly suggest looking into getting 1 of these to replace your VCR. :)

[lil_thorny]

I and watched the entire race in my living room!!!!!!! What a drag for the rain. I was hoping it would hold out until the end of the race. Don't you think that that being the pinnacle of all racing that they would have better medical personnel. Could you imagine if a racer here in the states blew a tire at 200mph and after tumbling forever if the safety personnel just ran over and tried to rip their helmet off.... You would never here the end of it!!!! I was amazed and horrified all at the same time. I am just glad to here he was o.k.

I think that the rain equalized Rossi's horsepower woes...hense the best rider won! I was hurting myself jerking and twisting in the recliner watching!!
Due to my fractured butt of course. ;D that was awesome.  Great birthday present for me!

Subject change:

Does anybody think that Jake will get past 2nd...I've
never seen him behave like that after a race. I think that the feeling of being the first loser is starting to catch up with him, and he is getting frustrated now, rather than happy with just being on the box. I think that he beat himself by over shooting T1 and blamed it on brakes/mechanical...he didn't complain about the brakes until then, and he shrugged off the 4 sec lead that he lost on the red flag, as if to say that he had it all but wrapped up. Don't get me wrong, I really like the kid, but I'm not sure if he can finish the job yet. Chime in if you agree....or of course disagree ;)

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[tigerblade]

I think Jake will get that first win real soon.  I feel so bad for him.  It really did look like he was having some kind of brake problem because he overshot a couple corners.  You can tell it's starting to get to him though.  He's sitting real well in the championship though so once he gets that first one, look out!  

[spyderchick]

We were out there watching Jake blow t5 on a regular basis all day Saturday. Sure 'nuff, did the same thing in race one. He needs to be patient. He's getting over zealous at times and that's blowing his line and his concentration. He will get that win, at it will be sweet.

[lil_thorny]

I hope so...it was way too cool watching Miguel track him down tho. Duhamel is still the "Man" so collected and smooth...I want to be just like him ;) :D

[tigerblade]

Miguel is half bionic by now.   ;D