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One year ago this weekend....

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:31 am
by High_Side
..............I was at Laguna. Good times. Can't be there this year but GO NICKY! Here are some pics from last year:
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 2:46 am
by kabob983
I love how the girl in the last picture is completely decked out in appropriate riding gear :P

Looks like fun! A few guys from our riding club are there right now (one rode his CBR from Birmingham, AL to Laguna Seca. ouch!)

Maybe someday I'll make it over there.

Go Nicky...and Colin!

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:03 am
by High_Side
Predictions for tomorros race:
Hayden
Rossi
KR JR

Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 4:43 am
by kabob983
Hayden
Rossi
Pedrosa

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 3:40 pm
by kabob983
I was close to calling it! If Rossi's bike didn't blow up I'd have called the podium (although Rossi and Pedrosa would have been switched), as it was I was still close!

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 4:54 pm
by High_Side
kabob983 wrote:I was close to calling it! If Rossi's bike didn't blow up I'd have called the podium (although Rossi and Pedrosa would have been switched), as it was I was still close!
Not bad. :P I wasn't all that far off either....if Rossis bike didn't blow up; if Kenny wouldn't have gone in reverse; if it wouldn't have been so hot; if Vermuelens umbrella girl wouldn't have been so distracting... :laughing:

Posted: Sun Jul 23, 2006 8:32 pm
by Toyuzu
Aw, who cares! Hayden won and stretched out his lead. It's about time someone besides the Doctor had a chance at the championship.

I think Hayden's win last year at Laguna Seca was just the confidence booster he needed. He's obviously been the man to watch this year, with 9 podium finishes in the first 11 races, making him the current points leader.

I'm glad Nicky is doing so well, and not just becuse he and I are both Americans. Heck, I'm a Yamaha fan. I should be pulling for Rossi. But he's been winning so easily for so long that the second place spot began to hold more excitement. It was time for a new contender.

Mr. Hayden, the Kentucky kid - may you dethrone the doctor this year! :wink:


By the way, Bruce - It was great to meet you last year! I hope we can sit in the same spot again sometime, watching yet another Moto GP race. 8)

Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 12:10 am
by High_Side
Toyuzu wrote:By the way, Bruce - It was great to meet you last year! I hope we can sit in the same spot again sometime, watching yet another Moto GP race. 8)
Likewise Matt. I would be glad to sit down and watch another one with you. How 'bout Valencia next time????(!)

Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:09 pm
by Toyuzu
High_Side wrote:
Toyuzu wrote:By the way, Bruce - It was great to meet you last year! I hope we can sit in the same spot again sometime, watching yet another Moto GP race. 8)
Likewise Matt. I would be glad to sit down and watch another one with you. How 'bout Valencia next time????(!)
Sounds good to me. Valencia though? Did I miss somehting? :?

Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2006 12:43 am
by High_Side
Nope. A couple of friends were over for race day and that is the plan that was hatched. Now it's just a matter of finding the money :?