2010 MotoGP Round 9. Red Bull US Grand Prix. Laguna Seca *Spoilers*

[Spidey]

I'm just screwin' with him.  He's doin' ok.  He's only 0.4 second off of Bautista and within 2 seconds of the GP 250 rookies and the Sukes.  With an hour on the bike, that's not bad.  He'll probably qualify last, but will get faster and faster as the race goes on. 

[gm2]

[Spidey]

Or in a different form . . .

1. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 21.699s
2. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 21.932s
3. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1m 22.225s
4. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 1m 22.559s
5. Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 22.640s
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 22.660s
7. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 22.902s
8. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 22.971s
9. Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 23.021s
10. Aleix Espargaro ESP Pramac Racing 1m 23.693s
11. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1m 23.825s
12. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 24.002s
13. Hector Barbera ESP Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1m 24.326s
14. Alex de Angelis RSM Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1m 24.615s
15. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 24.710s
16. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 25.031s
17. Roger Lee Hayden USA LCR Honda MotoGP 1m 25.432s

[gm2]

what was i saying about the ben ahead of nicky? 

can't wait til tomorrow night!  oh, and sunday too.

[Triple J]

That's impressive from Spies! 

[Drunken Monkey]

Nickey always gets faster here as the practices go on.

Mind you, I'm still pegging him for a 4th.

[gm2]

i'd rate ben lower all things considered if i hadn't seen what he did in here in the last AMA race of 2007. 

if he has a package that can help him get near the aliens, he can do some superhuman shit.  we'll see.

[Spidey]

the last AMA race of 2007. 

Help me out here.  I never watched the race.

[gm2]

Help me out here.  I never watched the race.

height of the spies/mladin battle.  last race of the season and the championship came down to that race; they were separated by a point or two.  mladin nearly got away in the early laps, ben clawed his way back, made up several seconds on him.  mid-way through he set up this crazy inside-outside-inside pass in the corkscrew... make the beast with two backsing beautiful... and then pulled out FIVE SECONDS on mladin over the next few laps.  broke him.

find it on RU.  worth watching.

[derby]

height of the spies/mladin battle.  last race of the season and the championship came down to that race; they were separated by a point or two.  mladin nearly got away in the early laps, ben clawed his way back, made up several seconds on him.  mid-way through he set up this crazy inside-outside-inside pass in the corkscrew... make the beast with two backsing beautiful... and then pulled out FIVE SECONDS on mladin over the next few laps.  broke him.

find it on RU.  worth watching.

the whole race is worth watching, especially after the way the season went up to that point, but here's the pass:

AMA SBK Deciding Pass

[DRKWNG]

AMA SBK Deciding Pass

That's some bad ass riding right there!!   

[NoisyDante]

first faller of the weekend.

[Spidey]

Sat Practice

1. Jorge Lorenzo ESP Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 21.763s
2. Casey Stoner AUS Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 21.826s
3. Dani Pedrosa ESP Repsol Honda Team 1m 21.876s
4. Andrea Dovizioso ITA Repsol Honda Team 1m 22.166s
5. Ben Spies USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 22.293s
6. Valentino Rossi ITA Fiat Yamaha Team 1m 22.334s
7. Colin Edwards USA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1m 22.642s
8. Nicky Hayden USA Ducati Marlboro Team 1m 22.769s
9. Hector Barbera ESP Paginas Amarillas Aspar 1m 22.846s
10. Aleix Espargaro ESP Pramac Racing 1m 22.913s
11. Marco Melandri ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 23.077s
12. Loris Capirossi ITA Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 23.307s
13. Alvaro Bautista ESP Rizla Suzuki MotoGP 1m 23.310s
14. Marco Simoncelli ITA San Carlo Honda Gresini 1m 23.706s
15. Mika Kallio FIN Pramac Racing 1m 24.037s
16. Roger Lee Hayden USA LCR Honda MotoGP 1m 24.368s
17. Alex de Angelis RSM Interwetten Honda MotoGP 1m 24.637s

[El Matador]

Wow, it looks like Edwarfs remembered how to ride a motorcycle.

[El Matador]

T-37 Min in qualy. Current pos: Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Stoner, Dovizioso, Hayden, Spies and Rossi