Sports: RE: [DucatiST] Re: Austin Moto gp (Spoiler)

Ditto...for the first time in about 30 years we have a new youngest winner in the premier class.

If you are talking about what happend in a race in any way, shape, or form, put "(Spoiler)" in the subject. Plain and simple. I sometimes don't get to watching the race for days because I have been away for the weekend...typically at a race track, or because I have friends come over to watch the races who do not have Speed.

Thanks,

-Steve

From: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com [mailto:st2_owners@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of ckirkst2s
Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:46 AM
To: st2_owners@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DucatiST] Re: Austin Moto gp

I'm with you Andy.

I was far from bored. How could anyone be bored watching Marquez, a rookie, take the whole MotoGP paddock to school? The freekin' lean angles this kid is consistently cranking out will change a bunch of riding styles in the paddocks around the world ....betcha.

The track is fantastic for F1 & the MotoGP bikes. Lots of places to overtake, some incredible corners, and a couple of straights that don't really allow you to relax.

Can't wait to see the place in person.

Chris

btw - What's the shelf life of a Spoiler? I suggest that anything past the Monday night after the race is fair game. If you are on the internet, reading emails and posting to web sites then you must have time to catch up on or watch the race. Adding "Spoiler" to the subject line no matter when one posts would be still common courtesy though.

--- In st2_owners@yahoogroups.com, Andy Bryant <adbdba@...> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure these messages would have been a spoiler for me, really, but I
> avoided the potential problem by not reading them until I'd watched the
> race :-)
>
> Awesome track, yes. Boring? I would disagree.
>
> It did become processional after a while but the riding at the front was
> exquisite, as was the decisive overtake. The camera-work was great (*much*
> better than at most previous internationally-screened American races) but
> the editing could have made it more of a spectacle. As it was, we could
> only marvel at technical excellence in all of its elbow-down glory. C'mon
> guys, if you *really* watched them (switch off the phone, put down the
> laptop) how could you be bored? They're the most extraordinary riders on
> the most superlative machines. History was made by the winner. With more
> even-handed editing I'd have liked to have seen the battles between 4th and
> 8th place, but that's always difficult to do on live tv.
>
> A decade ago I did some amateur racing and since then I've always marvelled
> at the top guys; it shapes my perspective to some extent.
>
> My typical viewing pattern these days is to watch the big class first, then
> to watch the Moto 3 and 2 guys rub elbows, steal apexes and swap paint!
>
> cheers
> Andy, UK
>