[Ducati] Assen *** SPOILER ***

[jmann60177 at sbcglobal.net]

There will be no "Rossi lost the title" rhetoric to tarnish a Nick Hayden
Championship.  The kid is gracious, tenacious and very, very fast.  He has
learned not to fall and when to play his hand.  And the move he put on
Edwards, while very risky, served him well in the Brass Balls department
(much like the move he put on Melandri a couple weeks ago). This is the
maturity of a MotoGP Champion.  Rossi crashed in practice for the same
reason Rainey crashed in practice at Misano, feeling the pressure of
competition, and simply pushing too hard.  I would never try to diminish the
greatness of Rainey (or Rossi), but this is Nicky's year as much as 1993 was
Schwantz'.  A win, is a win, is a win, and if the competition implodes from
the pressure put upon them, then they are vanquished, as much as they would
be by a last corner pass in the last lap of the race for a win.

Ken Mannina

----- Original Message -----
From: "Oz" <ozmanyyy at gmail.com>
To: "Ducati Owners Group" <ducati at ducati.net>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 9:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Ducati] Assen *** SPOILER ***


> On 6/28/06, cedwards105 <cedwards105 at cfl.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> > With 9 races left, its going to be hard for anyone to take the title
away
> > from Hayden. He just has to be consistent with seconds and thirds and it
> > should be his.
> >
> > With that said, I can see why it was important for him to get a win and
> > Assen presented him with the best opportunity so far this year.
> >
> > It'll stop the press and commentators saying "Well he won the title but
> > never managed to win a race", pretty much what they always say about
> > Andrew
> > Pitt and his supersport title.
>
>
> Yeah, I think Ben Boz had the same issue when he won the AMA superbike
> title. I am not sure he won more than a couple of races that year.
>
> Depending on how the rest of the year goes for Rossi, I think Nicky may
face
> the "Rossi lost the title" type of comments. Don't get me wrong, I am a
> Nicky fan, and am not sure who I'd like to see win more, him or Loris (
> cause he's on a Duc ).
>
> A couple of DNF's and a broken wrist, and Rossi is still in the hunt. Even
> if he doesn't win the title, its hard to say he's not the greatest racer
out
> there, if not one of the greatest of all time. It's taken this bad string
of
> luck or fate, to actually even up the field a little bit. And I admit it
is
> a lot more fun to see some others, especially Nicky, up front.
>
> Best
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> Oz
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