[Ducati] Mid Ohio AMA Gallery is up (spoiler)

[Ronald Betts]

Thanks for the great Pics Vicki. I miss the boys allready.;-{>



Peace...Ron"Desmohead"Betts 95 900 SP
I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it!





>From: Veloce916 at aol.com
>Reply-To: Ducati Owners Group <ducati at ducati.net>
>To: ducati at ducati.net
>Subject: [Ducati] Mid Ohio AMA Gallery is up (spoiler)
>Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 23:37:29 EDT
>
>Just back from the most drama filled race weekend I can remember ever
>seeing. Bad weather and rider protests combined with the final race for the 
>  Parts
>Unlimited Ducati team set the stage. It was so hard to follow the twists  
>and
>turns of the schedule changes, rider and AMA conflicts that the media  
>pretty
>much just gave up trying to explain it other than "there was a  protest".  
>The
>phrase most used all weekend was "Do you know what's going  on?" and that 
>was
>from the riders and teams. The combination of live TV and  bad weather is
>always pressure filled but there were weather generated  track issues and 
>at some
>points frankly it really seemed like the protest was  almost a "lets get 
>the
>AMA for past mistakes" situation.  I only suggest  this because in the end, 
>the
>teams sat out the heat races which were run in  perfect conditions. And 
>then
>chose to run in a race with what was basically an  inverted start, which I
>think had the potential to be dangerous. Ironically, in  the end, the 
>racing was
>great, nobody got hurt and at one point Neil Hodgson  made a pass that put 
>him
>in the lead.  If nothing else the race end burnout  was epic, Neil blew the
>tire and still kept revving.  The cases on the tire  split and I thought 
>the
>Dunlop guys were going to throw themselves in the rubber  pile trying to 
>keep
>anybody from seeing the inside of the tire. :-)  Then  he took his bottle 
>of
>champagne and literally plugged it into the back of Ben  Spies leathers.
>I miss that guy already.  Ben too now that I think about it.
>
>The photo gallery is up:   _http://ducati.smugmug.com/gallery/1959583_
>(http://ducati.smugmug.com/gallery/1959583)
>
>
>
>Vicki
>
>
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