[Ducati] What you find when your killing time. (was:MotoGPTrifecta...)

Tue Oct 31 16:30:17 EST 2006

Mike, I was also there.  Were you the guy in the blue shorts?  :-)

KR was incredible in that race.  After starting last he was in about 7th or
8th place coming out of either turn 2 or 3a.  I can't really remember where
we were along there, but it was the most incredible bit of racing I've ever
seen.  Didn't he go to Europe after that season?

Alec

On 31/10/06 12:35 PM, "mike major" <textike at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I know I'm showing my age but Kenny Senior was no slouch himself.  I saw him
> race at Sears point where he started dead last because of mechanical problems,
> was in second by lap 3 with only Freddy Spencer to gun for.  His bike looked
> like it would fly out of control at any second but somehow he kept the
> wobbling sliding thing on the course and won.  Later, Moonbeam
> 
> Richard Budd <rotorbudd at yahoo.com> wrote:  I remember that race too! That was
> the first time I saw anybody save a lowside with their knee.
> I seem to recall KRJR rode on his knee slider for quite a while.
> The next greatest save I've ever seen was Lawson kicked out of the seat of his
> Kaw superbike, came down on the right peg with his left foot, and just hopped
> back onboard. Think this was at Talladega AMA superbike race in 80?
> 
> Richard Budd
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Scott Cloninger
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> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 8:17:53 AM
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> (was:MotoGPTrifecta...)
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> I remember a 250 race, back when AMA had televised two-stroke races, where
> Kenny Roberts Jr. was dicing with Rich Oliver and lost both ends at Sears
> Point in a tight downhill right hander (Turn 4, I think). The front end was
> fully tucked and I was 110% sure he had handed the race to Rich, but he
> hoisted the bike back up onto its wheels using his right knee, then
> straightened it up, snatched a tear-off from his faceshield and pinned the
> bike WFO without even losing a position on track! I rewound that move about
> 400,000 times to make sure I had seen what I thought I saw. I've saved my
> share of scary moments.....but that was, to me, the best save I've ever seen!
> I have NEVER doubted KJ's talent since.
> 
> I haven't thought about that race for years, so thanks for spurring my tired
> old brain into action.
> 
> Cheer,
> 
> Cloner
> Still in awe of KJ (and Rossi, Schwantz, Rainey, Doohan, McCoy, Schobert,
> Mertens, Polen, Agostini, Luchinelli, Lawson, Roberts SR.....do I need to keep
> going?)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 6:07 PM
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alec Moss"
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 5:36 PM
> Subject: Re: [Ducati] What you find when your killing time. (was:
> MotoGPTrifecta...)
> 
> 
>> "..almost saved it on my knee.."?????. Holy Cow. I never in my wildest
>> dreams thought of their knees as actual supports. Lends new meaning to the
>> phrase 'three point turn'.
> 
> Actually, I have a video of a 250 GP race (from Assen I believe) that clearly
> shows a rider losing both front and rear grip at the
> exact same time. You swear that both wheels are off the pavement and he's
> sliding on the fairing but by using his knee he pushed the
> bike back up onto it's wheels. Really! I'm sure others on the list will
> remember it. Back when Speed-had-VISION they use to show
> this clip over and over.
> 
> the Dreamer
> (a.k.a. Ducati Dreamin' Stephen)
> Living life on the edge. Less crowded, better view.
> '98 900 SS FE (biposto), silFEr
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