Well said. I don't think anyone really likes the way the big boy class is headed.

Quote from: ducpainter on May 18, 2012, 12:14:18 PM
Casey's been critical of the dumbing down of prototype racing. I have to agree with him.

Casey wants to be the best in the top racing series...and he is...you have to give him credit for that

He doesn't want to be a clown in Dorna's circus.

Agreed.  Today, I read a Stoner interview where he explained his decision.  I can totally see his point of view and how he felt about the way prototype racing has regressed.  I believed him when he said that he doesn't care about money.  And, after the 2009 season with his illness, he realized that money is what everyone else cares about in this sports.  He is not able to sustain his love and passion for the sport when all the rule changes were made to sustain the profitability and the cash cow that it was.  

I like it when he was asked if retiring early is a waste of his talent and he replied saying that it is not a waste of talet, it's a waste of life.  With what he had gone thru, I think he realized that there is more to life than being a puppet in a racing series that's just a shell of its former self.  

I do enjoy watching Stoner race and have been rooting for him since his days on the Duc.  I really appreciate his balls-out attitude and no-nonsense ways.  I think I will miss him and I think history will remember him well.

I heard he's going to open a whinery.

Quote from: bobspapa on May 18, 2012, 04:54:05 PM
I heard he's going to open a whinery.

He does have experience.

The 'Golden Boy' will run the joint. 

Red Bull rider Casey Stoner in super-slo-mo

Has anyone heard if he is going to continue racing something/anything?  I mean the guy is fast on almost everything he touches.  Setting track records on carts, whooping the Ferrari F1 drivers on the ice.  What will he do next, Rally, WSBK, Aussie V8s, Le Mans 24hr?

Pit bikes?

It will be interesting. At 26 he can go do anything. Maybe just stay at home and be a Dad. Hopefully he saved his $$$$.

Speaking from experience, my predictions are:

He'll be with the new baby about 3 months before he's so bored he'll want to un-retire.

Then the kid will turn 2 and he'll want to retire again.

Then the kid will turn 12 and he'll want to un-retire.

If he has more than one kid, all bets are off.

His wife will very quickly get tired of having two crying babies around the house.

A few years of intensive psychotherapy will cure Casey of most of his whining......

doohan has already been in the press saying he hopes we'll see a retraction.

yeah, he has tested V8s in the past.  but said he has no firm plans so far.

I think if he starts to get challenged more like this past race he'll be more interested in staying on... and if he just loses out on another championship.  Disappointed with the sport or not, all these guys hate losing and I dont know if he could leave on a low note.

Quote from: ducpainter on May 18, 2012, 12:14:18 PM
I gotta agree w/ Carlos.

Casey's been critical of the dumbing down of prototype racing. I have to agree with him.

Casey wants to be the best in the top racing series...and he is...you have to give him credit for that

He doesn't want to be a clown in Dorna's circus.

+ 2.

Quote from: thought on May 21, 2012, 11:26:48 AM
I think if he starts to get challenged more like this past race he'll be more interested in staying on... and if he just loses out on another championship.  Disappointed with the sport or not, all these guys hate losing and I dont know if he could leave on a low note.

if there's one thing casey doesn't do it's change his mind.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/May/120521-34x34.htm

Schwantz.

could easily be in several threads; it's mostly about Le Mans.  but the last 2 paragraphs are about Casey.