Quote from: Spidey on March 17, 2009, 11:35:56 AM
Where are you guys getting the Eurosport commentary?  (I'm pretty certain this has been asked already, but I'm a retard) 

RU?

Yeah, RU it is

Quote from: Spidey on March 17, 2009, 11:35:56 AM
Where are you guys getting the Eurosport commentary?  (I'm pretty certain this has been asked already, but I'm a retard) 

RU?

That's where I get mine.   

I'm preparing for Spies to turn the WSBK into the "boring" AMA SBK wins of yore, with Nori playing the role of Mladin.

And there's really nothing I can do to prepare myself for hearing "Texas two steppin'" one more friggin time. 

Quote from: zenjim on March 18, 2009, 03:01:45 AM
I'm preparing for Spies to turn the WSBK into the "boring" AMA SBK wins of yore, with Nori playing the role of Mladin.

even if he actually does win every single race by 3 seconds (even I think that won't happen.. =)) you can't call that boring in this rookie season.  it's unreal.

and fwiw, mladin was already more of a challenge than nori has been (so far).  we 'argued' a lot about this from November-February, but having raced against Mat for the last 3 (4) years was the best prep he could have ever gotten.  watching those two dice it up 10 seconds ahead of the pack for 3 seasons surely started to look boring but they were racing their balls off every single lap.  it was the rest of the paddock that was in JV.

Texas 2 Step (how to)


Ben only won AMA because of his more better super secret crank. 

Quote from: gm2 on March 18, 2009, 07:22:23 AM
even if he actually does win every single race by 3 seconds (even I think that won't happen.. =)) you can't call that boring in this rookie season.  it's unreal.

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but only exciting for that accomplishment...

not the actual racing.

Last season with Haga and Bayliss swapping paint multiple times on the last few laps was more exciting IMO.

Maybe Ben should slow it down a little....for the sake of the 'show'

Quote from: ducpainter on March 18, 2009, 07:52:23 AM
but only exciting for that accomplishment...

not the actual racing.

Last season with Haga and Bayliss swapping paint multiple times on the last few laps was more exciting IMO.

Maybe Ben should slow it down a little....for the sake of the 'show'

Yeah, what he said.

Quote from: Spidey on March 17, 2009, 11:35:56 AM
Where are you guys getting the Eurosport commentary?  (I'm pretty certain this has been asked already, but I'm a retard) 

RU?

I watched the race Saturday on Speed at a bar, and I couldn't hear the announcers super clear, but I thought they were British.

mitt

Quote from: mitt on March 18, 2009, 11:01:37 AM
I watched the race Saturday on Speed at a bar, and I couldn't hear the announcers super clear, but I thought they were British.

Speed is the same dudes as on WSBK.com  I like 'em, but they're not the same kinda lunatics as the Eurosport guys.

Quote from: Spidey on March 18, 2009, 11:26:42 AM
Speed is the same dudes as on WSBK.com

Jonathan Greene and Steve Martin.  Steve is a brit; Jonathan is brit or aussie, i forget.

Quote from: gm2 on March 18, 2009, 11:50:24 AM
Jonathan Greene and Steve Martin.  Steve is a brit; Jonathan is brit or aussie, i forget.

steve martin, ex superbike racer, is an aussie.

whatever.  one of em is something the other is something else.

and in the scope of 'i used to be a racer' commentary he's 11tybn% better than fast freddie.

And, as a racer and one who has competed at Losail, he repeatedly noted how difficult it was to learn the track and how impressed he was with Spies for have gotten up to speed so quickly.  Specifically, he noted that it was made more difficult, not less, by the fact that it is a "featureless" track. 

Hmmm . . .

That is a curious comment by Martin.  You'd think a featureless track could be interpreted a number of ways while, say, there's only one good way to get through the corkscrew at Laguna.

I like Steve Martin.  When Greene was running his mouth about Texas Tea or something, Martin interrupted, "HAGA HAGA HAGA!!!" as Haga made a pass on Biaggi.