Cool on another Canepa fan, Andre!  As for Hayden, well, if anyone is in touch with Derek, please direct him to stats for race 1 and let him know that the Svoloch is grinning

Has anyone else heard that Hermann Tilke of F1 race track design fame has been contracted to produce a new mega-track near Atlanta?!?

While it sounds as if the investors are mainly interested in attracting an F1 calendar spot in the future for a US GP, a "proper", FIA-spec race track with attendant infrastructure should have no problem getting a race or two from MotoGP and/or WSBK 


Here are some aerial views of other Tilke-designed tracks currently on the MotoGP calendar:



Sepang



Bahrain



Shanghai


From a Dallas perspective, Atlanta is a lot closer than Laguna Seca (or Indy) - it'd just be I-20 straight into Atlanta    ROAD TRIP!!!   

atlanta is a very short trip and i could be convinced to go there before leguna or even utah. been to california for 5 yrs and still think all the people with half a brain have already left. utah, where you gonna get your boogie on after the sat sessions? indy on the other hand is still the meca of all motorsports in this country.

The way Economy is Right now maybe  by 2020 would be ready...  if they build this track  that means Indy has to go, I dont think the teams would like to 3 Races overseas...  they already took off China...

Quote from: The Svoloch on April 17, 2009, 05:00:18 PM
Cool on another Canepa fan, Andre! 

As far as I know, he's the only factory test rider to win anything in the last few years (world superstock championship 2 years ago, right?).  Also holds the record for first man on earth to total a Desmosedici RR, 1098R, and 1198R - which probably comes with the test rider job

I think he's struggling with the fact that he's taller & heavier than everyone else.  Apparently he was way down on top speed on all other ducati riders.  Hopefully they'll sort something out!

Kallio has a solid shot, though.  The man could make that 250 KTM GP bike work, which was said to be very tough to ride fast (consistently).  I think (hope) that in 3 races he'll be fighting with the top 5, and Canepa will be closer to mid pack.  We'll see.

The main hope, though, is for closer racing.  What the hell happenend to the single tire making the race closer theory?

BTW, the 24h du Mans (Le Mans, motorcycle) just started.  THAT, my friends, is a proper race.  46 riders starting, more make of tires than motogp has manufacturers, and, as of right now, a leading group of 7 bikes.

The first few laps have been entertaining.  Lots of sliding, lots of apexes being missed as the endurance tires warm up.  Oh, and there's a kawi leading.  Oh, nope, now it's a, humm, honda? Yeah, honda.

Man, this is fun stuff.  The start is awesome: the riders have to run across the track, jump on the bikes, and try not to run each other over on the way out.  All while PACKED stands are cheering so loud you can't hear the bikes from some cameras. They're still cheering.

Man, next year I'll have to go see this in person!

Any surprise here?

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Apr/090424wsbkqm.htm

Gonna be a great race weekend! MotoGP, World Superbike, AMA stuff and oh yeah, some F1 car racing thing!!

Washed out... again.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/04/24/qualifying-washed-out-in-motegi

SPOILER SPOILER!!!!!

Guess who's on pole at Assen with a new lap record?

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/04/25/spies-again-1

Quote from: fastwin on April 25, 2009, 10:24:32 AM
SPOILER SPOILER!!!!!

Guess who's on pole at Assen with a new lap record?

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/04/25/spies-again-1

Man i would love to see Mladin on WSBK, Mat was the only guy who could run and beat Ben.. No wonder the made AMA so boring they where ahead of the other riders...

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER

Oh MAN what a great race for WSBK 1!  I couldn't believe the pass that Spies made on Haga.  And then he miffs it in race 2 and washes out on turn 1 and hands race 2 to Haga.  Man what a great WSBK race at Assen.

Let's hear it for Ducati, 3 out of the top 4 bikes were Ducatis.

250cc GP race about to start.....

Wow, Rossi to make this years Isle of Man!!!! ... sort of.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/04/29/rossi-for-isle-of-man

Good read on Hopper.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Apr/090428c.htm

Quote from: fastwin on April 29, 2009, 09:58:34 AM
Wow, Rossi to make this years Isle of Man!!!! ... sort of.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2009/04/29/rossi-for-isle-of-man

Dang it! Out of all the races I would like to think I could go to in my lifetime that is remaining I'd like to do the TT. This is flat out all or nothing racing. What a memory that would be! 

Quote from: RED on April 30, 2009, 11:13:03 AM
Dang it! Out of all the races I would like to think I could go to in my lifetime that is remaining I'd like to do the TT. This is flat out all or nothing racing. What a memory that would be! 

I Will let you know how the 2010 TT would be , ill be there!!