For those of you who aren't too proud to watch a DMG AMA race,  here is an invitation from, arguably, the nicest Euro bike shop in D/FW:

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We are hosting a race watching party for the Daytona 200 this Friday night, March 5th. The live broadcast should start at 8:00 PM. Come on out and watch the race with us.


Tony
Eurosport Cycle
3100 Airport Freeway
Fort Worth, TX 76111
(817)838-8135
eurosportcycle.com

Friday night should be a nice night for a ride.

I'll be there! 

Strangely, I couldn't make it. Needed at home. Oh, well, I Tivo'd it.

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I tivo'd all the Daytona bike week races and just finished up the last one; not a bad showing for Ducati.  Thought Pegram looked like he was having fun in the former Mladin-Class races... Just weren't enough Suzukis in there for my tastes though    

Also, can someone please explain to me how what looks to be a Buell 1125R is eligible to compete in the Super Sport (600cc?) class?  (I won't even ask about the 848   ).

The Buell 'exemption' last year was a one-off deal just for the homoligation for the 1125. DMG knew it couldn't compete with the zukiamaondawakis so they gave them the supersport? class. Correct me if I'm wrong on this Fastwin. AMA 'bent' the rules to allow them to race basically because I think everyone knew Big Buell was going down and wanted an American bike to win a class.

it's called MONEY.....that's why.

Money or not, I enjoyed the racing; "Good" coverage and commentary.  Are Nicky Hayden and Scott Russell from the same part of the country?  Their accents are very similar... Outrageous, but similar     

Supersport is now for the up and coming youngsters and all the bikes are limited to inline 600cc fours. There is an age limit on Supersport. It's the AMA/DMG dumb version of the Red Bull 125cc GP rookie class. It's not the "old" Supersport class as we knew it.

The internet talk about Buell being in Daytona Sportbike class could reach to the sun and beyond! The best way to explain it all is to refer folks to the Cycle World interview of Eric.

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=43&article_id=2119

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=2123

Quote from: boobies on March 08, 2010, 04:31:06 PM
Money or not, I enjoyed the racing; "Good" coverage and commentary.  Are Nicky Hayden and Scott Russell from the same part of the country?  Their accents are very similar... Outrageous, but similar     

Scott is from Georgia and Nicky is from Tennessee.

Quote from: fastwin on March 08, 2010, 04:37:49 PM
Supersport is now for the up and coming youngsters and all the bikes are limited to inline 600cc fours. There is an age limit on Supersport. It's the AMA/DMG dumb version of the Red Bull 125cc GP rookie class. It's not the "old" Supersport class as we knew it.

The internet talk about Buell being in Daytona Sportbike class could reach to the sun and beyond! The best way to explain it all is to refer folks to the Cycle World interview of Eric.

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=43&article_id=2119

http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=2123

Excellent articles. Thanks 

Quote from: boobies on March 08, 2010, 04:31:06 PM
Are Nicky Hayden and Scott Russell from the same part of the country?  Their accents are very similar... Outrageous, but similar     

Nicky Hayden is from Kain-tucky, Scott Russell is a Jawjaboy.

So you're claiming The Kentucky Kid is from Kentucky?

Interesting 

Owensboro I hear

Quote from: Ronr on March 08, 2010, 06:26:29 PM
So you're claiming The Kentucky Kid is from Kentucky?

Interesting  

Owensboro I hear

As many Haydens as there are racing or mentioned in a typical race broadcast, you could have told me they were from Haydensboro, Kentucky and I would have believed you    Yeah... I should probably start listening to the commentary.

Agreed, great articles. I just hope Eric comes back better and stronger soon.