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2009 World Superbike Round 5 - Monza (Race Spoilers)

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Spidey

#46
May 09, 2009, 01:47:09 PM
Quote from: El Matador on May 09, 2009, 12:32:10 PM
Haga in 5th huh?  interesting...

Ah . . . this explains it. (from worldsbk.com)

"The next rider up was Noriyuki Haga (Ducati Xerox), who had to use his second allocated qualifier to save himself from the cut after the second run."
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ducpainter

#47
May 10, 2009, 07:58:05 AM Last Edit: May 10, 2009, 08:06:54 AM by ducpainter
Did Spies run out of fuel?

Sucks to lose it that way.
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craigo

#48
May 10, 2009, 08:18:06 AM
WSBK > * this year. I cannot believe how awesome the Spies/Haga battles have been. Bad luck for Spies in Race 1, I dunno how many times the lead changed over those last couple of laps but that was *almost* as good as Assen Race 1.

DesmoDiva

#49
May 10, 2009, 03:08:51 PM
 :o  Wow!!

Both races were great!!

Bad luck for Spies in 1.   [bang]

Hopefully Haga is okay from his crash in 2. 
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gm2

#50
May 10, 2009, 03:52:09 PM
i'm amazed that ben pulled it together in the hour between race 1 and race 2.  i would have been PISSED.  like kill someone pissed.   >:( :'(

unbelievable pass by ben at the end of race 1.. i've never seen him do the rossi leg thing   :o

heartbreaking.. again.  but he sure put his stamp on race 2.  eh, i'll just reel it out to 5.7 seconds and then cruise in.

i'm not taking anything away from haga, but that (/something like that) had to happen eventually.  hope he's ok.  where are we, 51 points or so?

looking forward to next week... let's not forget that, like Monza, ben has already tested at/been superman fast at Kyalami.
Like this is the racing, no?

ducpainter

#51
May 10, 2009, 03:53:48 PM
any news on Haga?
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gm2

#52
May 10, 2009, 04:00:03 PM
Like this is the racing, no?

ducpainter

#53
May 10, 2009, 04:09:21 PM
Quote from: gm2 on May 10, 2009, 04:00:03 PM
where are we, Australia?  he hit a bird.

http://www.crash.net/World+Superbikes/News/146625/1/bird_caused_haga_delay_accident.html

Unreal...

I understand...

I hit a hawk on the road a couple of years ago...

much lower speeds, and it still hurt.
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Spidey

#54
May 10, 2009, 04:53:56 PM Last Edit: May 10, 2009, 04:56:23 PM by Spidey
I woke up at 3am in the morn to watch it live and couldn't get the feed.  Dunno what was going on.  Stayed up for an hour waiting.  Had to wait for it come on Speed.  Blech.

Race 1 was absolutely awesome.  That was some fun, fun racing to watch.  Every round, WSBK is living up to the hype.  I think the Eurosport announcers were gonna run out on track and jump right onto Ben's dick when he did a mid-race stoppie.  Fabrizio was an absolute demon on the brakes.  Madness.  And yes, Spies ran out of fuel.  He managed to get 15th by coasting in.  That's sucks.  It's good that he's pretty even keel.  I woulda kicked the shit out of the bike ala Hopper. 

That crash at the start looked nasty.  The first I saw it, I thought a bike shot up in the air and landed directly on a downed rider. I thought at the time was Corser and was pretty sure he was dead.  On replay, it looked bad, but not as bad as I thought originally.  That was a relief.  But Max N is gone for the reason.

I'm glad Haga wasn't hurt in Race 2, but frankly, I'm kinda glad he crashed.  It kinda evened the score for this weekend.  Ben took 6 points off of Haga's lead.  It woulda sucked for the watching for the rest of the season if Haga left the weekend 80 points ahead.  I find it a bit strange that Ben is the up-down guy in WSBK, either winning or not scoring.  He was a model of consistency in AMA. 

Fabrizio's making a decent charge in the championship.  He's only 20 or so pts behind Ben.  'course, not every weekend can be at home track.  And can someone tell me why he can't get some leathers that fit him?  Jeez.

Zemke didn't do anything remotely interesting (other than get a ride through penalty).  To be expected.

Where was Shakey?  Like 400th place?

P.S.  Why didn't all those folks who cut the chicane just let guys by them so they didn't get a penalty?!?
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desmoquattro

#55
May 10, 2009, 05:09:24 PM
Did you see Fabrizio wave to Spies the first time he went by him in race 1? Un-friggin-believable.
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ducpainter

#56
May 10, 2009, 05:20:01 PM
Quote from: desmoquattro on May 10, 2009, 05:09:24 PM
Did you see Fabrizio wave to Spies the first time he went by him in race 1? Un-friggin-believable.
That woulda haunted him if Spies didn't run out of gas.
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    Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.
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desmoquattro

#57
May 10, 2009, 05:20:53 PM
Quote from: ducpainter on May 10, 2009, 05:20:01 PM
That woulda haunted him if Spies didn't run out of gas.

We were saying the same thing at the bar.
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Spidey

#58
May 10, 2009, 05:21:50 PM
I was wondering if that was good-natured or a dick move.  I was hoping there would be a comment about it from either of them, but didn't see anything.  Fabrizio did say at the beginning of the weekend that he was looking forward to battling with Ben because they hadn't traded paint this year.  
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Triple J

#59
May 10, 2009, 06:45:57 PM Last Edit: May 10, 2009, 06:50:08 PM by Triple J
Race 1...WOW  [bow_down] [bow_down] Amazing! What a major bummer for Spies.

I wondered about the Fabrizio "wave" as well. I was thinking, while it was funny, that I wouldn't be taunting Ben...he's one fast mo fo that'll make you regret it. Wonder what it really was?  ???

What happened to Haga in Race 2? He started off flying, but dropped back super quick. Was that the bird?
edit: just read the Haga bird article...weird.
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