2013 Provisional MotoGP calendar leaked
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Your Mom's House
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The North!
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somewhere else
Oh please, it's bucketed down here all damn Summer, it's only been dry since September started! I think it could be a good idea, and I live fairly closeish to Silverstone (about 30 miles)
Also, I didn't realise there was a Saturday race, what's that all about then?
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Thailand
Assen GP has always been that way for sixty odd years, its origins date back to religious reasons, but it hasn't been the case with World Superbikes staged there.
three (potentially four) Spanish GPs again ffs!! So they lose one F1 race, but could have four races just to keep the King happy
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Vancouver
Estoril was a goner. They were selling general admission for 2 euros and still ...... attendance.
Now...2 april spots available...3 possibilities texas / argentina / india
A little voice told me that texas and argentina are the good ones.
Now...2 april spots available...3 possibilities texas / argentina / india
A little voice told me that texas and argentina are the good ones.
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Your Mom's House
COTA Stands for Circuit of the Americas, which is in Austin, TEXAS.
Oh, ad btw, check this out. Wsbk, returns to Laguna Seca.
http://motomatters.com/news/2012/09/21/wsbk_news_superbikes_return_to_laguna_se.html
interesting...i love how all these things have "to be announced" ...im waiting on the f1 gp in NJ....ill believe it when im there.
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It's a shame that Mari no longer posts - she'd also be able to give the full reason why. As I understand it Assen is in a region of Holland which was presided over by a strict protestant presence. The Assen TT is very old race dating back to the mid twenties. Any formal gathering or event other than church on a Sunday was prohibited by the religious zealots (please refer to this thread in its entirety again) http://www.powerslide.net/forum/index.php?/topic/15291-religion-sucks/. The race was always held on the last Saturday in June which meant on the Sunday whilst the Aldermen were busy rounding up everyone to go to church the motorcycle worshipping heathens all buggered off to the Amsterdam brothels to get laid.
Incidentally - the fact that Assen is known as The Cathedral has nothing to do with the religious overtones historically. Assen is still a glorious flowing circuit and one of the best places to race motorcycles on the planet but in 2006 the circuit was shortened removing the Northern loop section in favour of lucrative development. Consequently it's not unusual to hear race fans lamenting 'Old Assen' as they weep into their pint of Tilburg. One journalist at the time compared the 'development' to 'cropping a Rembrandt and sticking it in a clip frame'.
Thanks for explaining that
