AMA Rd 2 CALI SPEEDWAY (Fontana)

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hayden Fan @ Mar 29 2010, 02:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hopper? He needs a real ride if he wants to get back to a World Championship level.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Mr. Shupe @ Mar 29 2010, 02:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Someone disliked Cardenas and decided to beat up Joey Pascarella?
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Mar 29 2010, 05:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>LINK

Guy can't get a break. He should sit a year out to fully heal, but by then, everyone will forget his name.

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I bet you asked permission for that shot. She looks big enough to have hurt you otherwise.

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I bet you asked permission for that shot. She looks big enough to have hurt you otherwise.
No permission, only encouragement. She would have been perfect for you.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Mar 29 2010, 02:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>LINK

Still one of the toughest SOB's around. That Kawasaki ruined his career

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Mar 29 2010, 07:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Still one of the toughest SOB's around. That Kawasaki ruined his career
Or, you could look at it as he left a bad bike, for a worse one, but was set up for life financially.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Mar 29 2010, 06:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>No permission, only encouragement. She would have been perfect for you.
Yes she would, you couldnt do that any justice

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Mar 29 2010, 07:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Still one of the toughest SOB's around. That Kawasaki ruined his career
I would say his riding ability ruined his career. The guys never done a ....... thing outside of the supersport class 10 years ago. Can we stop pretending like he has some hidden talent that is suddenly going to rise to the top so we can all say I told you so.
You guys see Jumkie on TV. He completely pushes some 10 year old out of the way to get to Tommy. Classic!

Fantastic stuff Jumkie!I thought it was bad enough helping my mates in AMCA mx in England but what you took on was pretty major,excellent work.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Mar 31 2010, 10:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I would say his riding ability ruined his career. The guys never done a ....... thing outside of the supersport class 10 years ago. Can we stop pretending like he has some hidden talent that is suddenly going to rise to the top so we can all say I told you so.
You guys see Jumkie on TV. He completely pushes some 10 year old out of the way to get to Tommy. Classic!
Yes and no. As a follower of AMA for many years,a lot of us didnt understand what the rush was to whisk Hopkins off to GP after winning a SS and a Formula Extreme Championship. The FX title was supposed to be his big accomplishment at that stage of his career, but even it was not spectacular. He beat Damon Buskmaster for the title, who had lead the points all year, but had some misfortunes late to hand the title to Hopkins by 1 point. If my memory serves me, which is questionable, a lot of fans were not that convinced of his talents since he won the title with very few or no wins. The kid does have some talent, or did. You dont finish 4th in the GP championship without some. I cant remember the details, but John Ulrich was instrumental in convincing the powers that be in GP that John was the next great thing, and they needed to lock him in instantly, even if he wasnt quite ready. He is not the first " next big thing" to never do squat. The racing world is loaded with them.

I finally finished up watching the Fontana races last night. I'll have to say that the AMA is looking pretty good this year. Certainly will be fun to watch. For the first time in a long long while we don't already know who is going to win the superbike championship. Great to see T. Hayden pick up his first win. Eslick showed that his DSB title last year wasn't just due to being on the Buell. Great win for Herrin in the 2nd DSB race, he's starting to show some smart racecraft.

I tried to follow with live timing Sunday afternoon through the amaproracing.com website. Their live timing was a joke. No refresh, no nothing. The page would load and show them on lap 11, then 10 minutes would pass, and it would update straight to the finish. Nothing like motogp.com or even WSBK. I sent a sharp email to AMA telling them what I thought of the live timing. Well, yestereday someone from AMA responded, and asked what exactly was wrong with the live timing. I told them and thanked them also for getting back to me. Remains to be seen whether its fixed. Also told them that their website could due with quicker updates and newsflashes.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Mar 29 2010, 04:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>9273:jum.jpg]

good times

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Bootsakah @ Apr 1 2010, 10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I finally finished up watching the Fontana races last night. I'll have to say that the AMA is looking pretty good this year. Certainly will be fun to watch. For the first time in a long long while we don't already know who is going to win the superbike championship. Great to see T. Hayden pick up his first win. Eslick showed that his DSB title last year wasn't just due to being on the Buell. Great win for Herrin in the 2nd DSB race, he's starting to show some smart racecraft.
It wasnt JUST because of the Buell, but it was a BIG part of it. Remember last year, Eslick dominated Fontana with double wins,building a 7+ second lead and used the last lap as a victory lap with smokey exits from turns and wheelies in between. This year, he got 2 second place finishes. Also, dont forget their is no Honda or Kawasaki in the mix this year. Its a pretty watered down field. Danny is a good rider, but not as good as the Buell made him look. Have you seen pictures of Eslick this year compared to last. He has gone on a crash diet to ride the 600's. When you lose 30 hp and 40 ftlbs of torque, you have to make adjustments.I like him, he seems like a great kid but his title will always be tainted to me.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Hayden Fan @ Mar 29 2010, 10:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Hopper? He needs a real ride if he wants to get back to a World Championship level.

He needs to do something good if he wants to be at world level. I can't think of one impressive thing he's done since leaving Suzuki.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tom @ Apr 1 2010, 11:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>He needs to do something good if he wants to be at world level. I can't think of one impressive thing he's done since leaving Suzuki.

I don't think he has the right riding style to do anything good in SBK. His style is more suited to cornerspeed rather than point and shoot. If you watch him ride in the AMA is lines are considerably different than most of the other SBK riders. He rides more like the guys in DSB. Trouble is, he's too big to ride a 600. I think if the 750s were still around, he be laying waste to the competition in WSBK, but sadly his style and size are really only suited for MotoGP and nothing else.

Here are a few more pics since this thread is still alive.

Pegrams talks to kids before interview. I thought that was cool.
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Fan pit walk
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Not everybody get an umbrella girl.
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Cali Kid AKA The Pimp.
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DSB start (Hale #139 on far end)
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Flanked by Family
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Podium bubbly.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Apr 1 2010, 11:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>It wasnt JUST because of the Buell, but it was a BIG part of it. Remember last year, Eslick dominated Fontana with double wins,building a 7+ second lead and used the last lap as a victory lap with smokey exits from turns and wheelies in between. This year, he got 2 second place finishes. Also, dont forget their is no Honda or Kawasaki in the mix this year. Its a pretty watered down field. Danny is a good rider, but not as good as the Buell made him look. Have you seen pictures of Eslick this year compared to last. He has gone on a crash diet to ride the 600's. When you lose 30 hp and 40 ftlbs of torque, you have to make adjustments.I like him, he seems like a great kid but his title will always be tainted to me.
I thought Eslicks title was ......... too! but if he is doing what is necessary to win on a 600 this year he just might earn my respect!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Apr 1 2010, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>It wasnt JUST because of the Buell, but it was a BIG part of it. Remember last year, Eslick dominated Fontana with double wins,building a 7+ second lead and used the last lap as a victory lap with smokey exits from turns and wheelies in between. This year, he got 2 second place finishes. Also, dont forget their is no Honda or Kawasaki in the mix this year. Its a pretty watered down field. Danny is a good rider, but not as good as the Buell made him look. Have you seen pictures of Eslick this year compared to last. He has gone on a crash diet to ride the 600's. When you lose 30 hp and 40 ftlbs of torque, you have to make adjustments.I like him, he seems like a great kid but his title will always be tainted to me.
I agree with you Povol, as I said sometime last year, before the season was over, if Eslick was to win the title on the Buell there would be plenty of people that would consider it a ......../cheater title. The whole season was a seriously messed up experiment. One things for sure, he doesn't have the incredible advantage he had last year to go zooming past 2-3 front pack riders at a time with ease. I think he's a good guy, he has shown he can run at the front without his cheater bike, but he is going to have his work cut out for him if he wants to win the title this year.

The DSB class is looking more like the old 600 class. So far it looks like the class should be pretty competitive all year. We know Herrin means business, but if Cardenas gets his random crashing figured out, Aquino gets back to speed, mix in Rapp, and if Westby can show that speed all year, it could be tight. One things for sure, I am happy to see no more ........ rolling starts (that .... drove me nuts watching it every time last year). Last season when they announced that the AMA wasn't going to race at the WSBK Miller event weekend I could give a .... less. This year, I really wish they would be there.