AMA Round 3 Fontana (Spoiler)

Just got back from Fontana.

Wow, this was a great round (except for one thing). Anybody here still think Martin Cardenas is not reckless? The guy is a danger to all the other riders. Plus he's an arrogant, selfish, out-of-control ........ But hey, there is zero regulation of this conduct in this sport, encouraged and accepted by all who discount reckless conduct and chalk it up to mere "racing incidents", so he will continue to get away with it.

Gets off soup box

Great racing all weekend (except for...^)

Superbikes--the Suzuki cup continues, but at least this time it was exciting.

Superbike Race 1: Ben Spies found his nut sack and has made me a mild fan. Nice payback from Ben from that pass Matt made on him at the end of straight where he cut off Spies with that Nascarish move. The payback pass he made on Mladin that flustered him to run of track has been on a continuous loop my computer. The hand in the air by Matt in protest was hilarious. Nice of Spies to let him catch up and check if his teammate was ok, then proceed in smoking him the rest of the race.

Superbike Race 2: Ben Spies had the heart of a champ to fight off the attempts of Mladin to escape. Please, if you have this race on TVo, go and look at Ben's last lap effort--not the draft at the end, but the beginning of the last lap, where he goes super late on brakes in turn 2, 3, & 4. Check out his tires smoking coming out of the corners, and see the distance he makes up on Mladin. Look carefully at the late braking and backed in rear of Ben at the end of the back straight again (the same corner where Matt ran off in race one). Wow, if that doesn't impress you, you may want to check your pulse. My not so good friend (a Mladin fan) said it came down to the draft, but I disagree, Ben had a much better drive out of the last corner, and that is what was the difference in the race to me. .011 Excellent.

(Oh, almost forgot, did anybody catch Mladin immediately start looking at his rear tire for excuses? Haha, maybe he's been reading Babel's rants about tires deciding races and started looking for answers, but then again, maybe he was looking for marks on his ... from that asswhooping he got from Spies. haha.)

BTW, did anybody catch the post race interview: Spies-gracious Mladin: words and face expression, opposite, his sulking expression speak much loader than his fake ... words.

Nice podiums for Tommy Hayden, he finally in coming into his own, a string of podiums and now we get deprived from seeing his talent thanks to that amphibian-....-bird Martin 'Hayden-scud' Cardenas.

Superstock: Jake Holden, what a great effort. Nice to see a Honda in the mix amongst an ocean of Suzukis. Privateer kicks the ... of a Quasi/Proxy-factory Suzuki that is Jordan
Team. I appreciate and respect Jordan’s team, but nice to see Holden do the business on the track.

Supersport: Best race of the weekend. Congrats to Ben Bostrom. He would have had a perfect season had it not been for that lap rider debacle in round 2 (Barber). But he again showed his metal. I personally was rooting for Jake Zemke, but B Boz is on fire. Great push at the end. Josh Herrin again provided great close racing until he ran to hot and wide. The kid is still learning, but will be a force to be reckoned with. Josh Hayes got a terrible start, made up ground but was never a contender. Whats going on, is he injured from last rounds grass tumble?

Oh yeah, does anybody think Honda ...... up by letting Zemke go and keeping Duhamel? I like the guy, but he's gotta go.

Formula Extreme: .... Speed TV, gotta wait for analysis (only saw it live).

Final thoughts: Please God, make Gregg White a mute!

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (JohnnyKnockdown @ Apr 29 2008, 07:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I havn't found the inclination to watch FX or Superstock yet this year.
Johnny, you are missing out on some of the best racing. FX (600 superbikes) was the best race of the round! And Superstock was excellent. Watch it (hopefully you TVod it yesterday).

I alread talked about Superstock in my first post. It was a first win ever for Honda (yup, 1st win in the history of Superstock AMA racing, so I can see why you haven't watched it in the past since it was a Suzuki cup). But please, do yourself a favor, Jake Holden puts in the performance of his life. One Honda against an ocean of Suzukis.

Formula Extreme (600 Superbikes--that what they are in reality): Wow, now this was the best race of the series this weekend! Jake Zemke, Josh Hayes, and Larry Pedgram. Zemke & Hayes traded body blows & lead changes the entire race down to the .08 photo finish. It was like B.Boz & Herrin at Daytona. It was that close. Watch it buddy, you'll thank me later.