Edwards racing today??

#22 · Jun 5, 2011

I've heard via a friends Facebook that Colin Edwards is racing today but can see no montion of it on the web anywhere, surely this can't be true?

The MotoGP website says he will be in Hospital 24 to 48hrs and also he didn't compete in the warmup, I thought you had to compete in warmup to be allowed to race? FWIW I think its bollocks and said so.

Torgo · Jun 5, 2011

#22 said:
I've heard via a friends Facebook that Colin Edwards is racing today but can see no montion of it on the web anywhere, surely this can't be true?

The MotoGP website says he will be in Hospital 24 to 48hrs and also he didn't compete in the warmup, I thought you had to compete in warmup to be allowed to race? FWIW I think its bollocks and said so.

Yea they mentioned it on Eurosport as well. He'll start and probably go into the pit after a lap or two, just to keep his record of never missing a race start.

Pinky · Jun 5, 2011

dude lame

baturro · Jun 5, 2011

He really wanted to race. Went to the medical check after 11 AM and had some tests done. The track doctor ruled him unfit to race. When he came out, TVE was filming and show him doing a "corte de mangas" (spanish .... you hand gesture) and then interviewed him. He said "they won't let me race because my name is not Rossi." Colin was very pissed. Seems to me he really wanted to keep his consistency streak going.

halfpint · Jun 5, 2011

i would have been really impressed if he had have raced.

Mick D · Jun 5, 2011

.... he probably would have finished ahead of Elias... and collected some points! LOL. Gotta love the grit though!

Tom · Jun 5, 2011

I understand that Colin is disappointed that he couldn't start the race, but is a record for race starts really a big thing to hang his hat on? I don't really understand

povol · Jun 6, 2011

Tom said:
I understand that Colin is disappointed that he couldn't start the race, but is a record for race starts really a big thing to hang his hat on? I don't really understand

Keeping personal records alive like that is bogus. He was planning on starting then pulling in. I remember a couple of years ago, a basketball player at a prominent university suffered a career ending injury and was 1 point shy of breaking the school scoring record. The coach, and the coach from the next school they played, conspired to put the injured player in under their basket on the tip off. The plan was to allow the team with the injured player to win the tip uncontested, throw the ball to the injured player camped under the goal for an uncontested lay up. With the scoring record in hand, they would call time out, remove the injured player, then when play was resumed, they would give the other team an uncontested basket to even things out.It was complete ........, and i cant understand how anyone would want a record that was achieved in such manner.What made that player any more special than the player whos record was broken. You play the cards your dealt, period.

Tom · Jun 6, 2011

povol said:
Keeping personal records alive like that is bogus. He was planning on starting then pulling in. I remember a couple of years ago, a basketball player at a prominent university suffered a career ending injury and was 1 point shy of breaking the school scoring record. The coach, and the coach from the next school they played, conspired to put the injured player in under their basket on the tip off. The plan was to allow the team with the injured player to win the tip uncontested, throw the ball to the injured player camped under the goal for an uncontested lay up. With the scoring record in hand, they would call time out, remove the injured player, then when play was resumed, they would give the other team an uncontested basket to even things out.It was complete ........, and i cant understand how anyone would want a record that was achieved in such manner.What made that player any more special than the player whos record was broken. You play the cards your dealt, period.

I agree, it is stupid of Colin to want to maintain a meaningless record in a way that destroys all of its merit, if he isn't fit to start he can't start. End of

dwoodhouse · Jun 6, 2011

Yes I agree. On his point that his name isn't Valentino Rossi, I don't remember Rossi ever just circulating when allowed to race injured when he wasn't trying to finish the race.

Mick D · Jun 6, 2011

Tom, we know Colin's never gonna be Rossi, or Stoner, or Doohan... but is he not allowed to be proud of the milestones he has achieved? In terms you may understand, if you do not reach the engineering pinnacle of say, da Vinci, maybe engineering is not a career you should hang your hat on...

Pov... your analogy of the NCAA hoops player really has no meaning whatsoever in this case... Collie just wanted to ride a little... no conspiracy dude!!!

Gaz · Jun 6, 2011

Pride or not, like him or not, the decision to not allow him to ride was based on medical grounds and as such was the correct one.

The fact that Edwards has stated (in reports across various press lines) that he wanted to ride a few laps then pull in is reason enough to show that the decision was correct as no rider should be allowed on the track who has no intention of completing the race .......... period.

For mine, Edwards record is 'meaningless' in so much as whilst he should indeed be proud of it, the record is one that people will not care about in the scheme of racing.

If Edwards is genuinely upset about it (genuine as opposed to a typical Edwards .... stir) than he needs to get over it and move on as he has been able to have a career that many others would have loved to have.

Gaz

povol · Jun 6, 2011

Mick D said:
Tom, we know Colin's never gonna be Rossi, or Stoner, or Doohan... but is he not allowed to be proud of the milestones he has achieved? In terms you may understand, if you do not reach the engineering pinnacle of say, da Vinci, maybe engineering is not a career you should hang your hat on...

Pov... your analogy of the NCAA hoops player really has no meaning whatsoever in this case... Collie just wanted to ride a little... no conspiracy dude!!!

Colin wanted to keep a meaningless record alive in a bogus fashion, he didnt just want to ride a little. No one said it was a conspiracy, just cheap denigration of sport in both instances.

Tom · Jun 7, 2011

Mick D said:
... but is he not allowed to be proud of the milestones he has achieved? Collie just wanted to ride a little...

Yes he can be proud of his achiements, but if they are worth being proud of why bother cheapening it by starting a race he can't race safeley in with the intention of pulling in, its just stupid.

#22 · Jun 7, 2011

Austin · Jun 7, 2011

I'm glad they didn't let him ride, it would have cheapened his streak. The quote about Rossi was gold, though.

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