Favourite Casey Stoner Moments

2009 on the POS ducati leading rossi on his yamaha.

not only because he beat rossi while riding such an inferior machine but mostly because watching those 2 guys go at it for a whole race was just beautiful.

other than that ,yes catalunya 07 was great.

passing rossi on the outside cleanly in laguna 2008, if rossi hadn't ...... up the corkscrew that could have been maybe the best duel i've ever watched so kudos to both of them

Shiverstone 2011 stood on Copse with the other PS guys, was truly amazing watching the bike two wheel drifting going away from us through the corner on a drying track.

Sachsenring 2012 a moment of my own, found a spot in the paddock where I could look straight down into exit of Omega, as Stoner exited and came up the hill, on the back wheel with the front at full opposite lock to wrestle the bike round. Fcuking amazing.



Glad you brought up Jerez MA.

Worst move I saw him pull was Jerez 2011 when he went for a gap too small and made contact with someone. (Its not what your thinking though)

There are many, my favorite personal moment was 2008 standing at Lukey heights watching him drift the bike through the last turns onto the main straight.



At the time there was much said about the 800's not sliding.



I'd stood there for 990's and 500's. Casey was painting the turn black.



I have many more of these.

Any time Stoner went out of his way to debunk the whinge sessions of his detractors. And then reading/seeing the reaction of those same fairytale producing pricks. Though in reality, I'm not sure Stoner could claim much of the cred. for the debunking of the myths ...... since most of them were pretty "out there" to start with.

This weekend at Phillip Island, and the race at Estoril. Peerless.

Laguna 2006



The saturday before the race all the riders do a slow parade lap while sitting on top of the back seat of a convertible like a pageant whore in a parade.

Casey who was better known as Crashy at the time rolls by me as Im standing by Rainey corner aka Jumkie hill. Everyone is being nice and respectfull with a golf clap and I yell out "try not to crash Casey". He clearly hears me and looks at me with a bewildered look on his face as if he couldnt believe someone could heckle him. It was at this moment I realized how incredibly mentally weak he was. I was amazed that some wisecracking nobody loser ....... in the audience could rattle him.

The next day he lived up to form and crashed.

That is my greatest memory of the weakest minded rider in GP history

JohnnyKnockdown said:

Laguna 2006



The saturday before the race all the riders do a slow parade lap while sitting on top of the back seat of a convertible like a pageant whore in a parade.

Casey who was better known as Crashy at the time rolls by me as Im standing by Rainey corner aka Jumkie hill. Everyone is being nice and respectfull with a golf clap and I yell out "try not to crash Casey". He clearly hears me and looks at me with a bewildered look on his face as if he couldnt believe someone could heckle him. It was at this moment I realized how incredibly mentally weak he was. I was amazed that some wisecracking nobody loser ....... in the audience could rattle him.

The next day he lived up to form and crashed.

That is my greatest memory of the weakest minded rider in GP history

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Are you ...? Not saying I'm sexually attracted to you ( I'm not ... so don't have one of them "gadars" is all, and I'm trying to learn how to identify ... folk, so I can be all tolerant and all ) ....... just saying cos you seem to be an abnormally cut up lame arse ..... about self imagined occurrences is all.



Aren't you from Texas too?, like Curve and Mdub?

Kropotkin said:

This weekend at Phillip Island, and the race at Estoril. Peerless.

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Supernatural perhaps ?

When he punched De Puniet in the back.

BarryMachine said:

Are you ...? Not saying I'm sexually attracted to you ( I'm not ... so don't have one of them "gadars" is all, and I'm trying to learn how to identify ... folk, so I can be all tolerant and all ) ....... just saying cos you seem to be an abnormally cut up lame arse ..... about self imagined occurrences is all.



Aren't you from Texas too?, like Curve and Mdub?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHCrOtSzIBg&sns=em

I have many great memories. Johnny, that is a good one, which reminded me of my own personal story. (Btw, Johnny, no worries on BM being ... as he said, he only ..... dogs and monkeys, female ones apparently). Anyway, Rog and I were riding out from the track, we have to stop for traffic (BM would not have liked that part), and behind us is Casey and his wifey. Rog gets off to attempt a hello, and Casey on cue rolls up his window. hahaha.





Other moments:



2006. First memory that he might be somebody, 06 when he secured his first pole (can't remember where atm but I know it was early)



2007. Qatar. I knew then he was somebody.



2008 Laguna Seca. Great battle, saw it live, unbelievable. VR goes on to win it, but the look on Rog's face will forever be etched in my mind.



2009 Mugello. Casey wins on a Ducati in front of the Italian fans. Watching them confused and consternated as to what to do, cheer for Ducati or feel bad that VR didn't win, hilarious.



2010 Qatar. Crashes out, and begins his worst season. Only real high point for me, Aragon 1.3 Ducati with Nicky in tow.



2011 Jerez. Verbally ..... slapping VR with his now infamous comment. Casey goes on to have a near perfect season. I should also note that the realization that Casey has competed in MotoGP version of a CRT for the years of 2007-2010 becomes clear to sane people, making his accomplishments all that more amazing. On a low note, the "Boners" display the same insanity as the "Boppers". Human nature, its a MF.



2011 Laguna Seca. Perhaps my greatest racing memories ever! Watching the race with the greatest assembly of friends, Casey wins, and the greatest after race party of all time ensues. Memories that will be told for thousands of years, children will some day sings songs to these tales.



2012 Le Mans. Fitting for France I suppose, Casey makes the shocking decision to retire. The machinate of the sport goes into hyperdrive.



2012 Phillip Island. Casey puts on perhaps one of the greatest displays of man and machine mastery ever to be caught on HD super slow motion technology. Lapping a second faster than other supposed "aliens" of the sport on equal machinery, while doing it with significant injury no less. Mind-boggling for those who attempt to understand the feat.

a lot of it

Beauty Taming the beast every two weeks or so a true Artist at work

Discussing the Weight of Talent at Jerez

whooping ... on the Honda with consummate ease

The Predator owning the Aliens



and not least sticking 2 fingers up at the WWE Bosses / Press / Journos / and the Boo boys

its been a pleasure



Apprenticeship CV In the UK Too

1. The 250-line he rode through the Andretti hairpin on the first lap in 2007, which subsequently led to an embarrassing tirade from me, after witnessing Hayden and Hopkins dispatched from their home GP.



2. The por fuera move on Lorenzo in Turn 1 at Laguna.



3. The battle with Rossi at Laguna. Rossi had yet to win at Laguna Seca, and his offtrack antics will always be the subject of debate. Casey was riding around him the entire race until he was finally caught out by a brake check in the final corner.



4. The insane highside at Mugello in 2006 from which he emerged unscathed



5. The Jerez crash in 2011. Casey had one hand on the championship from the beginning of the season, but the Jerez incident seemed to jeopardize his ability to launch a title bid.



6. Sublime riding at PI, including 2007 (IIRC) when Ducati were on the pit wall, trying to slow him down.



6. The fire and brimstone condemnation towards any tire company that gave him bad tires (same goes for Rossi, actually).



If Rossi will be remembered for his love of racing and his ability to win every head-to-head competition, Casey will be remembered for being the benchmark of raw performance. If you were an engineering, seeking to discover the absolute maximum performance of your machine, you would hire Casey Stoner.

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2. The por fuera move on Lorenzo in Turn 1 at Laguna.

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Absolutely. One of the bravest passes I've ever seen.

Thanks Mental, a good topic and a timely one.



Most of the contributions here are spot on.

Jumkie' s are as comprehensive as usual. Johnny K and goatlad, could perhaps have put aside ill -feeling for perhaps the duration of this thread.



My main memories are

Qatar 2007, the first win.

Catalunya 2007- the first race-long duel with Rossi and won

2011-redemption

PI 2012?- going out in style.



Still 2007 was the time of revelation, because none of us were quite sure how good he was. His crash-littered 2006 left big doubts, and as 2007 progressed, the doubts were gradually swept aside.

Qatar, the first win was significant, but not conclusive.After around 5 rounds with 3 wins it started to dawn on people that perhaps we were witnessing a phenomenom .Many protested that the Ducati,s speed gave an unfair advantage , but wise analysts noted that Capirossi , a man of known ability, could not use this supposed advantage.

Laguna seca 2011-pass on Jorge on the outside and also a tricky pass on Pedrosa.

Then Catalunyafinally swept all doubts aside. There was no significant speed advantage.Stoner fought tooth and nail with Rossi and won. A new racing god was anointed. (Am I getting carried away?)



As many have noted, we are seeing the last episode of the fastest rider of a generation (Krop), possibly the fastest ever? It is a time to savour and a time to reflect. It has all passed too quickly. A shame that the personality could not continue to deal with the motogp circus, while the "racer" was more than capable of doing the same for another decade. However, there is a glimmer of hope............if motogp has sorted out its transition to new regulations ,if the racing becomes closer, if the field gets bigger, if electronics are wound back to a a basic spec ecu so that the rider makes a bigger difference and if Casey has done all the fishing, boating, camping and horse-riding he can stomach, I think there is a real possibility he will be back in 3 years. You read it here first! haha



Again thanks all for your positive inputs. We ARE seeing the end of an era, an era where the best rider has won (mostly) and where the results have not been doctored by overnight specials etc. (pun intended!).



Special thanks to Jumkie for his tireless esssays over the past few years , helping to educate the boppers and refute the myths about Stoners success. Todays quote about CS winning on a CRT bike in 2007-10 was pure gold! You,re an enigma......part Solomon, part cheap-drunk.





Also thanks to Krop. From 2006 I found his pre-race and post-race "essays" the best reporting of motogp on the internet. Krop was also one of the first to openly state that Stoner was a rider of exceptional talent and a future champion from very early on.

For those that are not familiar with Krops website, I strongly recommend a visit to his site and his archives from 2007.....



Start here......



"Meet the new boss". Very perceptive David



http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/archive/2007/03/10/190772.aspx



Then...http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/archive/2007/06/25/245824.aspx



I loved the last line " the rest of the paddock should be very very afraid"



Catalunya...

http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/archive/2007/06/11/239729.aspx



And my favourite headline...."Demolition Man"



http://blogger.xs4all.nl/daisy/archive/2007/07/24/260423.aspx



"It was as close to perfection as you will ever see on a racetrack. And Casey Stoner is only 21, with a contract for at least another two years with Ducati. These could be very, very long years for the competition. "



Thanks again David. Great colourful coverage of the drama of each race. Somtimes, i had to go back and watch the race again to see the drama you recounted in your words, but which I apparently missed on first viewing.

But didn't he start crashing again this year? Kinda confirming what people said all along. Or are we just supposed to gloss over that?

Casey moments - Catalunya 2007, have to say that because I was there. Him and Vale swapping the lead several times for the last seven or eight laps, if my memory is right, I think they traded the lead seven times on the final lap



Donington 2009, wrong tyre

JohnnyKnockdown said:

Laguna 2006



The saturday before the race all the riders do a slow parade lap while sitting on top of the back seat of a convertible like a pageant whore in a parade.

Casey who was better known as Crashy at the time rolls by me as Im standing by Rainey corner aka Jumkie hill. Everyone is being nice and respectfull with a golf clap and I yell out "try not to crash Casey". He clearly hears me and looks at me with a bewildered look on his face as if he couldnt believe someone could heckle him. It was at this moment I realized how incredibly mentally weak he was. I was amazed that some wisecracking nobody loser ....... in the audience could rattle him.

The next day he lived up to form and crashed.

That is my greatest memory of the weakest minded rider in GP history

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Yep, 23 wins on a ducati which no-one else could ride by the unique method of almost crashing it on every corner then saving it at the last minute definitely speaks of a complete lack of courage.



You do have more insight into yourself than I had previously divined though.