LAGUNA SECA 2010: PS Report

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What I would do for one of those!

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can i get a nice american hamburger with cheese heres the pic of the pass

fiat_hospitality said:

can i get a nice american hamburger with cheese

heres the pic of the pass

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I wil wear my gorge Lorenzo Underware and Nothing else for all 3 days! i will give Uccio a Back rub!!!! Just tell me what to do!!!!

Just so you Know I also Ride Yamaha!!!!

Some more random race pics......



Marco and Edwards were like this all the way around the corner, the perspective we had was very cool.

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More knee-puck destruction. (This series allows you to look at the subtleties of each riders body mechanics at near full lean. Nicky's and Espargo's spinal center-line seem aligned away from the bikes center-line compared to Stoner and Jorge's more aggressive comitment. Rossi seems somewhere in the middle?)



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Victory Fist Pump! (Or if FOX News covered the race, perhaps a Terrorist Fist Pump? I'm joking Povol, be cool, be cool. I don't watch any news channels anymore.)



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Gator, amazing. Awesome angle & detail.



Fiat Hosp, stop teasing, im about to explode. All i can offer u is a ....... from CK or a premium bottle of fine Mexican tequila (maybe both, haha).



Chops, i had forgot how loud ur Rossi shirt was, geez!

So where is the "Dani...Te Amo" story?!









Waaay awesome thread, guys. If I don't frickin' love F1 so much I'd pool all my money and screw my F1 plans next year to join you.

fiat_hospitality said:

can i get a nice american hamburger with cheese

heres the pic of the pass

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I will pick you up from the airport burger in hand, would you like fries with that?

geewhiz14 said:

So where is the "Dani...Te Amo" story?!

Waaay awesome thread, guys. If I don't frickin' love F1 so much I'd pool all my money and screw my F1 plans next year to join you.

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+1 bring on Dani..... my love!



Wait that doesn't sound right in english.

Epic tales,just fantastic.Gator Duc,thank you for finally capturing the gradient on the corkscrew ia all its glory,brilliant pic.

Chants impatiently .....





"TE AMO!"

GatorDuc said:

Thanks Marij! I didn't know that, which shows what a miserable Noob I am to the sport, having only watched for 3 years now. Now I'm sad for little Guido.

Here Pov, a little closer, but slightly out of focus.......

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bulldogs are the best dogs in the world (Bruno Tini and issabelle kick ... too) I believe Vale now has a new bulldog and Guido died of old age from what i heard



This is my Bulldog "Maximus"



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Here a few more Pics



Arrabi wanted this as a souvenir

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Powerslide Happy hour

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Arrabi and his country mate (The Best Commentator hands down)

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Cutest Couple at Laguna (Burritto Boy and Chris Fly High)

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Ill go through some more pics when I have more time! Im still busting my ... at work Monday through friday then Partying with Jumkie on the weekend

The California Kid said:

bulldogs are the best dogs in the world (Bruno Tini and issabelle kick ... too) I believe Vale now has a new bulldog and Guido died of old age from what i heard



This is my Bulldog "Maximus"



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very nice dog!

fiat_hospitality said:

very nice dog!

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Thanks FH! They're not as easy to take care of as normal dogs, but they are sure worth the troubles!

I see Arrabi is donning a Hayden jersey. Very Nice. When in Rome...........

Nice pic with Nick Harris (am I right?) That guys top notch. Good find although nothing beats the CK EZ pic at Indy for non rider moto celebrities.



Anyone know who got the 2up with mamola?

The California Kid said:

bulldogs are the best dogs in the world (Bruno Tini and issabelle kick ... too) I believe Vale now has a new bulldog and Guido died of old age from what i heard



This is my Bulldog "Maximus"

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fan of gladiator ck?

JohnnyKnockdown said:

I see Arrabi is donning a Hayden jersey. Very Nice. When in Rome...........

Nice pic with Nick Harris (am I right?) That guys top notch. Good find although nothing beats the CK EZ pic at Indy for non rider moto celebrities.



Anyone know who got the 2up with mamola?

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yes u are.

wooohooo!!

fiat_hospitality said:

very nice dog!

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Well, since we are all putting up pics of our beloved dogs, here are mine. I just took them to the beach. They were playing in the water, that’s why they look scruffy, but their coat is beautiful when dry. You are looking at Ricky & Lucy, Australian Shepherds.



And I suppose it’s fitting, because this thread is about the joy of life, and dog lovers know that they give us so much happiness and joy. Its no wonder why Valentino had his dog riding with him all those years. Truly an endearing gesture by the Doc!



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Ok, so on to another story (sorry for the delay)





Dani…Te Amo!!! (If you don’t know what that means, the translation is: “Dani…I love you!!!)



So as you can imagine, the gang is walking around finding great vantage points along the track to see the riders pass by. We had walked all along the back side starting from turn 5 (near our campsite) toward the back uphill that leads to the famous Cork Screw (perhaps the most famous piece of tack in the world made more famous by a one Valentino Rossi). We take a few group pictures up there (Gator has posted) and then we start walking down toward Rainey Curve and turns 9 & 10. At the bottom is a giant Repsol hospitality tent. CaliKid and I have a mutual friend who works at this hospitality. She is a darling of a friend and anybody who meets Stacy falls immediately in love with her. So CaliKid sees Stacy and asks her to let us into the VIP area. Now keep in mind its not like two or three people, its like 10 deep. But she lets us all in much to her coworkers visible chagrin. So we are kicking back taking advantage of the free beer, etc. Then we hear there is gonna be a Dani Pedrosa autograph signing and Q&A session. Coool!



Disclaimer: Most of you may know, but for the new members, let me get you up to speed, I have NOT always been much of a Dani Pedro fan, so this was an attempt to have a little fun with the guy. Its all light hearted, but you will find that at the end of this story, the joke was on me...



So we take our positions, and literally we are front and center from the stage, I take my seat at the front of the table so I’m closest to the stage. Our friend starts giving out Repsol orange hats. My buddy Cris gives me a great idea, so I take a sharpy marker and write “Dani…Te Amo!!!” on the front and put on the hat. A few minutes later comes in Mr. Pedrosa. (By the way, I was so buzzed that I had originally miss spelled Dani’s name but thanks to Gator, he corrected me). I sit there through the entire Q&A about 5-10 feet from him wearing this orange hat with big black letter saying in Spanish “Dani…I LOVE YOU!!!. The entire time I have a glee in my eye like, I really am your biggest fan! The Q & A ends, and it even gets better. They start giving us these little Repsol motorcycle replicas in a box and we start to line up to get a autograph from Dani. Coool!



I promptly get in line wielding my “Dani…Te Amo!!!” hat, (honestly, I saw some stares from people like, ‘WTF, is this guy for real’.) but this is MotoGP, and God knows riders are like rockstars, so all seems normal. I get up the line, I hand Pedro my motorcycle, he signs it, then I say, “Dani…Te Amo, porfavor, te tomas una foto con migo?” (Dani…I love you, please, will you take a picture with me?) I can’t remember if he said yes or no or if he muttered a word, I was kinda a bit buzzed anyway, snap snap, Gator takes the pic. So I walk away, and in a moment I realize, ...., I didn’t ask him to sign my hat! So I cut back in line, I tell this girl in line, “I’m sorry, I was just in line and forgot to get my hat signed, will you let me in?” So, there I am, again in line, and I hand Dani my hat. Again in Spanish I tell him, “Dani…Te Amo mucho!” (mucho is ‘a lot’) and ask him to sign my hat. Snap snap, Gator our official photographer again gets the shot. Dani seems genuinely pleased, as you can see from his bright smile. And just like that… I became ‘somewhat’ of a fan. <Yes you read that right. Thanks to Calikid and Arrabbi, who were genuinely giddy and enamored with Dani, and talking with them combined with Dani’s willingness to take a picture with a full grown man wearing a ridiculous orange hat that had emblazoned “DANI…TE AMO!!! on it, goes a long way in my book. (By the way if you look closely at the picture, you will see the dots are actually hearts, haha). Because the man did that, I have become ‘somewhat’ of a fan! (Oh and speaking of detail in the picture, it was harder than you might think as this tent is a bright orange and the other photographers were complaining about how impossible the white balance and other camera speak is near impossible. But we have our secret weapon…GatorDuc! )





If you look closely, you will see Dani actually laughing a bit as he is singing my hat (or is it my imagination?) The girl in the far background with a white shirt hunch over picking something up is Stacy. Oh, and check out the girl in line behind me, she is like WTF. The lady with here arms crossed is Dani's official press officer...do you think she will write a story about how she met Dani's biggest fan?

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Just look at Dani's bright smile! (Click on the pic so you ca see the hearts as dots for the !!!)

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The next story is related to this one…stand by.

The California Kid said:

bulldogs are the best dogs in the world (Bruno Tini and issabelle kick ... too) I believe Vale now has a new bulldog and Guido died of old age from what i heard



This is my Bulldog "Maximus"



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My beloved guardian and partner in crime... This is my dog pepper... to commemorate our four legged friends.

Jumkie said:

So I will leave you with these two pics. I think you will enjoy the story behind them. Can you guess what is going on here? (Gator, email me the appropriate pics). Story to come.



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OkI get the Dani Te Amo thing, but whats the story here then? I thought it must have been linked with Dani Te Amo since its the same hat.?