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My trip to Indy has lost its luster

povol

povol

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This thing is over,Rossi with a 2 race lead and no one looking like they can run up front with Stoner and Rossi.Rossi can cruise if he chooses to his sixth title.I will still go because i have a ticket and i committed to half expense on a room but the excitement is all but gone.Before yesterday and thru the first few laps,i could see the Indy race being something special,now its just another race.Congrats to Rossi,he put enough pressure on Stoner this year to cause him to break.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Aug 18 2008, 01:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This thing is over,Rossi with a 2 race lead and no one looking like they can run up front with Stoner and Rossi.Rossi can cruise if he chooses to his sixth title.I will still go because i have a ticket and i committed to half expense on a room but the excitement is all but gone.Before yesterday and thru the first few laps,i could see the Indy race being something special,now its just another race.Congrats to Rossi,he put enough pressure on Stoner this year to cause him to break.
anything can happen at indi mate. its new for everyone, my money on hayden or spies there. i would be surprised if rossi or stoner ran away with it there but who knows .
 
povol, its racing, anything can still happen! dont feel bad about rossi having such a big lead in the championship, thats just one tiny part of going to a race. you should feel excited that you get to see the motogp on indy for the first time in a decade. its one, if not the most interesting race Im looking forward too of this season: none of the riders, except hayden with two or three laps, have been there before. its going to be lots of fun to see them ride there, to see who can do well on a track that everyone has to learn in the same amount of time
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Aug 18 2008, 07:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This thing is over,Rossi with a 2 race lead and no one looking like they can run up front with Stoner and Rossi.Rossi can cruise if he chooses to his sixth title.I will still go because i have a ticket and i committed to half expense on a room but the excitement is all but gone.Before yesterday and thru the first few laps,i could see the Indy race being something special,now its just another race.Congrats to Rossi,he put enough pressure on Stoner this year to cause him to break.
quit feelin sorry for yourself... geeez
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oh man i feel bad too

being able to see the best riders in the world

seeing the fastest motorcycles in the world

experiencing one of the best motorsport experiences in the world

oh, and getting to see the legend himself Valentino Rossi.

oh man i wish i wasnt going! oh yea, im not and im jealous.

stop complaining.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Captain Snow @ Aug 18 2008, 03:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>oh man i feel bad too

being able to see the best riders in the world

seeing the fastest motorcycles in the world

experiencing one of the best motorsport experiences in the world

oh, and getting to see the legend himself Valentino Rossi.

oh man i wish i wasnt going! oh yea, im not and im jealous.

stop complaining.

Excellent post!

Pete
 
It will still be cool but like i said,the excitement of a shrinking points lead is gone.I know weirder things have happened but now Rossi can say,I dont have to ride like i did at Laguna and risk throwing away a title.The question now is will he go into Ben Spies Mode and let Stoner go like Spies has Mladin and settle for solid finishes.If so,it will be a boring last 1\3 of the season.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Aug 18 2008, 10:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>boring
this word does not apply to gps. the racing may not be as exciting as it was in laguna or other greats in the past but it is never ^^^. quit bein so negative your like an anchor dragin the bottom
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we're probably gonna get some big suprises out of the races that are left!
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Aug 18 2008, 06:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This thing is over,Rossi with a 2 race lead and no one looking like they can run up front with Stoner and Rossi.Rossi can cruise if he chooses to his sixth title.I will still go because i have a ticket and i committed to half expense on a room but the excitement is all but gone.Before yesterday and thru the first few laps,i could see the Indy race being something special,now its just another race.Congrats to Rossi,he put enough pressure on Stoner this year to cause him to break.

In 2006 Hayden had a 51 point lead over Rossi with 6 races left. in just 5 races Rossi made up 59 points and went ahead by 8 points. I don't think we will see the comedy of errors that allowed that to happen happen again this year but it just points out that at this level everything is unpredictable. One DNF for Rossi and a 1-2 finish by Stoner and Rossi in the other 5 races and Stoner wins.

Do I think this will happen? No, but until they hand the trophy to someone I will still be watching.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (frosty58 @ Aug 18 2008, 03:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>quit feelin sorry for yourself... geeez
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hard to sympathize with a bloke that not only has tickets to indi but also has a room.
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wonder if you get hookers with the room
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (roger-m @ Aug 18 2008, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>hard to sympathize with a bloke that not only has tickets to indi but also has a room.
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wonder if you get hookers with the room
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well if mine does i won't be able to make use of the service. the wife will be covering that aspect for me
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Aug 18 2008, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This thing is over,Rossi with a 2 race lead and no one looking like they can run up front with Stoner and Rossi.Rossi can cruise if he chooses to his sixth title.I will still go because i have a ticket and i committed to half expense on a room but the excitement is all but gone.Before yesterday and thru the first few laps,i could see the Indy race being something special,now its just another race.Congrats to Rossi,he put enough pressure on Stoner this year to cause him to break.
Dude there are still some races left and Vale could have a crash at any of them or all of them. Although it isn't likley anything can happen so don't be so sure that it is over. Plus when I put the Voodoo out there on ROssi even though I really do like the guy he will have some problems to deal with in the next few races so have some faith that it will still be a good close season. I know I do. MOUHHAHAH MOUHHAHAHA MOUHHHAHAHAH!!!!
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Aug 18 2008, 08:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Dude there are still some races left and Vale could have a crash at any of them or all of them. Although it isn't likley anything can happen so don't be so sure that it is over. Plus when I put the Voodoo out there on ROssi even though I really do like the guy he will have some problems to deal with in the next few races so have some faith that it will still be a good close season. I know I do. MOUHHAHAH MOUHHAHAHA MOUHHHAHAHAH!!!!

Dude, use your powers to get Nicky the hell out of Honda and over to your Ducati team please. The season is already over for me as a Hayden fan.

Povol, you should meet up with Jumkie there. Then at least you know you will have a good time. Knowing Jumkie you will be having a sit down dinner with Rossi or something
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (SackWack @ Aug 18 2008, 04:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Dude, use your powers to get Nicky the hell out of Honda and over to your Ducati team please. The season is already over for me as a Hayden fan.

Povol, you should meet up with Jumkie there. Then at least you know you will have a good time. Knowing Jumkie you will have be having a sit down dinner with Rossi or something
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Believe me that it what I have been hoping for to. I think he will do well on the bike and have a team that is intrested in seeing him do well and not just be a filler rider. I think he will also have a renewed sence of intrest in gettting to the front cause of the fact his new team will be trying to get him up top. Don't forget Ducati's largest market is the United States and sold a shitload of bikes here. This is only going to help them get the word out a bit more ESPECIALLY if he is winning!
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ Aug 18 2008, 04:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This thing is over,Rossi with a 2 race lead and no one looking like they can run up front with Stoner and Rossi.Rossi can cruise if he chooses to his sixth title.I will still go because i have a ticket and i committed to half expense on a room but the excitement is all but gone.Before yesterday and thru the first few laps,i could see the Indy race being something special,now its just another race.Congrats to Rossi,he put enough pressure on Stoner this year to cause him to break.

The only mistake you made was to have any hope in the first place.
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This is the 800cc era. Now you understand the decay of the sport?

Does anyone really believe the sport could have fallen apart this badly with just a 200cc change in engine displacement?

I don't
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Even if Rossi had already won it, I wouldn't be complaining if I had tickets to watch any motogp race.
 
I'm off to Valencia at the end of the year and before Sachenring I was so damn excited about going as it was looking like a three horse race. Now Rossi has won it and he's definatly not going to throw 50 points away.

Boring old MotoGP.
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ROCKGOD01 @ Aug 18 2008, 06:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Plus when I put the Voodoo out there on ROssi even though I really do like the guy he will have some problems to deal with in the next few races so have some faith that it will still be a good close season. I know I do. MOUHHAHAH MOUHHAHAHA MOUHHHAHAHAH!!!!

Be very careful about what you are doing. Someone else here tried his voodoo .... on Rossi this weekend, remember:
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE <div class='quotemain'>(Pinky @ Aug 17 2008, 01:43 AM)
rossi to dump it and casey to be level on the championship

You really don't want Stoner to dump it again, do you?
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Helix @ Aug 18 2008, 01:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Even if Rossi had already won it, I wouldn't be complaining if I had tickets to watch any motogp race.
+1^^^ the absolute truth!
 
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Haga @ Aug 18 2008, 07:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>I'm off to Valencia at the end of the year and before Sachenring I was so damn excited about going as it was looking like a three horse race. Now Rossi has won it and he's definatly not going to throw 50 points away.

Boring old MotoGP.
then sell your tickets ! what tickets do you have and how much ?
 

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