<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jumkie @ Apr 30 2008, 06:22 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Mari, thanks for the great pics and captions. Would like to go to Assen some day.
I just saw the races, we get Race 1 on Sunday, then Race 2 Tuesday (yesterday for me) and Superport race this coming Friday night at mid-night (yeah, no .... our Speed TV coverage sucks ...). So I can't comment on the Supersport race, but I can tell you that I'm watching WSBK with much more enthusuans than MotoGP latley. It really is just better racing period!
Reading you comment, it sounded like you were not too impressed with Superbikes, how much closer do you want them to get, perhaps riding piggy-back might make the racing more exciting for you? Geex, I can't see how closer they could get. ...., they were so close Haga & Xaus got locked up together. I for one was on the edge of my lazyboy seat both races. Yeah, it suck that Haga & Xaus went down, but damn, both those foos are animals and won't give eachother an inch.
Congrats to Bayliss, his one ball has more fearlessness than most with two.
I'll be going to the US WSBK round in Salt Lake City, Utah, I hope its as good a time as you had.
well, I'm always impressed with the riders, thats for sure. the spot where we sat was truly the best place of the assen track, we always go there at least 1 day during the TT too. the speed and the way they ride on that spot is just amazing! they come out of the stekkenwalcorner with 160km p/h, they accelerate and while they do so you can see them working so hard to keep the front down, only to brake a split second later again for another corner. amazing!
1st race, I really enjoyed it, don't get me wrong, it's the 2nd race I wasn't too excited. it may have looked close on tv. but how it was in real life, especially just after seeing and experiencing the supersport 600, it looked like bayliss dominated the 1st spot and haga couldn't possibly make a move on him. only last couple of rounds and the last corner was exciting between haga and bayliss imo. it was more fun to see checa building up his race and fight to get 3rd. another reason is that last years races at assen during the WSBK were fantastic, better than this year. maybe I'm just spoiled with all the good racing
I agree with you that the wsbk/supersport has been a lot better than motogp lately. like I said, I would almost say that going to a WSBK race is better than a motogp race... and I know alot of people agree with me, spoke with lots of people last weekend who told me they only go to the wsbk's, not the motogp, because 1) it has better races and 2) the atmosphere is much better. but I still enjoy the motogp too
you truly need to see the supersport 600 next friday if you have time, you won't regret it!
I'm even more a fan of joshua brookes now too, he's a great rider. and that Rea dude, what was he on! fantastic how he kept on pushing and fighting for the win. Pitt said he was still in shock, 2 hours after the races finished
