WSBK/WSS - Assen - Practice, Quali, Race

Wow, incredible day of racing for the fan! 125, 250 were not bad. MotoGP was downright exciting for once. Then WSBK and WSS had some excellent racing!

WSBK - Race 1 :
Wow, what a race, I will have to hand it to Spies, he really wanted that win. I have to admit, he looked like Haga out there (the old Haga that is), willing to hang it out there and push for the win. First the pass on Haslam, which I though would end in tears, but both guys remained calm, I can't believe Spies held it thru. Then of course the pass on Haga, wow, one of the most exciting finishes in a long time. Haga of course more then happy to see him pick up 20 pts for 2nd, and I was thrilled to see Haslam do good once again. What in the hell is wrong with Ten Kate, the new Honda boys of Stiggy are killing them.

WSBK - Race 2:
Unfortunately they didn't have the camera on turn 1 (strange as they did nearly all the rest of the time) when Spies went down, not sure what he did, tuck the front? At any rate, sad indeed, as we missed out on what could have been a repeat of race 1. Spies will need to get sorted this sudden crash issue as the points loss is massive. Still he is doing above expected for a rookie. Haga looked solid as can be, the Ducati and he are more of an amazing match then I had expected. Fabrizio is fast as hell, but he always looks on edge and slightly out of control. I secretly was happy to see him mess up and let the very deserving Smrz pick up a podium, great to see him on the rostrum finally. Loved Smrz post race comment basically saying, .... you all, see I can race fast too. Haslam, again this guy is impressive. No one expected him to be top Brit, keep up the great work.


WSS -
Wow, what a race, I would say a very close 2nd to as exciting as the WSS race was last year at Assen. I hate to admit it but Crutchlow messed up a few times, his inside pass on Foret somehow disrupted Pitt (not sure how), and screwed up what could have been a 6 way finish. Nevertheless, great final dive by Laverty, Lascorz was not protecting his line in the final turn and Eugene slipped right in there. Exciting race the whole time. Assen is high on my list of European tracks I would love to see.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Apr 25 2009, 09:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Did anyone notice Troy Corser sat behind a desk in his immaculate German garage. He was poring over sheets of data like some junior accounting clerk at Ernst & Young. I'm amazed he didn't have an in and out tray

Typical tuetonic efficiency. Is this what bike racing coming to?

Hahaha, too funny Arrab, your observations crack me up. I was thinking the same thing, they could probably do open heart surgery in that BMW garage. Zee Germans, gotta love em, clean and efficient.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Crazyc @ Apr 27 2009, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Ben touched the grass and lost it and highsided....sucks could have been another exciting race. WSS was fantastic!
I was wondering exactly what had happened. His bike went tumbling massively over and over and ended up going over the fence. That's strange he would hit the grass there as its at the end of the start straight, I believe it was turn 1? At any rate, bad mistake, hopefully he can get over this and keep his confidence high.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (V5Stroker @ Apr 27 2009, 05:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>Ben needs to be in controll. It's better to collect some points than bin to the grass..if like this Haga will win the championship even before the penultimate round !!!
For the sake of great racing we all hope Spies can keep it together. Haga has been very "un-haga" this year, staying smooth and calm. I think he may have visited some hidden Shinto shrine, where the master taught him the ways of winning. Or maybe the Xerox Ducati and Haga are just a great match. So far he looks unbreakable.

I loved the parc ferme shots of Haga after race 2, Tardozzi was talking to him about how he was asking him to slow down at the end part of the race when he had a considerable lead. Haga just shook his head, no, no, no.