What Really Happened at A1

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Billy Jack
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1/10/2011 7:11pm
Excellent read, Nerd!
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1/10/2011 7:30pm
I'm just a few paragraphs in and super excited with what i have read so far. i'm a graduate psychology student, so the whole mental mind game of the sport fascinates the hell out of me. i'm sure i'll reply once i'm done reading, but so far, kudos for touching on the subject!
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1/10/2011 7:38pm
Good read, nerd. However, I feel like the track may have had a huge impact on the results at A1 and the progress through the pack.
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1/10/2011 7:40pm
Great piece!

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1/10/2011 7:44pm
good one Steve
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1/10/2011 7:49pm
Who really wrote that? This guy is admitting to being wrong.
He also says he's the same age as KW. Isn't Nerd my age?48.
And I can't say that I even KNOW of anyone who says,let alone believes that "You are only as good as your last race".
Also,James being the "Fastest at A1". While true.........seriously. How MUCH faster than than two other guys? A non issue when it's that small of a figure.
So,who wrote this article? Really.








Cool Just playing,really. Good read.
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1/10/2011 7:55pm
I encourage your new writing style.
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1/10/2011 8:04pm
Very good read and I couldn't agree more.
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1/10/2011 10:26pm
Good stuff! Will be ready to read it next week...
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1/10/2011 10:58pm
Nice read, Steve.
1/10/2011 11:12pm
Steve, I thought you just took pretty pictures. Clearly, you can write pretty words too.

Well done. I'll be a regular reader.
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1/10/2011 11:21pm
I'm just a few paragraphs in and super excited with what i have read so far. i'm a graduate psychology student, so the whole mental mind...
I'm just a few paragraphs in and super excited with what i have read so far. i'm a graduate psychology student, so the whole mental mind game of the sport fascinates the hell out of me. i'm sure i'll reply once i'm done reading, but so far, kudos for touching on the subject!
Whats a Grad psyche student doing hanging around this place, it lowers your IQ considerably Tongue ...Actually I am one too, Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.
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1/10/2011 11:28pm
Nice read A-hole. Cool
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1/10/2011 11:34pm
Brilliant.
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1/11/2011 3:30am
very interesting.......looking foward to next weekends thoughts.
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1/11/2011 4:53am
Good article.
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Friday wrote:
Who really wrote that? This guy is admitting to being wrong. He also says he's the same age as KW. Isn't Nerd my age?48. And I...
Who really wrote that? This guy is admitting to being wrong.
He also says he's the same age as KW. Isn't Nerd my age?48.
And I can't say that I even KNOW of anyone who says,let alone believes that "You are only as good as your last race".
Also,James being the "Fastest at A1". While true.........seriously. How MUCH faster than than two other guys? A non issue when it's that small of a figure.
So,who wrote this article? Really.








Cool Just playing,really. Good read.
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart.

BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing Canard. Pretty significant difference in anyone's mind.
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1/11/2011 7:51am
Oh and very good read by the way.

My only comment is, how long do you think that patience will last if he still isn't winning after next weekend? Or if by the half way point he doesn't have a comfortable points lead, will he still be patient coming through the pack or trying to make a pass?
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1/11/2011 7:55am
I've been 6/10 of a lap faster than the guy way out in front of me after getting a bad start and he was just cruising. Next moto I started right behind him and he went faster.Wink
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1/11/2011 8:02am
Good stuff as always Steve.

Reading this part of Nerd's story;

"I'm speaking as a guy who has had my share of differences with Stewart. He is the most difficult racer in the pits to work with as a journalist and photographer, and his entourage many times creates a nearly impervious force field if I or many other journalists want to talk to him"

It made me think about that Jimmy Lewis piece the other day and wonder.
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1/11/2011 8:20am
Great analysis. The new and improved JS was the biggest story from A1.
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1/11/2011 8:21am
Good piece.

However, the competition at A1 is always deep and usually produces an unexpected result. Carmichael himself never won the thing. It's more of an outlier than any other.

Though I hope otherwise, I'm sure it will be business as usual later in the season...if we're lucky we'll still have two guys battling.
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1/11/2011 8:32am
Good read. Thanks
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1/11/2011 8:39am
Friday wrote:
I've been 6/10 of a lap faster than the guy way out in front of me after getting a bad start and he was just cruising...
I've been 6/10 of a lap faster than the guy way out in front of me after getting a bad start and he was just cruising. Next moto I started right behind him and he went faster.Wink
Yep!
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TriRacer27 wrote:
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart. BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing...
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart.

BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing Canard. Pretty significant difference in anyone's mind.
So, you are saying that he was half a second faster for five consecutive laps? How about the other 15 laps?
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TriRacer27 wrote:
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart. BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing...
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart.

BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing Canard. Pretty significant difference in anyone's mind.
TerryB wrote:
So, you are saying that he was half a second faster for five consecutive laps? How about the other 15 laps?
He was stuck behind people the other 15 laps...
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1/11/2011 9:37am
Nice job, take it further along the same lines and you will have something. Enjoyed it after all the fluff on Racer X. What happened to those guys anyway? Soul of the sport????? DC and the Weege have been on fluff patrol for way too long. This is the type of info in sports entertainment I like. Again thanks for writing that.
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1/11/2011 9:43am
TriRacer27 wrote:
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart. BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing...
Maybe it's a new, more grown up Nerd learning from Stewart.

BTW, Stewart was 6/10th of a sec faster every lap for 5 laps after passing Canard. Pretty significant difference in anyone's mind.
TerryB wrote:
So, you are saying that he was half a second faster for five consecutive laps? How about the other 15 laps?
Nerd wrote:
He was stuck behind people the other 15 laps...
Some people are reading too much in to those 5 laps. See Friday's post above.^^^^

That being said, JS riding was impressive. It usually is. He's got something for the competition, and despite those 5 laps, they've got something for him too. Gonna be an exciting season, don't you agree?
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1/11/2011 9:47am
Someone please cut and paste it, that site is blocked here at work.
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1/11/2011 9:54am Edited Date/Time 1/11/2011 10:18am
alphado wrote:
Someone please cut and paste it, that site is blocked here at work.
Sorry Alph.....just saw Steve's post.

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