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6/6/2022 3:12pm
First off, congrats to Mosiman for the awesome ride in Moto 1. That was great to see and it sent notice that this won't be just the Jett show all year. I hope.
Second, and I'm only going from the short clip shown in the highlights as I was not able to watch the whole show, what the heck were those mechanics doing after his crash?
Looks like there were two guys just sort of milling around while Michael himself tried to straighten the controls on the flight deck as his points and shot for a great overall fall away second by second. Then the one mechanic half-heartedly bumps the brake lever to try and rotate it back to position and when it doesn't move, gives up and offers Michael a bottle of water? What? There must be more to that story.
Second, and I'm only going from the short clip shown in the highlights as I was not able to watch the whole show, what the heck were those mechanics doing after his crash?
Looks like there were two guys just sort of milling around while Michael himself tried to straighten the controls on the flight deck as his points and shot for a great overall fall away second by second. Then the one mechanic half-heartedly bumps the brake lever to try and rotate it back to position and when it doesn't move, gives up and offers Michael a bottle of water? What? There must be more to that story.
The Shop
I like MM but he is very similar to RJ.
The last chance was not well either, crashed out bad . . . did not make the National.
The next week at High Point Danny went 1-3 for second
I think the tracks / stuff they do no are not even easy on a taco'd bike, way to easy to kill your whole season.
Pit Row
Pretty clear you’ve never even sniffed racing at any level beyond Chicken Licks D Class if you think someone with the skills and toughness to win an outdoor moto is “weak”.
Ain’t one fucking dude on that gate that is “weak”.
Easy to be a tough guy behind the keyboard of your Moms computer I suppose.
I know people look at the picture of Magoo riding with the left side straight down and think Mike should have kept racing. But ask yourself this, was the track in the same condition? The pic of Magoo was from the 80’s and the track was probably a blue grooved hard pack turd. And I saw this with no disrespect but everyone knew that Magoo was a special type of animal on a motorcycle.
Any body see the UK rider crash coming down the hill, that happened on a straight bike. I guess people would rather see these guys put their life on the line riding a mangled bike on a destroyed rutted out track to potentially salvage 1 point by getting a 20th place finish? Sounds good but let’s be sensible.
Mike showed plenty of heart last week when he rag dolled the shit out of himself in timed qualifying last week and still raced. Ran into someone in the second turn in the first Moto and came from dead last to ninth I think. Kid has talent, speed, fitness and a lot of will to succeed.
That section was WAY easier than last years whoops. But the section after the Fly jump was super gnarly. I've never seen the track go on the back side of the pond there. The rollers were really deep and everyone was taking a pounding going thru them. The big jump into them was crazy, and then the face up to the Oak Tree hill turn was 30' tall and damn near straight up. In quals a guy sent it too far right and went through the fence and took out a spectator in a bad crash. Said spectator was down hard with facial/head wounds and left in a meat wagon. The Dirt Diggers did some quick skidsteer work to build a bigger outside berm, and added a few hay bales too. Some of my buddies did amateur day and said that was the hardest part of the track.
What bizarre weather too: 70F at 11AM, and sprinkles at Noon! Dirt was excellent and the track stayed moist all day. The downhill before the power line rollers was brutal by the end of the day.
Hammer 663s
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