How's this for frustrating: I live about 60 miles north of Laguna Seca Raceway, have a sister about 40 miles south of it, and just drove past after visiting her, but I won't be able to make it for the MotoGP. aarrrrgh! :cry:
I don't know if it's available on tape/DVD, but back when Eddie Lawson was racing Superbike/AMA, (about '80-'82), they put a camera on his KZ1000 Kawazaki and filmed a lap at race pace on the original track layout. They wired him with a mike, and he gave a description of what was happening during the lap. It's been twenty years since I've seen it, but it still stand out in my mind. BTW, his bike was dyno'd at 149 HP at the wheel, and was considered to be the most powerful racebike for some years afterwards, since the Superbike class was changed to 750cc. This was more power than the 500cc two stroke GP bikes made for some years then.
The funny thing I observed at the 'Corkscrew': Saturday after practice, they held the Lightweight Twins race. I watched a Ducati (Cagiva?) come over the crest and the rider fall off.
:lol:
The bike continued down the steep hill and hit the haybales along the edge of the track. The bike never fell over, and after the race the rider fired it up and rode back to the pits. I stood there thinking, " note to self, do not fall off tomorow, or at least make sure the bike hits the ground before you do!" (BOTT/AMA circa '84-'86)
I don't know if it's available on tape/DVD, but back when Eddie Lawson was racing Superbike/AMA, (about '80-'82), they put a camera on his KZ1000 Kawazaki and filmed a lap at race pace on the original track layout. They wired him with a mike, and he gave a description of what was happening during the lap. It's been twenty years since I've seen it, but it still stand out in my mind. BTW, his bike was dyno'd at 149 HP at the wheel, and was considered to be the most powerful racebike for some years afterwards, since the Superbike class was changed to 750cc. This was more power than the 500cc two stroke GP bikes made for some years then.
The funny thing I observed at the 'Corkscrew': Saturday after practice, they held the Lightweight Twins race. I watched a Ducati (Cagiva?) come over the crest and the rider fall off.
:lol:The bike continued down the steep hill and hit the haybales along the edge of the track. The bike never fell over, and after the race the rider fired it up and rode back to the pits. I stood there thinking, " note to self, do not fall off tomorow, or at least make sure the bike hits the ground before you do!" (BOTT/AMA circa '84-'86)
