MotoGP Indy ***Spoilers***

[motodog650]

Motodog is on the ground in Indy. Storms moved thru tonight setting up severe clear, chamber of commerce weather for the rest of the weekend. Let's get ready to RUMBLE !!! Check the blog (see sig line) and Twitter for daily updates...

[crashtech]

Awesome!!!....Only thing we can hope for is the track to have more then 1 groove this year.....Hayden going higher then Rossi in points will not be bad either.....Wish I was there to see some family just could not make it happen this year....

[DogBoy]

FP1. Hayden and Spies doing well. Short, tight track sees Stoner out front again.

Attack/Rapp ahead of two reguarl CRT entires the Yates GPTech bike.

[R Doug]

[veefer800canuck]

And they're still 2 seconds off the track record.

I'm gonna say:

Stoner
Lorenzo
Pedrosa

Spies will get a bad start, sink to 9th, charge hard for the first half while his tires are good, and hopefully finish 7th.
Hayden will get a good start, hang at the rear of the aliens and fade in the last 1/3 of the race to finish 6th.
Rossi behind Spies in 8th.

Rapp and Yates will not finish the race.

Edwards will finish 15th out of 17 bikes still circulating.
Mix up the rest Inbetween.

[squeezer]

And they're still 2 seconds off the track record.

I'm gonna say:

Stoner
Lorenzo
Pedrosa

Spies will get a bad start, sink to 9th, charge hard for the first half while his tires are good, and hopefully finish 7th.
Hayden will get a good start, hang at the rear of the aliens and fade in the last 1/3 of the race to finish 6th.
Rossi behind Spies in 8th.

Rapp and Yates will not finish the race.

Edwards will finish 15th out of 17 bikes still circulating.
Mix up the rest Inbetween.

I swear I've seen that race.

[Blunder]

And they're still 2 seconds off the track record.

I'm gonna say:

Stoner
Lorenzo
Pedrosa

Spies will get a bad start, sink to 9th, charge hard for the first half while his tires are good, and hopefully finish 7th.
Hayden will get a good start, hang at the rear of the aliens and fade in the last 1/3 of the race to finish 6th.
Rossi behind Spies in 8th.

Rapp and Yates will not finish the race.

Edwards will finish 15th out of 17 bikes still circulating.
Mix up the rest Inbetween.

I like that. It's pretty good.  

Let's not forget the Yates factor when he's taken down some front runners before in a World Class Event   before.

Edwards gets 11th, either through attrition or inattention.

I'll go out on a limb and say Bradl podiums. He is now cursed to fighting for 8th with Rossi and Hayden.

I don't see Eugene Brown anywhere. Does anyone have a fix on him?

[Tyrroneous]

Stoner, Spies and Hayden all crashed big time in T14 during qualifying and Rossi saved a probable high-side in that same corner.  

[garry]

Stoner, Spies and Hayden all crashed big time in T14 during qualifying and Rossi saved a probable high-side in that same corner.  

Hayden was knocked out briefly. Stoner hurt his ankle. Spies seemed OK (rejoined qualifying) but went to the medical center afterwards. Lots of carnage this weekend...

[DogBoy]

Hayden has broken bones in his hand and will sit out the race. Bummer.

[Blunder]

Hayden has broken bones in his hand and will sit out the race. Bummer.

I hate to hear this.

As a Nicky fan I would like to see some powerful resolve. Poor a salt shaker on the wound and carry on.

We sit and wait for further news.

[squeezer]

First time I've watched qualy this season. That was brutal.

One of the four wheel series -- I think it was CART -- had a rule that if you had a concussion, you were done for the weekend. That doesn't seem unreasonable. I'll be bummed if Nicky can't ride, but it's probably a good idea to sit regardless of the broken hand. He was clearly out cold as he flopped down the track. Truly sucks to miss your home GP, though.

Any new news on Stoner?


Edit: BTW, Blunder, that Bradl podium prediction is starting to look pretty good.

[Tyrroneous]

Any new news on Stoner?

Stoner tore a ligament in his right ankle.  I haven't read any news on if he'll race or not.  I'm guessing he will.

[veefer800canuck]

I hate to hear this.

As a Nicky fan I would like to see some powerful resolve. Poor a salt shaker on the wound and carry on.

We sit and wait for further news.

Sucks.

It's gonna be damn near impossible to ride. Braking from 200 MPH with a broken right hand?

Ouch.

[R Doug]

Stoner tore a ligament in his right ankle.  I haven't read any news on if he'll race or not.  I'm guessing he will.

Euro Sport is saying he'll try to race.  

[veefer800canuck]

And they're still 2 seconds off the track record.

I'm gonna say:

Stoner
Lorenzo
Pedrosa
Spies will get a bad start, sink to 9th, charge hard for the first half while his tires are good, and hopefully finish 7th.
Hayden will get a good start, hang at the rear of the aliens and fade in the last 1/3 of the race to finish 6th.
Rossi behind Spies in 8th.

Rapp and Yates will not finish the race.

Edwards will finish 15th out of 17 bikes still circulating.
Mix up the rest Inbetween.

Well I got that pretty much backwards......  

[Snowdog]

Well I got that pretty much backwards......  

You weren't too far off on Rossi.

[Kneescrubber]

Any news on what happened to Spies' bike? I don't think he would have been able to hang with Pedrosa and I think Lorenzo would have eventually caught him and passed. But I think he was in the running for a podium finish.

[Blunder]

There are times when you just have to bang your head against the wall and look forward to the next race.

[miles]

There are times when you just have to bang your head against the wall and look forward to the next race season.

FTFY