Sunday, July 5, 2009
AMA: Laguna Seca Day 3 Race Results and Twitter Report
No doubleheader in AMA racing this weekend but there was more than enough drama to make up for it. Not even the Twitter updates do it justice.
@automotophoto up and ready for today...morning!
@23race http://twitpic.com/9efhb Early Twitter sneak peek at the Raceday 4th of July LeoVince laser-etched cannister
@jp43 have fun to all of you at laguna. watching moto gp warm up live right now in hotel room
@johnnyrockpage Good morning "Everyone"...It's race day...something is not right http://yfrog.com/17f49lj
@23race Superbike Warmup Top 10 #LagunaSeca- YATES, Mladin, Hodgson, Holden, Hayes, Bostrom, Hayden, MAY, Pegram, Young - 1.1 seconds cover Top 10!
@23race Big wreck in Corkscrew in Daytona Sportbike race. Redflag. Big delay. Riders ok. So we will be starting late.
@23race This DSB race is wild!
@23race Carnage at start. Bikes down in 1. Guys off track elsewhere. Red flag on lap 1. Restarting.
@OnTheThrottleTV The Charlie Foxtrot of the new century has happened in the SBK race. The pace car was virtually parked over the blind crest of turn one!
@johnnyrockpage Minutes before race, time to put my serious "A" game face on... http://yfrog.com/10rkrzj
@chazdavies Well, that was fun! Got P2. Should have put some bark busters on... Some serious argy bargy! Congrats 2 @BenBostrom.
@chazdavies Here's proof of a hard fought battle. That there be rubber....somebody else's! http://twitpic.com/9g9vv
@23race Final. Mladin. Young. Yates. May in P9
@johnnyrockpage Wow...so incredibly fun!! Went faster each lap than I did in qualifying! Thanks everyone 4 coming out :)
@MsXXFAST I'm exhausted. My phone was dead all day and couldnt update. It was a hard 2 races
@johnnyrockpage HuGe thnks 2 all fans 4 ur suprt, U totally RoCk & make it fun 2 B a part of, I wuv u wih all my heart :) http://yfrog.com/0xgb3fj
@Tommy24racing One short of the box again. Next time :)
@automotophoto is now going to take his boots off..maybe cut them off, my feet are so done...thanks to all who took the time to say hello..
@johnnyrockpage Hanging out w/ Rossi, gave him DVD of my show he was excited, hanging w/ Malandri, Toslelamd, yates :) http://yfrog.com/0eo6xj
@ChipSpalding Sitting here on an airplane smiling about our first podium of the year. Thanks rocky and Chaz!!
@MatMladin The TV never shows truly what happened out there yesterday with the CRASH CAR hiding over the hill on the front straight. I will say it
@MatMladin again, this is not Nascar, the CARSH CAR cannot work until many changes are made. Unfortunately DMG wont listen to the people that are out
@MatMladin there, (the racers), so in all probability it won't get fixed. These people have absolutely no clue. Glad the season is almost over.
@BenBostrom Big crash in sbk. Had a good bike to fight for the win, no go due to bruised lung & loss of left arm. ;( http://yfrog.com/15ir1qj
@BenBostrom The trusty R6 & Graves crew never let's me down. Thanks guys!!!
@OnTheThrottleTV @MatMladin after the pace car debacle at Laguna Seca http://www.onthethrottle.co...
@jp43 Sounds like AMA/DMG screwed up another weekend. Glad nobody got hurt with lame CAR on track. how many more times can we get lucky?
@automotophoto up and ready for today...morning!@23race http://twitpic.com/9efhb Early Twitter sneak peek at the Raceday 4th of July LeoVince laser-etched cannister
@jp43 have fun to all of you at laguna. watching moto gp warm up live right now in hotel room
@johnnyrockpage Good morning "Everyone"...It's race day...something is not right http://yfrog.com/17f49lj
@23race Superbike Warmup Top 10 #LagunaSeca- YATES, Mladin, Hodgson, Holden, Hayes, Bostrom, Hayden, MAY, Pegram, Young - 1.1 seconds cover Top 10!
@23race Big wreck in Corkscrew in Daytona Sportbike race. Redflag. Big delay. Riders ok. So we will be starting late.
@23race This DSB race is wild!
@23race Carnage at start. Bikes down in 1. Guys off track elsewhere. Red flag on lap 1. Restarting.
@OnTheThrottleTV The Charlie Foxtrot of the new century has happened in the SBK race. The pace car was virtually parked over the blind crest of turn one!
@johnnyrockpage Minutes before race, time to put my serious "A" game face on... http://yfrog.com/10rkrzj
@chazdavies Well, that was fun! Got P2. Should have put some bark busters on... Some serious argy bargy! Congrats 2 @BenBostrom.
@chazdavies Here's proof of a hard fought battle. That there be rubber....somebody else's! http://twitpic.com/9g9vv
@23race Final. Mladin. Young. Yates. May in P9
@johnnyrockpage Wow...so incredibly fun!! Went faster each lap than I did in qualifying! Thanks everyone 4 coming out :)
@MsXXFAST I'm exhausted. My phone was dead all day and couldnt update. It was a hard 2 races
@johnnyrockpage HuGe thnks 2 all fans 4 ur suprt, U totally RoCk & make it fun 2 B a part of, I wuv u wih all my heart :) http://yfrog.com/0xgb3fj
@Tommy24racing One short of the box again. Next time :)
@automotophoto is now going to take his boots off..maybe cut them off, my feet are so done...thanks to all who took the time to say hello..
@johnnyrockpage Hanging out w/ Rossi, gave him DVD of my show he was excited, hanging w/ Malandri, Toslelamd, yates :) http://yfrog.com/0eo6xj
@ChipSpalding Sitting here on an airplane smiling about our first podium of the year. Thanks rocky and Chaz!!
@MatMladin The TV never shows truly what happened out there yesterday with the CRASH CAR hiding over the hill on the front straight. I will say it
@MatMladin again, this is not Nascar, the CARSH CAR cannot work until many changes are made. Unfortunately DMG wont listen to the people that are out
@MatMladin there, (the racers), so in all probability it won't get fixed. These people have absolutely no clue. Glad the season is almost over.
@BenBostrom Big crash in sbk. Had a good bike to fight for the win, no go due to bruised lung & loss of left arm. ;( http://yfrog.com/15ir1qj
@BenBostrom The trusty R6 & Graves crew never let's me down. Thanks guys!!!
@OnTheThrottleTV @MatMladin after the pace car debacle at Laguna Seca http://www.onthethrottle.co...
@jp43 Sounds like AMA/DMG screwed up another weekend. Glad nobody got hurt with lame CAR on track. how many more times can we get lucky?
Daytona Sportbike
Points leader Martin Cardenas was first to go, crashing out of the lead early in the race. Not too long afterwards a 3-rider pile up at the corkscrew red flagged the race, resulting in a lengthy break in track activity. Other mishaps included Roger Hayden ducking out early with a mystery problem, Josh Hayes taking a trip into the gravel, and a podium-paced Jake Zemke hit with an engine failure. Ben Bostrom would eventually emerge victorious after all the carnage and has now gone 2 for 2 on the R6 this season with Chaz Davies coming in 2nd to score his first podium with the Aprilia RSV1000R. The final podium spot went to an extra patriotic Josh Herrin.
1 Ben Bostrom Team Graves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
2 Chaz Davies Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team Aprilia RSV
3 Josh Herrin Team Graves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
4 Tommy Aquino Team Graves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
5 Robertino Pietri Team E.S.P. Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
6 Steve Rapp Bazzaz / Pat Clark Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R6
7 Chris Peris Erion Racing Honda CBR600RR
8 Danny Eslick Daytona Racing/RMR Buell Buell 1125R
9 Jamie Hacking Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
10 Bobby Fong
11 Michael Barnes GEICO Powersports Buell 1125R
12 Michael Beck Team Beck Racing Yamaha YZF-R6
13 Shawn Higbee Higbee-Racing Buell 1125R
14 Fernando Amantini
15 Tyler Odom
American Superbike
The American Superbike race started with Tommy Hayden blasting off by himself, stopped just short of the crest, and turned around while the rest of the grid stayed relatively motionless. As they were waiting for Tommy to get re-situated everyone was sent off on a second warm-up lap, thus suggesting that the race has never officially started. The "restarted" race only managed to stay drama-free through 1 turn when Ben Bostrom crashed at turn 2 and collected Larry Pegram and Neil Hodgson along with him. The rest of the grid continued to circulate the track at speed, completely unaware that a "safety" car had been dispatched in response to the turn 2 incident until the leaders nearly rear-ended it coming over the hill at the start of the next lap. Amazing, no one collided with the huge reportedly stationary 4-wheeled obstacle or with each other, certainly a testament to the high level of skill of the riders and not so much the competence of race officials. Needless to say this race got red flagged too, with more controversy to follow. Of the 3 crashed riders, only Ben Bostrom and Neil Hodgson were able to get their bikes repaired and resumed the now 18-lap race in their original starting positions. Larry Pegram was not so lucky and was forced to restart the race on a backup bike, and consequently, at the back of the grid. But wait, wasn't the crash Ben's fault, meaning he should restart at the back too? Nope. Thanks to another brilliant judgement call, the official reason for the red flag was, you guessed it, the safety car. Meanwhile, Tommy Hayden was penalized for the jumpstart that occurred during a race start that technically never happened. Wut?
1 Mat Mladin Rockstar Makita Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
2 Blake Young Rockstar Makita Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
3 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Brand Suzuki GSX-R1000
4 Joshua Hayes Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha R1
5 Ben Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha R1
6 Neil Hodgson Corona Extra Honda Honda CBR1000RR
7 Jake Holden Holden Racing Honda CBR1000RR
8 Tommy Hayden Rockstar Makita Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
9 Geoff May National Guard Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
10 Larry Pegram Pegram Racing Ducati 1098R
11 Taylor Knapp Taylor Knapp Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000
12 Chris Ulrich Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R1000
13 Hawk Mazotta
14 Aaron Gobert AGR Inc. Honda CBR1000RR
Check out OnTheThrottle for more on the safety car incident.
1 Ben Bostrom Team Graves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
2 Chaz Davies Factory Aprilia Millennium Technologies Team Aprilia RSV
3 Josh Herrin Team Graves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
4 Tommy Aquino Team Graves Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
5 Robertino Pietri Team E.S.P. Yamaha Yamaha YZF-R6
6 Steve Rapp Bazzaz / Pat Clark Motorsports Yamaha YZF-R6
7 Chris Peris Erion Racing Honda CBR600RR
8 Danny Eslick Daytona Racing/RMR Buell Buell 1125R
9 Jamie Hacking Monster Energy Attack Kawasaki Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
10 Bobby Fong
11 Michael Barnes GEICO Powersports Buell 1125R
12 Michael Beck Team Beck Racing Yamaha YZF-R6
13 Shawn Higbee Higbee-Racing Buell 1125R
14 Fernando Amantini
15 Tyler Odom
American Superbike
The American Superbike race started with Tommy Hayden blasting off by himself, stopped just short of the crest, and turned around while the rest of the grid stayed relatively motionless. As they were waiting for Tommy to get re-situated everyone was sent off on a second warm-up lap, thus suggesting that the race has never officially started. The "restarted" race only managed to stay drama-free through 1 turn when Ben Bostrom crashed at turn 2 and collected Larry Pegram and Neil Hodgson along with him. The rest of the grid continued to circulate the track at speed, completely unaware that a "safety" car had been dispatched in response to the turn 2 incident until the leaders nearly rear-ended it coming over the hill at the start of the next lap. Amazing, no one collided with the huge reportedly stationary 4-wheeled obstacle or with each other, certainly a testament to the high level of skill of the riders and not so much the competence of race officials. Needless to say this race got red flagged too, with more controversy to follow. Of the 3 crashed riders, only Ben Bostrom and Neil Hodgson were able to get their bikes repaired and resumed the now 18-lap race in their original starting positions. Larry Pegram was not so lucky and was forced to restart the race on a backup bike, and consequently, at the back of the grid. But wait, wasn't the crash Ben's fault, meaning he should restart at the back too? Nope. Thanks to another brilliant judgement call, the official reason for the red flag was, you guessed it, the safety car. Meanwhile, Tommy Hayden was penalized for the jumpstart that occurred during a race start that technically never happened. Wut?
1 Mat Mladin Rockstar Makita Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
2 Blake Young Rockstar Makita Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
3 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Brand Suzuki GSX-R1000
4 Joshua Hayes Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha R1
5 Ben Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha R1
6 Neil Hodgson Corona Extra Honda Honda CBR1000RR
7 Jake Holden Holden Racing Honda CBR1000RR
8 Tommy Hayden Rockstar Makita Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
9 Geoff May National Guard Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000
10 Larry Pegram Pegram Racing Ducati 1098R
11 Taylor Knapp Taylor Knapp Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000
12 Chris Ulrich Roadracingworld.com Suzuki GSX-R1000
13 Hawk Mazotta
14 Aaron Gobert AGR Inc. Honda CBR1000RR
Check out OnTheThrottle for more on the safety car incident.
Labels: AMA Superbike, Twitter Report
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