Thanks for the ping -- hubby text messaged me from the track -- he got to meet Mr. Hayden and also got to wish Nicky good luck in the paddock before the race! He also got to have a long conversation with Jeff Emig (ex-supercross racer) and talk to several other people. He said they dropped the price of a bottle of water from $4 to $1 in an effort to get people to drink more. It was apparently 108 degrees on the track before the start of the MotoGP. I was wanting to post something, but I figured I'd wait for you to do it! :o)
WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!! Nicky Hayden ROCKS!!!
That was a great race, so was Ben Spies AMA Superbike win on a Suzuki GSX-R1000!
Awesome! I ran into Eddie lawson as he was on his way to a signing at Yamaha. I ran into Jim Doyle, who managed Kenny Roberts and Randy Mamola when they were racing. Met Kevin Schwantz(again). At Ducati Island I met Ben Bostrom, Neil Hodgsen, Paul Smart and Doug Polen.
KR bike was on fire all weekend, its great to see them get a 4th out of it.
I didn't get into the MotoGP paddock this year, because the people I would normally get them from were guests themselves. Oh well. They ended up re-scheduling the AMA races so the track might stay in one piece for the GP boys.
Randy gave Ben Bostrom a ride on the Desmosedici 2-seater, Ben was dragging his knees as the passenger, while Randy was dragging his elbows in Turn 2!