BSB - Silverstone - 29th April - Chat Here, May Contain Spoilers

Originally Posted by Topcat

The sun will be shinning , the A413 beckons (it'll be empty and i'll not be.... er hanging about ), the racing will be fast , furious and close me thinks , of course i'll be there

Yeah, I'll try and keep up....

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My new flatmate is racing in the Super Duke Battle series this weekend. I can't make it, though, otherwise the fool asked if I wanted to help spanner.

Is anyone going from the Reading area? As I fancy going up, but got no-one around to ride with this weekend- and didn't want to go on my own

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I'm going but will be camping so heading up this afternoon in the car...

My first time at a bike race!! (We follow BTCC races but never bikes).

Yeh, ill be there.
Never been to a BSB event before.
Its just up the road and im free all weekend, i mite pop up there now, catch some of the practice.
Iv no idea where the best place is to watch from eitha!

Everybody who's going, keep an eye out for Luke Brackenbury in the Super Duke battle.
He hasn't ridden on track in 6 months, so he's crapping himself.

DanF & I went today. was absolutely bloody freezing on the way up from London - BBC weather evidently lied when they said 23C

arrived just in time to watch the s'dukes from near Bridge, I had been looking forward to seeing these, or more precisely, to *hearing* these, but bridge was not the ideal place to hear 20+ dukes go thundering past at full chat

watched BSB1 from Luffield - saw the close passing thru the complex & the woodcote chicane, most entertaining. DanF was kept amused by Cal Crutchlow's flaming exhaust

still bloody freezing at this point, so wandered around the stalls looking for clothing & warming drinks

the sun had come out & it had warmed up in time for BSB2, so watched from by the Abbey hairpin. could have done with there being a screen there so see Shakey & Camier's antics in the complex, but nice to sit in the sun on the grass & see the bikes come piling into the tight corner, then go howling back out again

What was Shakey thinking about when he tried that move in race 2 ?? Nowhere to go, it was obviously going to end in tears. he looks like a man desperate for points, and if he continues like that he's never going to succeed.

Rio was on top form though, and that's better for the championship.

Oh, and weazelz, it was bloody cold up there in the morning wasn't it... Good ride up the 413 though, always puts a smile on my face that road

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Originally Posted by Jelster

What was Shakey thinking about when he tried that move in race 2 ?? Nowhere to go, it was obviously going to end in tears.
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I'm not even sure it was a move, it looked like he lost concentration and forgot to brake.

Originally Posted by tricky

I'm not even sure it was a move, it looked like he lost concentration and forgot to brake.

Nah, that was a feeble and stupid attempt to put his bike in front of Haslam when there was never going to be any space for both of them, and he came off worse for it. Numpty.....

Now look at the way that Corser & JT were at it in the 2nd WSB, they both looked at "potential" opportunities, but were mature enough not to make stupid moves. And Byrne is an "ex Moto GP" rider

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