Motorcycle Nation Podcast

I am starting this post as I begin to get ready for the race. I have not attended any of the practice sessions or qualifying up to this point because I was playing Mr. Mom the past few days. So, my stepson and I will be making some of the practice this morning and then on to the racing. All I know right now is that the front row will be Pedrosa, Lorenzo, Rossi. Spaniard Pedrosa scorched the Brickyard track on his Repsol Honda with a pole position record breaking run of 1:39.730. Indy is the closest thing to home for the Kentucky Kid Nicky Hayden and he has turned in his best effort on the factory Marlboro Ducati qualifying sixth while temp rider Mika Kallio crashed in qualifying and took a fifteenth spot. This is good news for Nicky as he has struggled all year on the Desmo and needs some good shows to keep that ride for 2010. But, if it ends up that he is forced from Ducati it is looking like the Rizla Suzuki bikes may be open. It will be interesting to see who ends up where next year. It is time to get moving and drive to Indy. Speed, spills, and thrills await!

Well, it has been a couple weeks since the race was ran and we had a great time. We had tickets in the first turn but only stayed there for the 250cc race. For the 125cc race we met up with friend of the show Dan Lo from CornerSpeedPhoto Below is a pic of me and Dan outside turn 2. You can tell that neither me or my son are photographers.

Me and Dan Lo outside Turn 2 at Indy MotoGP 2009

We walked around the track and ended up on the hill outside of turn 10 for the Premier class. From this vantage point you can see the pack leave turn 9 and motor down the back stretch. From there you have an open view of them braking for turn 10 and running through the 180 turn 11. Throttling out of 11 we could see them pick up speed for turns 12 and 13 where they dropped behind a rise in the track and we could get a glimpse of the bikes running through 14. 15 was out of sight but we could catch them as they motored out of the final turn and hit the front stretch headed for home.

We saw some pretty good racing early on but the race was pretty much over after both front runners Dani Pedrosa on the Repsol Honda and Valentino Rossi on the Fiat Yamaha crashed out on the front side of the circuit. From there, Rossi’s teammate at Yamaha, Jorge Lorenzo pretty much only needed to stay on the motorcycle to ride to the win. The only excitement after that point was the battle for the final spot on the podium. Second place Alex DeAngelis ran a good race and slowly pulled away from Nicky Hayden leaving Nicky to battle off Andres Dovizioso for third. This was a favorable podium as Indy is considered Hayden’s hometown track. Track attendance was estimated at 76,000+ spectators so motorcycle racing is definitely welcome in Indiana.

Get your tickets for the 2011 Indianapolis Red Bull MotoGP now. Indianapolis puts on a great show and you won’t be sorry.