I expected today to be tough. Yesterday afternoon it rained for about the last hour and a half of the meeting and rain was predicted today. Whatever possessed the wonderful Paul Samuel to build … [Read more...]
A day at the races – with apologies to the Marx Brothers
I spent the day at Wakefield Park today, commentating Round 3 of the Ste George Motorcycle Club's Honda Rjays series. 20 races flying solo, so the throat is a bit sore tonight. It was a great ay's … [Read more...]
Back to the track
This weekend is a big double-header at Wakefield Park. St George Motorcycle Club is running Round 3 of their popular Honda/RJays sprint race series on the Saturday and than backing it up with the 4 … [Read more...]
I was hoping for a replacement – again
Is it just me or have we just seen a half-season filled with more serious injuries than we've seen for a long time? It doesn't seem like there is a weekend that goes by without some team announcing … [Read more...]
Supporting Japan
When the Fukushima reactor in Japan exploded after the earthquake a couple of months ago, the world held its breath expecting another Chernobyl-style nuclear disaster. Fortunately, the result was not … [Read more...]
300 for Ducati
My regular readers will not need to be reminded how outraged I am over how Ducati has behaved in recent years in the WSBK championship. As a result of having been the beneficiaries of totally unfair … [Read more...]
The domino effect
We may just have seen the first domino falling in the demise of World Superbike racing. Remember that I posted some months ago that the company that owns MotoGp now also owns WSBK and that this … [Read more...]
Snapshots
I knew that I had more negatives somewhere but I couldn't find them. Today, while looking for something else, a whole box full of them turned up so I'm back to scanning and publishing again. … [Read more...]