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Re: Motegi GP



I for one am very interested in 500GP racing but would prefer to watch the
race before I am told who won. Maybe next time in the subject you might
list "results"  so we can choose to read the post after the race.
	Not a flame just a sugestion.
	Robert

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> From: Paul Steinbacher <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: SPRINT ST List <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Fw: Motegi GP
> Date: Sunday, April 25, 1999 3:06 PM
> 
> Don't know if anyone is interested. Found this on the Bandit list.
> 
> Paul
> > I just walked in the door after attending the Motegi GP. Suzuki is
looking
> > good! Kenny Roberts Jr. got his second win in a row on the RGV500, so
he
> is
> > now ahead of Mick Doohan 50 points to 33 after two races.
> >
> > I got a nice long interview with Kenny after the race, he is a very
> > friendly and humble guy. Not to mention fast! At one point, he was
ahead
> of
> > Doohan by 3/4ths of the main straight, before Doohan put his head down
and
> > charged back within 2 seconds before Kenny ripped off a few fast laps
at
> > the end to hold off the 5-time champ.
> >
> > Norick Abe took 3rd on his Yamaha. He and I were surprised to find out
we
> > live 5 minutes from each other here in Tokyo. Neighbors even. He also
has
> a
> > house in Spain.
> >
> > Doohan was gracious in defeat, but when he was trying to sneak out of
the
> > press conference to escape us rabid reporters, he bumped into me then
> > stepped on my left foot. He was in a real rush. He looks very fit, I
hear
> > he spends many hours in the gym.
> >
> > So the top three was Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha. The 500 scene really has
some
> > new life breathed into it this year, the Hondas aren't dominating like
> > before.
> >
> > I also talked to Suzuki Japan's marketing guy, we got into a discussion
> > about the GSF1200. He wanted to know if I thought the U.S. and Japanese
> > models of the Bandit were much different, I said no. In a lot of cases,
> > this isn't true, but the power output on the two are almost identical.
I
> > believe they use a different CDI, so the U.S. model has more
horsepower,
> > but the Japanese model has more torque. The rest is just cosmetic
> > differences.
> >
> > Kocinski crashed out though, so all was not well for the American
cause. I
> > went over to his team's box after that and talked to him and Erv
Kanemoto
> > for a while. Kocinski tried to give me his boots because he thought I
was
> > grubbing for stuff, but all I wanted was an interview (though I did ask
> him
> > if we had the same size feet, but he's two sizes smaller than me). John
is
> > just too bland to get any decent quotes, he just spouts team propaganda
> and
> > never says what he really feels.
> >
> > A funny moment during Saturday's post-qualifying press conference,
after
> > Kenny got the pole, with Doohan, Carlos Checa and Kocinski rounding out
> the
> > top 4, Kocinski said that all you need to do to the Honda is "put gas
in
> > the tank and oil the chain." Doohan leaned forward and said into his
mic
> > "really, can I have one of those?" It broke the room up in laughter,
but
> > John looked kinda pissed at being the butt of a Doohan funny.
> >
> > That's it from Motegi, which by the way is the first-ever GP held at
> > Motegi. From now on, the Japan GP will rotate between Suzuka and
Motegi,
> so
> > next year's is back at Suzuka. It was a great weekend here,  other than
> the
> > fact that it was pissing rain the whole time. Lots of crashes in the
125
> > race, made for a busy crash truck.
> >
> > Rick
> > Japan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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