Fontana AMA, maybe it was the wind -- Semi spoilers

I'm not going to name names.

With fabulous heat hitting in to the 90's, and 30+ mph gusty winds
menacing the track both Saturday and Sunday, as well as causing a few
delays, I think I can safely say that this was one of the best AMA
weekends we've had, anywhere, in a very long time.

The quick run down:

SB1 on Saturday was fairly typical, with a pretty good battle going for
3rd and 4th. The finish was typical, but it was still a good race.

FX was decided at the line. The Duhamel/Zemke battle in the final at
Road Atlanta a few years ago was better, but this was pretty damn close.

SB2, on Sunday, was decided at the line. If you walked out when the 3
Suzukis grabbed the top three, you missed a hell of a race. ;-)

SStock, after a 1st lap red flag, was decided 2 turns before the finish
on the last lap.

SSport, again after a 1st lap red flag, was decided at the line.

And, not having seen any of the broadcasts, I can't vouch for the health
of Greg White, the announcer for Speed TV. After Barber, I can easily
see paramedics having to be called for most of the races to defibulate
G-Dub if he was as excitable here as he was at Barber. "CLEAR!
*ker-thunk*" "Oh, wow, did I lose time again? Who won?"

Even with the wind, and the crappy venue layout (they really kind of
screwed it up this year), it was a really spectacular weekend.

Regards,

Will Hartung

On Apr 28, 12:05 am, Will Hartung <redro...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> I'm not going to name names.
>
> With fabulous heat hitting in to the 90's, and 30+ mph gusty winds
> menacing the track both Saturday and Sunday, as well as causing a few
> delays, I think I can safely say that this was one of the best AMA
> weekends we've had, anywhere, in a very long time.
>
> The quick run down:
>
> SB1 on Saturday was fairly typical, with a pretty good battle going for
> 3rd and 4th. The finish was typical, but it was still a good race.
>
> FX was decided at the line. The Duhamel/Zemke battle in the final at
> Road Atlanta a few years ago was better, but this was pretty damn close.
>
> SB2, on Sunday, was decided at the line. If you walked out when the 3
> Suzukis grabbed the top three, you missed a hell of a race. ;-)
>
> SStock, after a 1st lap red flag, was decided 2 turns before the finish
> on the last lap.
>
> SSport, again after a 1st lap red flag, was decided at the line.
>
> And, not having seen any of the broadcasts, I can't vouch for the health
> of Greg White, the announcer for Speed TV. After Barber, I can easily
> see paramedics having to be called for most of the races to defibulate
> G-Dub if he was as excitable here as he was at Barber. "CLEAR!
> *ker-thunk*" "Oh, wow, did I lose time again? Who won?"
>
> Even with the wind, and the crappy venue layout (they really kind of
> screwed it up this year), it was a really spectacular weekend.
>
> Regards,
>
> Will Hartung

I missed the races on TV and won't be able to watch them on my DVR for
another 3 weeks! Anyone know of a youtube video showing the end of
race 2??

On 2008-04-28 01:05:35 -0400, Will Hartung <redrocks@sbcglobal.net> said:

> I'm not going to name names.
>
> With fabulous heat hitting in to the 90's, and 30+ mph gusty winds
> menacing the track both Saturday and Sunday, as well as causing a few
> delays, I think I can safely say that this was one of the best AMA
> weekends we've had, anywhere, in a very long time.
>
> The quick run down:
>
> SB1 on Saturday was fairly typical, with a pretty good battle going for
> 3rd and 4th. The finish was typical, but it was still a good race.
>
> FX was decided at the line. The Duhamel/Zemke battle in the final at
> Road Atlanta a few years ago was better, but this was pretty damn close.
>
> SB2, on Sunday, was decided at the line. If you walked out when the 3
> Suzukis grabbed the top three, you missed a hell of a race. ;-)
>
> SStock, after a 1st lap red flag, was decided 2 turns before the finish
> on the last lap.
>
> SSport, again after a 1st lap red flag, was decided at the line.
>
> And, not having seen any of the broadcasts, I can't vouch for the
> health of Greg White, the announcer for Speed TV. After Barber, I can
> easily see paramedics having to be called for most of the races to
> defibulate G-Dub if he was as excitable here as he was at Barber.
> "CLEAR! *ker-thunk*" "Oh, wow, did I lose time again? Who won?"
>
> Even with the wind, and the crappy venue layout (they really kind of
> screwed it up this year), it was a really spectacular weekend.
>
> Regards,
>
> Will Hartung

Were you close to the Cardenas, Hayden deal, WTF happened?