Jake Zemke

Re: Jake Zemke

On 2008-03-14 10:40:35 -0400, RealMart <RedLegMedia@googlemail,com > said:

> On Mar 14, 1:32Êpm, T3 <no...@nowhere,net > wrote:
>
>> then goes out and runs a perfect a 200 as it gets...
>
> I know it's not his personal fault, but let's get this straight; he
> didn't run a "perfect 200".
>
> His team tinkered with the crank in his bike. I can't see them doing
> that for no reason whatsoever, so it presumably either gave some top
> end power advantage or increased reliability or something.
>
> Could he have run at the same pace for the full race on a "legal"
> crank?
>
> I doubt any of us will ever know.
>
> But I wouldn't describe a race won on a bike that isn't built within
> the rules as "perfect".
>
> I sympathise with Hayes, I really do, but I think disqualification was
> the right thing to do.

If Erion did what they say of course the DQ was justified, but I
thought it was pretty clear I was referring to Hayes's actual 200 ride
last Saturday, which, while about as flawless as possible in execution,
ended up about as far from perfect as it gets...

Re: Jake Zemke

On Mar 14, 3:32 pm, T3 <no...@nowhere,net > wrote:

> while about as flawless as possible in execution,
> ended up about as far from perfect as it gets...

Ah. Then I think we're in agreement! And on a Friday afternoon too...

Re: Jake Zemke

Phil Rhodes asks:

> How is it possible that rear axle won't go on that Honda?

I was just talking to a friend that was there in the pits
watching. He, and others he was with, noticed that
they used two guns, one to take out and one to put in
the rear axle. The second gun had a new axle in it,
preloaded, they didn't reuse the first axle.

You would think this was for pit stop speed. But
then somebody pointed out to my buddy that the first
axle looked slightly different. It was a different material
or finish.

He has a conspiracy theory that the first one was Ti
which is illegal. The second was legal and the one that
would get inspected after the race.

If they planned only one pit stop, I might be inclined to
think the Erion crew was really cheating. But that's not
the case. they had to stop twice minimum.

In any case, could they have tried to use an axle/wheel
combo that had never been mounted before? That would
be boneheaded.


Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.