Ben Spies Method
Hooligan
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thats pretty funny. If you really wanna pick his brain though go to roadracingworld.com and look for the ben spies interviews its a 4 part series.
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if that's the one I'm thinking of, its pretty good.
on a side not, ben is making wsbk riders look stupid and washed up this year. deff a less class than motogp. fun to watch because he's from the usa and gives us someone to pull for, but in the end the same guy out riding everyone all the time would get old for everyone else.
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but thats thing he really isnt doing what he did in ama. its defiently close every weekend. the biggest gap i remember him pulling is 4 or so seconds
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I didn't watch ama much, but from what I know gixxers were the class of the field because the dumped more money into them than anyone else and cheated by having TC when no one else did. so I wouldn't be suprised if the ran away from everyone. the talent level struggled some too I'm guessing.
in wsbk he's one a lesser bike. I'd say the duc's are much faster bikes, as well at the honda's lately just have washed up riders on them. spies may not be running out to 30sec ahead wins but other than his bike breaking or being run into its never a doubt he will pass everyone he feels like pretty much at will.
2011 he will be at tech3 with full factory support. we will see if he's for real then.
in wsbk he's one a lesser bike. I'd say the duc's are much faster bikes, as well at the honda's lately just have washed up riders on them. spies may not be running out to 30sec ahead wins but other than his bike breaking or being run into its never a doubt he will pass everyone he feels like pretty much at will.
2011 he will be at tech3 with full factory support. we will see if he's for real then.
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Spies may go to tech 3 next year, they are waiting to see the outcome of the WSBK stuff first. He will not get full factory support as a rookie, per the new MotoGP rules. So in 2010 if Lorenzo is not able to beat Rossi then Spies may have a beautiful factory ride waiting for him.
As far as WSBK being boring, it has been far from it. I will not go into details so that I do not turn this thread into a spoiler, but lets just say that the championship is close and so has the racing. Spies has done some spectacular stuff in WSBK and made the racing so much more enjoyable this year.
Its kinda been a bittersweet thing this year tho because I have been a long time Haga fan, and would love to see him finally get a title, but I also wanna see Spies be successful.
As far as WSBK being boring, it has been far from it. I will not go into details so that I do not turn this thread into a spoiler, but lets just say that the championship is close and so has the racing. Spies has done some spectacular stuff in WSBK and made the racing so much more enjoyable this year.
Its kinda been a bittersweet thing this year tho because I have been a long time Haga fan, and would love to see him finally get a title, but I also wanna see Spies be successful.
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