Don't Mess With Texas (The Sequel)

New track, new country, new camels...same result. Both races played out in basically the same way...Spies (19) shadowed Haga (41) and Biaggi (3) while the pair of them passed and repassed each other and basically wore out their tires process. About this time, Spies realized he had to take a leak real bad, passed Haga/Biaggi, and bee-lined it to the port-a-potty which was conveniently located right by the start/finish line. Game, set, match. It was fairly obvious that Spies' R1 was down a few MPHs on the long Losail straight, yet he still 'managed' to win both races by a Texas-sized (see what I did there?) margin. I'm sure Yamacrew will wring a few more ponies from that motor. When (not 'if') this happens, things are going to be really bleak for the rest of the grid. The pictures below (in order) pretty much sum up both races.

(photos from soup and crash.net)













I really expected Max NewKitchenAir to be at the front in these races. The massive straight line speed of the Suzuki fits this track just dandy. I think he lobbed it in race 1 and finished sixth in race 2...or the other way around. Biaggi did good to put the brand spankin' new Aprilia on the podium in both races. I think he could be the dark horse title contender on that bike. As for Haga, I think he is in shock at the cow pie (get it?) Spies has dropped on his assumed 'World Title Season'.