Daniel Kalal
Cruisin' Guzzisti
The next morning I drove to the speedway for the MotoGP races. Surprisingly (to me) the grandstands are right next to the street.
There didn't seem to be a main ticket booth. Anyway, this trailer is all I saw (and dozens and dozens of street vendors selling tickets). On the right--get your photograph sitting on Valentino Rossi's Yamaha.
The garages had been converted into individual stores selling all sorts of motorcycle related things and souvenirs.
Compared to flat track, this is huge. Of course, Nicky Hayden had his own store.
The cook is holding a meat thermometer in his left hand.
I took time out to walk through the hall of fame and museum.
It's a very large track, so there's lots and lots of walking.
The 125cc racers...
...and, the Moto2 racers. These are both support classes for the premier class: MotoGP.
I had the wrong camera for this sort of thing, so I didn't even try. At the point of this shot, many of the racers were braking so hard that their rear wheel was several inches above the ground.
Nicky is in the all-red leathers. Ben Spies (another American) is leading at this point, but would finish second.
The winner is....Spanish. As it happens, the winner of each of the three races this day would be Spanish.
The races are over (the Speedway can hold an enormous number of people).
The podium is empty. Time to come home.
There didn't seem to be a main ticket booth. Anyway, this trailer is all I saw (and dozens and dozens of street vendors selling tickets). On the right--get your photograph sitting on Valentino Rossi's Yamaha.
The garages had been converted into individual stores selling all sorts of motorcycle related things and souvenirs.
Compared to flat track, this is huge. Of course, Nicky Hayden had his own store.
The cook is holding a meat thermometer in his left hand.
I took time out to walk through the hall of fame and museum.
It's a very large track, so there's lots and lots of walking.
The 125cc racers...
...and, the Moto2 racers. These are both support classes for the premier class: MotoGP.
I had the wrong camera for this sort of thing, so I didn't even try. At the point of this shot, many of the racers were braking so hard that their rear wheel was several inches above the ground.
Nicky is in the all-red leathers. Ben Spies (another American) is leading at this point, but would finish second.
The winner is....Spanish. As it happens, the winner of each of the three races this day would be Spanish.
The races are over (the Speedway can hold an enormous number of people).
The podium is empty. Time to come home.
