I am with you SledDog, visited GP races at Sears Point in the late 80's and Laguna Seca in the early 90's. Favorite memory was watching Kenny Roberts and Freddie Spencer dicing at 150 mph, banging elbows and knees in the corners, drafting in the straights with front wheel two inches off the ground and dust hitting you in the stands with 2 stroke fumes in the air. :newsmile071:
Got to see Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey and Kevin Schwantz as they throttle steered the 500cc 300 lb 200HP motorcycles on "skinny" tires around the race tracks sideways over bumps and hairpins with only piled sandbags and steel armoco railing separating the track from the runoff areas, and where the machine and the rider skills contributed in equal measure who would win the race. That is the essense of two wheeled racing! :bigsmiley24:
I especially miss the 2 race final, where the winner had to be in the top 3 or so, so he finished 2nd or 3rd in the 1st race and was 1st in the 2nd he could walk away with the win and the points. Most races nowadays have only one premier race on Sunday and it's not the same, though the rider speeds and technology has improved. I used to ride up for the Sunday race only, but now that it is only one, seems hardly worth it and my gal does not go with me anymore.:newsmile038:
