MOTOGP » Confident Kawasaki ready to build on Brno.

What are you guys smoking? West has been consistantly outpaced by his teammate, and not by a position or two, by a huge margin. He's had one good race, which if not for the Michelin problems would have been a 10th-12th. The bike obivously isn't the best in the paddock, but everyone else who's got on it has gone faster then West.

IndyCar » Surfers missing as IRL issues '09 schedule.

Woohoo! Toronto is back!

MOTOGP » 2009 MotoGP calendar revealed.

Well I don''t think too many people will be sad to see China go, it''s not a favourite track for sure.

MOTOGP » West 'needs to justify place in MotoGP'.

Jack Mordino, Kawi does not have any wins in MotoGP since entering it in 03. They do have a couple seconds and thirds. Kawi has won a lot of races in AMA supersport (600) and superbike (750/1000), as well as a few in WSBK. Kawi just doesn't spend as much money as everyone else. KHI, the parent company, is massive, but the bike division is just a small piece.

MOTOGP » West 'needs to justify place in MotoGP'.

Mike, I'm sure Melandri would rather be midpack then last place.

MOTOGP » Laguna Seca - Warm-up times.

Hacking almost 2 seconds quicker then West, at his first race ever.. wow.

MOTOGP » Laguna Seca - Free practice times (1).

Hacking did well for his first session. Beat Westy, and only one tenth behind Spies who has a lot more seat time on a GP bike.

WSBK » Pirelli extends WSBK tyre contract.

When the spec tire rules first came into effect, I thought it was a bad idea. However, after watching a couple years of wsbk now, it certainly does seem to be good for the racing. We have closer races now which is great.

MOTOGP » Nicky Hayden's lap of Laguna Seca.

Mullet, some points. First off, I don't think Nicky is one of the top 3-4 riders in the world, but he certainly deserves to be in MotoGP. He's won a title, fair and square, regardless of what people say about Rossi's poor season. -Nicky couldn't really develop the bike much when dani was hurt because the major design of the bike was already done. at that point it's mostly doing small tweaks. The year Nicky got to do major development work before the season, 2006, he won the title. Nicky didn't complain about the engine so much, he complained about the combo of the 2008 frame with the 2007 engine. Since he got the 08 engine in 08 frame, he's been fast, he's just had mechanical failures.

MOTOGP » Hopkins out for six to eight weeks.

Dang, well get well soon John. I still don't know why Kawi didn't sub in Jacque for this weekend. He knows the track and bike.