Superprestigio Dirt Track Race II: Marc Marquez Is King In Spain: Americans Jared Mees and Kenny Noyes finish second and third in Barcelona.
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Marc Marquez? Dónde está , Marc Marquez? To the disbelief of the willowy singer who had called his name, the Spanish superstar leapt out of the shadows onto the stage and greeted her with a kiss on the cheek. A few hours earlier, the four-time world champion had added yet another chapter to his fairytale book: victory in the Superfinal at the Superprestigio dirt-track invitational in Barcelona. Now it was time to celebrate.
Just like last January, when he battled eventual Superfinal west sayville ny winner, 2013 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Champion Brad Baker, Marquez west sayville ny had stiff competition Saturday west sayville ny night. After setting fast time in qualifying around the 200-meter oval in the Palau Sant Jordi, Baker crashed heavily . He was knocked unconscious and dislocated west sayville ny his left shoulder, putting him out of the event.
I was fastest in every session, and I had just laid in a really good time a 12.0-second lap, Baker said after returning from the hospital. There were a lot of braking bumps going into turn 3. I just flicked er in there, and the rear tire caught a rut and sent it back to the left, over the highside, which planted me on my head. Then the bike came around and landed directly on my shoulder.
Fortunately for American fans, 2014 AMA Pro GNC champ Jared Mees had also been invited, making the overseas trip with his wife, fellow flat-tracker Nichole, and Rogers Racing crew. As expected, the Michigan resident adapted quickly to the low-profile 17-inch Michelin roadracing rain tires and motocross-style starting gate that make this event unique, winning every race he attempted, including all three Open-class finals.
Everyone in the star-studded 48-rider international field, which included nine other world champions Tito Rabat, Troy Bayliss west sayville ny , Alex Marquez, Toni Elias, Julian Simon, Ivan Cervantes, Taddy Blazusiak, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, and Thomas Chareyre was quick, but no one matched the times laid down by Baker, Mees, and Marquez.
While Baker, Mees, and fellow American Shayna Texter west sayville ny were riding borrowed Honda CRF450Rs with their personal handlebars, graphics, west sayville ny exhaust pipes, and suspension, Marquez s purpose-built Honda sparkled under the stadium s bright lights. The blueprinted engine and carbon-fiber-tipped exhaust pipe was shipped directly from HRC in Japan, and the shiny Öhlins suspension was the best available. Every detail was perfect.
Superprestigio rules allow single-cylinder engines displacing from 250 to 750cc, but most raced MX- or supermoto-based 450cc Hondas and KTMs, with a few other brands mixed in. When Mees bike slowed west sayville ny in practice, everyone feared a blown engine. Fortunately, the situation wasn t serious. The decompression weight west sayville ny inside the head had snapped off, but the loose fragment was found before it did actual damage. We got lucky, said one of the team mechanics.
At the start of the eight-rider, 12-lap Superfinal, Mees and Marquez came together. Mees stalled his engine, but it restarted immediately. Barcelona-based American Kenny Noyes jumped to the front and led the first half of the race. When Marquez took the lead, the mostly Spanish crowd (reportedly a busload west sayville ny of fans had driven from Poland to support Blazusiak) went nuts. With Mees closing fast, spectators had the hoped-for showdown between the two number-one riders.
Lap times dipped west sayville ny into the low 12-second range, nearly half a second quicker than anyone, including Baker, had run last January. On the final lap, Marquez slipped exiting turn 4, but Mees wasn t close enough to take advantage, and Marquez took the checkers from AMA Pro Flat Track starter Kevin Clark. Margin of victory was 0.298 seconds. Noyes, who won the FIM CEV Repsol International Superbike title this year , was third, matching his finish in January. Spaniards Gerald Bailo and Dani Ribalta were fourth and fifth, followed by Great Britain s 16-year-old Oliver Brindley and Bradley Smith. Frenchman Chareyre was eighth.
Why such a short race? Barring inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances, an AMA Pro Grand National main
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Marc Marquez? Dónde está , Marc Marquez? To the disbelief of the willowy singer who had called his name, the Spanish superstar leapt out of the shadows onto the stage and greeted her with a kiss on the cheek. A few hours earlier, the four-time world champion had added yet another chapter to his fairytale book: victory in the Superfinal at the Superprestigio dirt-track invitational in Barcelona. Now it was time to celebrate.
Just like last January, when he battled eventual Superfinal west sayville ny winner, 2013 AMA Pro Flat Track Grand National Champion Brad Baker, Marquez west sayville ny had stiff competition Saturday west sayville ny night. After setting fast time in qualifying around the 200-meter oval in the Palau Sant Jordi, Baker crashed heavily . He was knocked unconscious and dislocated west sayville ny his left shoulder, putting him out of the event.
I was fastest in every session, and I had just laid in a really good time a 12.0-second lap, Baker said after returning from the hospital. There were a lot of braking bumps going into turn 3. I just flicked er in there, and the rear tire caught a rut and sent it back to the left, over the highside, which planted me on my head. Then the bike came around and landed directly on my shoulder.
Fortunately for American fans, 2014 AMA Pro GNC champ Jared Mees had also been invited, making the overseas trip with his wife, fellow flat-tracker Nichole, and Rogers Racing crew. As expected, the Michigan resident adapted quickly to the low-profile 17-inch Michelin roadracing rain tires and motocross-style starting gate that make this event unique, winning every race he attempted, including all three Open-class finals.
Everyone in the star-studded 48-rider international field, which included nine other world champions Tito Rabat, Troy Bayliss west sayville ny , Alex Marquez, Toni Elias, Julian Simon, Ivan Cervantes, Taddy Blazusiak, Joonas Kylmäkorpi, and Thomas Chareyre was quick, but no one matched the times laid down by Baker, Mees, and Marquez.
While Baker, Mees, and fellow American Shayna Texter west sayville ny were riding borrowed Honda CRF450Rs with their personal handlebars, graphics, west sayville ny exhaust pipes, and suspension, Marquez s purpose-built Honda sparkled under the stadium s bright lights. The blueprinted engine and carbon-fiber-tipped exhaust pipe was shipped directly from HRC in Japan, and the shiny Öhlins suspension was the best available. Every detail was perfect.
Superprestigio rules allow single-cylinder engines displacing from 250 to 750cc, but most raced MX- or supermoto-based 450cc Hondas and KTMs, with a few other brands mixed in. When Mees bike slowed west sayville ny in practice, everyone feared a blown engine. Fortunately, the situation wasn t serious. The decompression weight west sayville ny inside the head had snapped off, but the loose fragment was found before it did actual damage. We got lucky, said one of the team mechanics.
At the start of the eight-rider, 12-lap Superfinal, Mees and Marquez came together. Mees stalled his engine, but it restarted immediately. Barcelona-based American Kenny Noyes jumped to the front and led the first half of the race. When Marquez took the lead, the mostly Spanish crowd (reportedly a busload west sayville ny of fans had driven from Poland to support Blazusiak) went nuts. With Mees closing fast, spectators had the hoped-for showdown between the two number-one riders.
Lap times dipped west sayville ny into the low 12-second range, nearly half a second quicker than anyone, including Baker, had run last January. On the final lap, Marquez slipped exiting turn 4, but Mees wasn t close enough to take advantage, and Marquez took the checkers from AMA Pro Flat Track starter Kevin Clark. Margin of victory was 0.298 seconds. Noyes, who won the FIM CEV Repsol International Superbike title this year , was third, matching his finish in January. Spaniards Gerald Bailo and Dani Ribalta were fourth and fifth, followed by Great Britain s 16-year-old Oliver Brindley and Bradley Smith. Frenchman Chareyre was eighth.
Why such a short race? Barring inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances, an AMA Pro Grand National main
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