Prose
07-02-2008, 09:34 PM
Will,
We went to the track this week to show visiting relatives around, and the motorcycles were testing for the MotoGP -- they go around 200MPH and take turns almost horizontally - the drivers wear "armour" on their knees because they touch the ground when they turn. It was free to get in and the stand were open, so we got to go all the way up top where the team spotters usually go -- you can see all the way from 16th St to 30th St from there! They'll run on part of the old F1 track (although they'll go the "right" way around...)
The race should be pretty cool -- I think it is around Labor Day -- hey, isn't the Indy DIS meet around that time, too??;)
We went to the track this week to show visiting relatives around, and the motorcycles were testing for the MotoGP -- they go around 200MPH and take turns almost horizontally - the drivers wear "armour" on their knees because they touch the ground when they turn. It was free to get in and the stand were open, so we got to go all the way up top where the team spotters usually go -- you can see all the way from 16th St to 30th St from there! They'll run on part of the old F1 track (although they'll go the "right" way around...)
The race should be pretty cool -- I think it is around Labor Day -- hey, isn't the Indy DIS meet around that time, too??;)