AMA races at Infineon 5/5-5/6

[Lefty]

Chemiker, Cali rider, myself and Mrs. Lefty (along with some non forum friends) will be attending the AMA races at Infineon in Sonoma this Saturday and Sunday. Any of you NorCal hooligans thinking of going to the races should hook up with us for a good time. :rockon:

 

[PhotoAl]

I'm drooling, go Josh go Josh.

 

[Lefty]

Oh, and as a bonus they'll be a meet and greet about 3 blocks from my business on Thursday evening with some of the AMA riders... woo hoo!

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[CHEMIKER]

Off to the races in a little while! Weather looks beautiful. Should be a fun time :rockon:

 

[CHEMIKER]

Awesome time at the races!! I don't know if any of you are supermoto fans, but you should be! It's way cool. And grassroots. It consists of all ages, all bikes, few sponsors, and a ton of fun.

This little girl had to be about 8 years old! And competing with the big boys!

Turn 2 at the big track

Turn 3 at the big track

Panoramic view of the track from turn 2

 

[DefyInertia]

Glad you guys had fun.

 

[Hellgate]

Looks like a good time was had by all.

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[Red Wazp]

We were there last year and had a ball. You had perfect weather this year and nice pics. Good stuff with the SM pics!

 

[mxgolf]

My best friends dad and brother went and go every year. They want me to come down for the MotoGP race in July? Seriously thinking of it. Thanks for the pictures. I watched on TV. Its not quite the same however. :rockon:

 

[Motogiro]

Glad you all had a great time! Great pics!

 

[Lefty]

Cali rider and I (along with Mrs. Lefty on Sunday) had a blast at the races. John and I spent most of the day Saturday walking around the track watching the races from various vantage points and making plans where to watch on Sunday. I have a few pics and a couple of short video's of the race starts that I'll post when I get home tonight.
Cali and I finished the weekend by my riding with John about half way back to L.A. through the Santa Cruz Mountains and then along Hwy 1 to Cambria where we went our separate ways. I did a 200 mile route home from Hwy 46 to Paso Robles up Hwy 25 to Hollister and back home. The roads home were almost entirely deserted, hot and sticky.... :rockon:

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Here's one pic courtesy of Mrs. Lefty the three stooges...

 

[Lefty]

As promised more pics. Chemiker did such a fine job of race pics that I'll add more non-race versions...

Cali rider trying to get a DRZ 400 out of the Suzuki exhibit for a long range "test ride"

It was pretty cool being able to walk around "garage row" and see all the work being done by the different teams. No one seemed to be in any hurry...

John trying to capture some of the XR1200 qualifying laps..

We stood on the over crossing between turns 1 and 2 to catch the start of the Supersport race.

On Sunday, as well as Saturday, there were far too many red flag crashes. The most spectacular was Cardenas' crash at the exit of the esses which sent his bike cartwheeling over the air fence. We were sure they would have picked up his bike before the end of the day but here it was after the end of the day still "resting" in the weeds as we walked by on our way to the parking lot.

 

[CHEMIKER]

In the pic with Cali on the bike, to the right of the frame is a lowered DR650. I sat on that, and daaaaamn it fits so nicely! I want one now!!

 

[DefyInertia]

Nice!!!

Glad you liked the dual-sport bikes.