Haga out for three months.
 

Handed the season to spies.

Haga is one of my favourite racers, and just when its all going for him, boom, bad luck again.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Jun/090628d.htm

dude that sucks, i was wanting to see the battle to the end.

It's a little early for this kind of rumor mongering especially considering the fact that the article first states that Haga has a fractured vert. and then turns around and says that a scan shows that he doesn't. :idk: In any case, they guessed a month- 3 months but it wouldn't surprise me if he tried to race the next round in Brno next month.

http://www.worldsbk.com/en/news/late...-for-haga.html


In any case, barring anymore Yamaha gremlins, Spies should be able to take advantage of this situation and possibly be the first person to ever win the WSBK championship in his rookie season!!!:rockwoot:

no, theres another article on the soup. Apparently his wrist is badly broken, and his collar bone too. nSays docs figure three months, and the spinal injury is an old injury thats been bothered a bit.

Really, let's see Tardozzi said that he wasn't getting the x-rays until Monday...:idk: The next round is almost a month away. It wouldn't be the first time someone raced with a broken bone my friend. We'll see but with something this important on the line he might tough it out for Brno, pick up some points and then try to be ready for Nurburgring in September. Don't give up on him yet!

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2009/Jun/090628d.htm

I guess the wrist is broken. Find out tomorrow for sure.

Still don't give up just yet. If Haga can salvage some points in Brno and not have to miss both races, he still has a good chance with 4 rounds left after that. Considering that there is almost a month in between all of the next rounds, he has lots of time to heal and get stronger. Besides, with the way it's been going for Spies, it's not a done deal yet for sure!!!

fuck, i hope Haga wins it. I really want him to. But I imagine spies will slow down a bit to keep it on two wheels if haga does end up out for 2+ months, to take back some points.

We just gotta hope his techs mess up badly, and haga does have a nice cushion. But it was eaten away at a little in the second race already.

Yea if he has to miss two rounds/ four races, that's 100 points. Even if Spies totally blows it, Fabrizio will take it away! Basically, if it weren't for Spies and Fabrizio, Haga could miss 5 races and retain the lead. If it wasn't for Spies, he could miss 2 races and stay ahead. We'll see what happens but I am almost willing to bet you that if it is at all possible, Haga will be on a bike at Brno!

His wreck looked pretty bad today. He was also injured going into it, correct?

You would rather have Haga win by DNF's than be the faster man? You Haga freaks are too much. Seems like no one cares how Haga wins this championship, as long as he does. You all just can't accept the fact that Ben is much faster.

Ahem... sounds a lot like the Nicky Hayden freaks if you ask me. No one seems to care how he won his MotoGp championship, Steve. Hell, in fact no one seems to care how he won his AMA championship either. :lol:

:lol

I'm a Hayden fan. But more then that I like good racing. :rockwoot:

Yea I kinda figured that...Ya gotta admit that I got you there. I enjoy great racing as well!:rockwoot:

I like a good race. And, I'm with you on not understanding....

In fact, I can't stand it when someone is hoping that a racer will LOSE a championship. Yeah, Yeah... it will be remembered who WON the series, and it won't matter HOW it was won. But, it's like scratching on the eight-ball when shooting pool. Sure the other person wins, but it's by you losing knowwhatImean??

Whatever the injuries found - heal quickly and completely Haga!!

If Nori never wins a championship, he'll always be my favorite to watch of all time. He might be done for this year, but he's not done.

time to call Dr Costa... figure he'll cut that down to 3weeks

Thankyou! That's what I'm saying. Mike Alessi just raced motocross after breaking his kneecap a few weeks ago. Unfortunately, he got cleaned out and couldn't continue but it proves my point. It's amazing what they can do these days!

Wow, my internet is fast at night. I downloaded round 2 up to present of wsbk between 1 am and 8 am. MotoGP, here we come. Maybe 250cc next!

Spoiler!

Haga must be a pussy, Lorenzo rode on 2 broken ankles. :lol

Pedrosa won the 250 championship with two broken ankles....:lol:

You guys are acting like Haga hasnt earned his position at the top of the points ladder. He's beaten spies on multiple occasions, and done a better job at keeping his bike on the track. Spies might be faster on some tracks, but Haga is the smarter racer. He did also beat spies in round one, did he not.

Even if he'd stayed on two wheels a little more, the championship would be very very close.

And like tigger said, no hayden fan can complain about how someone else wins a championship.

I want Spies to win it but I was hoping it would be done by beating Haga and Fabrizio on the track.

I haven't seen the crash but have it on DVR. I knew Spies won both races and knew Haga crashed but didn't know how bad it was.


Negative

Yea Ben was run off the track in race one on the first lap and won the second race. Quite frankly, Ben Spies is way faster than Haga, no question. Ben has had two crashes, two dnfs and has been run off the track (finished 16th) and is still in it. He's taken almost every pole... I think that puts him in the "deserves" the championship pile myself!:rockwoot: The only way it would be better would be if he were on the GSXR1000! :rockwoot: :lol:

You honestly think Haga is faster? Do you watch the races? The only reason he is on top of the points right now is because of mechanical DNF's at the fault of the Yamaha team.

I am a Hayden fan, does this mean I have no valid opinion? Please find ANY post I've ever made complaining how someone wins a championship? I like good racing, regardless of who wins. I think Pedrosa is a little twerp, but it still doesn't change the fact that he hauls ass on occasion!

What is better is that after that, he worked his way up toward the front end of the spectrum.

is it wrong that after biaggi crashed i wanted haslam to win so i could check out his fiancee's rack again? :lmao:

YOU PERV!!! :rofl: :boobs:

Am finishing watching the race now. That crash looked like it hurt like hell. I would like to see Ben win it but with good hard racing, not the misfortune of another racer.

You mean this chick...

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...ger/o-mv-5.jpg

http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/olst_001.jpg

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Fuuuuck those trucks are horrible. If that's his girl she has to be about 46 by now because those mini truck pics were taken back in 1976...

hahaha, yea I'm not sure about all of those pics...Heck, there were a shit ton of nude pics too but I'm not sure they are of her either. Hey, nick I saw the boob in the background, I thought it might fly....:sorry:

Ok watched the races last night...yep that was a bad wreck. I hope Haga makes it back but I hope Ben beats him anyways !!

Yamaha 1st and 2nd in Moto GP and won both WSBK races...yeah baby !!

i dont think thats her, haslam seems to have a "realistic" girlfriend. just one thats well endowed. its biaggi and spies that are out banging supermodels.

news from the sbk official site says haga had a successful surgery and while skipping testing at imola should be able to compete next month at brno. it aint over yet ;)

COOL...I want Ben to beat him on the track and I want Haga in Ben's slipstream coming down to the finish and thinking..."man I should have stayed with Yamaha" !! :lol

Even if Haga races at Brno, he won't be able to hang with Ben. With only a 14 point deficit, I see Ben recapturing the points lead for good after the Brno race.

Ducati has nothing to be ashamed of. They have had a great season. As far as Haga staying at Yamaha.. No, moving to Ducati was a great move. I'm not knocking the power of the Yamaha, but Ben could be competitive on a ninja 250. Haga could not be where he is in the points if he was still at Yamaha.

Yea Haga is a great racer and he was robbed of the title a few years back but I don't think that he's a match for Spies. If they were on like machinery, this title would already be in the bag!

haga may not be a match for spies but his overall record in finishes is still greater. And dont discount fabrizio and the others. Couple of guys have been showing lately that they can stay with ben, passing him is another story of course

hey tiggs i took another closer look at those gals now that im out of the office :lol: only one it could be is the second one. Or shes the closest anyway

Oh agreed, the Ducati has been more reliable than the Yamaha keeping Haga in the points lead and Fabrizio a very close 3rd. Haga is a great rider and he is doing more with a less capable machine.

Supposedly, this is a Olivia Stringer gallery...

http://www.fazerboy.com/Olivia-Wheels.htm

ok from some careful digging around (and accidentally finding a picture of leon 90% naked :eek:) ive come to the conclusion that it IS the second girl. Looks like she is quite a bit older than him as she was doing glamour modeling pre 1980. Still pretty cute though, truck girl is a diff chick entirely

hes also a lot smarter in that hes not crashing out as much as he did in his younger days. He did some crazy/exciting racing but wound up on his ass a lot too.

Tom

didnt he bin the rs3 cube twenty eight times in a single season?

I think so not it wasnt as bad as it catching fire with Collin edwards on it.

Tom

Yeah but my main points are...

1.) Haga being beat by someone from the Yamaha factory after he ditched them for a Ducati.

2.) The Japanese fans and Yamaha factory laughing since he ditched a Japanese bike for an Italian bike but ends up getting beat by someone on the very type of Japanese bike that he left behind.

You are correct....Ducati has nothing to be ashamed of if they don't win the championship...their bikes rock.

Agreed. It would have been nice to see them both on the same equipment. I bet the points race would be even tighter.

They both are very good...just different styles.

I wonder if Nicky Hayden feels that way :lol:

Tom

Or Melandri, or any other ducati pilots besides Casey.

Now you guys are comparing the 1098R to the MotoGP bike. apples and oranges.

wasnt aware of that episode. Actually read an independant journalist review of the cube yesterday that made me kind of sad they never produced their triple. guy said it was smooth as silk up to 10000 and then went completely banannas. Also said the reversed crank made the bike corner harder the more throttle you fed in. Thing sounded like a blast

That's what I was thinking. If you want to throw Hayden into it he SHOULD be up there with Stoner :whistle:

I'm glad surgery went well. I hope he recovers enough that it won't come into play and the championship is won or lost ON the track. What's funny - why was there no love lost for Ducati last year? I'm ever more convinced the only role the bike plays is whether it runs or stays together or not. But, the RIDER wins the championship.

Example - if Rossi would have had a running bike with tires that stayed together would Hayden have won the championship?

Example - if Spies would have had a running bike would Haga being in or out be an issue?

i dunno about that one zoom, theres so many engine styles and power deliveries out there you really cant say its all rider. Hell, if that were the case wouldnt corser be further up?

He first needs a bike that runs.... I'd post more about that, but can't. Sorry.:whistle:

BMW was riding in the top 10 for a little while this last race. :lol

Corser had a bike that ran....

Last year.

Unfortunately for him, so did the "other" Troy :lol:

ooh, i wish you could. I honestly like the bike even though i generally dont care for the brand. Im hoping they stick with it through the crap results, not cut and run like they did with that liquid cooled boxer race bike a while back

You Spies fans seem to forget that 3 of the races spies put himself out of. It wasnt Yamaha's fault, and he had a couple of unexpected horrible finishes. If he keeps taking himself out of it, he's working against himself. If Haga makes it to brno, Spies still has to keep it on two wheels to beat Haga (and Haga to beat spies, because lets face it, he's no stranger to road rash).

Itll be an interesting rest of a season. I hope Haga heals quick. I'd like to see biaggi win more consistently too. I wish he'd get a better ride or find a way back to motogp. Rossis' teamate :tremble:

See but that is just another reason to admire Spies. By your count then, he has fucked 5 races and yet he is still in it. That is pretty fucking good! Reminds me of Stewart in Supercross this year!

Stewart wasn't THAT bad. His bike was reliable ALL season, he just pushed the limits too far 2 or 3 times.

Shit, Reed took him out of the first round (25 pts), then he crashed what 3 other times? Shit, you know you got your ass kicked when the other guy fucks 3-5 races and he still beats you in the championship! IMHO.

Stewart missed a gear and then crossed right in front of Reed. Stewart admitted it was his fault, but yeah he was on fire after that race. I wouldn't call it an ass kicking. Reed took second in almost every race Bubba won plus he got a few wins himself. It was a great to see Bubba battle back like that after being down 25 points. He deserved the championship.

kinda like when haga had to forefit 50 points for that drug test he was still prety close at the end of the season but needed lots of help to win the title.

Tom

Yea now that really sucked!

Reed has never won an one on one battle with Stewart. If Bubba crashed then Reed had a chance, period. Hell, he didn't even win all of the races Stewart crashed. Reed is an also ran, he's the top also ran but that's his position. Hell, he just won his first outdoor race recently only because there's no Carmichael, no Stewart, no Alessi, no Villopoto, no Windham, etc...:lol:

He was interesting to watch back then, he was either win it or bin it and did somce sick passes, didnt always work out for him though. Bad part was a few times he took out other riders in the process.

Tom

True! I think they all go through a little of that though... I remember some questionable Rossi passes in the past. Heck, there was this wet race back when he was a rookie in the big show, where he must have crashed at least 3 times!!!:lol:

I don't think anybody is blind to the fact he took himself out a few times. How could anybody miss the one where he cartwheeled the bike over the barrier?!

Crashes aside, you can't deny technical issues have added 2 or 3 occurances of 0 point finishes to his season, doubling any damage he's done on his own. One incident turned 25 points into 0 at the final turn. Spies fan or not, that's significant.

But its a case of who becomes a better rider from it. haga is on top of his game but then look at Xaus he used to crash all the time too but hes been a mid pack rider at best for a while now.

Tom

this sux, I like Haga as a former ducati owner. I do cheer Spies as an American favorite, but with Haga out it diminishes the competitiveness.