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> FX, the Honda's still got the beans on the Yam, great dicin' between Eric
> and Josh, FX was prolly the best race of the weekend..

As always, I'm late watching these things -- been so busy.

Anyway, FX has been some of the best racing past couple of races, and last
race was by far no exception. It's just going to get closer I think, if you
can imagine that.

It's the best championship run of the year as well. All 3 guys are a
heartbeat away from the championship, and that gets them all really
motivated. It's basically between Josh and Eric. DiSalvo has been close, but
not really on pace all season, with Eric and Josh clawing their way up
through the points, particularly Eric after his miserable 200 and disaster
at Barber. Both Josh and Eric are REALLY hungry for a championship, and both
can do it. I wonder if Josh will race at the Toyota 200 at Willow with the
final in Mid-Ohio still looming. I wonder if he thinks it's worth the risk
that something stupid won't happen at that race that might hurt him for
Mid-Ohio. If he wins Road Atlanta, I bet he won't race Willow.

Hell, Mats a fighter, but he's as much as given up in SB, and Ben can pretty
much coast home if he's healthy enough for R/A. It's by no means settled, 3
races to go, a lot can happen (as demonstrated last week), but Ben has a
comfortable lead and mostly needs to keep Miguel behind him, and he'll
probably come home with the trophy. I was impressed at Jamies fight in
SStock, he had no reason to push that hard, but did anyway -- good for him.

But FX is going to come down to the wire...again. Dunno if it's going to be
a season closer like last year, but at least this year it's two different
makes up front fighting it out.

Regards,

Will Hartung
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> "T3" <spambait DeleteThis @nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> FX, the Honda's still got the beans on the Yam, great dicin' between Eric
>> and Josh, FX was prolly the best race of the weekend..
>
> As always, I'm late watching these things -- been so busy.
>
> Anyway, FX has been some of the best racing past couple of races, and last
> race was by far no exception. It's just going to get closer I think, if
> you
> can imagine that.
>
> It's the best championship run of the year as well. All 3 guys are a
> heartbeat away from the championship, and that gets them all really
> motivated. It's basically between Josh and Eric. DiSalvo has been close,
> but
> not really on pace all season, with Eric and Josh clawing their way up
> through the points, particularly Eric after his miserable 200 and disaster
> at Barber. Both Josh and Eric are REALLY hungry for a championship, and
> both
> can do it. I wonder if Josh will race at the Toyota 200 at Willow with the
> final in Mid-Ohio still looming. I wonder if he thinks it's worth the risk
> that something stupid won't happen at that race that might hurt him for
> Mid-Ohio. If he wins Road Atlanta, I bet he won't race Willow.

That could well happen, but I kinda like Eric to run away at the last two,
we'll see..
>
> Hell, Mats a fighter, but he's as much as given up in SB, and Ben can
> pretty
> much coast home if he's healthy enough for R/A. It's by no means settled,
> 3
> races to go, a lot can happen (as demonstrated last week), but Ben has a
> comfortable lead and mostly needs to keep Miguel behind him, and he'll
> probably come home with the trophy. I was impressed at Jamies fight in
> SStock, he had no reason to push that hard, but did anyway -- good for
> him.

Tell you what, Mat looked emaciated at Danville, not good at all and
hopefully it was nothing more than a virus. That said, I still like Ben, but
like you said, it ain't over yet!

>
> But FX is going to come down to the wire...again. Dunno if it's going to
> be
> a season closer like last year, but at least this year it's two different
> makes up front fighting it out.

FX is turning into the slug fest we always wanted SB to be, curious, huh?
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> That could well happen, but I kinda like Eric to run away at the last two,
> we'll see..

Yup me too, I think that would be great. But boy wouldn't the last round be
just that much more interesting if Josh leapfrogged Eric at R/A going into
Mid-Ohio with a 2 point lead instead of Eric with an 8 point lead...That, I
assert is a different race.

> FX is turning into the slug fest we always wanted SB to be, curious, huh?

I haven't seen handlebar banging like we've been seeing in FX past two years
since the last time I went and watched Speedway at the fairgrounds! Though
Mat's bit of heroism going Deeeeeppp in to turn 1 in Race 2 was quite the
spectacle. It's good to see him fighting.

In truth, SB is the slugfest that we love, it's just happening down around
4-8th mixing up the Hondas, Ducs, and Kawi's. The race for position in both
Fontana races were great to watch when we were there, even as Ben, Mat and
Jake ran 1-2-3 spread across 30-40 secs. Ben and Mat have been in a world of
their own all year, but the action is there a ltitle deeper in the field.

Regards,

Will Hartung
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> "T3" <spambait.TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>> That could well happen, but I kinda like Eric to run away at the last
>> two,
>> we'll see..
>
> Yup me too, I think that would be great. But boy wouldn't the last round
> be
> just that much more interesting if Josh leapfrogged Eric at R/A going into
> Mid-Ohio with a 2 point lead instead of Eric with an 8 point lead...That,
> I
> assert is a different race.

A pole point fight?
>
>> FX is turning into the slug fest we always wanted SB to be, curious, huh?
>
> I haven't seen handlebar banging like we've been seeing in FX past two
> years
> since the last time I went and watched Speedway at the fairgrounds! Though
> Mat's bit of heroism going Deeeeeppp in to turn 1 in Race 2 was quite the
> spectacle. It's good to see him fighting.

I'm tellin' you, he did not look good last week, like he lost 10lbs., or so
and was real drawn. Hmm, maybe he's just on the Dani diet...
>
> In truth, SB is the slugfest that we love, it's just happening down around
> 4-8th mixing up the Hondas, Ducs, and Kawi's. The race for position in
> both
> Fontana races were great to watch when we were there, even as Ben, Mat and
> Jake ran 1-2-3 spread across 30-40 secs. Ben and Mat have been in a world
> of
> their own all year, but the action is there a ltitle deeper in the field.

Well, that too, but it's been kinda cool to see Hodgy gettin beat up on.
Latest word on him is that he really wants to stay in the States, I wonder
why?
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T3 wrote:

> I'm tellin' you, he did not look good last week, like he lost 10lbs., or so
> and was real drawn. Hmm, maybe he's just on the Dani diet...

Going cold turkey on them damned donuts is brutal! But if you ever want
to make it to GP these days, you've just got to have the discipline like
those EuroMeds. On the rare occasions when those team managers are out
scouting, they're always looking for the telltale signs - the flakes of
glaze at the corners of the mouth, the chocolate sprinkles stuck to the
front of the leathers...
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