VincentHill
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posted February 20, 2004 11:06 AM
At Talladega, in the infield, Wes Cooley had just passed me in the 1982 1000 R Yoshimura Suzuki and lost it in a big way and was off the bike on "Both" sides at one time or another and the last thing I saw was him throwing himself back onto the seat as I went past. Wendy Epstein (From San Francisco one of the 2 girl Super Bike riders, Carter Alsop was the other one) and I had to slow up to watch and spoke to each other after the race. Usually I gas it when someone is in trouble, but this time, it was waaay too much entertainment to miss. This was before the time of Randy's great save
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frEEk
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posted February 20, 2004 11:25 AM
hehe, at least he put it down nice and gently 
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necro
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posted February 20, 2004 11:57 AM
I bet he went down.
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slug
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posted February 20, 2004 02:05 PM
we had video here of gary mccoy backing his kawi gp bike in like that
also seen one rossi vid where it's plain to see the front is gone and that wiry little SOB levers it back up with his knee/elbow....
*sigh* talent....
yeh hayden has some nice saves too ;p never seen mamola ride in anger so dunno bout his
  
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VincentHill
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posted February 20, 2004 02:42 PM
Slug, it was in Assen Holland! it was unbelieveable. In SLow Mo, there is a point where he is actually in "FRONT" of the bike and a time where he is off the back of the bike and then other times where he is laid over the tank and finally he bull dogs the bike to get it under control and hops back on the Bike and rides away!
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posted February 20, 2004 03:28 PM
was he on a yellow bike, maybe coming out of a corner??? Gee, i think I have that video clip somewhere.......
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k bryant
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posted February 20, 2004 05:07 PM
 Edited By: k bryant on 20 Feb 2004 17:08
Vince - you naughty man. You were the one hanging out with Wendy & Carter.... Wendy is my buddy. But Carter was a babe. She went on to monkey on my former sidecar partner's rig. She was really good on those also.
I miss racing Talladega. You could actually cut the chicane (through the dirt) and the only one who cared was the guy behind getting roosted on!! Kinda like a 180 mph SuperMotard race!
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slug
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posted February 20, 2004 09:10 PM
is that big talladega or the little one?
180mph...sheesh i'mhappy to hit 110 on that thing...(little T)
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Hells Dark Lord
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posted February 22, 2004 06:22 AM
hey Dave, I was on Jennings website looking for a way to contact Russel (Fat Bloke) and happened across that pic yuo posted on here, that is way cool..One of these days I need to come down there and ride that track...I got a weekend track day at Roebling in August, and I would liek to hit Jennings and Barbers and Nashville, and maybe Terra Huete as well....and maybe Grattan if I can get up to MI for one weekend. are you or Harry planning a trackday at jennings oro do ya'll just go when ya feellike it?
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VincentHill
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posted February 22, 2004 07:01 AM
Remember one of my best friends was Richard Chambers who Carter was friends with also! Wendy was more my kind of person because she was a regular person doing all of the work she could where Carter was more the Movie Star that could ride fast (But not front of the pack fast). At that time, this was a new thing. I could not remember the name of the other girl that raced in Europe and had a TZ 500 GP Bike and rode real smooth! I think she was the wife of the guy from Pennsylvania that rode the Harley 250 water cooled twin and crashed real hard at Danville last year and the AMA took it's time in getting help to him "William Himmelsbach" . I think his wife's name was Gina!
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