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Can Anyone Stop Josh Hayes, and Who Can?

Sure he is not scared, but if Cardenas can pull off a win in the next few rounds and stays in the top three ( which I think he will) we could have an interesting season where I believe most of us thought it would be a yawner. :teeth
 
budman said:
Sure he is not scared, but if Cardenas can pull off a win in the next few rounds and stays in the top three ( which I think he will) we could have an interesting season where I believe most of us thought it would be a yawner. :teeth
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Indeed, which is why the Graves squad will definitely be on full time diligence every round coming out of this, cause they're gonna wanna make sure Hayes is gonna have a package that won't fail him.

I think the season's plot starts after Round 2. :cool
 
What is up with Blake Young anyway? Saw he had a one off for the COTA, but is that it?
 
budman said:
What is up with Blake Young anyway? Saw he had a one off for the COTA, but is that it?
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I believe he's slated to ride the GP Tech CRT bike for all three USGP rounds this season, that's it.
 
Wait, I thought Blake was gonna ride the Attack Performance machine? Just clarifying...
 
I'm actually glad he's on the attack machine. It seems to me that they are much further along in development. I think at this point it's a better ride for him.
 
Is that really all the racing he's doing this year? 3 MotoGP wildcard rides?
 
DaveT319 said:
Is that really all the racing he's doing this year? 3 MotoGP wildcard rides?
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if he beats a few other CRTs, those 3 rides will probably do more for his career than riding lower spec equipment in AMA. hell, even if he had kept the Yosh ride, id still argue the same. there are more opportunities available internationally if you can get someone to notice. its quite sad that our RR championships have lost all their good reputation (IMO).

IMO, he should have pushed really hard for a BSB ride since they seem open to fielding Americans. but obviously that didnt rly work out.
 
As I was watching the Superbike race last weekend, I couldn't help but notice how different Pegram's riding style is than the young guys and even Hayes. Pegram is much quieter on the bike and he rides in that old style that most people like to refer to as 'crossed up' these days. And he's still really fast. I've always been a big fan of his and I'm pulling for him to be competitive this year.
 
Good point. I was noticing that too. Very upright in the corners, head almost right on the centerline of the bike, and butt only shifted a little (compared to others) to the side. That style was supposed to have gone the way of the Dodo in favor of hanging well off the bike, but apparently he didn't get the memo!
 
He's gonna have to be to bounce back from the 2 DNFs, especially with how strong Herrin and Cardenas looked at Daytona.
 
DaveT319 said:
Good point. I was noticing that too. Very upright in the corners, head almost right on the centerline of the bike, and butt only shifted a little (compared to others) to the side. That style was supposed to have gone the way of the Dodo in favor of hanging well off the bike, but apparently he didn't get the memo!
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I was just re-reading an old Soup feature about the 1997 WorldSBK races at Laguna where he was riding for Yoshimura and racing against Kocinski, Chandler, Fogarty, Slight, Chili, Duhamel, Kipp, Russell, Whitham, Yonagawa, Mladin... all these guys long retired and he's still out there chasing podiums.
 
firstbuell said:
yeah, Jim, that really was a super interview with Josh
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+1 :)

I didn't realize that little Josh has been such a little pest to big Josh on the track in practice/qualifying. That's a testament to how professional Hayes is. I can only imagine what Mladin would have been saying every chance he got if Spies behaved like that when they were teammates.
 
Archimedes said:
As I was watching the Superbike race last weekend, I couldn't help but notice how different Pegram's riding style is than the young guys and even Hayes. Pegram is much quieter on the bike and he rides in that old style that most people like to refer to as 'crossed up' these days.
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DaveT319 said:
Good point. I was noticing that too. Very upright in the corners, head almost right on the centerline of the bike, and butt only shifted a little (compared to others) to the side. That style was supposed to have gone the way of the Dodo in favor of hanging well off the bike, but apparently he didn't get the memo!
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He rides that way due to past injuries. Hard to believe, but Pegram first raced AMA Superbike in 1993....and here it is 2013 with him on the podium.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2004/Feb/040206d.htm

http://moto-racing.speedtv.com/article/ama-sbk-larry-pegram-back-to-the-front/P1

That horrific leg injury at the 1993 AMA Superbike Phoenix race almost ended his Superbike career before it could even get going. He later had hip replacement surgery which helped.

Doesn't have Pegram's crash in '93 but still a great vid with a great battle for the lead!

[youtube]QYleqtb95pg[/youtube]
 
Three rounds left (two in NJMP, one in Laguna Seca), and Hayes is sitting in third behind Cardenas and Herrin. Hayes' six wins - five of them consecutively - would be impressive compared to the stats of the other two, if it weren't for his three finishes in 15th and below. Meanwhile, neither Herrin or Cardenas have finished a race below 6th place.

There's still a healthy 96 points in total up for grabs, but Hayes is going to have to win all of them - win all three races and bonus points for pole position and most laps led - to win his 4th consecutive title. If I did my math right, Herrin has a chance to bag the title if he wins just one of the next three races, and finishes the rest in second.
 
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