Who is going to win at Laguna?

I'm going to say Hayden for the hat trick. Of course I'm letting emotion get in the way, but it would be cool to see it happen. He does have the mental edge at Laguna and has shown that his Dani Pedrosa edition RC212V has been retooled to fit an adult sized rider. Two podiums in the last couple of races. 14th to 3rd in the dry at the Sachsenring even though he thought his cracked exhaust was going to do him in. He just may do it.

Other American hopefuls are Edwards and Hopkins obviously. Edwards can make it happen this year. He's just got to get some balls. Hopper still doesn't know what it's like to ride hard on shagged tires so I'm not going to put any money on him. Now he's off to Kawasaki next season where he can attain a whole new bag of excuses.

I'm not putting money on anyone, so I guess this is all conjecture. Unless somebody out there wants to throw down. I'll put $20 on Hayden to win.

Now as far as the championship contenders are concerned, will either one finish? Stoner has been mistake free so far. That in itself is a miracle. Rossi has been thinking about ralleye racing too much and has taken his eye off the ball a couple times. What will their fate be? Tune in to FOX and get the crap bored out of you listening to the announcers. I would recommend turing off the volume and doing your best British accent and make your own kind of music.

The race is on!

The real competition is heating up this season to see who the worst former world champion American announcers will be. Freddie Spencer has years of experience making completely inane commentary and completely boring the crap out of the viewer. Kevin Schwantz is making a huge surge for a rookie though. This season he is leading the "I've completely missed what's going on during the race while I engage in chit chat and color analysis" category. It's embarrassing to watch these guys call a race. I've taken to turning the volume down and just doing the work myself. It's far more exciting. Although, I must admit, listening to the toilet flush is more exciting and compelling than listening to these guys.

Bring back the European guys! They get it spot on every time. They don't miss the action and they're insight is geared toward someone who actually is a MotoGP fan not a NASCAR watching moron who accidentally lost their remote control and is too lazy to change the channel manually.

Here we go again!

Laguna Seca is looming on the horizon once again. This year I'm sitting it out at home. I'll wait for the GP circus to arrive at Indy thank you very much. I'm sure they'll find a way to make it a cluster once again out there. I'm really looking forward to watching it live on Speedvision where the announcers are complete clowns and then we'll be treated to endless commercial interruption during a LIVE broadcast! Can anyone get a hold of the feed from the regular announcers? I'll pay for it. Please?

Speedvision should do what is done for a football (soccer) match and run banner advertising during the race. That way none of the action is missed and advertisers like DR Chipper of Geico will still be happy. Or just put a boatload of commercials on before, during and after the completely moronic Greg White feature interviews. Just don't eliminate Ben Bostrom walking around the paddock looking at what kind of food is available. That cannot be missed!