Reports on the Grand Prix of the United States, or whatever, from our erstwhile reporters in the field.
Maverick Vinales, will miss the race due to a death in the family.
Buzz Says:
October 2, 2021 at 9:58 am | edit
Day 1: The gully washer storm turned into blistering heat and humidity. I missed FP1. FP2 was great to watch because, as the announcers were saying, the Saturday forecast was for more heavy rain so they were going to try to turn their best times in FP2.
Marquez went straight to the top in the early stages and then the tops spot became Fabio, Miller, Pecco but it was all for naught. At the end of the session 93 turned in a fast lap and finished FP2 #1.
Rossi finished the session with a wave and a wheelie as the fans cheered. 46 gear is everywhere as usual. What will MotoGP do without him?
Saturday morning: Wake up to bright blue skies! No rain in the forecast but it is Texas so wait 15 minutes as they say. Gonna be smoking hot today but hopefully not as humid.
Buzz Says:
October 2, 2021 at 5:48 pm | edit
Picked a Pecco of pickled peppers. Kaboom! Great Q2 session today. It was 93,93 93 at the top of the board and then Pecco turned up the heat and came flying by our turn 15 grandstand and snagged the pole as time was running out. The first Italian to claim 3 straight poles since Methuselah in 2009.
Many more people at the track today compared to yesterday. No rain. Just blistering heat and humidity. Can someone please tell Texas it’s fall now and it’s ok to cool down? It’s amazing what these guys can do riding this hard in full leathers in this heat. I was in shorts and a t-shirt and feeling Verklempt.
Moto2 qualifying has been awesome. My small group even agreed the triples sound better than the diesels at speed. Awesome shrieking sound and incredibly fast.
Overall, another great day. The vendors and other activities are naturally reduced compared to previous years but everyone here is so cheerful and so pleased we get to experience this again.
Tags: COTA, fabio quartararo, Honda, Jack Miller, Marc Marquez, motogp, pecco bagnaia
Late-Braking MotoGP 
October 2, 2021 at 12:49 pm |
Thanks Buzz. Keep a mess o’ those reports a comin’.
Wishin’ I coulda been thar. Yehaw!
That Antman fella shore is fast.
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October 2, 2021 at 5:48 pm |
Picked a Pecco of pickled peppers. Kaboom! Great Q2 session today. It was 93,93 93 at the top of the board and then Pecco turned up the heat and came flying by our turn 15 grandstand and snagged the pole as time was running out. The first Italian to claim 3 straight poles since Methusalah in 2009.
Many more people at the track today compared to yesterday. No rain. Just blistering heat and humidity. Can someone please tell Texas it’s fall now and it’s ok to cool down? It’s amazing what these guys can do riding this hard in full leathers in this heat. I was in shorts and a t-shirt and feeling Verklempt.
Moto2 qualifying has been awesome. My small group even agreed the triples sound better than the diesels at speed. Awesome shrieking sound and incredibly fast.
Overall, another great day. The vendors and other activities are naturally reduced compared to previous years but everyone here is so cheerful and so pleased we get to experience this again.
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October 2, 2021 at 11:37 pm |
keep up the good work Buzz!
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October 3, 2021 at 9:12 pm |
Final day: Hotter than hell again. Moto3 lots of red flags. Moto2 was awesome. MotoGP the Legend of Texas gets the hole shot and runs away with it.
93 goes full class act and does his victory lap holding an American 69 Nicky flag all the way around.
Fans were cheering Nakagami after he crashed, got the bike restarted and gained a few positions!
It really was a great weekend at the track. The surface needs to be redone STAT. I shall be back in April if things return to normal scheduling.
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October 11, 2021 at 12:48 am |
Good onya, Buzz. Thanks for the reports!
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December 13, 2021 at 10:19 am |
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