Road Racing: Professional: Discussion of Professional Motorcycle Road Racing, such as MotoGP, AMA, World SuperBike, etc.
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10-13-2004, 1:10 PM
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| Draggin' elbow at VIR Yates doing his thing...
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10-13-2004, 1:14 PM
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Join Date: 03-27-2003 Location: Waynesboro, PA
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Time for elbow pucks!!  |
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10-13-2004, 1:17 PM
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Join Date: 03-12-2004 Location: Orlando, FL, USA
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR I have never thought that this sort of thing was possible. Wow, I have a lot to learn. |
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10-13-2004, 1:24 PM
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Here's an older pic of him dragging his elbow through T7 at Mid-Ohio... scrapin'
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10-13-2004, 1:29 PM
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#5 | | Back From the Ashes!!
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Yates is a big ol' mess
But those pics are sweet  |
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10-13-2004, 1:34 PM
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR How does he do that? It looks humanly impossible.  |
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10-13-2004, 1:41 PM
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#7 | | Back From the Ashes!!
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Quote: |
Originally Posted by colryn How does he do that? It looks humanly impossible.  | Ben Spies does the same thing. Look at the corners in the pics. Bet that has something to do with it, cause he is way down but the tire still has a nice contact patch  |
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10-13-2004, 1:46 PM
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#8 | | Just repeating what ever I hear...
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR THe one from VIR is more impressive to me b/c the curbing isn't as sever and the track isn't as banked.
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10-13-2004, 1:47 PM
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Join Date: 05-02-2002 Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Canadian boy,
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10-13-2004, 2:07 PM
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Join Date: 08-07-2003 Location: Sacramento
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR A couple of local club racers drag elbows. Turn 4 at T-Hill seems to be a hot spot for that. |
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10-13-2004, 2:26 PM
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Join Date: 07-20-2002 Location: Sacramento, CA
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Quote: |
Originally Posted by eeeeek A couple of local club racers drag elbows. Turn 4 at T-Hill seems to be a hot spot for that. | I'd believe that. There is a dip right at the apex and the coping is high.  |
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10-13-2004, 4:38 PM
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Join Date: 07-23-2001 Location: Motor City, Michigan
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR
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Last edited by Red Rider : 10-13-2004 at 4:39 PM.
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10-13-2004, 7:23 PM
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Looks like a knee to me  |
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10-13-2004, 8:07 PM
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Join Date: 02-10-2002 Location: Hoosierland, USA
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Quote: |
Originally Posted by ND4SPD Looks like a knee to me  | You just made the list Francis.... 
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10-13-2004, 8:47 PM
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Join Date: 05-02-2002 Location: Toronto, Canada
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Quote: |
Originally Posted by Red Rider That's a nice pic! | It's Jordan Szoke. He's now back in Canada racing for Honda!! |
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10-13-2004, 8:59 PM
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#16 | | Mr. Brownstone
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| Re: Draggin' elbow at VIR Quote: |
Originally Posted by ND4SPD Looks like a knee to me  | No, no, no. It is an elbow.  |
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