Happy Olympic Morning!
BMX made its Olympic debut yesterday with the Prelim rounds. Tonight is the Finals. You should definitely join the Faction at Champions Sports Bar and Grill in So. MPLS - Click here for the details: http://minnesotafaction.com/2008/08/its-offficial-grain-belt-has-signed-on.html
Anyway, last night's action prompted this e-mail exchange...
Smitty: Morning fellas… Can I have the privilege of posting about last night’s racing action on the Factionblog? Or were one of you already working on it?
Bill: It was awesome! I hope that team USA can survive the Semis to get all 3 in the Finals. That’ll be hard, with only 4 transfer spots & all 3 in the same semis. And hopefully Bennett can recover from that crash. Side note – did you check Day’s shoes, Gold Trickstar Nike Dunk clipless.Only complaints – so dang late & that idiot dude in the purple blouse before & after commercial breaks back in the studio.
Smitty: Ahhh, you did know that the Dude was a lady, right…LOL. I didn’t notice Day’s shoes. Damn, he has the course wired though. I’m not expecting much of Bennett today…how in the hell could you run that track with a racked up shoulder?
Mikko: I could do it.
Smitty: Somebody wake Mike up…he’s obviously still in REM sleep…
Mikko: LOL, I would pee my pants on that hill.
Bill: That was Huge. Did the chinese lettering on it spell out HELL TRACK?Those gaps! You can just roll over a grass gap! And having to completely sky over the girls berm - wow.That first turn was always intense as well. I don’t know how Bennett can comeback from that crash and make top four. The competition is gonna be hard & you have to stay on the gas the whole way.Any one know if the women’s will be aired? And I’m fairly sure she was a dude. Seriously. :)
Smitty: Yes, I am expecting that they will show all the semis for both the Men and Women tonight, as well as the one lap, no crap Mains.
Bill: Mains is one lap? No motos for points like the Quarters & I assume Semis?
Smitty: The way I understand it from viewing the schedule is that Semis will be run like the motos: 4 riders from each Semit transfer to Main based on total points. And then the schedule calls for only one “Final” lap. Which kind of makes sense to me…it is more in the Olympic tradition than a “total points” Main which runs 3 times.
Bill: Man, that final Main will be intense. I may pass out.
Smitty: I’ll check to see if Champions has a defibrillator!
Anyway, last night's action prompted this e-mail exchange...
Smitty: Morning fellas… Can I have the privilege of posting about last night’s racing action on the Factionblog? Or were one of you already working on it?
Bill: It was awesome! I hope that team USA can survive the Semis to get all 3 in the Finals. That’ll be hard, with only 4 transfer spots & all 3 in the same semis. And hopefully Bennett can recover from that crash. Side note – did you check Day’s shoes, Gold Trickstar Nike Dunk clipless.Only complaints – so dang late & that idiot dude in the purple blouse before & after commercial breaks back in the studio.
Smitty: Ahhh, you did know that the Dude was a lady, right…LOL. I didn’t notice Day’s shoes. Damn, he has the course wired though. I’m not expecting much of Bennett today…how in the hell could you run that track with a racked up shoulder?
Mikko: I could do it.
Smitty: Somebody wake Mike up…he’s obviously still in REM sleep…
Mikko: LOL, I would pee my pants on that hill.
Bill: That was Huge. Did the chinese lettering on it spell out HELL TRACK?Those gaps! You can just roll over a grass gap! And having to completely sky over the girls berm - wow.That first turn was always intense as well. I don’t know how Bennett can comeback from that crash and make top four. The competition is gonna be hard & you have to stay on the gas the whole way.Any one know if the women’s will be aired? And I’m fairly sure she was a dude. Seriously. :)
Smitty: Yes, I am expecting that they will show all the semis for both the Men and Women tonight, as well as the one lap, no crap Mains.
Bill: Mains is one lap? No motos for points like the Quarters & I assume Semis?
Smitty: The way I understand it from viewing the schedule is that Semis will be run like the motos: 4 riders from each Semit transfer to Main based on total points. And then the schedule calls for only one “Final” lap. Which kind of makes sense to me…it is more in the Olympic tradition than a “total points” Main which runs 3 times.
Bill: Man, that final Main will be intense. I may pass out.
Smitty: I’ll check to see if Champions has a defibrillator!
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