Casey Stoner back in action this weekend

[mx250]

[mx250]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdqTMPwjqR8

Never, never, never mix pain killers with beer!!!!!! ..... and then talk in public

[matcho mick]

oooh,now theres a dream team,suzuka 8hr???,

[Marc.com]

Whose the old guy with Casey 

[Lozza]

 X 5 World Champion but best known for head butting a bouncer at the Darwin Casino

"$5000 to head butt a bouncer was a bargain" (sic late 'Magoo') 

[GD66]

Lovely pic, looks like it genuinely means something to both of them.

Passing of the mantle..

[VMX247]

Whose the old guy with Casey 

some guy that used to wear a hat that at least looked wore inn....now don't get me wrong I love Aust RR and Casey but do they have to give him a new hat everyday...Talk about Richy Rich     
ps nice to see oldskool and young blood crackin it together 
cheers A

[mx250]

A great race by Casey. But everyone is talking about the courage and pain of Loranzo and Peddy - fair enough, but there is not a hint of admiration for Casey. I don't think it worries Casey. He probably prefers it that way - not being bothered by the pesty press.

Rossi was  24 seconds slower than Casey on a Duke last year and 30 seconds off the pace this year and he still talks like a hero and no one has asked him the hard questions.

Rossi 6th 2011, 44m22.496s      Casey 2rd 2010, 43.58.390.

If Casey did what he did last year he would have been third this year.

[JohnnyO]

A great race by Casey. But everyone is talking about the courage and pain of Loranzo and Peddy - fair enough, but there is not a hint of admiration for Casey. I don't think it worries Casey. He probably prefers it that way - not being bothered by the pesty press.

Rossi was  24 seconds slower than Casey on a Duke last year and 30 seconds off the pace this year and he still talks like a hero and no one has asked him the hard questions.

Rossi 6th 2011, 44m22.496s      Casey 2rd 2010, 43.58.390.

If Casey did what he did last year he would have been third this year.

How quickly people forget. Rossi has dominated motorcycle racing for a decade with titles in all 3 classes, his reign at the top has to end one day yet people talk like he never did anything. WTF??

[Lozza]

That's because everyone can see ,Rossi finaly has some stiff competition with riders at the top of their game, immune to purile mind games and not on the downside of their careers.
I hear OCC will fabricate the frame for the next Ducati

[mx250]

The other sobering thought for Rossi and his chauvinistic fans is 'If Casey was still riding for Ducati with as much support and clout as Rossi has had, would he be running in 6th as the Best of the Rest?'

The answer would be a resounding NO!

Some day they may come to realise Casey could develop a bike and then he turned up to race on Sunday, come what may. IOW he has been riding the wheels off the Ducati and the Gassini Honda for year and not getting the recognition for it.

Casey is a racer's racer - he does an A grade job, on a B grade bike, on a B grade day, on a B grade team . I think JL and Peddy can lay claim to the same. Rossi is a great racer but......

[JohnnyO]

Casey is a racer's racer - he does an A grade job, on a B grade bike, on a B grade day, on a B grade team . I think JL and Peddy can lay claim to the same. Rossi is a great racer but......

Ha ha.. Rossi won the championship first year on the Yamaha that hadn't won a title for many years, even his team mates on the same bike couldn't win races.
Stoner has been in Moto GP for about 6 years for his 1 title.
Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa are very good but only time will tell if any of them can beat Rossi's achievements.

[mx250]

Casey is a racer's racer - he does an A grade job, on a B grade bike, on a B grade day, on a B grade team . I think JL and Peddy can lay claim to the same. Rossi is a great racer but......

Ha ha.. Rossi won the championship first year on the Yamaha that hadn't won a title for many years, even his team mates on the same bike couldn't win races.
Stoner has been in Moto GP for about 6 years for his 1 title.
Lorenzo, Stoner and Pedrosa are very good but only time will tell if any of them can beat Rossi's achievements.

And who was his opposition?

In racing terms Rossi was born with a silver spoon in his mouth - he has had the best of the best from the word go.

There is no question, and the stats support it, that Rossi is a great rider. But probably not as great as he and his fans would make out or his stats would suggest. A bit like Ago - great stats but no opposition.

Just give Casey his due respect .

[vmx42]

That's because everyone can see ,Rossi finaly has some stiff competition with riders at the top of their game, immune to purile mind games and not on the downside of their careers.
I hear OCC will fabricate the frame for the next Ducati

Come on Lozza tell us what you really think.

I have never been much of a Rossi fan, but his stint at Ducati is going to seriously dent his reputation and the way history will view him. As I have said before JB and co should have stayed at Yamaha and worked with Ben Spies and Rossi should have gone to Ducati and stood on his own two feet.

The current Rossi/Ducati situation sure does make Stoner look good after his results on the Duc.

[allan hughes]

A GRADE JOB
ON B GRADE BIKE
YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE GUY
NEXT TO CASEY