Mrs. Lefty and I attended the NorCal International Motorcycle Show last night and got the chance to meet Scott Russell (aka Mr. Daytona) doing a pit stop competition vs. some young whippersnapper on the main stage in the vendor hall. Unfortunately for us old dudes, Scott lost in the rear wheel swap contest when the axle came loose before he got the air wrench on the nut.
We were standing about 5 feet from the bike while he was working on and it and I was amazing how fast he could change a rear wheel, around 24 seconds as I recall.
Anyway, after the contest my wife and I had a chance to talk to Scott for about 10 minutes or so about racing, the AMA's upcoming season and the Speed Channel and he confirmed to us that Speed has chosen to not renew next season's AMA coverage on Speed. We could tell that Scott was pretty bummed about Speed's decision, but we gave him our best wishes that either Speed or some other channel would pick up the coverage.
It's really not surprising as when Cali rider, Mrs. Lefty and I attended the AMA races at Sears Point (Infinion/Sonoma Raceway) this spring and the turnout was dismal to say the least.
I'll post up the pic of Mrs. Lefty and Scott and soon as I can...
We were standing about 5 feet from the bike while he was working on and it and I was amazing how fast he could change a rear wheel, around 24 seconds as I recall.
Anyway, after the contest my wife and I had a chance to talk to Scott for about 10 minutes or so about racing, the AMA's upcoming season and the Speed Channel and he confirmed to us that Speed has chosen to not renew next season's AMA coverage on Speed. We could tell that Scott was pretty bummed about Speed's decision, but we gave him our best wishes that either Speed or some other channel would pick up the coverage.
It's really not surprising as when Cali rider, Mrs. Lefty and I attended the AMA races at Sears Point (Infinion/Sonoma Raceway) this spring and the turnout was dismal to say the least.
I'll post up the pic of Mrs. Lefty and Scott and soon as I can...
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