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Old 07-29-2011, 03:53 AM
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Default Some pics from 2011 MotoGP at Laguna Seca last weekend.

Valentino Rossi


Colin Edwards


Dani Pedrosa


Loris Capirossi


Jorge Lorenzo


No one likes Pedrosa


Casey Stoner


Marco Simoncelli


Nicky Hayden's leathers are a little scuffed from a getoff during Saturday qualifying


Turns out Sideshow Bob is quite a motorcycle rider (Marco Simoncelli)


Colin Edwards has clearly lost his mind


Alvaro Bautista


Jorge Lorenzo


King Kenny Roberts made an appearance on his '80 championship winning bike.
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And here's a crash sequence with last year's World Champion, Jorge Lorenzo. This was on the cooldown lap after Saturday morning practice. It sounded to me like he was trying to pull a wheelie but got on it a little too soon & got high-sided. In interviews he has said he had the wrong setting on his traction control. Although he doesn't look to happy here, he ended up putting it on the pole in the afternoon session.































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Thanks for the pics! Jorge definitely got some altitude in his high side. I think that is why he faded toward the end and Stoner got by. All his adrenaline finally gave up. A good performance though.
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great shots-you've done this before not your first time taken pics.

My fav is the Repsol in the trees and of course the super close ups are great.

Good job.

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Awesome. I wish Rossi was doing better now that he's finally on a Ducati.
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Amazing shots!!
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Really nice pics....I liked the crash sequence.
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Did you get permission from Jorge to post the crash pictures?

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Epic awesome shots!
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Great pics Dennis!
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Wow , really great pics , love the King kenny shot .......
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Originally Posted by consolidated
Awesome. I wish Rossi was doing better now that he's finally on a Ducati.
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I was going to post that I hope The Dr can make a few more calls for 1st place before he hangs it up. Great for him. Great for Ducati. I know the bike needs work but maybe he is still hurting some too. And this is from a long long time Yamaha man. I was fighting those Hondas for 30 years LOL.

Great shot of Kenny on the OW Yamaha.



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