Wildcards at Sugo

racer69 · 8 Apr 2002, 11:59 (Ref:254765)

Anyone know the line-up of Wildcards that will be racing at Sugo.

f1manoz · 8 Apr 2002, 12:38 (Ref:254808)

I haven't read anything, but I dread to think. The WORLD SUPERBIKE race is always ruined by LOCAL JAPANESE participants.

I want to see the best in the world fight it out, not a bunch of wild cards whose names I barely recognise!!!

**gomick** · 9 Apr 2002, 10:21 (Ref:255434)

i dont think you will get as many as previous years as suzuki for example are running the motogp bike in jap sbk championship (though points dont count)...... expect to see tamada again

OVERSTEER · 9 Apr 2002, 23:46 (Ref:256076)

Tamada won both Sugo races last year didn't he?

**gomick** · 10 Apr 2002, 10:01 (Ref:256232)

yep, thought he would have been a certainty for 2nd castrol honda bike in 2002 - seems he let slip the 2001 jap sbk title and wasnt rewarded with a wsb ride.....

D.R.T. · 10 Apr 2002, 11:45 (Ref:256310)

Personally I really enjoy watching the wildcards strut their stuff at Sugo. They might be the only way to beat Bayliss this year.

**gomick** · 11 Apr 2002, 10:58 (Ref:257108)

i think sugo should get rid of that mickey mouse chicane before start/finish straight - riders should be going flat out onto the straight

Blue · 12 Apr 2002, 04:18 (Ref:257819)

Quote:

Originally posted by f1manoz
I haven't read anything, but I dread to think. The WORLD SUPERBIKE race is always ruined by LOCAL JAPANESE participants.

I want to see the best in the world fight it out, not a bunch of wild cards whose names I barely recognise!!!

The best in the world can beat locals that's why they are in wsb? Sugo is difficult circuit, but i dont wanna hear excuse from true champ.

f2001 · 12 Apr 2002, 20:11 (Ref:258407)

If Ryo and Tamada are there, and Haga and Izutzu are in the battle, what a great round its gonna be !

**gomick** · 13 Apr 2002, 04:07 (Ref:258650)

kamakaze abe's with green hair rock

Es Nes · 18 Apr 2002, 19:51 (Ref:264237)

http://www.crash.net/news_detail.asp...&language_id=1

asha · 19 Apr 2002, 06:04 (Ref:264552)

i think sugo is a great circult, and i personally would love to see wildcards up there again.
Last year I seem to remember that there was about 100 bikes on the grid, well maybe not that many but it seemd a lot, a big fright train all the way up the back straight.
And that crazy little uphill chicane, makes it always exciting.

Only one thing left to say!
GO DUNLOP!!

Es Nes · 20 Apr 2002, 06:03 (Ref:265455)

wow O_O

from: http://www.kawasaki-racing.com/press/index.asp

Quote:

Things didn´t go quite so well for Eric Bostrom, the second Kawasaki wild card at Sugo. The reigning AMA Supersport 600 Champion struggled to find a workable set-up during the qualifying session, which resulted in him ending the day down in sixteenth place.

´It´s been a pretty miserable day,´ said a disappointed Bostrom. ´We went the wrong way with set-up for qualifying and took a major step backwards. We know what direction we need to go in with the bike to improve matters, and I´m hoping the team will be able to sort things out before qualifying gets underway again tomorrow.´

i didnt know eric was a wild card at sugo, yanagawas there too

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