HAS ANYONE EVER SEEN SOUTHWICK SO ROUGH AND NASTY AS IT WAS SUNDAY? I WAS TRYING MY HARDEST(1'ST HALF OF THE RACE)AND I COULD NOT KEEP UP.I WISH I HAD WORKS SUSPENSION FOR THIS RACE.I THINK I SPENT MOST OF THE RACE LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDER TO SEE FACTORY GUYS CRUISING BY ME.NOW I KNOW HOW JACK FEELS WHEN HE ENTERS THE 250 EXPERT CLASS!!!

-- BARTMAN (PBARTON@PEOPLEPC.COM), June 12, 2000

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Ya, and dont forget about us "B" guys in the Vet class... That's how we feel.. Actually, I dont have to look for you or Tread, just usually hear, Braaaap,. then you go by me.. LOL...

-- Ron Sabin (ThefourSabins@aol.com), June 12, 2000.

Hey Pat, it looked pretty nasty out there, but the turns looked like they would be more fun than at an NESC race, they were more sweeping than normal. The berm in the left hander before the little double was at least four feet high. Pastrana was sure able to make it look easy, he just flows, and how about Reynard, pops out his shoulder in practice, almost doesn't ride, then misses the win overall by a point, one stupid point, good job RR. And good rides for the MHR guys Tread and Carter the top New England guys in the 250 and 125 classes.

-- Paul Buckley (buckley@ici.net), June 12, 2000.

Hey Pat what do you mean rough , we saw the dozer grooming start corner all the way to the tunnel bridge . we were waiting for them to paint two yellow lines on that highway . Just kidding , that looked like the only smooth part !!! I was sitting up behind sweeper and watching old finish line staight HOLEY DEEP HOLES BATMAN ( I mean Bartman ). Big diffrence in factory guys susp than everybody else . What do I have to do to get that plush ride (maybe add a couple of zero's on my check to factory connection ) By the way nice holeshot in qual on sat or was it sun (I have a good memory its just short )

-- (motoman41@aol.com), June 12, 2000.

I was watching you and you looked like you were riding hard. I know the feeling. Sometimes I will be riding so hard and some out of shape donut hound will fly by me and not be working at all. I had my suspension done locally. Lamy was pounding his bike over jumps and stuff and pastrona looked like he was just cruising. I think the new kids ride with more skill and technology than determination. No barnets or hananahs. I found it cool that you raced 250 instead of 125. Good job of doing your best with what you had anyway. You looked fast.

-- clint (w1eyeski@yahoo.com), June 12, 2000.

AUSTIN SQUIRES WILL GET THAT FACTORY KTM RIDE EVEN FASTER AFTER SOUTHWICKS FINE FINISHS.

-- JACK CAMELIO (jack camelio@aol.com), June 12, 2000.

Hey bartman, asuming you are P.B. check motoworld.net southwick pics there is a cool pic of you on the gate between R.C. and albee. I saw the footage on the show also. You had them all on the jump and as far as they showed. I noticed you and dowdy are only ones leaning forward. don't know if you saw it so thought I would use this question to let you know. Also on show Buckley was in a glimse shot taking pics. That would be a rush to be on the line with them.

-- clint (w1eyeski@yahoo.com), June 15, 2000.

THANK YOU FOR THAT SITE INFO PIC DOES LOOK PRETTY GOOD,TOO BAD I GOT SLAMMED IN THE FIRST TURN THOUGH PAT

-- BARTMAN (PBARTON@PEOPLEPC.COM), June 19, 2000.