The DawgHouse #191: 11/12/2012

Anthony West puts his knowledge, skills and money into a racing app for smartphones.

Speaking of the Aussies…the Rebels motorcycle club has been getting a lot of attention down-under as 14 different Australian governtent law enforcement agencies are giving them a close look.

Third Australian story of the week…air powered motorcycle.

Apparently people in London like to stand by and watch as a bunch of thugs on motorcycles rob a jewelry store in a mall.

Things are not looking very hopeful for Suzuki lately…will this affect their planned return to MotoGP?

A piece of motorcycling history is about to go on display in Indianapolis as James Dean’s 1955 Triumph Trophy becomes part of an exhibit on the actor’s short life.

Moto3 was a survival of the fittest race with riders having difficulty adapting to the track conditions. In the end it was Danny Kent who kept his nerve to take his second victory in Moto3 ahead of Sandro Cortese and Zulfahmi Khairuddin grabbing his second-ever podium.

Marc Marquez is a phenom that’ll be missed in Moto2. After a free practice incident that put him at the rear of the grid Marquez, with a share of his aggressive racing style, just ate the field. Marquez was clearly faster in the wet conditions than the rest of the field and picked off racers one after another until he had his prey Julian Simon in sight and then it was only a matter of whether there were enough laps left to take his final race in Moto2. Simon must’ve felt like a wounded wildebeast being hunted by a lion. Poor Simon was like a big tuna being reeled in and with just 2 laps remaining Marquez had the net ready and took the lead. Imagine what Jorge Lorenzo and Dani Pedrosa must be thinking when they watch Marquez race. Simon had to settle for second with Nico Terol taking third.

The 2012 MotoGP World Championship came to an end today as Dani Pedrosa took victory in the Grand Prix of Valenciana…finishing the season just 18 points behind champion Jorge Lorenzo. Pedrosa started once again from pit lane after making a last minute decision to shed his rain tyres. Casey Stoner, racing his last MotoGP race was forced to go to slicks after a few laps, but it paid off as Stoner took the final podium position. Lorenzo watched the finish from the pits after dumping his bike at the mid-point. The story of the race was Katsuyuki Nakasuga filling in for Ben Spies taking second.

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