Monday Morning Grind

Wow, what an X Games over the weekend.  I haven't been a huge X fan in the past, but once I happened to catch Pastrana's double backflip early in the weekend, I was glued to the television, especially on Sunday.

I thought all the events were great – the BMX and skateboarding stuff was cool.  The newly added rally car racing (with the likes of Pastrana and Colin McRae) was a nice addition.  Although the SuperMoto race was tops of the weekend for me.  I thought the race was awesome.  The camera footage, the big names, the track, the added strategy/complexity of a pit stop thrown into the mix.  And the finish of the race just happened to come down to the last lap.  Very cool.  I definitely wouldn't mind getting into SuperMoto racing sometime down the road.

Also on Sunday were the AMA Superbike races from Mid-Ohio.  Spies cleaned up.  (Jason) Pridmore did really well in the second race, beating out some of the factory guys.  I tried to pay attention to whatever I could, in hopes of learning something for when we go there in September.