Come watch the MotoGP in Motegi at Brothers BBQ on Arapahoe Rd and I-25.
Sunday September 28th
Schedule is as follows:
12:00 Get lunch and a seat
1pm 250cc race
2pm MotoGP race
3pm AMA races
As always, race bikes will be on display and MRA riders get a free order of Hot Links when you show your race license or pit crew pass.
The 2008 title winner could potentially be crowned at this latest 800cc showdown and, in an about turn from this time last season, it is Valentino Rossi who has the chance of confirming the World Championship in Japan at the expense of Casey Stoner. Arriving at Motegi with an 87-point advantage, with the honour of being the winner of the most premier class races in history secured and on a four-race winning streak, Rossi needs only to finish fourth in Japan to clinch his sixth MotoGP trophy.
That does not mean that all is said and done, however. Last year Rossi conceded the title in discreet fashion in the MotoGP race, dropping down to thirteenth with a mechanical problem in a situation that permitted Stoner the luxury of not having to push for higher than sixth.
Rossi has only won once before at Motegi, onboard a 500cc Honda back in 2001. This year he can even afford a maiden victory in Japan for Stoner, whose return to Japan could see him conceding the title almost a year to the day after winning it.
Stoner may only have the slimmest of chances to prevent Rossi from experiencing his sixth MotoGP title, but he is still in the driving seat for the runner-up spot in the 2008 season. The Ducati rider has a seven point advantage over Repsol Honda´s Dani Pedrosa, who is currently on a run of five races without a podium – the longest of his Grand Prix career since his first top three in 2001.
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