2011 MotoGP @ Indianapolis Motor Speedway

[Hailwood]

Made it out to the GP weekend at Indy again this year and had a blast. The event was bigger and better than ever.

The re-surfaced infield seemed to be a hit with the riders after they got some rubber down, and the races wound up being pretty good.

Fortunately I was able to score paddock access, so we had some awesome opportunities to see/meet some of the riders.

Valentino Rossi through T8:

Ben Spies in T6 - He had a really bad start during the race, but his move through the field to take the podium was nothing short of amazing:

Casey Stoner getting really low in T8:

Stoner in T6:

Nicky talking with his mechanics:

Rossi in T6

The famous VR46 'package adjustment' leaving the pits during qualifying:

The tribute they had to Gary Nixon and Barry Sheen was very well done:

Elias' mechanics doing some test runs on his bike:

Stoner's garage:

Nicky coming through T8 during Qualifying - He had a really tough weekend, but I think it speaks a lot about him that he got back on the track and finished the race on Sunday:

Moto2 race winner Marquez:

Lots more at My SmugMug.

[RymerC]

Nice pics.