VOL. 50 ISSUE 8 FEBRUARY 26, 2013
was completely screwed on my recording options and I wouldn���t be able to
relax on Sunday night and watch World
Superbikes while the rest of the family
was tied to the Academy Awards show
as planned.
I have a bit more time to research
my choices before round two comes
around, but live streaming may be my
(and others in the same boat) best and
only option. Many who didn���t have beIN
Sports available on their TV watched it
via live streaming and they enjoyed it.
Commercial free. The only downside to
the streaming option is you either watch
it live or you miss it completely as the
races aren���t archived on the beIN Sport
website ��� at least not yet.
Most of the responses we���ve gotten so far from those who did watch
the races on beIN Sport (both on TV
and through live streaming) have been
positive. In fact, a lot of our readers are
raving about it. You get full race coverage just like you do in Europe, a trick
on-screen ticker that showed you who
was running where, all the action from
Parc Ferme after the race, including interviews. And beIN Sports even aired
a pre-season World Superbike preview
show. So what���s not to like?
So what started out as a pretty rough
weekend for us and a lot of our readers ended up with a fairly happy conclusion. We were able to start posting stories again on Sunday afternoon and one
way or another World Superbike fans
were able to watch the season opener
live from Australia on Saturday night. A
win-win.
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LOOKING BACK
40 Years Ago
March 6, 1973
We covered the Florida Winter MX Series
round Hialeah, where Pierre Karsmakers
topped Marty Tripes and Bob Grossi for
the Open-class win��� A $1000 purse was offered at Muntz Cycle Park in Moorpark, California. Eddie Cole, Gary Jones and Peter
Lamppu were the big winners on the day���
We tested the $1025 impressive Yamaha
DT3 (250cc) MX motocrossers.
30 Years Ago
March 9, 1983
Ice racing was featured on the cover 30
years ago. We took an inside look at this
unique form of motorcycle racing��� Husqvarna���s Mike Melton got the AMA National Enduro Series started with the overall win at
the Quicksilver National in California��� We
tested the latest motocrosser from Can-Am,
the 500cc Sonic MX.
20 Years Ago
March 3, 1993
Doug Polen and Scott Russell were featured on the cover 20 years to accompany
our Daytona Preview issue��� Damon Bradshaw recorded his second win of the season at the Atlanta Supercross and ended
Jeremy McGrath���s four-race win streak.
Doug Henry won the 125 class��� Larry Roeseler won the Quicksilver National Enduro
in California��� Danny Hamel topped the BITD Gold Strike desert race.
10 Years Ago
February 26, 2003
Our Daytona Preview issue, with Ben
Bostrom on the cover, asked: Can Ben
fill Nicky���s shoes?... Ricky Carmichael
chalked up his fourth win of the season at
the Minneapolis Supercross. Branden Jesseman led every lap on the SoBe Suzuki to
win the 125 East main��� We tagged along
with Suzuki���s Sean Hamblin when he took a
ride in a Blue Angel���s F-18 fighter jet.
