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kn ows motorsports well. "When I sa w m y fir st Grand Prix m otorcycle race, I was fasci nated by it. In fact I think I enjoy th at more than I do cars because of the h uman elements. ' T h is is the premier even t of th e sport, and I don' t think Am ericans really un derst an d th a t. " Norris: "We' re looki n g for the angles whi ch will help explain what international Grand P rix motorcycle ra cing is about to the people out there .who unfo rt u n a tel y in America don' t understa nd i t. I , as a motorcycle , raci ng fa n , a m h o p in g tha t it will get N BC in te rested and exc i ted because 1 th ink i t's , a wo nderfu l sp ectacle. G leck l, to Norris: " I ca n remember w hen you did st uff (race reports) in Cycl e News, anti th at made m y da y!" ' The races begin. J immy Fi lice does hi s n umber o n th e 250 riders. And th en co mes th e 500 race . Sa lly in th e pits m o ves to Ed die Lawson 's cre w. "What I'm im pressed abo u t Kel Ca rr u the rs is th at he' s win n ing, an d th at it 's suc h a tense race, a nd he's so calm ." And when i t's over, wh en Eddi e wins - "Ed d ie Lawson 's team !" sho u ts Sa lly. "The re a re a lo t of nationalities here a nd I've never heard so man y languag es a t o ne time! H ow does it feel?!" "Primo! Number o ne!" . NBC/ESPN Producer J a y H ansen sums it up back at th e truck after it' s all over. " We have a fantasti c ra ce. We co u ld n' t ask for any th in g better. We highlighted Wa yn e a nd Law son in o u r 'o p en i n g , and i t worked out th at th at 's th e wa y i t fin ish ed. And for a n Am eri can to win , it was fantastic! We had all o f the battles. We co u ld co me ba ck here .five, 10 years in a row. I lov e it." Three -tim e World Ch ampion Fr eddie ' Spen cer , . in sl a cks, blue blazer and ne cktie: " T h is is th e first thing I'v e done o u tside of racing since I retired. I kn ow what th e ride rs are . t h i n k i ng b y watch ing th e m a chin es , th e wa y th ey move a rou n d, a nd a lso th ei r s tyles o f riding. It was good to see a n Am erican win the first U.S. Grand Prix in o ur lifetime, o ur years. I think it 's going to bring a new a wa rene ss to more peo pl e, which is what this sport n eed s, and that 's what I want . 'to bring to it. " Gary Gerould: " I'm exci ted ! The pi ctures we sa w on th e co urse were great. You co u ld see L awson workin g , how he was setting people up, how he was making his passes a lmost everyone o f th em ca me in th e sa me spot in turn two. You co u ld see he was runnin g a di fferent line com in g o ut of th e Corkscre w in th e rough port io n of th e track, an d , Fredd ie is ri ght o n ' to p o f things lik e th at . T he che mis try is good!" Di ck Auberba ch : " I becam e a co n vert toda y o n th e 500. And th e reacti on of th e cro wd was enough to make th e hai r o n th e back of your neck stand up. And for La wso n to ge t o ff th e bi ke a nd walk up th e hill into th at crowd ahd throw up hi s helm et a nd g lo ves was just stu pe ndo us. And 'Yahoo!' Just stu pe ndo us! The fitting end, reall y." Scotty Con nal: " Most o f th e shows I h av e see n o u t of mo to rcycling rac ing have been rath er 'a n tisep tic. ' Today we showed th e crowd, the peop le. It was a ha p pening. Ma rk d id a hellu va job. Grea t ca me ra people. Excellen t shots. It 's a lot o f work." Mark G lec kl, back in the truck does so me work o n the 250cc show, tweak ing it here and th ere, co nforming it to progra m time. An d n o w he feels even better abo u t it, And the 500cc sh o w! Says th e di rector , "The 500 race is all I wa n ted it , to be. It is going to o ne o f th e best covera ges tha t certa in ly I hav e ever see n." • ..:' .:. , ." ," . ," . :' : ., . .. .: . . . ' .. ;',: . .. .: . . 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