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III IN THE PADDOCK
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BY MICHAEL SCOTT
T
he time for reveries almost
over, but it was a fruit-
ful holiday period, as the
scandal of the kick died away,
and both the Rossi-Marquez
feud and Lorenzo's champion-
ship took on a more realistic
hue. Now the light shines on
2016: the battle renewed, the
rivalry intense—on Michelin tires,
and with the spectre of Stoner
as a wild card on a Ducati.
It looks like a good year, but
more of that later. There're a few
reveries to get out of the way.
I was much aided in my own
by a new book, written by the
both literally and proverbially
larger than life Chris Carter, one-
time GP journalist, broadcaster,
presenter, promoter, publisher
and man of many contacts.
"Chris Carter at Large" is a
personal and anecdotal tour
through a roly-poly life in racing,
starting in motocross back in
the 1960s, spanning the USA,
Britain and all of Europe (includ-
ing behind the Iron Curtain),
only tailing off as the current GP
generation got into action.
Some of the anecdotes are
revealing and insightful. Carter
EVERYDAY REVERIES AND THE
CARTER EFFECT ON MEMORY
