Re: Defending Mladin again.
What a spin job. It should read like this:
Well, I was surprised at the level of talent out there today. I mean, you can see from the tape that I wasn't prepared for Laconi and Chile and Xaus and Toseland and Hodgson and whoever else to make me look like a school girl in the corners like they did. I was going to come up here and essentially say that I quit half way through the race due to exhaustion, but I figured instead that I'd tell it like it is for once.
You see, no matter how often my team tells me to save my tires and use a restrained, thoughtful strategy during a race, I just can't. I can't remember anything like that for very long. So all I know how to do is go like hell for 15 laps and hope no one can catch me after my skins are trash. And usually that works like a charm because I have 20 or so more horsepower than the Honda guys!! Hahahaha! Hahahaha!
But for some strange reason all of the machines were pretty closely matched in the power category today, and I was left looking pretty stupid since I can't really race with a slow, pig of a bike. You've never heard something like that from me before, have you?!! Ha!
Anyway, today just goes to show you how smart I am! I signed my new contract THIS YEAR instead of next year when Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha, and maybe Royal Enfield will all have competitive bikes in AMA. Next year results like today - or worse(!) will be common, and that would have meant no money for Mladin... You all think you've seen a lot of quitting and bellyaching from me when I was on a 750? Ha! You ain't seen nothin' yet!
Oh, and I sat out the second race because my crew chief refused to let me race my AMA bike. I cried and said it wasn't fair. But he said no again, and I went to my trailer to get a popsicle.