ALL For Sale (FS), Wanting to Buy (WTB), Wanting to Trade (WTT), and similar threads MUST be posted in the correct subforums. Ben Spies reveals a specific incident during a practice session at Mugello in 2013 convinced him his racing career was over. The single season 2009 WorldSBK championship phenomenon that is Ben Spies was back in the paddock at Misano – not unusual as he has family connections in the area, and spends time here each year.. The team took its name from Spies’ nickname, Elbowz, for his unprecedented “elbows out” riding style. I came out of that right-hander and I had a nice slide going, nothing major, but when I got to the paint that had more grip the thing hooked up and it twisted itself into some knots. Ben Spies return: Now there’s a NEW Spies replica helmet out for 2017! The team took a stage win at the 2013 Joe Martin Stage Race, by newly crowned national road champion Eric Marcotte (now with SmartStop); 2014 has proven to be successful thus far, with a handful of podium finishes. Just ask Sean Estes, global public relations manager at Specialized. The precautions only serve to protect the economic interests that motorcycling, like any other sport, represents. If that had happened in the first three laps of the race, I would have collected two or three people at 160 mph so that was when I knew I was in trouble. John is good in that corner because having someone you can confide in is always good. Ben Spies was born in 1980s. © 2020 Pocket Outdoor Media Inc. All Rights Reserved. Spies’ zeal for cycling quickly developed into pure passion — the very same passion seen on the motorcycle. “Next year I am actually starting to plan to race off-road, dirt bikes, professionally,” he revealed. Ben gave a clear explanation for the reason behind his farewell to racing…, “My right shoulder is almost non-existent! “We’ll see, my door is kind of open and we’ll see what happens, but I think it’s been a little bit too late now, so it will be tough.”. At that point I was going to be racing for another three years so the doctors said it would be unsafe for me to be out there.”There was one episode, which he had never revealed before, that made him understand how serious his physical condition was…, “I was at Mugello in 2013 in the chicane that goes back to the final corner, it’s a left-right. While Elbowz is an amateur team, it is very important to Spies that the team keeps everything clean and organized. I’ve been away for four and a half years now, so, for something to happen the way I want it to happen, it is probably difficult. DETAILS BELOW. “I’ve been riding a lot of dirt bikes this year,” former Dutch TT winner Spies said. The only other seasons with eight (or more) different winners in a single premier class season were 2000, with eight winners, and 2016, when nine... After 10 Grands Prix and 8 different winners, the 2020 World Championship still does not have a defined face. During the Eighties, conservative politics and Reaganomics held sway as the Berlin Wall crumbled, new computer technologies emerged and blockbuster movies and MTV reshaped pop culture. Ben Spies (born July 11, 1984) is famous for being motorcycle racer. More information on the partnership between Elbowz Racing TxDOT will be available as the program progresses further. The Christmas of a happy and satisfied champion: Casey Stoner, Casey Stoner for Australia: his 2010 Aragon winning race suit up for auction, Miller: "My teammate for 2021? Even with motorcycle racing at the forefront, Spies began cycling as a way to get in shape, beginning nearly a decade ago, as he came to the harsh reality that racers’ bodies do not get better with age. Honestly, there were only 2 or 3 GPs when I felt I was able to get what I could get out of SBK and ride at that limit.”, The biggest problem, however, for Spies were his injuries. Former World Superbike Champion Ben Spies Is Planning A Return To National Racing. The time of the Americans, however, seems long gone…, “If you look at all the last American racers at that level, like Hopkins, Hayden, Edwards, me, everyone was on 125s and 250s. I didn't help Dovizioso, there was nothing planned, he was just behind me”. I’ve had 7 surgeries into that shoulder, it’s basically the soft tissue inside the joint …there’s not much left. Wed, 29 Apr 2020 . The team’s roster for North Star Grand Prix even featured cyclocross champion Jeremy Powers, guest riding with the squad. He seemed to be able to do the same in the world championship, but in 2013 he had to retire due to injuries. There was one surgery I could have done to try and fix it but if it went wrong, it would have been extremely painful, and I would have had to have another surgery. But he admits that putting together a deal to race after such a lengthy absence will be a tall order. “So we started to think about what options are out there. Bikes for Sale He then went on to win the world Superbike championship in 2009, which he describes as nothing more than “a big dream.”.

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