Quoted: Anyone remember the time he rode around the pits with an adult "blow up doll" on the back of his pit scooter?
THAT one pissed some people off. |
This was a sort of a joke/prank aimed at one of his [arch] rivals
Max Biaggi, who was rumored at the time to have been dating Naomi Campbell.
Quoted: *snip*
He was able to win on a bike that wasnt close to what the Honda was and what the first year he went out on it?
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What Id really like to see is that bitch Mladin attempt GP instead fo dominating AMA year after year.
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1. 2004 & 2005 were his first championships with Yamaha after winning 2001-2003 with Honda, 5 consecutive, with two different manufacturers.
2. Mladin has already had a stint in MotoGP with Cagiva after winning the Australia Superbike Championship and has said that it is not likely he will go back (whether that is "REALLY" true is still to be determined). Interestingly there was some testing done at Phillip Island in Australia during which Mladin was lapping faster than the World Superbike guys. They of course chalked it up to a difference in the tires Mladin was using compared to what they had.
Mladin has lost the past 2 seasons to teammate Ben Spies, who is gunning for a MotoGP ride in '09, and will be riding a Wildcard spot for Suzuki in both the USGP races this summer at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If Mladin does not win this season and Spies goes to MotoGP (or another series) he will hang his AMA boots up with his 6 trophies.
With the proposed new rules from the Daytona Motorsports Group, 'top-tier' motorcycle racing in the US will be lame. Mladin has let his opinion of this be known, as well as stating that he will not be racing in the proposed new series.
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