Read more for a consolidation of some practice moblogging posts & pictures from the event. When I get around to putting stuff up on Flickr, I’ll add them here. Enjoy!

Colin Edwards is my hero

There he goes in that killer Laguna livery. Too bad there’s not really any Edwards swag around here; even a nice print of the livery for this race would a pretty sweet. All I could find was a hat with his old number (45) on it. Go Colin!

Marco Melandri

I think Marco is a pretty cool guy and hope he has better luck here this year. Here he is ripping off a sweet practice start in front of us between T3 and T4. I suck at starts, so I always love a demo. These new 800s sound a little different now, but the starts are still cool!

Rossi is the man

Super smooth in T3 … By the way, all these shots are from the second free practice on Friday. I’m not sure why, but Miguel Duhamel and Roger Lee Hayden were out to play too – sweet! (OK, I guess Miguel is riding for Gresini Honda with Melandri, and Roger Lee is going in as Kawasaki’s wildcard for the race. Killer.) I haven’t found out what times everyone was doing, but I’m pretty sure a few were in the 23′s … niiice!

More fun with Nicky Hayden

Nicky regulating T3 … I noticed a bunch of riders were definitely following him as much as they can. The pre-race gamesmanship at this level of riding has to be hardcore.

Anonymous Asphalt Attack

Cruising into T4 … Sorry, it’s tough to tell who this is now! (Now that I’m home … it looks like a Duc in front. Stoner? I didn’t see Capirex out there until a little later.)

Ducati Island

Free water, snacks, people, bikes … and “Pour Some Sugar On Me” just faded into “We’re Not Gonna Take It,” if you can hear it over the 600′s qualifying. I am officially in heaven. Seriously.