THE GRID: MOTOGP WITH B.T.
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othing says the coming of Spring like March!
springs hope like starting a new season. You can almost
Theoretically, you shed your Winter coat, you get
feel the electricity in the air from the fans and riders alike.
your tush in the gym to sweat off those Winter pounds that
We are bonded into one family that practically worships
accumulated around “your middle” and your vision looks
the two-wheeled rockets that men and women alike try and
toward the blooming of roses, the sounds of birds in the
tame for a weekend at racetracks around the world. This
trees and like the kid in all of us says, “It stays lighter later.”
is our sport! Sure, it may not be as popular as American
If you’re a grown-up, "Daylight Savings!”
Football or Futbol or F1, but we don’t care. MotoGP is our baby! And just like other sports, we have our favorites,
But when you’re a motorcycle racing fan, more specifically
sometimes to a fault, and some of us are faced with the
a MotoGP geek like myself, March means the start of the
reality of what the season may hold for us. But for a brief
MotoGP Season and with that comes predictions on what
moment, it is the Genesis, the start of a season where hope
will transpire for the upcoming 2018 season. Nothing
springs eternal. So without further adieu... My predictions
JORGE MARTIN
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