Team Scot Forced to Withdraw from MotoGP Due to Lack of Sponsorship for '10....

Due to financial reasons--like we all haven't heard that line a LOT lately--Team Scot will

be forced to withdraw from the MotoGP class for next season. According to the link below

from the fine folks at www.crash.net, they had been very close to signing Alex de Angelis-

as announced in a previous post here-but due to sponsorships and the like NOT coming

together, they will now concentrate their efforts on the new Moto2 class that is

replacing the mid-size ring ding, 250GP class.

While Team Scot waves goodbye along with their lovely umbrella lady at the Indy round

of the MotoGP Championship this year, you can read the official release here. And thanks

again to the great folks at www.crash.net (VERY cool site, people.....) for their work and

efforts for making this news available to us! And thanks for coming by and checking us

out here at Stu's Shots R Us! We dig company!

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/154567/1/scot_out_of_motogp_de_angelis_deal_sunk.html

The End of The 250 Era in MotoGP Competition Draws Near...

In what was the second to the VERY last race EVER of 250 Grand Prix competition in
the MotoGP circus, Team Scot's Hiroshi Aoyama won the final in Malaysia on Sunday
October 25th. With only the finale at round 17 in Valencia, Spain, on November 8th,
Aoyama only needs to place 1oth to win the 250 crown from current champion
Marco Simoncelli. And with the 250's going the way of the Edsel come the end of the year,
the end of the line in the ring ding class is drawing closer as the winter draws us nearer.
After decades of screaming chain saws on acid belching into the air the pungent smell of
gas and oil mix, the 2 stroke class will officially become the 'Moto2' class and will be made up
entirely of Honda 600-powered, individual team-produced chassis. With the 4 stroke
technology having overtaken the need, or the feasibility of 2 stroke technology, what many
of us have grown up with will now be stored away in a closet much like the toys of yesteryear
we long gave up for adulthood. Or something to that affect.....
So while you ponder the thoughts, memories, and overall love--or hatred if you don't like the
ole ring ding's anyway--of what is surely the passing of the generations, remember the
champions all, the manufacturers all, the crowds of fans scrambling and meandering into their
seats and perches, the wafting in the air of the aroma of oil and gas mix and castor oil, and the final wail of that last race when the chain saws are released for one final time among the masses.
And how the band played on.....

Here are some links concerning Hiroshi and Team Scot and the official results and standings
and race run down compliments of the super people at www.MotoGP.com!


http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2009/250+sepang+race+aoyama

http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/xx/2009/MAL/250cc/RAC/worldstanding.pdf



http://www.motogp.com/en/riders/profiles/Hiroshi+Aoyama

http://www.motogp.com/en/events/Valencia/2009


The shot above is the bike that Hiroshi Aoyama has campaigned for the Team Scot HRC Satellite effort in the 250 class of MotoGP. It is a satellite Honda RS250RW, 2009 factory model. This
shot was taken at the Indy MotoGP round on August 28 this year.

Alex de Angelis Pins Hopes of 4th at Philip Island MotoGP Round for Seat at Team Scot

According to the folks at http://www.crash.net/, with his 4th place finish at Philip Island yesterday,

Alex de Angelis is 'in talks' with JIR Team Scot to ride on their HRC satellite Honda in MotoGP

for 2010.

I posted the original article below as well as some other links about Alex and Team Scot, as well as their official web sites and what MotoGP.com has on them as well. While you are reading up

on all of the silly season ramblings about Team Scot and Mr. de Angelis, you can check out the shots above of the team's mounts---the bikes, guys, not the umbrella girl! Which gutter did

YOUR mind just jump out of???!!!!

They had an ultra sano display at the Indy round of the MotoGP circus back at the end of

August and I was lucky enough to get a few shots of their set up. And the gorgeous blonde

umbrella lady didn't hurt either.... I'm just sayin'.

Enjoy the reading and the views--of the bikes and the umbrella lady!

http://www.crash.net/motogp/news/153711/1/de_angelis_fourth_strengthens_team_scot_chances.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_de_Angelis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Scot

http://www.jir.mc/main.asp

http://resources.motogp.com/files/results/xx/2009/AUS/MotoGP/RAC/Classification.pdf