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The Red Bull USGP was held in Monterey, California during Forth of July weekend at the Laguna Seca Raceway. This years Red Bull Grand Prix was not as exciting as last years Stoner versus Rossi.

The Red Bull uspg was held in Monterey, California during Forth of July weekend at the Laguna Seca Raceway. This years Red Bull Grand Prix was not as exciting as last years Stoner versus Rossi. Pedrosa came out of no where to come in first place in over a year. Although Dani does not have enough points to fight for the title it was a good win for Repsol Honda. Another milestone for Dani was this is his first win since he switched to Bridge Stones. Nicky Hayden 2006 Moto Gp champion earned fifth place better than normal on the Ducati GP09. Another surprise was how many crashes there where this year. Lorenzo crashed twice one high side out of Rainey curve and the other a low side almost in the same spot. Casey Stoner 2007 champion crashed during practice in turn 3 going right into four. Nicky Hayden also had a little spill but nothing serious. Although Lorenzo had a terrible crash he still was able to race. Lorenzo suffered partial dislocation of his right collarbone and a bruised right foot. It was amazing that he came third place. He needed help walking up to the podium. That shows the heart and determination that these racers have. The eight time GP winner Valentino Rossi saw the crashes in a interview. He is still susprised that his teammate still had the courage to race. Nicky Hayden has higher expectations than a fifth place victory. He says it will do. He is used to winning and getting podiums. Toni Elias did better than normal, He came in sixth. His best performance for the 2009 season. In other news the Texas Tornado scored his 100th point becoming 14th overall the Motogp's 61 years in history. He finished seventh at Laguna Seca.

Nicky Hayden has a signature edition bike which was shown for the first time at Laguna Seca. It's a red white and blue Ducati 848 hand signed by Nicky Hayden. Hayden also had a new race bike design for the fans rolling out on his Ducati GP09 and of course a matching helmet. Hayden wanted to improve his position and maybe get some hardware at Indy. Coming up next will be the Motogp in Germany where the Kentucky Kid dose pretty well.

Positions standing for the Red Bull Motogp at Laguna Raceway July 2009

1. Dani Pedrosa - The Spainard came out of no where to win the Red Bull usgp. He had a two second lead over Rossi at one point in the race. This was his first win in almost a year. Even though he is not close to Rossi   Lorenzo or Stoner it gave him a moral boost.

2. Valentino Rossi - "The Doctor" was right on Dani Pedrosa the whole race. But it all came down to the last turn and Dani slowed down. Valentino Rossi was thinking about passing but he taught it was way too risky. He took the twenty points wich extended his lead.

3. Jorge Lorenzo - Dispite crashing three times during practice and qualifing and one high side that partially dislocated shoulder and badly brused right foot he was still able to come third place over all.

4. Casey Stoner - Casey Stoner crashed during qulifiing but that did not phase him during the race. Casey's arm gave out from arm pump. All the left hand corners took a toll. He did not push foward to try to take third. He made sure no one was behind him and keep a steady pace. Casey wants to find out whats wrong with his hand. He said he does not want to cover it up with tablits. 

5. Nicky Hayden - Nicky came in fith place holding off Toni Elias. Nicky was pleased but did not want to celebrate. He said he feels like a fool for even being happy with fifth. Now Nicky Hayden wants to bring some hardwear from indy which is coming up pretty soon.(Number 69)

6. Toni Elias - Stunned everyone with a better than normal performance. He came in sixth the best result of the season for him.

7. Colin Edwards - scoring his 100th point-scoring Grand Prix finish to become the 14th rider in the 61 year history of world championship racing to score points in 100 races. Right now he sits in fifth place in the overall standings.

8. Chris Vermeulen

9. Randy De Puniet

10. Marco Melandri

11.  Alex De Angelis

12. Niccolo Canepa

13. Andrea Dovizoiso

14. Steve Gibernau

15. Loris Capirossi

16. Gabor Talmacsi

17. James Toesland Black Flagged for not coming in when he jump started. James was obviously dissapointed.

Point standing after the Red Bull Motogp at Laguna Raceway July 2009

1. Valentino Rossi-151

2. Jorge Lorenzo-142 

3. Casey Stoner-135

4. Dani Pedrosa -95

5. Colin Edwards-76

6. Andrea Dovizoiso-69

7. Marco Melandri-61

8. Chris Vermeulen-61

9. Randy De Puniet-58

10. Loris Capirossi-56

11. James Toesland-39

12. Nicky Hayden-38

13. Toni Elias-37

14. Alex De Angelis-36

15. Mika Kallio-26

16. Niccolo Canepa-16

17. Steve Gibernau-12

18. Yuki Takahashi-9
 

 Podium Finish USGP Laguna Seca 2009