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I'm at Laguna Seca raceway today as the guests of Fiat who sponsor Valentino Rossi, a legend in the motorcycling world.

Rossi's fans are everywhere here. They wear yellow shirts with his number, 46, on them.

Think of 46 as a brand.

They have beautiful girls wearing marketing slogans posting with umbrellas and fans.

2PM: The race has started. It's like a nightmare of speed and sound. Amazing that human beings are on those machines. I have a video to upload. (Someone just wiped out while I was writing that.)

8PM: Here's the set of pictures I uploaded today.

Video shows what the race looked like from the stands.

Valentino Rossi signing autographs before the race.

     

Last update: Sunday, July 05, 2009 at 9:08 PM Pacific.



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