Copyright 2003, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc. FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: I read, in complete shock and awe, the commentary on Speed TV’s coverage of Laguna Seca. While the actual events they did cover might have been done well, I can’t even imagine how they can be forgiven for covering a grand total of 3 races: World SBK Round 1, AMA 600 Superport, and World SBK Round 2. That is it? That is all we get?! Where was Superstock,which was even run on Sunday?! Where was Formula Xtreme? Where was the 250 GP? Where was AMA SuperBike? I know it wasn’t because they didn’t want to play taped races. As far as I can tell from the AMA schedule, 600 Supersport was run on Friday. So why not show the others? Was it so they could play such tantalizing programs as Autoweek THREE TIMES, NASCAR Edition Speed News TWICE, Hi-Rev tuners TWICE, or my favorite, F1 Decade from 1993? I mean, come on, people. I do actually like watching F1, and I appreciate Hi-Rev tuner, and I understand the need to cow-tow to the NASCAR crowd, but when they choose between playing CURRENTLY RELEVANT RACES, even on 1-day tape delay, and showing the same programing MULTIPLE TIMES, or worse showing a TEN YEAR OLD RACE … I fail to see how this constitutes a positive step in motorcycle coverage. To add further insult to injury, and to close my thoughts, they are only replaying the World SBK race on Two Wheel Tuesday. Granted they are showing other races from around the world, but again if it is a choice between showing REPEATS, and showing something new, why aren’t they choosing to show races that haven’t been shown yet? Alex Anastasiou Albuquerque, New Mexico MRA #189 SMRI #169 ASMA #69