* Michael Jordan really is a nice guy
* Alex Barros's legal troubles
* 2006 MotoGP schedule
* Dani Pedrosa's future team
* Wildcard for German GP
* Still yakking on about the contest...
* Sachsenring circuit info and Friday practice results

Big show today, lots of stuff to talk about in the news. Also, we've got some preview stuff about this weekend's Alice Motorrad Grosser Preiz Deutschland, including Friday free practice results, and some predictions. Let's see if my predictions for Sachsenring come out any closer than any of the others I've made! Keep checking motopodcast.com for new features. I just moved the site to a new host that offers a lot more flexibility than I had before, so I'm going to be implementing some new features very soon. And don't forget that the German GP Wrapup podcast will be posted at 9am Pacific time (UTF -8) on Monday, August 1. Check this page or motopodcast.com to get that episode with the contest. Gotta try to be fair and let everyone have a shot at it at the same time!

Links this episode:
Michael Jordan Motorsports photos at http://www.motopodcast.com/photos/MJ/MJ.html

* A Brief History of the Donington Park Circuit
* Some quasi-interesting Rossi Biaggi podium stats
* A look at the current world standings my predictions for Donington
* Friday Free Practice results (sort of... some technical difficulties were encountered)
* Chopper Bob's traffic report for Donington

Well, I can't seem to keep the length below 20 minutes. Feel free to send e-mail. Comments, suggestions or questions are always welcome!

* Two US GPs?
* Laguna Seca 2006 Dates
* MotoGP Rule Changes
* Haskovec Update
* US GP Shirts Hats Still Available
* Ride To Work Day is July 20

Still haven't had a chance to really sort out the stuff I recorded at Laguna Seca, there's not really that much of it but I just can't find the time. I'm working on it. Laguna Seca photos are up on the MotoGPod web page. Special thanks to our anonymous donor, the guys at FormulaPod and Voxan and Bad Andy at PodClag. More about that next show...

* Laguna Seca sells out for the Red Bull US Grand Prix!
* History of the US Grand Prix
* Try out All Things Ducati
* Michelin's challenge at Laguna Seca
* Some blathering on and on

There's yet another naming convention for the podcast itself, but this is the last one, I promise! Trying to get stuff to show up the way I want it to in both iTunes and on iPods, and iTunes has a habit of renaming things. Grrr. I'm thinking of going back to iPodder.

* Happy Birthday, Max Biaggi! Max has a typically Max-ish 34th birthday weekend at Assen.
* Red Bull signs one race sponsorship with Suzuki MotoGP team for US GP at Laguna Seca.
* Read it on the internet: Commentators can be "painful"
* Dutch TT race summary
* Last year for 6 km Assen circuit