SILLY SEASON!
He may have been more than 1500 miles away from home, but for Colin Edwards he was home… Race two at Laguna Seca, California, July 14, 2002, and the Texas Tornado knew it was time to show who’s ‘king ding-a-ling’ around the 2.2 mile course. He’d lost the first race to his main title rival Troy Bayliss. The American sat 58 points behind the Australian and his potent Ducati. Troy by this point in the season had won 14 races compared to Colin’s two. What happened next is a fightback still talked of two decades on, and is a tale not without a dollop of superstition.
Six wins from six starts andTroy Bayliss and his Ducati 998 F02 were looking like shoo-ins for the 2002 world superbike title. It was just that the bike seems to have more ‘urge’ out of corners than Colin Edwards’ Honda VTR1000 SP-2, despite theTexan setting pole and being resplendent in full-on
