Rock Racing Mike Ball buys time!

[dirtmistress]

Ball intends to buy two seconds back for Sevilla
Still stinging from Oscar Sevilla's general classification loss by just one second to Symmetrics rider Cameron Evans at Sunday’s San Dimas stage race finale, Rock Racing team owner Michael Ball said he intends two buy two seconds to return the Spaniard to the top podium step.
“It was really tough seeing Oscar lose by just one second,” Ball said. “And at the end of the day, time is money, right? And I have money. All I need is two seconds? Hell, I’m a successful businessman; I can buy two seconds.”
Ball said that although he didn’t yet know where he would acquire the two seconds, he was in discussions with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (www.time.gov) operators of the nation’s most advanced atomic clock.

New Rock spokesman, OJ Simpson, says Ball has every right to take back what's his.
Photo: Frankie Andreu

“I’ll make my own two seconds if I have to,” Ball said. “We’ll get this all straightened out. It’s two f-cking seconds. Period.”
Following Sevilla’s second place finish, Ball fired the team’s new, not-yet-signed team director Gord Fraser, who spent the weekend at his home in Tucson, Arizona and was not in San Dimas.
“It wasn’t going to work out with Gord,” Ball said. “We weren’t going to see things eye to eye. So I had to let him go.”
Recently appointed Rock spokesman, O.J. Simpson, said the team “is going in a direction different than that envisioned by Fraser.”
“He didn’t seem to mind that Oscar lost by one second,” Simpson observed. “That win belonged to Rock. That was Michael's jersey. He already had a spot picked out on his office wall. We will do what it takes to get it back. Gord’s ‘hey, that’s bike racing,’ attitude isn’t what we are willing to accept in this organization. We’re all about winning here.”
Fraser did not immediately return messages left by VeloNews.
Frankie Andreu - Special to VeloNews.com

[DownHillPhil]

Wow what a dick

unless it's a joke

[Kaboom]

Originally Posted by DownHillPhil

Wow what a dick

unless it's a joke

He's a dick anyhow.

[L8 APEKS]

April fools?

If not...well, money can't buy intelligence or logic, obviously!

[Endo Verendo]

I like these stories better:

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?...r01newsspecial

[un-kola]

Saw some of Sat.and Sun.race.Watching it was interesting...even if I didn't understand what was going on.While visiting the Incycle tent,I saw Tyler Hamilton and Oscar Sevilla at the Rock Racing tent which was set up next to the Incycle tent.The race directors (Al Wiscovitch) son,also races for Rock Racing.- Lloyd

[FyrFytrRyn]

why the F is OJ a spokesman for RR? haha.

[bikeadict]

I'm sure he's joking but either way it is hilarious.

I'm glad Ball is in the news. I think he's good for the sport. Concerning OJ... I have no idea what that is all about, but either way I'm sure all Ball cares is that we are talking about it and his team.

[Pain Freak]

Yeah, I ride with Al's wife all the time (Suzy) she's the one that does triple Ironmamns and wins. Saturday was a good day for her. Her step sone Jeremiah who is Al's son won for Rock Racing. The very next day he was at Redlands racing again.

Oh yeah, she beat me in by 15 minutes. Over 200 miles though and I'm 15 years older (does that count).