Or should I say, how it should be..

I most DEFINATELY agree on the Red Bull roockies cup remaning the same. It is one of the best things to ever be introduced to our sport. Red Bull deservs HUGE KUDOS for there involvment in the develipment of our future Road Racing STARS!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, and someone from DMG was saying they'd like something similar to it, and I could swear I remember 250 Ninja's mentioned - maybe that was my paranoia kicking in. My guess would be there was a 'how will we get money from Aprilia (or are they KTMs?)?' factor to it.

No you aren't imagining things I have read in a couple articles the mention of 250 Ninja's (or another spec motorcycle). They have never specifically said they want the Red Bull Rookies Cup to stay, they have said they want an event "like" the Red Bull Rookies Cup.

The bikes are KTM 125's and I am sure they don't fit in with the gameplan DMG has going forward. Ninja 250's would be more their speed because they could get big $'s from Kawi and the Ninja would be very affordable so all the riders could be privateers.

glefos - 14 May 2008 01:03 PM

The DMG and AMA deal has been announced, but the contract has not been finalized. The proposed rules changes are just that, "proposed". The people making decisions at DMG have more experience in running a successful racing org than any of the internet experts posting here. As far as I know none of the people that claim to have a better solution to class structure and rules actually put a solution on paper, gathered investors and submitted a proposal to purchase AMA Pro Racing. Mostly just a bunch of folks speculating about the demise (or set back) of AMA racing. Nothing has happened or is finalized.

The sky is falling, the sky is falling!!!!!!!

If I had the MOJO to pull that off I certainly would have been in on the bidding. But since I am not descended from the Nascar Gods I don't have all the cash to blow.

Yes the rules are not written in stone yet but they are trying to get bids for the spec tires so they better be done soon or else next year will be a total cluster.

I believe I read that DMG would take over operations after the Barber round and that they would use the current AMA staff (whoever is left) to run the events until they can get staffed up. I have also seen some TV ads promoting AMA racing on speed so I am sure that is DMG and not AMA creating those. So it is way beyond the proposal stage.

As far as DMG having experience running a succesful racing org I guess it depends on what your definition of success is. The don't run Nascar so they can't take credit for that and I wouldn't classify Moto-ST or their Daytona Prototype series as succesful from a fan perspective. If you hold a race and no fans show up but you get corporate america to underwrite the whole event so nobody loses money is it considered a success?

Lastly it is not just people on this board that are concerned for the future, there are plenty of articles in the press from OEM's, riders, past luminaries (king kenny and the like) that don't like the direction things are headed.

Don't like the way things are headed? Kevin Schwanz said this is the best thing that could happin to supersport Racing in a decade!

With there being no supersport class in the plans I find that somewhat baffling. Do you have a link to where he said that?

I as an AMA privatear along with a hole list of Privatears Agrea we need a chang! It seems everyone is afrade of chang" WTF" without chang their would never be any progres! THE WORLD IS FLAT U WILL FALL OFF" I mean come on our sport needs to GROW! and if DMG is going to steep in and make some neaasary changes let then do it and see what coms from it! Who ever said roling starts that is"BS" that is not what thay are trying to do! thay are NOT going to try to turn our sport into NASCAR! Just level the playing field, witch is somthing that is long overdoo!!!

Now I dont have a link it was in an interview and dont quote me on the word Suppersport

Y do you re post What we have allready read?