garyb425 - 14 May 2008 09:09 AM
The AMA sold most of the racing series to be run by DMG. According to 2-3 posters here they're improving it, and to everyone else they're taking racing back 30 years. That pretty much sums it up.
Here's a synopsis posted from another forum. Zoot will be here shortly to correct the errors, and I have no doubt there are some:
They want to do away with 1000s - the factories are forcing them to stay but DMG will only agree to 2 years at this point, the class will be 'literbikes' and they will be far closer to stock than today.
There will be a 600 'superbike' class, their stupid MotoST class which runs 3 hour endurance races with 3 separate horsepower limited classes - an existing series which draws very few fans and the logic for running it is that the fans love singles and twins Rolling Eyes and a class for up-and-coming new riders potentially like the existing Red Bull series but no guarantees that it will be this specific class because, as I read it, they aren't sure that they can suck enough money out of Red Bull (and presumably because Red Bull is doing a FANTASTIC job so they must screw with it). All with spec tires, fuel and they seem to think they can do something like spec'ing ECUs.
The AMA is the laughing stock of the world now and it's going to get worse by all appearances. These bozos run NASCAR and they think they are going to take motorcycle racing to the masses and the attitude seems to be 'screw the existing fans, we'll get lots more'.
Oh, did I mention rolling starts and pace cars? Bringing back tracks like Loudon that were removed because they won't increase safety? Shocked
The future will set us back 20 years...
Oh, 1000s are not factory only as far as I know (my eyes glaze over when I read their bs so who knows?) but if the factory wants to race it must enter 4 riders...
#### good analysis Gary! I also heard rumors they were going to mandate training wheels beginning 2010-2012 as a transition to eventually add the series to Nascar Sprint Car Series. They are thinking they can use the class to entertain the fans prerace. Of course this would require teh bikes to appear at like 42 race events and turn left a lot.
600cc four wheelers with the top riders progressing to the Busch series before graduation to the "big leagues" of racing.
Hey didn't John Ulrich push the heck out of MotoST series? Is he part owner of the series? Also didn't ya all come down on our friend from the AMA last winter - Mr. Brown when he tried to warn everyone?
