Timmy30

There's a lot of rumors of factories and teams puling out of AMA roadracing due to the lack of organization this past year. Personally, the way things unfolded, I'm glad to see it.
What do you all think?

Timmy30

What I drunkenly ment up there is that after the way the series was run into the ground last year, just sitting back this winter and watching the series come apart will be very amusing. Honda just announced they're pulling out. Who's next?

COOP 1

interesting commentary here

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/...?article=38143

any thoughts road race fans?

Schiernbeck

DMG saved me the trip to Road America this year and kept the money in my wallet.

Timmy30

Oooh bad move. It was a fun weekend. The series is being run into the ground, true. But I have to admit, that 600 class had some really exciting races this year.

Schiernbeck

Yeah I might have missed an exciting race or two but I missed all the other boring races and didn't support the idiots in charge.

Schiernbeck

+1 I would rather save my $$$ for MotoGP in Indy instead of the DaMaGed series.

gpstar

and you also missed larry pegrams first win in 10 years. jus sayin..

ToKwik

I think one point is missing.... factory budgets.

Not just for their individual teams and riders, but the factories are a major contributor to the overall events. As the factories pull out, so does their support, contingency money, media coverage, etc.

Just as an example, Road Atlanta this year sucked on multiple levels. I'm not talking about MM gaining 11 seconds in the first 10 laps of race 2, I'm talking about the support for the fans.

Suzuki sponsors this race every year, but hardly had a presence for the fans. Almost non-existent.
No speedvision showing the race, no jumbo trons, no footage whatsoever.
Even Ducati didn't show up. No trailer, no hospitality tent, no ducati hill, nothing.

I guess all I'm trying to say is there is more to these races then just the actual races. If you are trying to keep fans coming back, then there is more than just the racing. Fans need something to do between racing, especially at Road Atlanta with their Sunday "quiet time". The factory's contribute probably hundreds of thousands each year to the events themselves in addition to the hundreds of thousands they budget for the teams. Money makes these events happen and is has to come from somewhere.

I'm not a DMG fan at all, I think they're screwing the pooch bigtime. This season has been a disaster. I don't know what next year will look like. I also don't have a solution on how to run it better. I can only whine and complain right now about it being more of a circus than a "show".

Just my 2cents.

Ryan S

it's all garbage....these big factory's need to start looking at how to sell more bikes in the states....in which case.....STUNT RIDING!!!!