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I got some "why's" for you. Why is the AMA Pro Racing management such a joke? Why do the racers let it go on? Why do we feel we have to grid between 30-50 riders in the AMA events? Why did WSB need to go to a "spec" tire? Why does WSB give such crap to Ducati then give them what Ducati wanted in the first place? Why don't we hear anything about Australia and Canadian Superbike the way we do British Superbike?
Now that the "Why's" are out of the way I want to propose something that many may disagree with but to the loyal race fan it may make sense. First, the AMA should hire an "real" sports marketing company and management company for day to day race operations so we Americans don't look like we put on such a half-a$$ed racing show. Second, why don't ALL the Superbike sanctioning bodies get together and come up with a set of race-bike specs that EVERY Superbike adheres to no matter the series they race in.
Over the weekend it hit me- why not a Superbowl of Roadracing? If Superstock, as we know it, is going away- disband it in all series. If Supersport was replace with FX we'd have a "mini" Superbike for privateers and factory up and comers that don't have a "litre" Superbike seat. Encourage the new Red Bull Rookies cup series to go world-wide on "spec" bikes.
Mimic this across all sanctioning pro-racing organizations. Imagine AMA,WBS,BSB,ASB,CSB and JSB running the exact same rules. Then modify MotoGP into a world shoot-out of sorts. Take the top-five points leaders from Rookie, FX & Superbike and do a six round "real" world championship shoot-out during the last six races of MotoGP. Dorna would have to accept the fact that they would have to schedule one round in each country of the shoot-out rounds (it could be done) and all the series would have to start earlier or the rounds be scheduled closer together to get the Superbowl shoot-outs scheduled for the end of the year, but just think of having rotating tracks in each country for the shoot-out rounds every year... The racers couldn't get used to the same set-up every year because the tracks change from season to season. There would be many logistics to work out but the two hardest things to do would be getting a locked-in "World" Superbike spec and racers willing to travel overseas. It's possible and if we started the process now you could see it by 2010.
Now that the "Why's" are out of the way I want to propose something that many may disagree with but to the loyal race fan it may make sense. First, the AMA should hire an "real" sports marketing company and management company for day to day race operations so we Americans don't look like we put on such a half-a$$ed racing show. Second, why don't ALL the Superbike sanctioning bodies get together and come up with a set of race-bike specs that EVERY Superbike adheres to no matter the series they race in.
Over the weekend it hit me- why not a Superbowl of Roadracing? If Superstock, as we know it, is going away- disband it in all series. If Supersport was replace with FX we'd have a "mini" Superbike for privateers and factory up and comers that don't have a "litre" Superbike seat. Encourage the new Red Bull Rookies cup series to go world-wide on "spec" bikes.
Mimic this across all sanctioning pro-racing organizations. Imagine AMA,WBS,BSB,ASB,CSB and JSB running the exact same rules. Then modify MotoGP into a world shoot-out of sorts. Take the top-five points leaders from Rookie, FX & Superbike and do a six round "real" world championship shoot-out during the last six races of MotoGP. Dorna would have to accept the fact that they would have to schedule one round in each country of the shoot-out rounds (it could be done) and all the series would have to start earlier or the rounds be scheduled closer together to get the Superbowl shoot-outs scheduled for the end of the year, but just think of having rotating tracks in each country for the shoot-out rounds every year... The racers couldn't get used to the same set-up every year because the tracks change from season to season. There would be many logistics to work out but the two hardest things to do would be getting a locked-in "World" Superbike spec and racers willing to travel overseas. It's possible and if we started the process now you could see it by 2010.
