Open wounds still festering
It seems to me that AMA roadracing is doing its best to continue stumbling towards irrelevance. The racing has been entertaining this year in spite of the obvious problems, but sticking their head in the ground instead of doing anything remotely gutsy spells trouble for AMA racing.
Given the lack of changes thus far, it seems likely we'll get the same factory dilution across muddled classes for another two years. Plus, we get a Daytona 200 that suddenly loses about 90% of it's mystique. Making the Honda FX-class the focus of Daytona is like having the Indigo Girls headline Lollapalooza. The only reason people might show up is to see if Miguel's 5th Daytona win gets a 600-sized "*" after it.
But if we're really good, then the AMA might bless us with an FX-based Superbike class, which would qualify as the world's dumbest misjudging of the American market since "le Car." Hey AMA, Superbikes are about bad-ass riders manhandling snarly beasts that would spit mortal riders off on a leisurely ride down pit lane. It just doesn't get the andro-juiced American blood pumping to have the big-boys powering out of turn 3 to a high-pitched 600 whine. Give the manufacturers consistent / competitive rules and eliminate redundant classes, and we'll get the best riders on the baddest bikes. Please.
It seems to me that AMA roadracing is doing its best to continue stumbling towards irrelevance. The racing has been entertaining this year in spite of the obvious problems, but sticking their head in the ground instead of doing anything remotely gutsy spells trouble for AMA racing.
Given the lack of changes thus far, it seems likely we'll get the same factory dilution across muddled classes for another two years. Plus, we get a Daytona 200 that suddenly loses about 90% of it's mystique. Making the Honda FX-class the focus of Daytona is like having the Indigo Girls headline Lollapalooza. The only reason people might show up is to see if Miguel's 5th Daytona win gets a 600-sized "*" after it.
But if we're really good, then the AMA might bless us with an FX-based Superbike class, which would qualify as the world's dumbest misjudging of the American market since "le Car." Hey AMA, Superbikes are about bad-ass riders manhandling snarly beasts that would spit mortal riders off on a leisurely ride down pit lane. It just doesn't get the andro-juiced American blood pumping to have the big-boys powering out of turn 3 to a high-pitched 600 whine. Give the manufacturers consistent / competitive rules and eliminate redundant classes, and we'll get the best riders on the baddest bikes. Please.
