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Re: Good grief I agree with KPaul!

I have to take a small amount of credit for curtailing the flame wars on the middleweight thread. Corralling all the dipshyts in one area and then watching them circle jerk was classic. It's easy to manipulate such simple minds. KPaul is certainly trying his best to act like a normal human. Maybe 6 more months of this, and we can start to think of him as one!

 

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I think all the factory resources have gone to GP racing. Of the big four, only Suzuki seems serious about racing in AMA. The other mfgs. seem either disinterested, or don't have the resources to devote to it. Either way, it looks like a pretty boring season ahead. I don't think any rules changes will help a lick if the mfgs. are disinterested.

 

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Do I smell NASCAR??

So we might need rules that "GASP" NASCAR uses? They simply change the rules at will for parity. Simply allow all engine configurations and then use whatever means is necessary to speed up or slow down each until you reach parity. IRL did it. NASCAR does it. AMA needs to do it. Nobody likes to watch one guy win alone, and nobody wants to watch 20 of the same motorcycles racing every week. Drag racing found a way to being V-Twins to Top Fuel, and the AMA could do the same with Superbike. Flattrack has changed the rules over the last few years to bring in different engines and mfgs. Simply change the rules to make each engine configuration competitive, then tweak as necessary.