I've seen a ton of complaining about DMG's handling of AMA racing on all the boards for a minute now. I understand there is a certain amount of inertia but I think you guys aren't giving it a fair shot.
First off, I love having the rules tailored to make the Buell competitive. That is such a clutch move. Somebody at DMG is smart enough to have figured out that one reason motorcycle roadracing has suffered from a lack of popularity is that none of the bikes have been American. The non-hardcore fan public is going to love seeing a Buell win races this year. They're not going to care about the technical stuff. Having a competitive American motorcyle in the hunt is going to attract fans, that's all there is to i.t
Regarding safety car issues to make the race more competitive, well, yeah it's bullshit but they've been doing that for years in NASCAR and look at the popularity of NASCAR. Sort of the same issue as using a dyno and restrictor plates--make the racing more competitive...what's the problem with that? Doesn't anyone remember how garbage and boring AMA Superbike racing has been the last few years? DMG understands that people want to see men racing each other on competitive equipment, not one manufacturer running away every race. And nobody wants to see a race where you know from the beginning who's going to win, but that's what we had the last 3 years (one of 2 guys, anyway).
Finally this thing I just saw on youtube about Hacking being suspended and all of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPctYu0txgfeature=player_embedded
It would not surprise me ONE BIT if that was staged. DMG is ****ing smart. They know fans LOVE controversey! Look at all the NASCARtards with their "favorite driver" stickers, etc.. It's all because of the perception of personal conflicts between drivers and emotion in the race.
The rolling start at Daytona: OK, I agree, that was retarded.
But seriously, I think there are some absolutely genius folks at DMG behind all of this. Maybe all of you don't want the NASCAR-tards infiltrating the ranks of the fans of our "pure" sport, but look at it this way...maybe it will lead to some live race coverage!!!
Go DMG!!!
First off, I love having the rules tailored to make the Buell competitive. That is such a clutch move. Somebody at DMG is smart enough to have figured out that one reason motorcycle roadracing has suffered from a lack of popularity is that none of the bikes have been American. The non-hardcore fan public is going to love seeing a Buell win races this year. They're not going to care about the technical stuff. Having a competitive American motorcyle in the hunt is going to attract fans, that's all there is to i.t
Regarding safety car issues to make the race more competitive, well, yeah it's bullshit but they've been doing that for years in NASCAR and look at the popularity of NASCAR. Sort of the same issue as using a dyno and restrictor plates--make the racing more competitive...what's the problem with that? Doesn't anyone remember how garbage and boring AMA Superbike racing has been the last few years? DMG understands that people want to see men racing each other on competitive equipment, not one manufacturer running away every race. And nobody wants to see a race where you know from the beginning who's going to win, but that's what we had the last 3 years (one of 2 guys, anyway).
Finally this thing I just saw on youtube about Hacking being suspended and all of that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCPctYu0txgfeature=player_embedded
It would not surprise me ONE BIT if that was staged. DMG is ****ing smart. They know fans LOVE controversey! Look at all the NASCARtards with their "favorite driver" stickers, etc.. It's all because of the perception of personal conflicts between drivers and emotion in the race.
The rolling start at Daytona: OK, I agree, that was retarded.
But seriously, I think there are some absolutely genius folks at DMG behind all of this. Maybe all of you don't want the NASCAR-tards infiltrating the ranks of the fans of our "pure" sport, but look at it this way...maybe it will lead to some live race coverage!!!
Go DMG!!!