USSB!

[gm2]

great..... another venue opens to hear Greg White suck.

look at it this way: if the grid is made up of 6 bikes he'll probably be able to keep them straight for the whole race.

[Grampa]

as long at their last names are

Smith
Jones
White
Washington
Gomez ( give him one to butcher)
Thompson

[darylbowden]

Talk about open and honest.  This is one big make the beast with two backs YOU to the MIC (and I like it).

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34138

[sh]

imagine having this said about you ...

"we spent two and a half hours with Tim Buche, and I felt stupider after the meeting than I did before"

HAHAHA 

[gm2]

Talk about open and honest.  This is one big make the beast with two backs YOU to the MIC (and I like it).

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34138

that's a great discussion.

Regardless of the fact that MIC has put nothing substantive on the table, the one thing that is clear is that it would be a manufacturer-promoted series, which in my mind would ratchet up all of the things that make this a bad product right now and would eliminate the strong sanctioning body management that makes every other successful series in this country successful.

and it's too damn bad there'll probably not be any pro motorcycle racing at infineon anymore.

[sh]

it sounds like it needs to die to get better.

[gm2]

it sounds like it needs to die to get better.

thought we did that 5 years ago.

[gm2]

American Honda Plans To Race With Proposed USSB Series In 2009

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=34144

“At this point in time, the way the AMA series is currently structured, it is unlikely that we would participate in it,” said Row. “We need to be in an environment in a series where we can demonstrate the things that we have traditionally used racing to demonstrate: innovation, durability, an environment where individual and team efforts can be recognized and rewarded, basically a series without the artificial limitations to performance or restricted options or overly-controlled conditions that inhibit creativity or reduce our team’s ability to demonstrate their expertise.”

AMA Pro Racing/Daytona Motorsports Group (DMG) has proposed several evolutions of class and rule structures for 2009, adjusting them several times to accommodate the wishes of manufacturers like American Honda and American Suzuki. Most recently, AMA/DMG offered a “Factory Superbike” 1000cc class with rules very similar to the current AMA Superbike rules and the Super Bike rules announced yesterday by USSB. But still American Honda chose to go with USSB instead of AMA Pro Racing. Why is that?

“I can’t really comment on that because I haven’t been involved in that aspect of this,” said Row.


Kawasaki Undecided On 2009 American Road Racing Plans

KTM Plans To Road Race With AMA Pro Racing In 2009

Yamaha Plans To Race In 2009 AMA Series

so theoretically the USSB will be Honda, probably Suzuki, and maybe Kawasaki.  Six bikes.  or maybe eight, with Erion.  M4 Emgo has already said they'll go with DMG also.  and you can be sure that Jordan will do the same.

[darylbowden]

Also, Attack is rumored to be running BMWs in the DMG series too.  So there's one more satellite team that won't be drinking the MIC kool-aid.

[FatguyRacer]

Now with this, will there be twice as much racing to watch?

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2008/Sep/080910ussbfaq.htm

whaddaya mean 'twice'?

I never watched much AMA superbike to being with! 

[desmoquattro]

whaddaya mean 'twice'?

I never watched much AMA superbike to being with! 

...and there's not much racing in that class anyway 

[gm2]

American Suzuki’s Harris Explains Why His Company Will Race With USSB In 2009

[OT]

Suzuki sweeps entire 2009 season!

[gm2]

this whole thing sucks.  not that it didn't already suck, it just sucked in 1 series rather than 2.

do have to see his point about the 600s tho.  and race data.

[ducpainter]

...and not wanting to be sucking hind tit...

Personally I think Edmunson/DMG could have handled things way better.

It took years for Nascar to train the manus/owners.

Why did DMG think they could walk in and make moto racing in this country like Nascar?

I applaud the MIC and the manufacturers...

but that's just me.