I remembered the Coombs family was involved somehow, just couldn't recall the exact details. I agree, they are doing a great job!
FELD Motorsports, part of FELD Entertainment, are the actual promoters of Supercross/Arenacross (among others). http://www.feldentertainment.com/Productions/
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http://www.advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=20720590&postcount=73 I have never heard it presented that way, but it is certainly possible. Bottom line is; I don't know.
Confirmed: http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2013/Feb/130213kqa.htm And: http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=50822
I would not know where to begin to correct all the incorrect statements in this one. It's a great reminder to me to only speak of things I actually understand. Barry
howya been, barry ?? skipping daytona this year for 1st time since 1997....gonna hafta do dirt track by yourself. after reading the post by mr E39, i was looking for the jpeg of the guy beating his head against the brick wall.... truest statement was the last line.....and at least he didnt disparage the quality of the racing the last several years.
The racing is good in the AMA series, but then so is the racing in WERA and any number of club races around the country. What if anything make the DMG series special or worth traveling to see relative any of the others? Since the factories are for the most part out of the picture they aren't promoting the series or their paid riders like in years past. So now there are no heros, no promotion, no TV coverage and no audience. Sorta like WERA and the others. If DMG can't or won't pony up for serious nationwide promotion the situation won't change unless the factories have some incentive to get involved.
I don't see the factories getting involved, and especially not to bail DMG out, it was their(and ama) man Roger Edmondson that wanted to get rid of factory involvement in the first place. how to fix it? Wish I knew. personnally, I'd like to see WSBK rules for ama superbike, manufacturers already have the bikes homologated, and our guys would be able to have wild card rides in a world championship. Expensive? you bet, but it's superbike, they should be expensive, fast, and ridden by the best guys we have. I want to walk through the pits and say "wow" look at these things, amazing. not walk through the pits and say gee, looks just like the ones in the parking lot. and make the daytona 200 a superbike race again for crying out loud! Have ONE 600 class, and make it what it should be, a stepping stone to the superbike class, not trying to be the main attraction. should top pros be allowed? sure, but they also HAVE to race superbike, just like most of them did back in the 90's maybe run a moto3 class for the youngsters, just like the red bull cup from a few years back, great racing and skill building, spec bikes, reduced costs, maybe even do a lease program. hello KTM????
Hahahaha, for not having an idea how to fix it, you sure dished out a couple dozen! But, I'm buying just about everything you're selling, so keep on keeping on.
AMA Pro Racing announces broadcast times for Daytona races conveniently buried in the paragraphs of a press release. http://amaproracing.com/rr/news/index.cfm?cid=55580 Lets see if we can make this easier: AMA Superbike Race 1 Friday, March 15: 6:00pm Eastern/3:00pm Pacific SPEED channel AMA Superbike Race 2 Sunday, March 17: 9:00pm Eastern/6:00pm Pacific SPEED channel Daytona 200 Daytona SportBike Sunday, March 17 1:30pm Eastern/10:30am Pacific SPEED channel AMA Pro Supersport and AMA Pro XR1200 Highlights during other broadcasts (likely as part of the Superbike races) Live Broadcast for the both the households that get SPEED2 See press release linked above for times. Bonus: AMA Pro Flat Track from Daytona Sunday March 17 6:00pm Eastern /3:00pm Pacific SPEED channel
Sorry, it was more a reflection of the earlier posts about the lack of TV coverage on the USA on Speed... And MotoGP is still going to be on Speed TV: http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=50889
From Facebook: RoadracingWorld.com SPEED is only planning to cover MotoGP and the AMA season-opener at Daytona. AMA will likely be on another network. That announcement is expected to come next week. - David Swarts