29.6.08
Cycle News Online
Cycle News Online: "The three OEM’s represented, Honda, Kawasaki, and Suzuki, disagree with the path that the Daytona Motorsports Group is taking"
Harley-Davidson chief Jim Ziemer is not enjoying an easy ride - Times Online
Harley-Davidson chief Jim Ziemer is not enjoying an easy ride - Times Online: "If there is one bright spot, it is the growth in sales outside America. Overseas revenue accounts for about 30% of all turnover, up from 20% or so only three or four years ago."
26.6.08
Cycle News Online
Cycle News Online: "looking at the Daytona Superbike program, I don’t see where there’s manufacturer participation, frankly from anyone, because to me it has more of a Supersport kind of feel. It appears as though it’s for club racing."
25.6.08
21.6.08
Stoner takes second consecutive pole with Donington masterclass | The Official MotoGP Website
MotoGP.com: "Nicky Hayden ...had been told that he could only use the motor on the condition of a top four placing"
20.6.08
WAN Defends Sportswriters' Rights
WAN Defends Sportswriters' Rights: "“We are under attack by event organizers,” said Dominic Young, director of editorial services for News International"
18.6.08
I finally realized what this whole DMG/Loudon/WGI situation reminds me of.
It reminds me of last summer when gas prices were making their big steep climb.
In one day, gas prices would go from, say, $2.89 a gallon (I wish!) to $3.05 or $3.07. The higher price would stay there for two or three days until everyone had seen the gas stations' sign boards and had a chance to absorb the sticker shock. Then, they'd drop the price back down to $2.96 and everyone would be filling their tanks like there was no tomorrow because gas was suddenly so "cheap." This happened repeatedly over the course of several months.
Now, the analogy breaks down there because higher gas prices are inevitable and lethal tracks (IMHO) are not. But if there's one thing that DMG understands (and here I'm talking primarily about Bledsoe and Atlas, not the front guys), it's market psychology. If you want people to accept something scary, first show them something absolutely terrifying and then back off it. They'll be so relieved that they're NOT getting the terrifying thing, that they'll enthusiastically embrace whatever lesser evil you put in front of them. Wait for it.
It reminds me of last summer when gas prices were making their big steep climb.
In one day, gas prices would go from, say, $2.89 a gallon (I wish!) to $3.05 or $3.07. The higher price would stay there for two or three days until everyone had seen the gas stations' sign boards and had a chance to absorb the sticker shock. Then, they'd drop the price back down to $2.96 and everyone would be filling their tanks like there was no tomorrow because gas was suddenly so "cheap." This happened repeatedly over the course of several months.
Now, the analogy breaks down there because higher gas prices are inevitable and lethal tracks (IMHO) are not. But if there's one thing that DMG understands (and here I'm talking primarily about Bledsoe and Atlas, not the front guys), it's market psychology. If you want people to accept something scary, first show them something absolutely terrifying and then back off it. They'll be so relieved that they're NOT getting the terrifying thing, that they'll enthusiastically embrace whatever lesser evil you put in front of them. Wait for it.
17.6.08
14.6.08
UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news - Top bikers poised to return to Loudon - Saturday, Jun. 14, 2008
UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news - Top bikers poised to return to Loudon - Saturday, Jun. 14, 2008: "The new group has made informal contact with the Loudon speedway's director of new projects, Ron Meade."
13.6.08
Updated With A Statement From Roger Edmondson: AMA Pros Will Now Race In The Rain At Mid-Ohio, Road Atlanta, Infineon Raceway And VIR News Article // RoadracingWorld.com
Soup :: Roger Edmondson Statement On Mid-Ohio, Etc :: 06-12-2008
Soup :: Roger Edmondson Statement On Mid-Ohio, Etc :: 06-12-2008 Edmonson blames "AMA channels" for his miscommunication. Who could have guessed that would happen?
"Our spectators need to feel confident that when they leave their homes and take the expense and time to attend our events" ... that they won't be seeing their favorite riders' careers end from racing in the rain on substandard racetracks.
"Our spectators need to feel confident that when they leave their homes and take the expense and time to attend our events" ... that they won't be seeing their favorite riders' careers end from racing in the rain on substandard racetracks.
Mark Story: Owensboro's NASCAR glory fading - SPORTS UPDATE - Kentucky.com
Mark Story: Owensboro's NASCAR glory fading - SPORTS UPDATE - Kentucky.com: "Owensboro has hardly passed from the racing scene.
It's just the town's big-time 2000s star is Nicky Hayden, 26, the international motorcycle racing standout."
It's just the town's big-time 2000s star is Nicky Hayden, 26, the international motorcycle racing standout."
10.6.08
9.6.08
autosport.com - A1GP News: New venues on A1GP calendar
autosport.com - A1GP News: New venues on A1GP calendar: "The 2.9-mile Algarve circuit, near Poritmao, is due to be completed in October and will open with the final round of the World Superbike Championship on November 2."
8.6.08
UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news - Motorsports Notebook: Competing events go head-to-head with Bike Week - Sunday, Jun. 8, 2008
UnionLeader.com - New Hampshire news - Motorsports Notebook: Competing events go head-to-head with Bike Week - Sunday, Jun. 8, 2008: "give the spectators paintball guns. That's interactivity."
6.6.08
3.6.08
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