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It's unofficially OFFICIAL... the NASCAR / MotoST guys are buying AMA Superbike

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If it wasn't Jim France and the MotoST guys doing the buying they wouldn't be holding the press conference at Jim France's track.

This oughta be interesting...

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AMA To Issue Statement, Hold Press Conference Regarding AMA Pro Racing Friday At Daytona
Mar 06, 2008

Copyright 2008, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.

From a press release/media advisory issued by AMA Pro Racing:

DATE: March 6, 2008

WHAT: The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) will be issuing a statement and conducting a press conference regarding AMA Pro Racing.

WHEN: The statement will be issued via email and paper form on Friday morning, March 7. The press conference will occur Friday evening at 6 p.m.

WHERE: The distribution of the statement and the press conference will occur in the Media Center of Daytona International Speedway.

EVENT NOTES: AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman will be available for Q&A during the press conference.
 
well, if it happnes, i'm not sure if i like it or not. but i will say this: i'd much rather it's in the hands of bill france than tony george or bernie ecclestone.


did i just really type that? :(
 
They couldn't screw it up any more than it is, the AMA is a wrecking ball for racing.
 
Well, whether you like NASCAR or not (I for one think it's the most boring of motorsports around), the folks behind it have made it wildly popular. Maybe they can do the same thing for motorcycle road racing. Who knows, it could end up being bigger than NASCAR when people begin to realize how much more exciting it is.
 
I think Roger Edmundsen will be in charge and he knows what he's doing. This is good for the sport.
 
ST Guy said:
Well, whether you like NASCAR or not (I for one think it's the most boring of motorsports around), the folks behind it have made it wildly popular. Maybe they can do the same thing for motorcycle road racing. Who knows, it could end up being bigger than NASCAR when people begin to realize how much more exciting it is.
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I'm inclined to agree, but only because they do know how to cross promote extremely well.
 
More specifically, the AMA is looking for an entity to handle the marketing and promotion side of things. AMA SBK is not being sold. AMA Pro Racing will still handle the actual racing component of the series.

-jim
 
ST Guy said:
Well, whether you like NASCAR or not (I for one think it's the most boring of motorsports around), the folks behind it have made it wildly popular. Maybe they can do the same thing for motorcycle road racing. Who knows, it could end up being bigger than NASCAR when people begin to realize how much more exciting it is.
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I agree and Motorcycle racing has a larger world wide base than Nascar stock cars ( nothing about those dam cars is stock)
 
Maybe Speed:barf channel will ram SBK down our throats as they've done with NAStyCAR. I'm not holding my breath tho.
 
SM610 said:
They couldn't screw it up any more than it is, the AMA is a wrecking ball for racing.
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+1

ST Guy said:
Well, whether you like NASCAR or not (I for one think it's the most boring of motorsports around), the folks behind it have made it wildly popular. Maybe they can do the same thing for motorcycle road racing. Who knows, it could end up being bigger than NASCAR when people begin to realize how much more exciting it is.
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I've been pleasantly surprised how well the France family has pulled off road racing in the form of Grand Am and Moto ST, but moto road racing will never be as popular as stock cars, because the unwashed masses can not relate to it the way they can relate to a Ford, Chevy or Dodge...

still, this series can't really get worse, and for sure, the France family knows how to sell entertainment.
 
greggargubby said:
well, if it happnes, i'm not sure if i like it or not. but i will say this: i'd much rather it's in the hands of bill france than tony george or bernie ecclestone.


did i just really type that? :(
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Bernie Ecclestone made Formula One a multi-billion dollar entity.. he'd do wonders for AMA.
 
He can't control everything. The biggest problem is that car makers started seeing the advertising potential and made it very hard for a privateer to compete.

This has already happened to a degree with AMA, but it's always going to be a little bit easier for privateers when the machines are production based.
 
Jello_Biafra said:
He can't control everything. The biggest problem is that car makers started seeing the advertising potential and made it very hard for a privateer to compete.
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Which brings up an interesting point. The "billboard space" on bikes is way less than that available on cars. So, I wonder if they'll dictate that motorcycles have to be a certain minimum size so they can get all their advertising on there and make it big enough for the cameras to see it? Are we going to start seeing 8' long superbikes?
 
ST Guy said:
Which brings up an interesting point. The "billboard space" on bikes is way less than that available on cars. So, I wonder if they'll dictate that motorcycles have to be a certain minimum size so they can get all their advertising on there and make it big enough for the cameras to see it? Are we going to start seeing 8' long superbikes?
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ricky bobby: this sticker is dangerous and inconvenient, but i do love fig newtons.
 
ST Guy said:
Which brings up an interesting point. The "billboard space" on bikes is way less than that available on cars. So, I wonder if they'll dictate that motorcycles have to be a certain minimum size so they can get all their advertising on there and make it big enough for the cameras to see it? Are we going to start seeing 8' long superbikes?
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The latest aero rules in F1 are mostly for advertising purposes. :|
 
Jello_Biafra said:
Bernie Ecclestone made Formula One a multi-billion dollar entity.. he'd do wonders for AMA.
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kyle, i'd argue that turning F1 into a multi-billion dollar entity is a big part of what sucks about it (keep in mind i'm ancient, so i see it from a jackie stewart, nikki lauda viewpoint).
 
Jim France has been into motorcycles for a long time, he raced AMA flat track for at least 5-6 years back in the era of Mert Lawwill and Gene Romero.

I think the new group will do fine, their MotoST series seems to be well run.
 
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