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I read today that AMA & WERA are making plans to officially collaborate in the future. However, what interests me is the blurb at the end of the article mentioning that the WERA endurance series will gain the status of the official national endurance series.
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/moto/competition/35458/
Is this an "F-you" to the Frances? For all the non-american readers out there, the Frances, rulers of NASCAR, have started an endurance series of their own called "Moto-ST." The "ST" stands for "sport twins." The France family/ NASCAR/ ISC gang is known for aggressive business strategy, promotiom and, perhaps, being predatory. In the Grand-American series, one can see an example of the stock car brain trust's intrusions into a different discipline of racing (sports car racing). Some believe the group uses its financial power and influence to woo teams into the Grand-Am series by way of subsidies and sponsor hand-outs. As a result, the competing American Le Mans Series is suffering; the entry for the upcoming 12 hours of Sebring may only have 30 cars. Meanwhile, Grand-Am flourishes, sort of, with cheaper equipment standards and guest appearances by popular NASCAR drivers.
Sooo, seeing how the NASCAR people can take over another genre of racing, are the AMA and WERA circling the wagons in order to defend their piece of the motorcycle racing pie? Is my imagination, fueled by a hatred of the stock car mafia, running wild?
http://www.speedtv.com/articles/moto/competition/35458/
Is this an "F-you" to the Frances? For all the non-american readers out there, the Frances, rulers of NASCAR, have started an endurance series of their own called "Moto-ST." The "ST" stands for "sport twins." The France family/ NASCAR/ ISC gang is known for aggressive business strategy, promotiom and, perhaps, being predatory. In the Grand-American series, one can see an example of the stock car brain trust's intrusions into a different discipline of racing (sports car racing). Some believe the group uses its financial power and influence to woo teams into the Grand-Am series by way of subsidies and sponsor hand-outs. As a result, the competing American Le Mans Series is suffering; the entry for the upcoming 12 hours of Sebring may only have 30 cars. Meanwhile, Grand-Am flourishes, sort of, with cheaper equipment standards and guest appearances by popular NASCAR drivers.
Sooo, seeing how the NASCAR people can take over another genre of racing, are the AMA and WERA circling the wagons in order to defend their piece of the motorcycle racing pie? Is my imagination, fueled by a hatred of the stock car mafia, running wild?
