Name Contest for Sub-category

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CRTs are now a thing of the past...in theory.



Now that the rules to MotoGP have once again changed, yes big shocker, we need to come up with a new name for the sub-category.

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2013/gp+commission+announcement


The Claiming Rule is gone. I can't really say the teams will be "privateers" as Ducati is looking at using the new rules to enter their Desmosedici under a non-MSMA entry. So what name can we come up with for this new sub-category?



Names that I think are so lame or not really descriptive of the true characteristic of entry and therefore should not even be considered are MSMA entry vs Non-MSMA, Prototype vs Non-Prototype entires, and Factory vs Privateer teams.


Ok, here is my first stab at a name:




- Factories vs GIMPs (Grid Irrelevant Mediocre Position) teams


-Prototypes vs ....s (Completely Uninspiring Notional Teams)


- Honmahas vs ....s (Same Halfassed Inept Teams) and Ducatis

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Maybe you should give them a good name considering what they are, these are mostly machines that were built by people who are nothing but passionate about racing motorcycles and not lucky enough to be working for Honda or Yamaha. They didn't ruin the sport and they haven't been unsafe, they've also given Ducati someone to race.  

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Maybe you should give them a good name considering what they are, these are mostly machines that were built by people who are nothing but passionate about racing motorcycles and not lucky enough to be working for Honda or Yamaha. They didn't ruin the sport and they haven't been unsafe, they've also given Ducati someone to race.  

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Maybe you should give them a good name considering what they are, these are mostly machines that were built by people who are nothing but passionate about racing motorcycles and not lucky enough to be working for Honda or Yamaha. They didn't ruin the sport and they haven't been unsafe, they've also given Ducati someone to race.  

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A valid and interesting perspective. On one hand, I completely agree. Oh for the likes of Kim on a Konig challenging MVs. On the other hand, this is a two tier / two class championship. The likes of Konig competed in the same class.

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Humor fail.  Look a bit between the lines dude, the joke is on the League...and us if you think about it.  Dorna introduces this ........ grid filler to make up the numbers.  It was not interested in giving passionate people a way to express themselves buddy.  We are pons in an executive suit's game, so they (CRTs) like us participate because we're addicted to the sport.  Like an executive of sporting said in an interview:  "They'd race for free."  Truth is we would watch the series if there were 8 bikes on the grid.  Which in reality this is what we are watching.  But then GP wouldn't actually be sanctioned by the FIM.  The joke is on you and me and the CRTs.  


 


If they were ALL CRTs then it would be closer to an authentic competition, which is the point that you missed.  By letting in teams saying hey, build you own chassis and throw in a standard motor, who do you is doing who a favor?  Anyway, getting back to your point that the CRT crews are "passionate" people and should be respected, so then are the crew members of Honda and Yamaha and their satellites not as passionate?  The truth is despite the lack of scrutiny and report, that the CRT is scandalous and a blatant manipulation of the series to make it appear viable.  The fact they changed the rule in haste, as they did with the rookie rule, as a convenience should also make you take pause about the integrity of the sport.  


 


So, then come up with a humorless name for the ........ sub-category filled with passionate pons.  

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