<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Parc Ferme @ Sep 6 2008, 03:54 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>If you've read the press releases from both sides, they've been very open about what they (AMA) wanted, when they wanted it, why they wanted it and Suzuki have responded in public as well. Suzuki came nowhere near providing what the AMA asked for.
Don't forget the other DQs this season.
The only real conspiracy is why nobody is asking the
Question of the Year which is
How long have Suzuki (and others) been using illegal cranks (or other parts), how long has the AMA been looking the other way, and why?
Go back and read again why the AMA DQ'd the crank. No visible tagging, visibly different metallic color, different surface. If the crank met the rules, it would super easy for Suzuki to provide a similar crank from a production machine.
Instead, Suzuki hemmed and hawed and in the end produced nothing even close to a part meeting spec, nor provided the requested number of samples. You would assume that if the part was correct, they would do everything in their power to comply with the requests from the AMA if nothing more than to clear their name and reputation.
The part either meets regs or it doesn't. If the part was correct, you can bet that Suzuki wouldn't acquiesce so easily. They'd be like, "Here's the friggin part, get stuffed!" So, why haven't they?
^^^You have some of the facts my friend. It is not as clear cut as you may think. Read this and ask yourself if Mladin was cheating, or if he was the most vocal opponent to DMG,s plans for AMA racing(I have no desire to watch 600cc races become the premiere class in AMA). They actually got the parts to AMA headquarters on time and the AMA did not even look at the evidence they asked for in the first place.
Suzuki Blasts AMA Pro Racing Denial Of Mladin Appeal Hearing
Sep 05, 2008, ©Copyright 2008, Roadracing World Publishing, Inc.
From a press release issued by American Suzuki
Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Mat Mladin Appeal Rejected
BREA, Calif. (Sept. 5, 2008) – American Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yoshimura Racing were shocked and dismayed when, less than 30 minutes after they submitted, on behalf of Mat Mladin, the written evidence demanded by the AMA, the request for an appeal of Mladin's disqualification from the VIR Superbike races was summarily rejected. Both companies believe the decision is arbitrary and unreasonable, and flagrantly ignores the letter and spirit of the AMA rules.
On Saturday, August 30th, AMA Special Projects Manager Bill Syfan informed Don Sakakura of Yoshimura Racing that they must produce supporting documentation and crankshaft production records and information by 5:00 p.m. (EST) today. The written submission, along with an opinion from an independent crankshaft expert, was faxed to the AMA shortly before 5:00 p.m. (ET) this afternoon. In addition, early this morning Yoshimura Racing and American Suzuki Motor Corporation delivered to the AMA offices in Ohio an exemplar crankshaft for inspection and comparison. Shortly after 5:00 p.m. (ET) today, less than half an hour after the written submission was timely sent to the appropriate AMA officials, Don Sakakura and Mat Mladin were notified by phone by Bill Syfan that an appeal board would not be convened. However, it took a posting on roadracingworld.com for them to learn that the AMA had, within minutes after receiving the written submission, concluded that the appeal was "without merit."
A spokesperson for Yoshimura Racing stated that the decision stunned everyone, and team officials were bewildered as to why the AMA would make such an onerous request for evidence on short notice and then refuse to consider any of it. "It makes us question the integrity behind the enforcement of the rules and suggests that there was never an intention to assemble an appeal board to conduct an objective and impartial hearing. From all appearances, the AMA had clearly made its decision well before 5:00 p.m. The 'deadline' was obviously a ruse to create the impression of fairness."
Mladin has asked the AMA to immediately provide a written statement of the basis for its summary rejection of his appeal.
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alatino Linotypeunless something REALLY special happens
