<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (povol @ May 1 2007, 05:38 PM)
<{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>AMA is good, its highly professional and it can through up some good races and circuits. But some circuits are terrible, the racing is often boring and th field is weak.
Tom,I agree with you,especially about some of the circuits.I cannot stand the Nascar infield tracks such as Fontana and Daytona.At least the other 2 that were on the schedule are now gone .Barber,Laguna,Miller,Mid Ohio are first rate race courses with Road America,and VIR slightly behind them.A combination of things have happened that has led to Team Yoshimura being so dominant and in turn, making the racing boring because of their dominance.After Rossi beat Honda in his first year at Yamaha,Honda yanked HRC factory built bikes from the AMA teams so they could concentrate on Gp and getting that title back and Honda America went at it alone and it was a disaster.I think they have won 1 race since then.Plus for a time,Yamaha and Kawasaki didnt field a superbike effort until last year for Kawasaki and this year for Yamaha.The one thing the AMA has over all others is riders who have gone on to Gp fame and title holders.
Spencer
Rainey
Schwantz
Lawson
Hayden
Edwards
I dont think King Kenny,Mamola,Or Jr ever raced superbike,but i may be wrong
Its a fair point, the AMA has a history of producing the best riders in the world, but then this is also due to the dirt track background and the fact that the AMA led the way before other significant superbike championships were set up. Recently speaking the AMA doesn't offer the same quality of rider as it used to, and it is widely considered a "trap" to stay in America any longer than necessary. All the resent riders who have come to GP having been in AMA have moved over to Europe as soon as possible, usually in their very early twenties and with massive talent.
