Just got off the Superbike planet website and the Daytona results are STILL PROVISIONAL. Makes me wonder how long it will take to sort out ALL of the messes and actually be somewhere near ready to publish a result that the racers and teams can then complain about and protest OFFICIALLY. The AMA was never a well oiled machine or could be called perfect. Hopefully the new staff, new nightime Daytona format and rulebook issues will sort themselves out quickly because this is a trainwreck that is getting worse all the time. Red flag stoppages in the pits seem pretty cool now compared to pace car syncronization with racers who have no on-board communication. Nascar at least can communicate with the drivers. I am sure that DMG is licking their wounds right now and realizing that some ideas work awesome but one missing piece makes it all a fiasco. Riders aren't happy. Teams aren't happy. Sponsors are confused. They spent how much to see their guy finish where? "But he was ahead of...." "Didn't they have that timing box on the bike?" Considering the American economic climate in conjunction with the rest of the world I hope the situation with AMA - DMG motorcycle racing can be sorted before every last sponsor walks away. It is far easier to keep a sponsor and keep the money flowing than it is to pass the countless board meetings of approvals to get the money allocated. I honestly think that the house of cards could collapse completely and there be no American championship in the very near future. We all know it would re-imerge but remember that the USGP disappeared for how long? Even King Kenny couldn't keep it afloat. DMG is handing sponsors every reason to pull funding and justify reducing expenitures. I hope I am exagerating the situation but at the very least are the manufacturers digging through the trash to find the details of the series they proposed to run themselves?
