And the winnah is...

Either the France family, "Jimbo" France in particular, or Grand AM are
now the new owners of 2 wheeled road racing in this part of the world,
at least that's the story we're getting here at the *WORLD CENTER of
RACING*, no press release as yet, but it's a done deal and according to
a pretty knowledgeable source, it has been for some time now. The
reasons for delaying the "coming out party" were not only to link the
announcement with the 200, as well as get the OEM's onboard, but to
firm up who got the rest and while rumors were flyin' all over the
place in Sav and B'ville no word as yet on who got Flat Track, but
don't be surprised if Romero, or maybe even Kidd are in the mix.
If there's a winner that means there were loser's(we know who you
are;-) so, if I lived out around Laguna I'd savor that 2nd race, as I
kinda' doubt it's gonna' be around much longer. Racing's commin' home
folks and if just half of what I've heard actually happens, in a very
big way too...

 

BTW for Europeans, the Daytona 200 is on Motors TV. 19.00 Sat GMT

They may have the Superbike race but I can't see it.

And here's a a big shout for BSB. Huge a mounts of coverage on Eurosport
and ITV4.

 

DIS and I'm pretty sure they've been saying that since well before your
start date..

The weather this morning is pretty nice, clear as a bell, about 72 with
a hint a humidity, though I'd imagine that will change somewhat before
the Stock races this afternoon..

The Short Track race last night wasn't the usual dog fight we've come
to expect at Mermorial Stadium, Jake Johnson took the hole shot from
the pole and when the guys behind got all racy he walked the dog..

How about your mate Davies? Both him and Hodgy have been very near, or
a the the top of the time sheets for the 200, could this be the year?
How 'bout the "worm"(Pegram) too? He's got the 848 Duc singin' that
sweet song I like. Hmm, I wonder, which is a longer shot, the Limey's,
or the Duc?

Later...

 

T3 claims:

Hey T3, you'll probably be getting ready for the SX but if you happen
to
be at the media center tomorrow at 6, you can ask Dingman yerself.
See below.

Go fast. Take chances.
Mike S.


==============================
Media Advisory

DATE: March 6, 2008

WHAT: The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) will be issuing a
statement and
conducting a press conference regarding AMA Pro Racing.

WHEN: The statement will be issued via e-mail and in paper form on
Friday morning,
March 7. The press conference will occur Friday evening at 6 p.m.

WHERE: The distribution of the statement and the press conference will
occur in
the Media Center of Daytona International Speedway.

EVENT NOTES: AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman will be available for
Q&A during
the press conference.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

me, I won't be there, but I do have comps & PPasses for the SX. Me? I'm
likin' Milsaps..

I doubt I'm getting home till Sunday, so, use the xxcelr8r addy, 'kay?
Really a strange Speedweek things goin' on. I didn't pick up on all of
it at first, as I broke rule #2. (never bring a lady;-) Hey, at least I
didn't bring a bike! Anyway, the MOTO-ST guys are pretty much
everywhere and I believe I even saw a few last night at the Stadium!

Gotta go, it's race time...

 

Ha! I guess that depends on where you are. If you are near Laguna, it's
going away!

 

T3 speculated:

Edmondson owns the AMA one more time:


American Motorcyclist Association

News Release
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A08014
March 7, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Pete terHorst
Telephone: (877) 877-8969
E-mail:
[mailto:]

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AMA selects Daytona Motorsports Group to manage professional racing
series

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.--The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA)
announced today
that the Association has entered into an agreement in principle to
sell the sanctioning,
promotional and management rights for its AMA Pro Racing properties to
the Daytona
Motorsports Group (DMG), based in Daytona Beach, Florida.

Led by Roger Edmondson, the founder of the CCS motorcycle racing
series and currently
the President of the Grand American Road Race Series LLC, and Jim
France, Vice Chairman/Executive
Vice President of NASCAR, DMG will assume responsibility for the AMA
Superbike Series,
the AMA Motocross Series, the AMA Flat Track Series, the AMA Supermoto
Series, the
AMA Hillclimb Series and ATV Pro Racing. The agreement in principle
does not include
the AMA Supercross and AMA Arenacross Series, the rights to which are
held by Live
Nation. Daytona Motorsports Group will license the use of the AMA name
and trademarks
to promote their motorcycle racing activities.

"For as long as I can remember, the AMA name has been synonymous with
professional
motorcycle racing in America," said France. Added Edmondson, "Our goal
is to guide
the sport into the mainstream of American culture and showcase the
extraordinary
abilities of the competitors and their teams."

"We are honored to be working with the Daytona Motorsports Group,"
said AMA President
and CEO Rob Dingman. "This group of individuals has supported the AMA
and motorcycle
racing for decades. There isn't a better-resourced or more qualified
entity in which
to entrust the future of AMA Pro Racing."

The agreement between the AMA and DMG came as a result of an RFP
(request for proposal)
process undertaken by the AMA in September, 2007 to seek promotional
partners for
its professional racing series. The AMA will continue sanctioning
amateur motorcycle
racing and club activities.

"Today is a great day for professional motorcycle racing and for the
AMA," Dingman
said. "By placing AMA Pro Racing in the hands of people with a proven
record of
excellence in motor sports organization and promotion in a fashion
similar to our
successful partnership with Live Nation, the AMA will be able to focus
its resources
on its core mission to be a member advocacy organization."

 

On 2008-03-07 09:15:49 -0500, sturd <> said:



DMG, huh? Hmm, it's got a nice ring to it, especially the D part.. ;-)

On another note, you'd think the weather Gods, or "somebody"(Bill Sr?)
with a little pull is pulling for Speedweek given how we've dodged the
weather bullets so far. Last weekend was about as good as it gets
around these parts and it sorta' carried on through the week, that is,
until yesterday. I was very surprised the SSport wasn't rained out and
had it run long, or started late it would have been. Last nights GNS
was lucky too, as it was raining all over town, just not at the
Stadium, at least not until after the feature. (BTW, Johnson won,
again!) There's tornado warnings up today for all of east Cen Fl. and
heavy rain and much cooler temps. are headed this way too, so, I'm
thinkin' tonight's SX will probably be a mudder. (swamp races? It could
happen.) What all the rain means for the 200 remains to be seen, though
from the looks of it I think it's fairly safe to say the track will be
green, if not a little "damp". Anyway, it's Friday at Speedweek, time
to paataay...