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Is it me, or is this a terrible piece of "Journalism"? Whats the deal, did Mike Genova or DV rub MXA the wrong way or what?
Alessi to MotoConcepts
'As luck would have it, MotoConcepts was also on the cusp of its racing life. Although a viable team—with support from Yamaha and funding from a millionaire, they had nothing to show for the money they had spent. In fact, during the 2011 season, they missed events (because of rider injuries), manned their team with fill-in riders and their team manager was left with little to do beside troll the internet and machine gun out tweets daily, hourly and by the minute.'
'As for team manager David Vuillemin - he quit (which he tweeted immediately).'
Alessi to MotoConcepts
'As luck would have it, MotoConcepts was also on the cusp of its racing life. Although a viable team—with support from Yamaha and funding from a millionaire, they had nothing to show for the money they had spent. In fact, during the 2011 season, they missed events (because of rider injuries), manned their team with fill-in riders and their team manager was left with little to do beside troll the internet and machine gun out tweets daily, hourly and by the minute.'
'As for team manager David Vuillemin - he quit (which he tweeted immediately).'
The way the article has been written just seems a bit disingenuous and slightly odd to me.
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As long they think Mike is the Mohammed Ali of motocross. sponsors/teams will back of, because most teammembers/owners are in racing because they love it. Having ups and downs is the thrill (part of it)but most important is having FUN! If you are a cocky selfloving a-hole you must win every race or nobody want's to work their ass of for you. If you do your absolute best and being humble and spreading positive vibes they work and support you to death.....
If that's how they feel so be it. They are usually right
ALESSI IN AT MOTO CONCEPTS; YAMAHA OUT AT MOTO CONCEPTS; VUILLEMIN SAYS ADIOS
This is a unique silly season story that involves millionaires, last chances, twitter, one last chance to be relevant and a requisite Frenchman
Mike Alessi is a catch for the MotoConcepts team. He is a bonafide top five AMA National rider—a something that MotoConcepts hasn't had before.
MotoConcepts is one of three American motocross teams that could rightly be called a “vanity team.” What is a vanity team? It is a team that is owned by a millionaire, who is basically spending his money to fulfill a personal dream. The other two significant vanity teams are Valli Motorsports and L&M Racing.
There are many different types of race teams—all designed to get riders on the track and achieve a stated goal. Vanity teams differ from factory teams (which are formed to sell motorcycles and are represented currently by Honda, KTM and Kawasaki), satellite teams (which are supported by the factory and outside sponsors—like Pro Circuit Kawasaki, Yoshimura Suzuki, Geico Honda and Joe Gibbs Yamaha), privateer teams (which are funded by aggregate sponsorship from a variety of sources) and private-funded teams (which are built solely to support a single rider like Chad Reed, Nick Wey or Jason Lawrence). It takes a lot of creativity to get the millions of dollars it takes to keep the circus moving.
MIKE ALESSI’S BOAT
Mike Alessi found himself in the same boat this year as Chad Reed did last year—with no place to go. Not because Mike isn’t talented, but because his unique blend of skill, personality and entourage wasn’t in demand for 2012. After leaving Team KTM last month, Mike was on the verge of going the Chad Reed route for 2012. He was going to form his own Alessi Racing team and fund his own team.
As luck would have it, MotoConcepts was also on the cusp of its racing life. Although a viable team—with support from Yamaha and funding from a millionaire, they had nothing to show for the money they had spent. In fact, during the 2011 season, they missed events (because of rider injuries), manned their team with fill-in riders and their team manager was left with little to do beside troll the internet and machine gun out tweets daily, hourly and by the minute. It was, as one of the other millionaire team managers once said, “like putting $3,000,000 in a pile and lighting it on fire.”
The solution for Moto Concepts? Get out of the game or up their game. For 2012, MotoConcepts will unify its team with Mike Alessi’s fledgling team—in an attempt to be relevant. It could work. It gives a vagabond team a chance at a potential top five rider—and maybe even an outdoor victory. That is a chance they haven’t had in the past.
MotoConcepts owner Mike Genova said, “Unquestionably, Mike Alessi brings an increased level of attention to our team. The interest and chatter from the media and fans since the rumors started are greater than we could have anticipated. Furthermore, I believe in Mike and Tony Alessi, I think their work ethic and commitment is second to none and they are the most genuine people I know.”
As for the 2012 season, Mike Alessi will race a Suzuki RM-Z450 in the 2012 AMA Supercross and National series. No word on any other MotoConcepts riders, although they had announced a few weeks ago that they were hiring Jake Canada for 2012.
As for team manager David Vuillemin—he quit (which he tweeted immediately).
For more info go to www.motoconcepts.com or www.alessiracing.com.
They guy posting to arguably, the most notorious Moto gossip board on the net, commenting on how other than product and bike tests MXA is "Gossip" so you should ignore everything else.
Oh the irony.....
Really, do people think around here before they post?
Pit Row
When we post on VitalMX, it's the equivalent of how we all used to jabber about the sport in motorcycle shops every Saturday morning, pouring over the latest Cycle News. That's a whole different thing from theoretically professional journalists harpooning a rider's career because they think it'll increase their circulation. Well, the National Enquirer has a lot more circulation than MXA, but they're both bottom-feeder trash tabloids (with the exception of MXAs product and bike tests, which really are well done).
Think about these huge stories that we know zilch about thanks to the media:
Larry Brooks fired/quits/visits family.
James Stewart on L&M/not on L&M/.buys team/buys way off team.
Andrew Short practice crash-I defy anyone to find credible info on what happened. MXA just asked him about it in a mini-view this week, and his reply was "I'd rather not talk about it".
Mike Fisher fired. Any release oin that other than Mike commenting on it?
Josh Hansen crushes face on BMX bike, anyone hear of that until the Monster Enegy Cup?.
Now this latest Aless/MotoConcepts deal. The only thing I've heard is from GuyB saying he received an e-mail saying DON'T issue the press release already in his possession. Nothing from Genova/MotoConcepts. Nothing from JGR.
If DV didn't Tweet about his quitting, how would we know it happened? there has been no other press on it.
It's funny and doesn't just write about what transpired at MC in a bland, matter of fact way. At least they are willing to stick their necks out there and not brown nose with every team and manager (or was a manager).
The only purpose of the article as I see it seems to be a poor attempt attempt at discrediting MotoConcepts, which seems an odd thing for a magazine to do.
If, as Newman pointed out, they are long time supporters of Alessi, why take a dig the owner & team that is prepared to step up and help Mike out for next season? I don't get it.
"unique blend of skill, personality and entourage wasn’t in demand for 2012" that is hilarious.
MXA = bike tech, general moto info
RacerX = lifestlye magazine, LOVE IT!
all the others SUCK
Since MXA is so full of rumor-mongering, they must be in court all the time with the various teams suing the shit out of them. I think they usually go with what they have sources for and don't care if they hurt someone's feelings with it. What real journalists are supposed to do.
I think they are writing it kind of tongue and cheek. Yep, it's hilarious.
Not brown nosing at all, more like dissing them.
Glad my old man doesn't have the bad attitude those old guys at MXA have.
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