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Yamaha deserves this. I hope this fucks them over the next year. Should have just shut up and helped the kid out and watched him. Nothing would have come of it.
WHATS IN THE BOX? That's the question. Machined gears, machined rod, machined crank. Nice.
No matter where the money came from, who sponsors who, whatever engine builder is standing around in the vicinity, the fact is that the kid followed what the rules said & put the money up to claim the bike. Why Tim Cotter, Matt Walker, the Deegans or anyone other than the AMA were involved is where the problem is. None of them are supposed have any say in the AMA sanctioned rulebook.
I've been a supporter of DC since the newspaper days, and I always thought he had the best interest of MX racing at heart. Between streaming video & getting in the middle of this, his actions and excuses this year have seriously challenged any support I had left. (Not that it matters or he gives a shit, honestly).
Claiming rules in racing are in place to keep deep pockets from dropping $100k on a one-off bikes that meet the class rules. $17k for a Star prepped bike is a hell of a deal, and I'm surprised it hasn't happened more often.
Lotsa conjecture going on here. Most notably the assumption that this kid's version of the events is absolutely truthful.
But I guess asking for both sides makes us the crazy ones. Such is life these days.
I'm definitely not new to racing, but I'll admit to not following the politics of the Amateur circuit very closely. If this happens every year I'll stand corrected.
Pit Row
If the dealer wasnt threatened, it this whole drama softens a lot.
Deegan has not given a lot of details.
And most people made up their minds after watching the Cooksey video. As if that crack pot has any credibility.
All that said, I can draw a lot of conclusions from all of this if it were clarified HOW the kid knew Yamaha was pressuring his sponsor. Did that actually happen or did he assume it? Because if he assumed it and is passing it off as fact, then I gotta question the other 99% of his version of the story.
But now Steve collects a paycheck from Yamaha.
If the kid is talented, he'll be fine.
People in positions of notoriety fairly often will pay to settle frivolous cases so that they will go away quietly.
If I were the Deegans, and I was on the up & up, I'd be ignoring this also. That's how it dies away the fastest. Because the truth is, for 99% of the mob, they've already made up their mind on this. Getting in a back and forth isnt worth it usually.
And if it comes out that Brennan ASSUMED his sponsor was pressured by Yamaha, this whole deal loses steam real fast and Deegan never has to get in a tit for tat.
You aren't making a strong argument for your case.
So for that reason, whenever I see one party go silent, I do not automatically assume they are guilty. Sometimes people just realize that the court of public opinion is like a busted tube of toothpaste. The truth becomes pretty irrelevant real fast in matters like these.
And no I do not think Im questioning the wrong player. I think all players need to be questioned before a judgement is made. I know enough people "in the know" that I can ask certain questions about the Deegan's side of this. And trust me Im asking those questions. Whereas I know very little about the Brennan kid. As I said in another thread, he comes across about as credible as one could possibly look. But if there are significant details being left out then I think it's worth looking into.
I do find it odd that he plays this off like he's just a random racer executing a rule. He's not. He's a longtime rival of Haiden Deegan. This wasnt just to ride a factory bike. It was one last way of annoying a fellow rival before that kid went off to the pros to have a long career. All is fair in love and war so I dont really hold it against Brennan if this was some busch league stunt just to needle a rival - but if that was indeed the case, I think it's a relevant part of the story. It makes this whole deal much less criminal and more of just your typical mini racer family back-and-forth drama.
Does that absolve Yamaha if Yamaha was in the wrong? No, not at all.
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