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5/28/2015 9:07pm
From RacerX:
rops to privateer Nick Schmidt for loaning fellow privateer Cade Clason his spare Suzuki to race the motos after Cade qualified thirtieth. Y’see, Cade or Cade’s former sponsor (AG Motorsports) owed Rocket Exhaust’s Don Leib some money for services, and Don hadn’t been paid. This made him understandably upset. What isn’t understandable at all is that Leib apparently sent Josh Pitts over to Cade’s pit area after qualifying, and while seemingly trying to help the bike perform better, he instead remapped and disabled the Honda for competition. Clason’s day was apparently finished. Kind of a dirty move, right? And also not a way to actually get your money because, if I’m Cade, I’m definitely not going to pay you or get my sponsors (or whomever) to pay you after that sneaky move. Leib then came back with a local sheriff to explain his actions, resulting in quite the commotion right before the motos. Then he and Pitts left the track altogether, without the bike or the money.
Schmidt, who was parked nearby, saw this all go down and lent Clason his back-up bike (which is a Suzuki). Cade normally races a Honda, so I’m sure this was super weird for him out there). Fortunately, the AMA let Clason race the bike (you can’t switch bikes, let alone brands, after qualifying, but an exception was made here due to the bizarre circumstances). I haven’t heard of the penalties to Leib and Pitts as of this column, but I imagine they are coming soon. I know all of the above seems like it’s straight out of a B-movie about supercross, but it really happened at a race.
rops to privateer Nick Schmidt for loaning fellow privateer Cade Clason his spare Suzuki to race the motos after Cade qualified thirtieth. Y’see, Cade or Cade’s former sponsor (AG Motorsports) owed Rocket Exhaust’s Don Leib some money for services, and Don hadn’t been paid. This made him understandably upset. What isn’t understandable at all is that Leib apparently sent Josh Pitts over to Cade’s pit area after qualifying, and while seemingly trying to help the bike perform better, he instead remapped and disabled the Honda for competition. Clason’s day was apparently finished. Kind of a dirty move, right? And also not a way to actually get your money because, if I’m Cade, I’m definitely not going to pay you or get my sponsors (or whomever) to pay you after that sneaky move. Leib then came back with a local sheriff to explain his actions, resulting in quite the commotion right before the motos. Then he and Pitts left the track altogether, without the bike or the money.
Schmidt, who was parked nearby, saw this all go down and lent Clason his back-up bike (which is a Suzuki). Cade normally races a Honda, so I’m sure this was super weird for him out there). Fortunately, the AMA let Clason race the bike (you can’t switch bikes, let alone brands, after qualifying, but an exception was made here due to the bizarre circumstances). I haven’t heard of the penalties to Leib and Pitts as of this column, but I imagine they are coming soon. I know all of the above seems like it’s straight out of a B-movie about supercross, but it really happened at a race.
The Shop
By claiming it was Clasons former sponsor is really shifting the blame.
If Clasons former sponsor was paying for the engine, why would Clasons grandmother call DL and plead to have the unpaid-for-engine?
You can't come back from that.
No one has...
Great & Funny Movie.
Good Call.
Pit Row
Im sure if DC was in a DL's shoes he would do the same thing?
Well DL did warn him about it, its not like Clason was not aware. So essentially still not at risk?
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