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honda907
10/23/2017 4:28am
10/23/2017 4:28am
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10/26/2017 1:12pm
Not dissing Mike Brown, but I am confused. How does he ride at Loretta Lynn's as an amateur and ride pro offload races before the event and Red Bull Straight Rhythm? I realize he is within the rules, but who makes up all these rules?? The manufactures?? Good for Mike Brown I like him. But the sanctioning body is just out in left field in enforcing fairness in racing of any kind. The manufactures benefits with these rules it seems.
So, do the manufactures dictate the rules for motorcycling, as far as rider elgibility, bike elgibility, fuel and the like?
So, do the manufactures dictate the rules for motorcycling, as far as rider elgibility, bike elgibility, fuel and the like?
The Shop
It's the classification of what caliber a racer is. Professional or amature.
Who makes up these rules. Brown is legal in all ways but how is this classification structured when a guy races amature one month and a pro last weekend at another. It is just confusing how the AMA classified a rider today.
Who makes up these rules? Is it a lottery type deal ( sarcasim).
Just the rules seem confusing on what is classified as an amateur. That's all. I guess he can ride pro like last weekend??
Rules seem confusing. Seems like it benefits the factories when it's convenient.
I Think Villo should do 25+ and do some off shore SX's I guess. That's what will happen next, with some of the reasoning here........
Thank you.
Still seems like a bad policy on what an amature is.
I get Ramsey racing at LL and he's no longer pro.
Policy seems flawed to let Brown ride, although it is within the rules.
Bad policy by the AMA , non the less........
Sounds like Brownie raced the V class with your girlfriend last weekend.
Been like this since 1982, so no big deal. Stoked that Brownie can still haul the mail and do fun events like Red Bull Straight Rhythm or even a Canadian National, but not an AMA Supercross or AMA Pro Motocross race in the last year.
DC
Racer X
As long as he doesn't race pro MX, he can ride other disciplines of professional motorcycling and still be an amateur. Red Bull Straight Rythem isn't MX so I guess he falls in the rules.
No problem here. Just wanted clarification.
Pit Row
I'm not fired up about it or anything, but the issue I have with that kind of stuff is more about the bike than the rider. Brown currently rides for factory Husky and shows up with a bike (or 2 or 4) built by them. Yeah they probably fit in the rules, but pretty hard for others to keep up with that. Anyway, I get it that that class is designed for it and that's cool, but I agree it maybe impacts the purity of the idea of Amateur.
Have you ever looked under an amateur factory-support team's tent to see how many bikes they have for their top 65cc or 85cc riders?
We all wish things could be more even when it comes to support and assistance, but faster kids--and faster men and faster women--get more and better support and equipment. It happens in every sport and every field; read Malcolm Gladwell's "Outliers" for an idea of what Youth Hockey is like.
DC
Racer X
He can enter a National or SX, but then he can't race Loretta Lynn's if he qualifies for the actual event for a full year.
And I remember that, it was the old Fox Theater?
DC
Racer X
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