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Burkeen claims Derek Harris spoke with him a few weeks before the race to go over how a claim process worked
Brian Deegan had these two screenshots from brennans Snapchat story
Not really aligning with brennans response to Brian of “having nothing but respect for you and your family”
It doesn’t SOUND to me like Burkeen Cotter or Degan treated Brennan unfairly however I am more interested in hearing from the dealer walker and Luce which to me sounds like where the real shady part went down.
That’s perfectly legit.
No reason and every reason is legit.
You don’t need a reason to claim the bike.
Doesn’t matter where the money came from. I agree.
What matters is he put in a claim, was pressured out of moving forward, and now doesn’t have the bike. It’s flat out wrong. I could care less why Brennan was claiming the bike, and frankly it does not matter at all in the least why he was doing it. He deserved to have it to light on fire if he so chose, Or have it torn down, Or clay modeled and replicated.
I was merely pointing out that Harris has played this good buddy role I knew nothing I just found out about this ect yet he’s been involved in calling an AMA official a week prior on how to do this.
Brennan should distance himself from the guy.
The Shop
Doesn't matter if Brennan respects the Deegans or hates their guts. Doesn't matter if Harris wanted the motor or didn't.
All of that drama is just muddying the waters.
Kid wanted the bike. Produced the money. He didn't get the bike, despite the rulebook saying attempting to circumvent claiming will result in punitive action. It's pretty clear there were multiple attempts to circumvent the claim by multiple parties.
I also informed all parties that every major player would be interviewed and no one would get an exclusive run with their story without all major parties being interviewed as well. My goal was to express my seriousness in getting to the bottom of this and that I wanted to stay as neutral as I could.
Why would anybody even bother to deal with that, and then set up even further interaction that guy and the claimant?
"I'm here to stop a claim!"
"Who are you?"
"One of the claimant's sponsors."
"Oh. Go away."
If Harris called about the claiming rules, boy oh boy. Cause he claims in his interview that he found out about the claim at LL from Brennan at the last minute.
It would seem he’s possibly lying? Which would mean Brennan lied about where he got the money and who was behind the claim?
Jeez. I never woulda saw that coming.
Edit - Sore Loser, you are a whack job.
Pit Row
Brennan should have that bike in his possession right now but if it doesn’t matter that he has bad blood with Deegan or not, then why leave the back story out?
I think he wanted a badass star bike but I also think he wanted to get one over on the degans. Not that the latter matters, it’s just my opinion which also doesn’t matter
Wtf does it matter if Brennan claimed the bike for him or not? He’s getting the shaft. He’s a kid who should have a bike right now. Not a kid who’s dealer now took the bikes back he did have.
I do not understand your constant narrative to discredit the kid. I am not surprised in the least that Harris spun the interviews to portray himself as innocent. I’ve already stated that.
He put a claim in, he rescinded it, and the ONLY thing that matters is who coerced him to rescind it.
You always go on the attack on both the character and the motives of the opposing party in a PR/Legal situation. But remember, NONE OF THAT MATTERS to the actual issue at hand.
Or he was quoting Burkeen?
I’ll definitely finish the interview when I have time.
The rule is simple, and it is there to stop exactly what Star is doing....putting big money into developing AM bikes.
it doesnt matter where the money is coming from, or what the claimer wants to do with the bike. claim the bike, and it has to be handed over.
Shit its not complicated, yet its amateur MX....so of course it turns into a shit show of parents, sponsors, manufacturers, promoters, sanctioning bodies and shit talking on the internet haha
And it’s becoming pretty clear that Brennan aint no saint. My original post asked why everyone was taking his word as gospel. I knew Brennan had beef with Haiden and an axe to grind. I questioned the engine builder involvement. I also questioned how Brennan knew Yamaha threatened his dealer. And I took a rash of shit for all of it.
As it turns out I was right on damn near everything. And that pisses some people off because they attacked me mercilessly.
What’s funny is I never shit on the kid. Or the engine builder. I just felt the mob was far too myopic in all this and many others were getting unfairly dumped on. Which as it’s all coming to light appears to be the case.
Maybe next time the mob will wait before rushing to judgement and Star wont bring a factory motor to an amateur race. Those are the two biggest lessons here imo.
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