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Post over at the country club says the USGP has been cancelled and Brazil is probably gone also. South Africa already pulled the plug. Good thing Searle and Rattray got out when they did. Not much of a "world" series anymore.
On a side note does anyone know how the "Worlds Greatest Motocross Track" is coming at the Barber Motosports Complex? And what they are going to use it for?
On a side note does anyone know how the "Worlds Greatest Motocross Track" is coming at the Barber Motosports Complex? And what they are going to use it for?
Had a feeling that was coming....
It sounds the same now, as it did two weeks ago.
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so its official just the press release has been published yet.
Didn't go snooping, the Barber Nazi are pretty strict!.
GPs = 3 rounds pulled the plug
So which series is doing better??? ha,ha. Sorry just had to since if it was the other way all the Euros would comment on how it proves the AMA series is second rate and dying.
Jesus.....if the yank teams had to fly bikes half way around the world to get to a national i'm sure those races would be looking shakey too.
and yeah it does suck cause a lot of americans would love to see GP regulars on US soil and likewise i'm sure the GP riders that don't get to race the nations would relish the challenge of riding a US track against AMA riders...
GP's are going down the drain fast, thanks to Don Luongo...
and the USGP is cancelled for sure...
jon-paul powell from kansas at the cardiff supercross in england
andrew cannon from arkansas at pontrillas, england british national
jason morland from england at charlotte AMA Arenacross
As for any comparing US vs GP and stability, let me know about the AMA races requiring full team/series overseas transport to get to a race, otherwise, STFU
Now if we had 3 rounds over here....
Or maybe the World Economy will get so bad that both series will be combined into 10 rounds here 10 rounds there.
No one says the AMA is second rate, sounds like you need to ween yourself off that prescription...
Pit Row
The 2009 FIM Motocross World Championship faces further trimming after the cancellation of the South African round at the tail end of last year. The latest victim is what would have been the curtain-closing finale to the series, the U.S. Grand Prix, at an unconfirmed location. The postponement of the race to 2010 was communicated to teams and manufacturers by promoters Youthstream three weeks ago and the culling sees the schedule snipped to 15 rounds instead of 17 and two continents instead of four.
The announcement of the first U.S.-based GP this century during the latter half of the 2008 campaign was not totally unexpected. After Youthstream’s positively received efforts – in-hand with the AMA and the Budds Creek circuit - for the 2007 Motocross of Nations followed by an audacious declaration of intent for the promotional to the AMA Nationals and then the establishment of a U.S. office in Irvine, California, it seemed branching their most lucrative commodity to American soil was the next logical move.
Despite no official announcement, the reason for the decision all-too familiar: “As we have daily relation and communication with the teams I have informed them that maybe we will postpone the race in the U.S. to 2010 because of the difficult economy situation in the States, and it’s not the right year to find new sponsors and also the teams wish to have less travel this year,” stated Youthstream President Giuseppe Luongo to Cycle News. “But still the final decision has not been taken; we will take it within the next days.”
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Come on Dave,
It’s just outright un-American to not find joy in other (non Americans)peoples sorrow.
BTW: Our outdoor series hasn’t even started yet so we all better cross our fingers and hope that the OEMs don’t decide to pull out of this year’s series. This series isn’t exactly a money maker for anyone involved other than the promoters.
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