Why is Jessica Zalusky racing AMA?

[G 97]

Why does anyone race?  The answer is universal.  GET OVER IT. 

[dicatirider944]

My guess is anyone would be willing to be sponsered by anyone in AMA even if they were going to be a back marker.  Everyone has been lucky to just happen to be in the right spot at the right time.  Maybe yours was to get that promotion at work, or won a raffle, got a killer deal on a new car, bought a house cheap because the market sucked. (Anyone want a killer deal on a house in C.R., IA?)  Or maybe yours is yet to come.  Let her have her glory while she can and quite sobbing that it isn't you.  


                                            DUCK SEASON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Bigsexy]

I invite anyone and everyone to come race against JZ at BIR she is a very active member in the CRA and from what i hear goes very well there. In may when i raced against her she had bike trouble all weekend but im sure she will be ready in June some come all and show us how fast your really are.
June 16-17 BIR $85 practice day on Friday
Brainerd MN

[Court Jester]

Hey, I'm slow and cute. even did deals gap in a thong (see avatar)
I want a ride.

I don't think that it matters either way. If she makes the grid she earns the spot. If she doesn't, well then, she doesn't. If someone cries loud enough is the team going to can her and hire them??? Likely not. 

In the end it all comes down to money and marketing. If she can get noticed, then whatever she's on and the stickers stuck to it get noticed as well. And that's what it's all about. Get a sex change and a boob job and you could do the very same thing.

It sounds horrible, but people that know me know it's true. I LOVE CHICKS THAT WANT TO GET AHEAD BASED ON SOMETHING OTHER THAN PURE RAW TALENT. Because now that I've put myself in a position to market, those that are marketable jump into bed a whole lot faster.

I'd  back her 100%

[Super Dave]

In NASCAR there are teams that don't make the grid.  They have marketable positions still as they are commited to the series.  They have drivers that will move up, possibly, in their ability to drive in Busch or Nextel.  It's not for everyone.

Will Jessica always race?  Who knows?  Maybe she's positioning her program to where she can develop riders for her program.  I can think of quite a few other programs that have gone this route.  I doubt that she has ideas of grandure in winning an AMA event, although we'd all love to have the opportunity to try.

Honestly, I think it's good for AMA Pro Racing to have riders that don't make the grid.  It deepens the field.  I remember when we had big AMA grids in the early 90's.  At Daytona, there were 104 riders trying to make the 80 bike field for 600 Supersport.  There wasn't a need for a percentage rule.

[racer911]

whys is she racing AMA and why does she get kawi support?  3 pages later and you're still talking about her, aren't you?  that's why.

[Super Dave]

 

[mike_rbm]

whys is she racing AMA and why does she get kawi support?  3 pages later and you're still talking about her, aren't you?  that's why.

If we put Corky from "Life Goes On" on an AMA bike we would all be talking about that for more than 3 pages too.  ::)



Let me try to get this back on track. From my first post all I asked was Why is Jessica Zalusky racing AMA? I didn't ask why not me. I haven't been involved in any on track fun for a few years due to commitments of life. Bills, mortgage and everything else. I know some of you are trying to be the hero. 

I thought I had a valid question and some of you answered it. Some of you chose to reply with mindless, unfunny and pointless comments.  I said I thought it was good a woman was out there but didn't know why a consistently slow, never improving rider would keep getting the ride. I get that she's marketable but so are alot of others. I just couldn't figure it out. I guess I was looking for a reason like she was fast before she got hurt or because she won WERA's national something. From the majority of responses no one seems to really know why either.


Thanks to those who replied with actual input and to the few retards who obviously can't read and thought this was about me crying 

[Court Jester]

Sorry honkey.

I think a lot of the bad vib you're getting comes from the fact that there seems to be some level of support for racing in general.

Until her being slow causes you to lose a shoot out with Ben Spies cutting through lapped traffic coming to the checkered flag;  does it really matter???

[251am]

Let me try to get this back on track. From my first post all I asked was Why is Jessica Zalusky racing AMA? I didn't ask why not me. I haven't been involved in any on track fun for a few years due to commitments of life. Bills, mortgage and everything else. I know some of you are trying to be the hero. 

  No it aint about being the hero coming to JZ's rescue. (she probably wouldn't take the ride on anybody's white horse anyway.) It's about the committment and work she has put into her career.

  Some years ago when I first got on a track she was there at Road America, with beat to shit leathers and a beat to shit machine. Practicing while the rest of us wanna-bes were doing a Keith Code school. She was cool. She was working on something called racecraft with investments in time, energy, and money. She obviously got her Expert license and qualified for an AMA license.

   Getting the AMA license gets her into qualifying. A shot at the grid. Pretty simple really, except you have forgotten to factor in all the time and energy it takes to get that far, with the possibilty of NOT qualifying and going home. Are you saying you have some insider info that she's been given a free pass on the qualifying cutoff? 

I have bills and a mortgage too, and a gazillion other excuses I could use for not racing. Now, calling a handfull of racers ..." retards" who support this sport and a female racer is truly exhibiting exactly who HAS had a retarded moment.  I think you just need to get back on a grid. (no, NESBA does not have grids.)      


 

     

[HAWK]

Let me try to get this back on track. From my first post all I asked was Why is Jessica Zalusky racing AMA? I didn't ask why not me. I haven't been involved in any on track fun for a few years due to commitments of life. Bills, mortgage and everything else. I know some of you are trying to be the hero. 


Thanks to those who replied with actual input and to the few retards who obviously can't read and thought this was about me crying 

Let's keep this simple,

BECAUSE SHE CAN

Is that not a good enough reason?

[mdr14]

I have personally raced against Jessica at the National level. She is more than qualified to be on the grid. If she makes the cut off, by god, there darned well better be a spot for her.

It is harder and harder to make an AMA grid as it is. If you can qualify within 110% you deserve to be there. WTF does gender have to do with it?