Moto ST

[PJ]

Of course it's about the money, Noidly.

MOTO-ST is making a concerted effort to keep costs down for riders and teams in the series.

Spec tire at a reduced cost, with a generous contingency from Pirelli.

Relatively cheap spec fuel to eliminate the use of expensive race gas.

HP restricted class rules to reduce amount of money spent on engines.

Purse that pays every finisher and bonuses for those who lead laps and make the podium in each class.

TV time on SPEED to better enable teams to find sponsor support.

Check the paddock of a MOTO-ST event and you'll find its full of club racers just like you working hard to step up their game and grow with a series that has real potential.

[xb9racer]

When isn't it about money? ::)
Point being, in the long run it keeps the cost for the teams down and the competition more on a level playing field. As stated by others, it's more of the rider than who has more money. I'm sure Moto-ST put it out for any tire manufacturer to go after and Pirelli offered them the best deal. Just like the other sponsors.

[Noidly1]

My bad. I didn't know privateers were welcome. You still have to be on a team though right?
I thought they were about just the Pros. Or who you know...

[HAWK]

Anyone with an Expert license in one of the major RoadRacing organization can enter, you need a team to the extent that it is endurance racing and I don't know about you but I sure wouldn't want to race a motorcycle for 8 hours by myself.

[PJ721]

for 2007 we had a team that consisted of CCS riders from the Mid-Atlantic -
Eric Helmbach, Eric Schnorrbusch, and Eric Wilson and me as crew chief
team is owned by Kathy -  Schnorrbusch's mother...
the pit crew consisted of the riders and whoever we could drum up for the weekend...

does that qualify us as a Privateer Team?   ::)

it wasn't easy - but we did pretty damn good this year...

the guys rode their asses off 

[SVbadguy]

Another Mid-Atlantic CCS racer here that did a Moto-ST event.  Out of the Blue Racing, me and Mark Evry plus his dad to help with pit stops.  We did the VIR round.  Couldn't be any more privateer, no fancy rig, set up, uniforms or anything else.  Two racers with a bike.

I'm not impressed with the TV coverage.  If your not a big team, don't crash, burn, blow up or run in the top two, you pretty much won't be seen.  The least they could do is give the complete starting line-up and final results.

My bike was on screen for a total of about 1 second spread out over 4 shots. Most of that was the three shots of me behind Team Duc NY before they had their fire problems.  I thought for sure they would've included some footage of that when we were going through T1.

I think 5th in class and 17th overall out of 30 was a pretty decent finish.

[PJ721]

Most of that was the three shots of me behind Team Duc NY before they had their fire problems.  I thought for sure they would've included some footage of that when we were going through T1.

I think 5th in class and 17th overall out of 30 was a pretty decent finish.

Hey Travis...
you guys ran great at VIR...and I was hoping  we would get more coverage for the fire our Duc...not quite how we wanted to get the exposure though  ::)

we had the thing on fire 3 different times - the last one in the pit was the scariest....I emptied the entire extinguisher on it...good thing the VIR safety crew was there - could've been a lot worse.

[Scotty Ryan]

I agree about the line up and finishing order - but in regards to who they showcase on tv - they only have X amount of time to fit the program into the time slot for Tv. It's the same way with AMA - Moto Gp - WSBK - When I first started doing AMA'S I was disappointed that that i never got any air time (unless I fell off) - you'll get to understand that they usually focus on the leaders.

[KTG]

I agree about the line up and finishing order - but in regards to who they showcase on tv - they only have X amount of time to fit the program into the time slot for Tv. It's the same way with AMA - Moto Gp - WSBK - When I first started doing AMA'S I was disappointed that that i never got any air time (unless I fell off) - you'll get to understand that they usually focus on the leaders.

Which is complete Bullshit anyway.  From AMA to Motogp to Moto-st!  They need to cut it down to an hour or less to make room for 23hours of Nascrap and Pinks!   And the picture quality is so bad, sometimes I can't tell if I'm looking at Duhamel or a child pushing a wheel down the road with a stick.....Fug speed!  We need something new.....Ahh rants

[Super Dave]

You supply the financing, we'll add content.   

[KTG]

You supply the financing, we'll add content.   

Gron4vision ala the old speedvision

[Super Dave]

I got some people in place, so when you're ready...