Mladin DQ'D!!!

[dylanfan53]

Hey Don
Is that the new race bike? Didn't your last middle weight attempt end up unplesant?

LOL

I didn't say I was going to race it.  I'm just going to sit on it in the garage and make raspberry noises.  I play air guitar really well too.      Can't talk now, Packers are on in 10 minutes...

[Gbord]

GOOD!  I hope this is a result of DMG taking over and applying the same ZERO tolerance cheating policy that they do in Nascar!  Maybe, just maybe, actually following the rules will trickle down to the club level as well.     Here to wishful thinking!   

[raceday]

   
AMA Pro - Superbike - Friday Practice results

Pos. Rider Team Bike Time

1 Mathew Mladin American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.256
2 Ben Spies American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:24.516
3 Jason DiSalvo Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:25.141
4 Tommy Hayden American Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.331
5 Eric Bostrom Yamaha Motor Corp Yamaha YZF-R1 1:25.363
6 Aaron Yates Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:25.659
7 Jamie Hacking Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:25.689
8 Roger Hayden Monster Kawasaki Kawasaki ZX-10R 1:25.919
9 Neil Hodgson American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:26.513
10 Miguel DuHamel American Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:26.543
11 Geoff May Jordan Suzuki Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:26.687
12 Matt Lynn Corona Honda Honda CBR1000RR 1:26.706
13 Ben Thompson Millennium/KWS Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:27.848
14 Joshua Day Yamaha YZF-R1 1:27.996
15 R Pietri Roadracing World Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.120
16 Ryan Elleby Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.180
17 Chris Ulrich Roadracing World Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.199
18 Scott Jensen Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.655
19 Kurtis Roberts Celtic Racing Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.711
20 D Anthony Suzuki GSX-R1000 1:28.814

[Doctor]

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=33916

[Super Dave]

http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=33916

Nice!  Accountabiity. 

[dylanfan53]

I wonder how long it takes them to build a engine.  Wasn't Mr. Rashid doing some tech work for AMA this year?

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=33920

[Super Dave]

Jim still is.  They have lots of engines.  Common practice since the early 90's.

[GSXR RACER MIKE]

DMG's explanation on the inspections:

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=33935

[Russell2566]

DMG's explanation on the inspections:

http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=33935

The more I read about this and DMG in general, the more I'm thinking I won't be watching AMA Racing next year no matter what.

[Super Dave]

Why?  There are rules.  They should apply.  The people running things are motorcycle racing industry veterans.  If there is any success in AMA racing, a good portion of it came from what they did in years past.

[Russell2566]

Why?  There are rules.  They should apply.

Because the more I read the more I get the feeling that this is about more than "applying the rules"...

[Ducati23]

I am glad they are applying the rules to the factory teams.

Suzuki should be embrassed that they got caught using non production cranks.  The rules say production - those parts should be very easy for the factory team to get.  The factories can cry all they want.    All privateers that were checked were legal. 

Maybe some teams will pack up and leave since they will not dictate the way things go, but it appears that the rules will be the same for all competitors.