...is all over his website. So did they lie? They were negotiating through an intermediary who they had good reason to believe might be hostile to them. The party at the other end had been hostile since day one, and had been working very hard to appear to be making concessions while not really making any meaningful ones at all. We don't know that DMG ever conceded anything relative to ...
...? Not really, because I realize teams endeavor to exploit any and everything they can to gain an advantage. I hope history is as kind and overlooks this event with regard to both Ben and Mat, even though I recognize there's a significant amount of folks that feel otherwise. The part of this I'm uneasy with is that no one in that organization had the fortitude to accept responsibility......
... process. The bottom line is that crank may have not increased HP, but it surely increased durability, which makes it performance enhancing and very illegal in AMA SBK.. To me, the sad part about this deal is that neither Mat, nor Ben needed any "off the reservation" help to begin with and that's why it's hard for me not to put this whole thing in the hubris file, which, by the way, ...
... they check you, or you are not and the series owners decide, period. Mat's crank fell outside the realm of what is allowed and he..." feeling with DMG.... This particular instance had some added drama because Mat and Yosh were foolish enough to run their mouth's, ...for business and make no mistake, racing is their business.. Huh? "Mat and Yosh were foolish enough to run their mouth's ...
...time difference the team has just 3 and a half days to prepare all documentation, which by the way most of which had to come ...DMG used to describe riders safety zones) -------- Mat had his crankshaft removed and checked at Fontana earlier... than likely think so.. This particular instance had some added drama because Mat and Yosh were foolish enough to run their mouth...
... hour time difference the team has just 3 and a half days to prepare all documentation, which by the way most of which had to come from ... DMG used to describe riders safety zones) -------- Mat had his crankshaft removed and checked at Fontana earlier in ... year and was passed. (also the year before and the year before that) Mat had his crank checked at VIR and in the eyes of AMA its ...
...at AMA knows what a trik crank is; "Personal knowledge on the part of key AMA Pro Racing officials may have doomed American Suzuki's and Yoshimura Racing's appeal of Mat Mladin's disqualification for running a non-homologated crankshaft in Superbike races at VIR. AMA Pro Racing's Colin Fraser operates the Canadian Superbike Championship, which runs with a...
...Ahh, the name calling you always resort to when pressed for a rational answer, so typical and so boring too.. Doyle, if you didn't know, is solely responsible for that illegal crank being in Mat's bike and while it would've been refreshing to see him man-up and accept responsibility, he did not, and that probably has just as much to do with the (lack of) integrity Yosh has, as well as...
...someone new at AMA knows what a trik crank is; "Personal knowledge on the part of key AMA Pro Racing officials may have doomed American Suzuki's and Yoshimura Racing's appeal of Mat Mladin's disqualification for running a non-homologated crankshaft in Superbike races at VIR. AMA Pro Racing's Colin Fraser operates the Canadian Superbike Championship, which runs with a dyno-enforced ...
...s Denial Of Mladin's Appeal", a rather ho-hum charaterization. And then they needed to follow up the same day with their, "Updated: AMA Pro Racing's Edmondson: The Fact Is They Got Caught Cheating" ... that post with this: "American Suzuki and Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki have taken the case of Mat Mladin’s crankshaft to the court of public opinion, and AMA Pro Racing's Roger Edmondson has ...
