I got to looking around for some new MX news sources tonight while listening to the excellent Jason Weigandt/Jim Holley call of the Minneapolis SX event. I came across MXNewsFeed.com, which spiders the net all day looking for MX news and sends it out via private news feed plus a free RSS feed for regular [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics of Riding'
Know your enemy – PEERS off-road wreckreation
March 16th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
Tags: enviro-nazis·land-battle
Will the AMA become AAA?
March 9th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
AMA President Rob Dingman continues to emphasize that the AMA needs to be a better member services organization, providing better benefits to members. This has been a consistent theme in every interview Dingman has held over the past year. That worries me. While Dingman is always careful to mention that the AMA needs to protect the [...]
Dingman and Edmondson interviewed by SpeedTV
March 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Industry, Politics of Riding
From Mike Kincaid of Rampant Racing comes this link to two video interviews over at SPEED. There is a 4 1/2-minute interview with Rob Dingman, AMA president, and a much more informative 10-minute interview with Roger Edmondson of the Daytona Motorsports Group. If you are concerned about the future of American motorcycle racing I think [...]
Tags: AMA·AMAProRacing·DMG·media·RobDingman·RogerEdmonson·SpeedTV
Its official – AMA selects Daytona Motorsports Group for Pro Racing
March 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Industry, Politics of Riding
It’s official, the AMA is selling virtually all the Pro Racing properties (everything but SuperCross and ArenaCross) to the the Daytona investment group led by Jim France of NASCAR and ISC, and Roger Edmondson, President of the Grand American Road Race Series. Here is a video of the Daytona press conference and here is a [...]
Tags: AMA·AMAProRacing·DMG
What happened to the AMA road racing sale
March 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
No news today on the supposed sale of AMA Pro Racing Road Race properties to the Daytona-based investment group. I checked both Cycle News and the AMA website for info and got nada.
Tags: AMA·AMAProRacing·roadracing
AMA about to sell Pro Racing
March 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Industry, Politics of Riding
Cycle News is reporting today the sale of the road racing properties of AMA Pro Racing will be announced tomorrow. The reported buyer is a Daytona, FL investment group led by Jim France, president of International Speedway Corporation. While the France family has its detractors, there is very little downside to this purchase if it [...]
Tags: AMA·AMAProRacing
Opposing the wholesale closure of public lands
March 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding
This note comes from my friend Robert Bergman in Phoenix, AZ, via the TMSuzuki Yahoo! Group. Advocates for Access to Public Lands is sponsoring a petition to fight the California Wild Heritage Bill S-493, the Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, and other such wholesale closures of public lands. Take a minute to add your name [...]
Tags: badcongress·badlaws·badpoliticians·BlueRibbonCoalition
Dakar rally moving to South America
February 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Events, Politics of Riding
Posted at ESPN.com, the Dakar Rally is moving to South America for 2009. After the 2008 Rally was canceled due to terrorist threats by stone-age towelheads, Race director Etienne Lavigne told ESPN today the event will run through Argentina and Chile in 2009: Race director Etienne Lavigne detailed the route in a telephone interview Monday. [...]
Contact your congressman on insurance anti-discrimination bill
February 2nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics of Riding
The AMA is looking for help in getting Congressional support for H.R. 1076, the HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical Correction Act. According to this AMA press release: The AMA is calling on motorcyclists and others who face health insurance discrimination to urge their U.S. Representatives to support H.R. 1076, known as the HIPAA Recreational Injury Technical [...]
Tags: badbusiness·badideas
Dakar rally canceled for terrorist threat
January 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics of Riding
One of the great things about motorcycling, whether it be off-road or on, is that you can forget about the world around you and just focus on the terrain, the ride, the wind, and the experience. It’s like the rest of the world just doesn’t exist when you’re out there riding. Sadly, the rest of [...]
