MotoJason
PR Member
Bill, I am aware of the AHRMA / AMA history. Maybe not every last detail, but I was an AMA, CCS, & AHRMA roadrace member 18 years ago before I ever raced any off road events with either organization. I don't believe all of the BS I have read or heard and the editorializing about what happened behind closed doors with either side. There were lots of financial woes due to litigation over class naming rights, promotion rights, mismanagement accusations, yada, yada, yada. However, today we are talking about two Non-Profit Organizations that exist to promote motorcycle recreation, not pro-racing.
My comments were purely of the rose colored glasses, pie-in-the-sky optimist variety. Like you, on a given weekend I want to attend the biggest, most fun, most competitive event available, regardless of who the sanctioning body is. VMD is an institution, unfortunately it falls on the same weekend as another race that I would otherwise like to attend. VMX / PVMX is a small pie already, it makes no sense to me to keep cutting it up into ever smaller slices and then argue over who has the most crumbs. If we get beyond the politics and the history we can focus on what is most important, having fun on motorcycles!
BTW: What if your kids got married at VMD? I got married at Barber this year and then the wedding party, including my wife, got to ride the track the next day...fun on motorcycles!
My comments were purely of the rose colored glasses, pie-in-the-sky optimist variety. Like you, on a given weekend I want to attend the biggest, most fun, most competitive event available, regardless of who the sanctioning body is. VMD is an institution, unfortunately it falls on the same weekend as another race that I would otherwise like to attend. VMX / PVMX is a small pie already, it makes no sense to me to keep cutting it up into ever smaller slices and then argue over who has the most crumbs. If we get beyond the politics and the history we can focus on what is most important, having fun on motorcycles!
BTW: What if your kids got married at VMD? I got married at Barber this year and then the wedding party, including my wife, got to ride the track the next day...fun on motorcycles!