Smoke and Noise #11

Will amateur MX stars race GPs to avoid being exploited like college athletes?Maybe.Due to the rule change that moves the age to turn AMA pro to 18, instead of 16, at least one mini-dad may not be bluffing when he says (according to this thread on Vital) http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/Cianciarulo-to-Race-GPs,601331 that they will race GPs rather than stay amateur for an additional 2...

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Smoke and Noise #10

Smoke and Noise #10: What's the Deal with Team USA at the MXoN This Year? Who Should be on Team USA? Fans are already debating who should be on Team USA? This is good, and part of the fun. The dumbest suggestion out there is to avoid sending James Stewart because he has opted out of the nationals and gone SX only. Boohoo! He's still the leader of last year's winning team, and the f...

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Smoke and Noise #9

"What's your poison?" Smoke and Noise #9 A Racetime.com Column by Someone Formerly Known as TFS... Smoke and Noise is out of retirement for the weekend to sift through the smoke and BS around this weekend's SX showdown in Vegas... The View from 10,000 Feet.... A great showdown is about to happen in Vegas. Stewart leads going into the last round, and Reed, after a very respecta...

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Smoke and Noise #8

Smoke and Noise #8A Racetime.com Column by TFS Smoke and Noise is back with a pre-nationals addition, and an update on industry trends that will unravel in the coming months and years. We also take an admittedly premature and uninformed look at what DMG's appearance in motorcycle racing means for the overall culture of racing, which badly needs an overhaul. Are they the right ones to bring i...

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Smoke and Noise #7

Smoke and Noise #7A Racetime Column by TFS With this Smoke and Noise I want to hopefully close a lingering question from the rocky off season. What happened with Racer X?I was following all the advice around me to let it go, but since Davey Coombs decided to graduate me in his many spin-control tirades from "some people" to someone with a name, I guess it's my turn to explain. I do...

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Smoke and Noise #6

Smoke and Noise #6A Racetime Column by TFS Still Quiet On Racing Business- Kinda It's another "quiet time" in blogging changes in the sports business, at least the big changes. A week ago the buzz was all about Roy Janson's leaving Live Nation and his expected arrival at DMG as early as this week. What's it mean? Is it MX related, SX related, both, other? The answer last ...

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Smoke and Noise #5

Smoke and Noise #5A Racetime Column by TFS Smoke and Noise has been "blogging" the changes in AMA racing a bit, but the story has changed since the last one. Right now the story it seems is not so much what will the AMA do? (Now we know), or what happens to MX right now, but what does Roy Janson leaving Live Nation, presumably to join DMG, really mean? He's expected to join DMG in ...

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Smoke and Noise #4

Smoke and Noise #4A Racetime Column by TFS After months of speculation and worry, at last the end result of the AMA's backing out of racing business is known. The AMA is basically selling racing to the Daytona Motorcycle Group (DMG, or "Daytona," aka NASCAR). The best reading on it so far is on Cycle News' site here. DMG takes control of every series except supercross, but th...

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Smoke and Noise #3

Smoke and Noise #3A New Racetime Column by TFS A week from now, we may all be asking ourselves where did AMA motorcycle racing go? (Or that may be as early as today, according to Cycle News.) It may end up a version of 2-wheeled NASCAR, or it might not. That possibility may include motocross, or maybe just road racing and flat track. To make things more interesting, the factory teams have to re-t...

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Smoke and Noise #2

Sometimes maybe it's better to just switch the internet off for a day. Smoke and Noise #2A Racetime.com Column by TFS Welcome to "Smoke and Noise," a new column for Racetime.com about what's really going on behind the smoke and noise in the world's coolest sport! Sometimes maybe it's better to just switch the internet off for a day. I find myself saying that more an...

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Smoke and Noise #1

Smoke and Noise - New Racetime.com Column by TFS Welcome to "Smoke and Noise," a new column for Racetime.com about what's really going on behind the smoke and noise in the world's coolest sport! This first one is about some ongoing news, and as we stated in the Racetime.com opening statements 6 weeks ago, we want to ask the right questions. - AMA Contracts AMA racing is about ...

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