November 26 2009: Mountain View, CA.
It IS that time of the year when much is taking place behind the scenes in the world of motorsports all over the world. In the last couple of years, this time of the “off” season has been filled with pessimism, misinformation, and NO information concerning the status and health of the AMA Supermoto Championship series.
After the DMG….(Daytona Motorsports Group) buyout of the sanctioning rights to all the AMA Pro Racing series in 2008, the Supermoto series became a collage of simply “keeping the series alive” and trying to “figure it out on the fly” without the time and monies to do it with an organized vision.
Today…. on this day of giving thanks….. the personnel involved with keeping the series alive and NOT disappearing…..(as it well could’ve), want the Supermoto fans, teams and racers to know that the AMA Supermoto Championship Series is NOT on a ventilator any more! One of the infamous quotes that we passed along at the beginning of the new AMA reign was from Gavin Trippe Sr. who stated that “the patient is on life support right now”. That was in 2008 and it DID ring very true then, and for some time after, including this past season.
We here at SuperMotoOnline are very excited to say we feel that the “patient” has left the hospital and is on the way to an extended and full recovery.
We talked yesterday with one of the new personnel that is involved with designing a vision and direction for 2010 and far beyond which can take THE most exciting form of two-wheeled racing to the level of success and exposure that it is completely capable of and here are a couple of early points that he wanted the public to know.
1. There IS a plan. First and foremost there has to be a “plan”……a “vision” for the short term and long term to be able to develop all the necessary components of any entertainment product. In motorsports, the “plan” has to be realistic…..(especially in these difficult economic times). Construct the immediate needs….(tracks, schedule, sponsors) one step at a time while aggressively assembling the building blocks for the future….(expansion and marketing plan for current and future investors and sponsors). In other words, a blueprint for a professional, attractive and consistent “branding” that will evolve into an entertainment product that will excite and attract both fans and sponsors.
2. Work with and develop TEAMS. To showcase a top level motorsports entertainment product….(that IS what racing is, an “entertainment product”) there need to be top level TEAMS and not just a collection of individual privateers.
TEAMS are critical in developing and presenting a professional product as a vehicle for major sponsors to partner with and a way for the top racers in the sport to be able to make Supermoto racing a viable occupation and not a financially draining “hobby”.
3. NATIONWIDE. The 2010 series will not be a West Coast series again. The plan is for a race in all the “major motorcycle retail markets” in the USA. The decision to keep the series based on the West Coast in 2009 was of course constructed out of dire necessity as that was the only viable format for XTRM to be able to remain solvent AND produce a series.
As we write this, facilities and dates are being finalized and a May-October schedule is what is in the works…..(the countdown clock should be pretty accurate here on the home page). Though it costs more, of course, for a team or individual to participate at a national level, the series HAS to be a nationwide one to be viable to the investors and sponsors.
Ok…… there are the basic points that we were given. After all the “lack” of information that has filled the off-season the last couple of years we hope YOU, the race fans, teams and racers are as excited about being involved in what’s going on as WE are!
If you have any questions…… you’re a racer/team trying to plan for 2010, or you’re a potential team or sponsor that need any assistance with plans…… shoot us a call or an e-mail and if there’s anything we can pass along we will or we’ll get you in touch with someone who can!
Happy Holidays to everyone!! There WILL be more to come and we’ll do our best to keep the racing public updated as we can
! Dennis Anderson/SuperMotoOnline.com
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