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Daytona 200 canceled

Discussion in 'General' started by notbostrom, Sep 11, 2020.

  1. SGVRider

    SGVRider Well-Known Member

    If you die in a car accident and you happen to have COVID antibodies they’ll call you a COVID death.
     
  2. Dave Wolfe

    Dave Wolfe I know nuttin!

    Whered u find this data? Ive been looking for nationwide data for a while.

    Thats showing about 50k extra deaths or about an extra death per 6000 of the general US population. Thats in line with the Iowa numbers.
     
  3. Knotcher

    Knotcher Well-Known Member


    Cdc. Just search for Covid excess deaths. Its far more than 50k excess. Closer to 175k.
     
  4. auminer

    auminer Renaissance Redneck

    All the old, sick people who would be dying now, died this past spring?
     
  5. KneeDragger_c69

    KneeDragger_c69 Well-Known Member

    Yes 100% refunded here.
     
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  6. Dave Wolfe

    Dave Wolfe I know nuttin!

    Yep you are right its more than 50k. Doing some digging at cdc site, a very small portion of the excess deaths are due to respiratory issues. Most excess deaths per state were alzheimers and cardiac issues and the other normal typical causes of death. Which says to me the lockdowns resulted in worse healthcare resulting in deaths an order of magnitude worse than the 'Rona. If thats the case its a real shame.
     
  7. SPL170db

    SPL170db Trackday winner


    This has been brought up numerous times since March.....the number of additional deaths that would likely be occurring due to both lockdowns and fear created that would result and people with actual life-threatening issues (cardiac, cancer, diabeetus etc) not going or unable to go in to get the care and treatment they needed.

    This plandemic is pure political propaganda at this point. Zero science to warrant this type of a response.
     
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  8. Gino230

    Gino230 Well-Known Member

    I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that MA is running a race in Indy the week before, Laguna the week after. Participation was going to be way down.

    Plus I think they need to get these teams signed up at the beginning of the season, when everyone has money in the bank, energy in the tank, and has been suffering several months of bone chilling cold, vs. spending everything they have racing for the previous 6 months.
     
  9. lightning97

    lightning97 Well-Known Member

    We were planning to go from Indy to Daytona to Laguna as were others on the MA circuit that entered in March.
     
  10. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    a "club race" that just happens to pay out more money than any single "professional motorcyele race" in the country.. of any motorcycle series in the USA. Even possbily more payout than some professional bike racing payouts for an entire season.
     
  11. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    well and you get a special watch and your name on the winners wall. So it is an exclusive club...hehe
     
  12. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    There is more to professional racing than purse money or else we'd have all been running pro races in the heyday of contingency payouts...
     
  13. A. Barrister

    A. Barrister Well-Known Member

    Since the 200 got cancelled, what are the rules on purse payout? Did they run qualifying? I don't remember. Seems by not running the race, and if they don't have to pay the purse, it saves them a good chunk of change. 175k payout vs. refunding 15-20k-ish in entry fees.
     
  14. Shenanigans

    Shenanigans in Mr.Rogers neighborhood

    I was kidding. You know that's been the running joke since CCS took it over. I actually feel really bad for the racers that invested time and money into this twice only to have it not happen.
     
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  15. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    Daytona speedway puts up the $175,000 .. the speedway prefers to keep the "Daytona 200" going, even if it costs money. When AMA/DMG (can't remember who was in charge at time) decided to stop going to Daytona as a pro series round, the speedway wanted to keep the name "Daytona 200" going, and partnered with ccs to do so.
    It would seem more rational, that the speedway would rather put off the D200 since they can't have spectators paying money, concessions, and the vendors that set up large displays outside the speedway pay a lot of money to do so.. even though there aren't that many spectators IN the speedway, some are better than none. With no spectating allowed, city banning biketoberfest activities and other goings-on.. the speedway won't take in the money they count on to offset the purse money they put up to run the 200. just my theory and that of some others i spoke with this weekend..
     
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  16. MELK-MAN

    MELK-MAN The Dude abides...

    i'm not gonna argue semantics... it's a fact, that the D200 pays more than any other single motorcycle race in this country. Prove me wrong..
     
  17. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    I'm sure it does. Doesn't make it a pro race any more than the Toyota Challenge thing at Willow was. Purse money does not make something professional in and of itself.
     
  18. Slider82

    Slider82 Well-Known Member

    Yeah, I read it was something about how much you can bench press is what determines whether it's professional or not.
     
  19. grasshopper

    grasshopper Well-Known Member

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  20. 2blueYam

    2blueYam Track Day Addict

    Ha, the Beeb will beat stuff to death then revive it just to beat it to death again. And again. And again. And again.
     

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