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The Petrucci Files

Discussion in 'General' started by Used2befast, May 27, 2022.

  1. sharky nrk

    sharky nrk Rubber Side Up

    yeah, that is one of the things that is interesting to me - it may not be apples to apples but these very same "unsafe" and "unprofessional" circuits but his standards are not really such by FIA standards

    I imagine quite a few could actually get FIM 2/B certified with small changes if they wanted to outlay the cash to do so. I haven't read the FIA and FIM specs back to back so its a guess/hunch and I could be way wrong; my point being the tracks may not be the issue but rather the ROI on the sanctioning and inspection fees
     
  2. sharky nrk

    sharky nrk Rubber Side Up

    but that is exactly what Petrux is doing - hence my "uneducated" qualifier with his point
     
  3. kenessex

    kenessex unregistered user

    Italy is 116K miles square and the USA is 3.8 million miles square. Why would anybody even think to compare a national 6 race series in a relatively small country to a national 10 race series in a huge country? I would think that Petrucci is smart enough to know this.
     
  4. Banditracer

    Banditracer Dogs - because people suck

    Apparently not.
     
  5. tzrider

    tzrider CZrider

    Not sure why it's germane to this. Of all the metrics to compare two countries race track safety standards, their respective areas would probably be the last one...

    GDP?
    Culture?
    Population density, ...maybe?
     
  6. cav115

    cav115 Well-Known Member


    Interest, and $.
     
  7. PMooney Jr.

    PMooney Jr. Chasing the Old Man

    The goddamn Germans got nothing to do with it.
     
  8. Knotcher

    Knotcher Well-Known Member

    I was going to say “he’s a motorcycle racer so he doesn’t think all that much” but then I realized YOU’RE a motorcycle racer so I can see why you thought he would think. I’m ALSO a motorcycle racer so it makes sense that I almost thought that YOU thought that HE thought.
     
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  9. Dave Wolfe

    Dave Wolfe I know nuttin!

    They are all a bunch of nutballs too
     
  10. Robin172

    Robin172 Well-Known Member

    Until you actually live here, you don't really understand how big the US is.
     
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  11. tzrider

    tzrider CZrider

    Petrucci/Pearl harbour, both start with the letter P and have 3 syllables, coincidence????....
     
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  12. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Wait, you’re saying the gooberment and media lied to us? The Germans didn’t bomb Pearl Harbor? That is was actually the Italians? <boom!> mind blown!!!!
     
  13. MGM

    MGM Well-Known Member

    The Italians were supposed to be the ones, they couldn’t get their aircraft carrier to start. To add insult to injury, the entire parts warehouse was closed for vacation.
     
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  14. Knotcher

    Knotcher Well-Known Member

    As an idiot that raced an MV Augusta that shit is too real.
     
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  15. tzrider

    tzrider CZrider

    And heck, Spaghetti isn't even Italian... Marco Polo stole it from them peaceful Japanese!
     
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  16. stk0308

    stk0308 Well-Known Member

    As the child of people who had Ducati AND MotoGuzzi dealership in the last 70's. I heard many a story about how you had to be stocked up on what parts you though you were going to need before August. because Italy would go on siesta, and you'd be out of luck for resupply until mid September.
     
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  17. vizsladog

    vizsladog Well-Known Member

    Is he even making any money?? The series is shit, has been shit. Vir is a go kart track. There is almost zero intrest in the series. Crowds are not even crowds. No major sponsors, no major tv support , no major Factory involvement. Why risk himself?
     
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  18. TurboBlew

    TurboBlew Registers Abusers

    its how the US got stuck with sbarro
     
  19. RM Racing

    RM Racing Tool user

    Your positive attitude is inspiring.
     
  20. sheepofblue

    sheepofblue Well-Known Member

    It would be interesting to see what the crowd and grid sizes are vs when it was pretty much dead pre-MotoAmerica as a year by year.

    Of course during that time we had the country shut down and now have economic issues. Overall it seems to me they are on a pretty good track. Shoot while the bagger thing is not my choice it brings fans and sponsors in.

    Or you could say everything sucks like he did (always easier to criticize than do.....except when it comes to whining)
     
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