WorldSBK I Round 10 I Jerez, Spain | Sep. 24-26

Interesting take from Scott Redding regarding the death of Vinales. I guess he's just another guy trying to kill motorcycle racing

"So you have to ask yourself what is different today than it was ten or 15 years ago. I know: the races today are much closer. Everyone is on the same level today. The rules of balance ensure that we see great racing. But if 40 15-year-olds are on the same motorcycle within a second, then anything can happen at any time. "

"I'm surprised that an accident like this didn't happen earlier," said the Englishman. “I don't watch the 300 races because I'm scared to death. They are too close together, I expect an incident at any time. Ten or 15 years ago there were two who could leave. Then three others followed. Back in the 125s there was a maximum of one group of five or six drivers, not 20. If you have a train with 15 drivers today and something happens to the third, the fourth, fifth, and sixth might come by. But then someone comes along who can no longer avoid it."

 

Don’t worry what Mat writes, however if kids continue getting killed in accidents like we have had in past 4 months, televised youth racing will end fairly quickly.

 

If I take a bigger view of this and look at youth motorcycle roadracing at the world level, I just don't see the need for it. I think the kids should be racing at the national level at the most until they are at least 16. At the world level I think there needs to be a hard cut-off to limit the field to around 30 bikes max. If you can't make the field then you are too slow for world championship level racing. I also think the smallest bikes that should be raced at the world level are a bigger twins class, like the MA twins class for superbike and the Moto3 bikes should be 450s, so there might be a bigger spread of bikes and smaller packs.

 

I remember when drafting and strategy and setting up for passes by watching your competitors’ weaknesses were skills to be admired.

 

Are you Keith Huewen???

Joking.

Keith said basically the same thing on this weeks Crash MotoGP Podcast.

I totally agree with you about using 450. Literally every manufacturer makes one, and there is already a huge amount of aftermarket support.

 

Disproportionate not irrelevant.

 

BJ pops out of the slipstream and relegates Egg to the back of the pack! Can he respond?

 

I could channel my inner Skip Salenius, but you ball rubbers would cry like little bitches.

 

I think it would be closer/better racing 'IF' they gave the KRT the revs back.

 

No SCX tore for the rest of the season. Did stopraks advantage just get taken away?

 

make up call smh