Quote Originally Posted by bluedevil
I have chosen to stay politically correct and not say anything on this topic. Basically like the majority of the folks who do agree with Chris yet have also not yet grown a pair to speak up about it. The simple fact is this. When the protest was made at the last round, it did not include the page number and rule number of the infraction and by default was deemed an invalid protest. This despite each member of the impromptu board meeting starring at the infraction with their own eyes. Granted, the protest was done in a hurry and lacked 1 vital piece of info also stated in the rule book as needed to be valid. Ok cool. Protest thrown out and rider again gets by with no infraction. Here is where the situation went aria. What should have happened is VP of Tech and Rules (The guy we PAY to handle just such situations), approaches the person who made the protest and states simply: “Your protest was deemed invalid for XYZ reason. Any questions?” Situation closed. At this point a can of “whoop a$$” so to speak was opened up on Chris for being the voice of honesty and ethics. (But not by the VP of rules and tech, the very person in charge of this very situation). As far as your interpretation of he "motivation" for the protest: It couldnt have been the 3rd infraction or(bending of the rules) by the same rider in 2 consecutive years that had anything to do with the singling out of the protest could it?. I would ask how many protests of the same rider does it take before the club starts asking that rider if they can provide a copy of the rule book to them????
Im not sure why Chris or any other rider who makes a protest is made out to be a cry baby, or only cries cause he cant beat X rider, when they should be looked on as a person who looks for fairness and someone who follows the rules. (Side bar X rider has beaten Y rider on a lower CC bike as well has also been beaten)

Now none of this is the major concern to me here, though I know it is to others. A few key issues that come to light here for me . “Fun is the only reason anyone should be doing this because there isn't anyone doing it to pay their mortgage”

Yes however one key thing is missed. Even if you don’t ever win a freekin dollar racing, it doesnt matter. I know Chris spends 15-25K a year to race. I have personally spent roughly 60K in 5 years of racing, and won less than 6K in all of that time. None the less my mortgage is roughly 66K in that time frame. By default some racers spend near or more than they do on a mortgage to participate in this club. Each time a cheating, or illegal parts are allowed, condoned, or encouraged in this club, you take a big ole crap on the time spent that the honest racer took to make all that money to participate. The time away from their family and pregnant wife working 16+ hours a day to afford to race in a club that crucifies him for playing fair . This is all discounted by allowing cheating to continue. By simply side stepping responsibility of each member to step up and do what they can to have a fair, non partial race that ultimately ends up in an awfully high amount of “fun”. On a side note I remember a really big 4 ft wide check presented to Brewer in 2005 of which was for more than my mortgage is in nearly an entire year)


Secondly after the a$$ whoopin is handed out you have smug folks coming over to gloat as to say nanny nanny boo boo “Well that didn’t work out so well did it?” (This one for which I WAS present for.) Are you kidding me? Another rule broken with no penalty and that is something to grin about and rub in the face of the protestor? Not even jokingly was that considered “cool”. What happened was another chip in the foundation of the integrity of our racers and club.

Don’t get me wrong, I love racing, I love this club, and I love its members (most of them) in fact some of which I have the up most admiration and respect for participating in this very discussion, none the less, quit being a Candy A$$ Jabronie and start handing out some a$$ whoppin’s to the cheaters and for the politically correct folks who have trouble with that word (the folks who have parts/ mods that are not what we would say legal” for SS competition). Time to start getting the words “MRA” and “cheater club” out of people’s mouths, cause Im just plain sick of hearing about it.

Lastly, It is due to these recent events, I have chosen to with draw from any remaining Super sport races in the MRA for the remainder of the season or until we can turn the table on this issue to one that is more discouraging of cheating, that it is encouraging.
It is my love of racing and this club, and my apparent priority over my mortgage payment that I will only participate in Superbike regulated classes from this point forward, despite only being a pipe, power commander, (and my illegal onboard MotoComm video system) racer………. See ya at Pueblo !!!

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