When World Superbike announced a few years ago they were gonna try and even the field to help the sport, they lost me.
Apparently the success of Kawasaki, which was killing all comers, for years, was hurting their series.
So, The Officials decided on a plan.
The plan was to give them the right to detune, by decreasing the rpm, using a bikes software, any bike in the series they deemed as too strong.
On a week to week basis if they deemed it nescessary.
The haves at the time, mainly Rea and the Green bikes, were pissed.
They were old school. The hard work by the teams in the off season in building the bikes,
the engineering and design at the factory, the training and talent of their riders, won the majority of events and Championships.
They deserved to win.
So, when Big Red and the few other teams were given the ability to run bikes at higher rpms, hey, they did not complain. Even tho this edge was created by some computer tech
kind of nerd, and an official at World Superbike, what's the harm?
It's better for the sport. It's for close racing. It's a good thing.
And maybe it is. But for some reason, this way of doing it, makes one uneasy.
One can say, why work so hard?
If a group of guys innovate, build and execute better than the rest, and are rewarded with what basically is a penalty, why bother?
One wonders, what will The Gods at AMA Pro Racing do this time around.
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