Originally Posted by Ol'89r

I hate to say it but the AMA has been going from bad to worse.

As a lifetime AMA member of over 35 years, I have watched the AMA destroy the sport of dirttracking. They have completely screwed up roadracing and now they are working on mx. Very sad.

The 'dinger' is your typical corporate BA grad that doesn't have a clue about the organization itself or it's reason for being. His mindset is to fire all of the good old hard working employees that were loyal to the organization and hire a bunch of BA grads for less money. It doesn't matter to the 'dinger' that these people have no passion for the sport and probably don't even know the history of the sport. What matters is the bottom line and control.

The AMA was formed to organize races and protect racers from dishonest promotors that would promote races on unsafe racetracks and then take the purse money and run. Over the years, they have entered into other areas like protecting chopper riders from having to wear helmets and protecting the Harley Davidson company from everybody. Now, they are getting out of race promotion altogether. Soon, if the 'dingbat' has his way, our American motocross series will be run by a European organization not the AMA. Ever heard of Youthstream?

When we were going through our problems with land closures in Riverside County, we asked the AMA to help us. They were not interested. This goes back to the days of the Barstow to Vegas run and it has only gotten worse. When the last AMA dirttrack race of the year was canceled due to abhorrent track conditions, Gene Romero, scheduled a half mile at Pomona California through his West Coast Flattrack Assn. and offered the race to the AMA as the final race of the season. Gene already had the race set up and paid for and the AMA could have stepped in at no cost to them and shared the race with Gene's series. The AMA turned him down. Gene's race turned out to be one of the best half miles that I have seen in many years.

The really sad part is, there are many, many, people on the local level like Wardy and the people here in AMA District 37 that work very hard and are very passionate about the sport. But these people do not get any help or answers out of the corporate office. No support. The corporate office is no longer about the sport, only about the money.

To me, the future of the AMA does not look very bright, especially with people like the 'Dingbat" in charge. Perhaps we could find a way to fire Mr. 'Dimwit' and take the AMA back. Or perhaps we should just let it go down the tubes and rely on people like Mr. Romero and others that still have a love and passion for our sport. It shouldn't take too much longer.

I truly hope Mr. Dingman reads this. It might give him a little insight as to what many long standing members of his organization think of him. Not that it would help.

Ol'89r.......AMA # 055255

Originally Posted by SpDyKen

Terry, I may very well 'cut & paste' your statement elsewhere, If you don't mind. I too would love to have the 'dungman' read your post!
Ken W.

Originally Posted by Ol'89r

As a lifetime AMA member of over 35 years, I have watched the AMA destroy the sport of dirttracking.