DMG MADE A MESS OF IT & NOW WANTS OUT

The AMA announced that it will sanction a new North American road racing series called  MotoAmerica. MotoAmerica will be AMA sanctioned and run by KRAVE (a partnership that includes three-time MotoGP champion, Wayne Rainey). It is important to note that the AMA and AMA Pro Racing are not the same thing. The AMA is the old school organization that sold the rights to motorcycle racing to DMG, which then bought the name “AMA Pro Racing” to go along with the deal. The two, although joined by a business deal, are not the same thing.

DMG (Daytona Motosports Group) said, “Daytona Motorsports Group (DMG) confirms the transfer of sanctioning, operational, promotional and commercial rights for professional motorcycle road racing to the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) and KRAVE Group. Following the 2014 AMA Pro Road Racing season finale at New Jersey Motorsports Park on Sept. 13-14, DMG no longer will conduct and promote the professional road racing discipline. The company will continue to sanction AMA Pro Flat Track, Motocross and Hillclimb.”

KRAVE includes Wayne Rainey, Chuck Aksland, Terry Karges and Richard Varner. If you reorder their last names you get Karges, Rainey, Aksland, Varner, the acronym of which is KRAV — the “E” is a bonus. KRAVE will handle the commercial rights, sponsorships, tracks, schedule and and media credentials. As part of the agreement, the AMA has re-acquired the sanctioning and promotional  rights to professional motorcycle road racing in America from Daytona Motorsports Group (DMG), which had purchased those rights from the AMA in 2008. DMG has operated the series for the last seven years and is no longer going to be the promoter of the series.

It is no secret that DMG mis-played, mishandled and bungled their relationships with the manufacturers, fans and participants during their seven-year reign over road racing. Few will miss them — at least as long KRAVE and the AMA do a workmanlike job of fixing the mess that DMG left behind