Daytona Motorsports Group out, FIM in for US motorcycle roadracing

So Long DMG ? New North American Road Racing Series Established by Wayne Rainey & Co.

longtime rumors of DMG being removed with Wayne Rainey and the FIM/Dorna taking over have been confirmed.

Good news for most IMO.

Now get the manufacturers back supporting the US series like the peak in the mid 90's.

 

They killed off the Daytona 200 when they went to 600s about 7 years ago. They are to go back to literbikes next year but I doubt it will make much of a difference. Until the world stars come to race it as a one-off I don't see it really being noteworthy. Get Sykes/Guintoli/Laverty to do it and past winners Chaz Davies and Nicky Hayden for the race and you would see lots of interest. I don't see a rider like Marquez or Rossi ever doing it, but there are several now in MotoGP toward the back that might want the notoriety, not to mention the payday.

One thing I hope they do is adopt the same rules as World Superbike (all EVO class next year IIRC), along with the same tires. Wild cards were always one of the best things about US rounds of WSBK in the past.

If the goal is to construct series that will feed into the world stage, they will also have to add classes and probably eliminate redundant ones like Daytona Sportbike which seems to be a catch-all where anything outside of literbikes could race with restrictions (Buell, 848 Ducati, GSXR-750 etc).

Moto3 & Moto2 classes, perhaps dumbed-down a little due to cost considerations, would be a good place to start. I would think there will be old racebikes from these classes available, or if enough market exists you could see production racers for these classes. The guys that win championships in these lower classes might have opportunities in the MotoGP series, while the guys that do not can graduate up to the Superbike class in hopes of landing a WSBK ride later on.