MotoGP in Austin?

[derby]

Kev, sit down and stfu, you are yelling at the clouds again

iirc, tavo hellmund held rights to both the f1 and motogp events. when tavo's lawsuit with cota (for them forcing him out of the austin f1 race) was settled, tavo reportedly transferred the rights for the motogp race to schwantz.

from kevin's perspective, he isn't "yelling at clouds" at all.

to anybody that followed the tavo/cota issue (the track first tried to renegotiate directly with formula one management but were referred back to contract-holder tavo, then withheld the $25MM sanctioning fee until f1 cancelled tavo's contract, then subsequently renegotiated a deal w/ f1 directly), kevin's position doesn't seem that far-fetched.

this is starting to seem like a pattern for the track-owners.

[zooom]

YEAH...didn't VIR kinda do the same thing with AMA for Big Kahuna and tried to circumvent M1 Entertainment doing the same shit?....where did that leave them now?...COTA...are you listening?

[gm2]

this is starting to seem like a pattern for the track-owners.

ya think?

i'm just waiting to find out that one of them is actually Edmondson.

[zooom]

http://www.motomatters.com/news/2012/09/12/dorna_statement_on_cota_vs_schwantz_aust.html

the plot thickens as DORNA makes a statement...

[duccarlos]

Kev is up a creek

[zooom]

Kev is up a creek

unless he can show data/conversations where he has been trying to do exactly as DORNA required and getting a lack of response/resistance from COTA...that kind of documentation ( like EMails and certified mail ) does in fact carry weight in a court of law!

[duccarlos]

He has to prove that COTA actually gave him the rights to promote the race. From what we have read so far 3four was saying that they got the rights from DORNA, which leads me to believe that they never received anything from either.

[OT]

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/09/13/50247.htm

[derby]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Sep/120914cw.htm

[ducpainter]

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2012/Sep/120914cw.htm

Carmelo appears to be a douche too...

I kinda figured.

[derby]

Carmelo appears to be a douche too...

I kinda figured.

yeah.. bernie at least sent cota back to tavo the first time they tried to end run around him.

[ducpainter]

Ummmm...

http://www.motogp.com/en/news/2012/provvisional+calendar+2013

Looks like COTA is sucking blueberries

[duccarlos]

Well, i know that at least one of those should be in Argentina

[derby]

i really, really hope it ends up being the 2nd tbc weekend. i already have plans for the prior weekend.

[ducpainter]

i really, really hope it ends up being the 2nd tbc weekend. i already have plans for the prior weekend.

Does it make economic and logistical sense to come here twice?