Why would a team so dominant that they could probably win Superbike races with a Superstock motor, cheat?
It’s highly doubtful that there was a bona fide, outlined, plan to cheat (like most of the factories did in early ’80s AMA Superbike racing). Modern Superbike teams are vast organizations with many employees, departments, budgets and the like. Within that complexity, sometimes, shall we say, issues arise. Question 5: Suzuki has filed an appeal. Won’t this just be overturned on appeal like so many infractions in the last ten years of AMA roadracing. Answer: Possibly. But this isn’t the old AMA simply because the AMA no longer owns AMA Pro Racing, DMG does. To coin a popular phrase, ‘There’s a new sheriff in town’. From an analytical standpoint, NASCAR hasn’t spent a great deal of time in the last two decades arguing technical points with series participants. Will this become AMA/DMG’s modus operandi as well? Maybe. It seems very possible that Mat Mladin’s DQ was only the first shoe to drop. The AMA press release mentioned fines and suspensions.
