BOMBSHELL: Mladin DQ'd From VIR

[scottieducati]

Soup :: Boom: Mladin DQ'd From VIR Wins! :: 08-21-2008

WOW.... always sucks to see this happen, but I can't say I feel back for the prick.

Just makes you wonder what other "edges" the Yosh (or any other factory bike) has that bends the rules....

[R1]

I thought so, definitely sucks but he had a substantial lead during the entire race. I knew something had to be up!

So what are the chances that Spies bike was set up in the same manner?

[akira700]

Soup :: Boom: Mladin DQ'd From VIR Wins! :: 08-21-2008

WOW.... always sucks to see this happen, but I can't say I feel back for the prick.

Just makes you wonder what other "edges" the Yosh (or any other factory bike) has that bends the rules....

Yeah I mean he is a good rider but the speed he had over Spies was
just amazing in both Race 1 and 2. Maybe this explains part of it.

[R1]

Yeah I mean he is a good rider but the speed he had over Spies was
just amazing in both Race 1 and 2. Maybe this explains part of it.

Yes but spies had a substantial lead himself.....

could he have been sandbagging?

the bikes looked identical were they not?

[GixerJockey]

Well, there goes any chance of Mat winning the championship this year... FUCK!

[Slyder]

Didn't Erion do something like this as well, but on the 600?

idiots. like they needed to do that, bad enough mladin and spies stomp the piss out of every other bike on the track

[hammadown]

Yes but spies had a substantial lead himself.....

could he have been sandbagging?

the bikes looked identical were they not?

Given the points battle they are in, and the general breed of these guys I don;t see them holding back.

I don't know if their bike are the same, nor how much the riders know about their bike's setup. That'd be interesting info to have.

[a13x]

Factories are used to getting away with murder in the AMA. Times are a changing.

Do I think Mladin would still be competing for the win without the 'funny' crank. YUP.

Do I think the OEMs have been pulling 'shenanigans' for years and years knowing the AMA really never punished them. YUP.

[akira700]

Yeah I dont know how much the Mladin and Spies camps
really share. Knowing Mladin I betcha he doesn't give an
inch of info that might help Ben.

[a13x]

Mat's team and Ben's team have seperate engine builders.



Those guys, like Josh Hayes, are insane riders, shame to have things tarnished by crappy team cheating bullshit.

[The Crashing Tomato]

What if ..... the wrenchers put spies crank in Maladins engine by mistake

sorry to hear that any team/ factory/ sponsored rider has to 'getaway' with anything. Esp when we hear about / and sometimes are around the Wood bros and thier own struggles and triumphs. Alex thanks for the inside look at what they go thru.

Sometimes I need a kick in the jimmies just to remind me that I am alive ...

[GixerJockey]

Mat's team and Ben's team have seperate engine builders.

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Yea... I found that odd that they didn't go into both bikes... It also doesn't make any sense. They are on the same TEAM. Reason would dictate that what they do to one, they do to all...

[a13x]

All three Yosh bikes were torn down and the chassis of all three bikes were wheeled back to the team trucks without motors in them.

Cycle News Online

Says Mat's crank was looked at and 'other parts' from Ben and Tommy's bikes.

[GixerJockey]

All three Yosh bikes were torn down and the chassis of all three bikes were wheeled back to the team trucks without motors in them.

So it seems just Mat's bike had funnymoney in it.

That's a shame. I'm sure that it was done without Mat's direct knowledge. So a decision by his team, just cost him any shot at this year's championship. FIRE SOMEONE!!!

As it was, he was going to be 1 point away, if he captured all of the available points for the rest of the season. With Ben getting all the second place points. It was gonna be fuggin close... Not now. Don't get me wrong, I like Ben, both as a rider and a drinking buddy. But I wanted to see Mat get one more...



So, does anyone get the first place points, or do they just fall by the wayside, with Ben getting points for second?

[LaRNZ]

HAHA YES

[GixerJockey]

HAHA YES

haha yes... What?

[Brian675]

Spies all the way

[GixerJockey]

Spies all the way

If Mat loses last weekend points over this... Then I'm afraid that's the way it's gonna be...

I'm not upset about that. But there goes any thrill of competition in AMA Super Bike for the rest of the season. Not like there was alot (since the Yosh boys run shit), but now there's none.

[scottieducati]

Who cares?

Watch MotoGp, World SBK and World SS... far more entertainnig.

I lost interest in the AMA long ago and couldn't really give a shit who wins what.... just glad to see Mladin finally get nipped after all those years of bitching and moaning that everyone else had better equipment and blah, blah, blah.

Go back to Australia you wanker.

If Mat loses last weekend points over this... Then I'm afraid that's the way it's gonna be...

I'm not upset about that. But there goes any thrill of competition in AMA Super Bike for the rest of the season. Not like there was alot (since the Yosh boys run shit), but now there's none.

[LaRNZ]

haha yes... What?

Spies FTW

[SVRACER01]

Mladin to me is like the Yankees to Red Sox fans.
i root for the Bostroms and whoever is beating Mladin.
i fuckin cant stand him. hes such a hypocritical, condescending, whiny, arrogant, bitch. if he was as good as he thinks he is...hed be riding WSBK (at the very least) and Troy Corser could slap Matt in the mouth when he laps him. im glad Ben knocked him off his high horse and i dont care who does it this year.

[lrrs313]

I'm with you Oxx. Remember, Mladin had his shot at being great -- he was a GP rider for a short time. The fact that most people don't know that should tell you how well he did. The only reason he has won as many times as he has is that the Yosh bikes are miles ahead on development compared to the other bikes. Don't get me wrong, he and Spies (and Hayden) are very talented riders, but things would be a little different if they ran World Superbike spec machines in the AMA.