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| Originally Posted by Otei Keefer,
I am usually absolutely resolute in that I won't get involved in the politics of racing and forum bullcheese.
BUT, I have seen both sides of what has gone on here, and even in the short time that I've ben involved in the series, and the short time that I've known Dom, Chass, and all the other DD folk...it doesn't take a genius to work out exactly what has transpired here.
If you're the sort of geezer that can suss a genuine person from a fake one within a few minutes of meeting them (as I consider myself fortunate enough to be), then a couple of mins with Dom and Chass will reassure you that the most underhanded thing they'll ever attempt will be to steal your pie while you're not looking (Dom particularly).
You ask why get all heated up, why not just let it go and move on, it's nothing really is it?
Well, because you haven't risked your ass every race weekend to achieve what you've always dreamed of, and you haven't put your money, time and effort where your mouth is to help that rider achieve what he (and you) have always dreamed of, only to have a conflict of personalities and interests try to sour what should be one of the happiest days in your life, using the most insidious, underhanded, backdoor tactics known to mankind.
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I too keep well away from political issues too as a rule, all I want to do is turn up and be given the oportunity to race. We've all concerned about this though, because it's potentially a serious threat to the series we all love so much, and have invested so much in.
It's not that the protest happened - Anthony has every right to protest Dom's bike, provided he's prepared to pay the fees, I don't believe anyone has a serious issue with that. It's the fact that he's been sponsored to do so by persons as yet undisclosed, and "encouraged" to do so by the race committee, that we're finding hard to swallow. I'm another that has never suspected Dom's bike of being in any way illegal, and I've personally never heard any rumours or opinions expressed by any other riders to that effect either. I shall keep riding in the series (as long as there's a series to ride in) and I'll wait for all the facts to be presented before making any accusations, but it certainly looks more than fishy from where I'm standing, and it's easy to jump to the conclusion that the protest was pushed forward as a form of personal attack on Dom rather than being based on any real evidence. No doubt the true facts will come out over the next few days, and if that is the case then I would expect some action to be taken.