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What Now, AMA?
The AMA's house is clean again,
but it is in disorder. I think this is
a good opportunity to take a fresh
look at the AMA and decide what
we, the riders and industry, want for
our sport in the fu ture.
Obviously we want and need a
national association to administer racing
motorcycle competition under a
democratic set of rules. I think- that
basically the AMA structure is a sound
one for racing purposes.
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And just the same way as the
stewards routinely inspect the winner's
of races - not because they are
suspected of cheating, bu t merely to
ukeep cern honest," so also must the
officers of our association be checked
routinely by the trusu:es, to insure that
they are faithfully carrying out their
fiduciary responsibilities are to the
AMA only.
But I question whether AMA, or any
national race-sanctioning association,~
should try to deal with motorcycle
matters outside of competition. In other
words, does the racing associa tion have
to be all things to all motorcyclists? I
think not.
It's Time For a New AMA
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I believe that how is a good time to
c re a te a new and better racing
association out of the AMA, and call it
th e A II) e ri can Motorcycle Racing
Association (A.M.R.A.).
A t the same time, create a separate
and independent administration for the
other important motorcycle matters
besides racing - street riding, public
relations, safety and education,
legislation, land use, etc. Let this the
offspring carry the name of the
American Motorcycle Association.
We pause now to examine objections
to the plan I have briefly ou dined.
OBJECTION: "Two associations?! It is
ab 0 ut all the available executive
brainpower of motorcycledom can do
to manage one!
ANSWER: That is true, because the
combination of racing and consumer
problems are simply too much for any
one body, however constituted, to deal
Russ March (left) and Don Woods: no more.
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with. The American Automobile
Association faced up to similar needs
when they bifurcated into AAA and
USAC. Both associations work better
than if they were one. Why shouldn't
motorcycling multiply likewise?
OBJECTION: How can we afford two
associations ?
ANSWER: The AMA's annual budget is
five million dollars a year! The big
money comes from memberships ($12
consumer, $300 industry), club
charters, race sanctions and licenses and
maybe the AMA magazine. There is
no question that the racing association
can afford to operate on its own. .
OBJECTION: But what about the rider
association? Doesn't the racing reve1fUe
fund most of the road rider, trail rider,
etc. programs?
ANSWER: Yes, so we have been told.
Only approximately 30,000 AMA
membersh are non-racers, and about
1600 clubs. So the AMA would be
much smaller than the AMRA. It would
have to begin operations on a budget of
about $380,000 a year, or aboat what
the MIC currently operates on.
However, economy of size works both
ways. And executive talent is
abundantly available to manage an
association of this size. If indeed the
. magazine turns out to be profitable, it
could add more money to the budget.
The new AMA would have to finance
its programs without the racers' help,
but, on the other hand, the street riders
won't be paying a portion of the racer's
insurance bill. as they have up to now.
OBJECTION: This is a big change
you're proposing. Racing and riding
have always been uniquely inter-mixed
in motorcycling and both have profited
from the arrangement. Now you are
saying that we should divorce one from
the other?
ANSWER: Not "divorce", quite the
contrary. This marriage of racing and
just plain riding has had its problems,
but it is a good marriage and this
proposal would not affect the essential
union. Rather it would produce rQbust
offspring from healthy parents. Riders
and racers would still co-operate and
fulfill their needs at races and on the
drawing boards of the motorcycle
factories. We have a tradition of mutual
interest that was beginning to strain
under the present setup. But this
marriage in spirit between fun-riding
and competition would continue, and
possible en improve.
AMRA And A New AMA What's Your Opinion?
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