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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 126819" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>I think it is a combination of each in equal parts to be truthful. Competitors don't like a particular set of rules/restrictions pertaining to their given class of racing. They petition the governing body to change or make an exception for them. Sponsors and promoters get behind the idea if they believe it will be profitable and paying customers will pay to see it. If the public turns out to see it, promoters get a return on their investment, racers race what makes them happy, sponsors get customers into their shops to buy something similar to the latest winning racer. In theory everyone goes away happy. Unfortunately the downside is interest may wain in some class to such an extent that it is no longer profitable to promote and it falls to the wayside. Those whose class became obsolete are now the disaffected minority for awhile until such time as the "new and improved" becomes less of a crowd puller and a return to a "purer form of racing" becomes "the thing" and the cycle continues.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 126819, member: 1632"] I think it is a combination of each in equal parts to be truthful. Competitors don't like a particular set of rules/restrictions pertaining to their given class of racing. They petition the governing body to change or make an exception for them. Sponsors and promoters get behind the idea if they believe it will be profitable and paying customers will pay to see it. If the public turns out to see it, promoters get a return on their investment, racers race what makes them happy, sponsors get customers into their shops to buy something similar to the latest winning racer. In theory everyone goes away happy. Unfortunately the downside is interest may wain in some class to such an extent that it is no longer profitable to promote and it falls to the wayside. Those whose class became obsolete are now the disaffected minority for awhile until such time as the "new and improved" becomes less of a crowd puller and a return to a "purer form of racing" becomes "the thing" and the cycle continues. [/QUOTE]
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