AMA Pro Racing suspends Al Ludington, moves further into obscurity

We’ve tried really hard just to ignore AMA Pro Racing, but as the whole series descends into farce, it’s hard not to become interested. All season, teams have been butting heads with the series’ Technical Director, Al Ludington, and his seemingly arbitrary interpretation of the rulebook. Is your name Mat Mladin? No? Go straight to jail, don’t pass go.

The whole thing has now culminated in Al being temporarily suspended after a video of a confrontation with racer Johnny Page aired on YouTube. You’ll find it below. In it, Al attacks Johnny for not allowing faster, more popular racers to pass him, despite Page’s insistence that his actions were in keeping with the series rules.
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