You can kind of see his point though. Last year and this year there have been more deaths in 'premier' bike racing than i can remember. The last one I can think of was Daijiro Katoh. Then you've had Sic last year along with Tomizawa as well recently, not to mention Craig jones who Casey probably knew from the junior classes in the UK. He doesn't need the money and if he can get his racing fix from V8's while being at home more and with a giant magnitude of safety comapred to what he's doing now, then good on him. having a child and seeing your friends dying focusses your mind.
Hhe also has a point about motoGP as well though. I know the economy isn't exactly in a position that allows it, but it's pretty poor that only Honda, Ducati and Yamaha are running works bikes and only really have a single 'works' squad each. You could see the writing on the wall years ago when they went to 3 in a row starts otherwise they'd have had 3 rows! Yamaha even withdrew from WSBK as well. I hope that when the economy picks up (which, by the looks of it, might not be until NEXT year) that Suzuki will return and I'd like Kawasaki to come back as well. Hmm, I wonder if Rossi would talk to Suzuki and tell them he'd ride for them if they come back? That would tempt them I'm sure and Bautista was getting some great results last year until they withdrew.
It's looking like the rev limit of the prototypes will be reduced again within a couple of years to bring the CRT teams more on par, but Casey forgets that's how it used to be. plenty of people have created chassis and bought engines and gone racing, some even successfully. IMO the factories should offer out engines to others who want to create their own Chassis. It worked for Kenny Roberts until he took the investment from Proton and I'm sure it could work again.
