The website for Doug Chandler’s new CHAMP road racing school features copyrighted content lifted directly off the website for Jason Pridmore’s competing STAR road racing school. Pridmore’s site is at ~http://www.starmotorcycle.com/about.htm~ and states, in part: STAR Motorcycle School will teach you skills in: – Concentration, Relaxation, and Breathing – Smoothness – Visual Skills and Awareness – Discipline – Body Position – Cornering Lines – Steering Techniques – Shifting Techniques – Braking Techniques – Reference Points – Managing and Optimizing Traction – Overcoming Panic – Suspension and Chassis Basics Chandler’s site is at ~http://www.champ-racing.com/~ and states, in part: The Doug Chandler Motorcycle School improves your skills in: Concentration, Relaxation, and Breathing Smoothness Visual Skills and Awareness Discipline Body Position Cornering Lines Steering Techniques Shifting Techniques Braking Techniques Reference Points Managing and Optimizing Traction Overcoming Panic Suspension and Chassis Basics Start Improving Today Chandler’s site was designed by Jeffrey Najar’s iBrain Promotions. According to Najar’s website, “iBrain Believes In Ethics In Business. iBrain Promotions is a member of Shared Vision Network that believes in developing business through ethical means.” And now, some reader reaction: FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: I took a look at the Doug Chandler “Champ Racing” website and compared it to the Jason Pridmore STAR School website and it is sad to see that someone would just steal the exact wording, they simply copied the text from Jason Pridmore’s site and pasted it to the Doug Chandler site. What is worse, is that it will produce a reply that it was a mistake and no one intended to steal or infringe on copyright material. When one is starting a business if the owner or top level staff are not on top of everything to make sure it is done properly, legally and in a cost effective way, it is paving the road to disaster. Imagine a group like this taking the safety of people on real fast bikes in their hands and saying, “we were not aware that there was no ambulance on site”, or “we made a mistake in not checking if that student’s bike brakes were not working”. You can’t just dismiss this as a mistake. Like the old saying says “Either you are lying to me or you are stupid” Bert Schramm Hesperia, California FIRST PERSON/OPINION Via e-mail: I find it hard to believe that a class act such as Doug Chandler would scheme so low as to perform a stunt such as this. I am sure that Doug is on the phone right now apologizing to Jason, and whatever former Doug Chandler employee who decided to plagiarize Star School is now out looking for a new career……Jason-Hope your recovery is going well, can’t wait to see you back on the track, hopefully before the season is over! Thanks Roadracingworld.com for putting the truth out there. Steve Freville Murrieta, California