What Szoke said is that he didn't offer to do it for nothing, he was told that was the deal and wanted to do the supersport series on his own dime, so that he could defend his title. I'm hearing that his contract was up for renewal this season and Welsh was signed until the end of the 2010 season anyway. Welsh is a good kid and a good rider (thought that my pictures were too expensive though
). He did better than I thought he could last season, after making a name by running his own racing effort on a shoe-string budget out of the back of a trailer before that, but he still isn't the guy who won 4 Superbike and Supersport titles in a row.