Question about Nick Ienatsch

Way back in the day he used to write for Motorcyclist and I believe he was fundamental in forming Sport Rider. Now he occasionally contributes over at Cycle World. Honestly I don't like Cycle World too much and was wondering why he would jump ship to a magazine that has such a broadened scope compared to the ones he helped build? I've read his book and it's helped me both on the track and off. The pace (also called the no brake drill) was first published in Motorcyclist I believe and it's philosophy has kept me both in check and out of trouble on the street.  

Didn't Brian Catterson of Cycle World fairly recently jump ship to Motorcyclist?

One rumo I've heard as to why was that Cycle World was starting to look like V-Twin Iron(?) or some such chopper rag.  

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Didn't Brian Catterson of Cycle World fairly recently jump ship to Motorcyclist?

One rumo I've heard as to why was that Cycle World was starting to look like V-Twin Iron(?) or some such chopper rag.

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You are correct, Nick was Sport Rider's first editor and was instrumental in getting the magazine launched.  He did not leave on his own accord, however.  He was fired.

The SR staff back then used to take an annual several-day sport tour, chronicled in a subsequent feature article in the magazine.  What reportedly happened was that senior management at the then-publisher refused to allow one of the guys to go, I guess because they were trying to minimize expenses.  Nick supposedly took the staffer along anyway, basically a flagrant act of insubordination.  When they returned from the trip, he (Nick) was fired, as were associate editors Lance Holst and Jason Black.

Kent Kunitsugu, then a staffer at Motorcyclist magazine, was promoted to the editorship at SR, replacing the just-departed Ienatsch.  It was mostly through his efforts that the magazine survived (he was not given any staff and wrote most of the magazine himself for quite a few issues).  It was a while before Andrew showed up to help share the load.  Even today, many years later, SR has fewer full-time staffers than than it had during the first few years of its existence.  And now, with the bump from 6 to 8 issues, its putting out 30% more content with the same limited staff.  Kind of amazing - a tip of the hat to Kent and Andrew is definitely in order.  

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a tip of the hat to Kent and Andrew is definitely in order.

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I second that motion!  
Broom Brooomm

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You are correct, Nick was Sport Rider's first editor and was instrumental in getting the magazine launched.  He did not leave on his own accord, however.  He was fired.

The SR staff back then used to take an annual several-day sport tour, chronicled in a subsequent feature article in the magazine.  What reportedly happened was that senior management at the then-publisher refused to allow one of the guys to go, I guess because they were trying to minimize expenses.  Nick supposedly took the staffer along anyway, basically a flagrant act of insubordination.  When they returned from the trip, he (Nick) was fired, as were associate editors Lance Holst and Jason Black.

Kent Kunitsugu, then a staffer at Motorcyclist magazine, was promoted to the editorship at SR, replacing the just-departed Ienatsch.  It was mostly through his efforts that the magazine survived (he was not given any staff and wrote most of the magazine himself for quite a few issues).  It was a while before Andrew showed up to help share the load.  Even today, many years later, SR has fewer full-time staffers than than it had during the first few years of its existence.  And now, with the bump from 6 to 8 issues, its putting out 30% more content with the same limited staff.  Kind of amazing - a tip of the hat to Kent and Andrew is definitely in order.

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my big question is...Is he still racing?  The guy's hell on a 250!!!