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Edited Date/Time
1/13/2016 12:22pm
I saw this vid come across my tweetdeck the other day. @50sec mark it says moto 1 Novice. Now I'm not familiar with Axell, but he isn't really a Novice rider is he?
Pffffft. Seriously, that is sad to see. Fuckin Novice? LMFAO!!!
IMO We need to add another class to limited the amount of sandbaggers.
E: Total beginners, only doing small tables, No doubles allowed
D: Tables and small doubles
C: Almost all but no triples or biggies
B: Every Jump
A: Pro
Love milestone!!!!
The Shop
Just run 450 and 250 A and B classes (for riders 15yrs and over), anyone who doesn't qualify gets chucked into a support class. Anyone with any skill and any pride will want to qualify rather than have to fart around in the support class.
You could also run a development class or Youth class for riders under 21 years of age, and again if you don't qualify you go in the support class.
And for you 2 stroke guys (which I support by the way) have a 125 class for any age/ability
There is no prestige in winning the support class so guys will bust their asses to make the cut and hence reduce the chance of sandbagging.
Here is an average day for me at most races:
0730: Riders Meeting
0800: Practice (3 laps, if you're lucky)
1330: Moto one (5 whole laps)
1930: Moto two (only 3 laps because it got dark).
The rest of the time you sit around with your thumb up your ass watching gate after nauseating gate of the countless other classes run.
8:00 - 9:00 Sign in
9:00 Riders Briefing
9:15 Practice (usually combine some classes to speed things up. e.g. vets with MX1)
10:30 Racing starts
16:00 Pack up and go home
Usually no more than 7-8 classes total (including juniors and women etc)
Each class gets 3 races and then usually there is a feature race open to allcomers.
Most guys (including me) ride 2 classes, in my case vets and MX1, this way you get a minimum of 6 races, but sometimes I'll leave after the second round of racing and still have 4 races done and dusted, and the best part is it's usually only about 2pm in the afternoon.
Just kidding because that does have a cool sound to it.
So now I have some questions about your racing:
1. How many entries are there at an average event?
2. How much are gate and entry fees (in usd please)?
3. How much is insurance for an event?
4. How much is an ambulance and crew?
5. Do the factories pay any contengincies in NZ?
6. What percentage of big bike partiicpants are on two stroke machines?
TM
Jeremy , TLD and other industry folk are supporting this blatant flouting of the classification system?
Boycott those brands associated and send them a letter.
'baggin needs to be cleaned up.
When I was running our local track, and one 2 hours away as well, I was pretty strict about kids being in the proper class. Up here we have Beginner, Junior, Intermediate, and Pro. If you have EVER raced, you go directly to Junior, even if you have raced peewees and minis. Beginner is for just that: beginners, and you only get one year in the class. One year at the first race, I had 6 riders that ran beginner the year before, sign up and practice in beginner before I noticed them. These riders had all finished in the top ten points the previous year. After practice I visited all six riders pit areas and informed them that they were to line up and be scored with the Juniors. The kids didn't say much but all six kids parents were livid! I told them if they wanted their sons to get faster, it wasnt going to happen with them bagging it in the Beg. class. I was called every name in the book, almost to the point of my referee wanted to eject them. I told him not to worry about it and to just watch what happens.
The motos went off and at the end of the first moto all six kids were top ten, with three of them filling the podium. 4 of the six fathers actually came over and apologized to me. Three of the six riders actually moved themselves up to intermediate the at the next race and all three did very well. They went from destroying the beg. class, to killing it in junior, to running up front in Intermediate, all in a months time. Their speed was light years ahead of what they were at. Running with the faster guys made them faster. Thats how it works. How can you judge you speed if you have no one faster ahead of you?
Sandbagging is just plain dumb.........unless you love $6 plastic trophies.
novice.
hahaha
But the kid is only 6 years old so the rules don't apply to him. He should drop back down to beginner until he can beat Wilson IMHO.
I have the same fox gear as him, and kinda feel the urge to change now....
Pit Row
But I'm sure that before they get this far down the page they've hit escape!
The point is, I could have tried to win the 4 race "series" in the D class which I was in contention for, but it was the D class! So I moved up, I only won 1 race but I felt that my speed was getting good enough to have fun in the C class. I'll admit I was worried I may end up dead last in my first C moto, but it went fine. I was able to race two more C class races before things started to slow down over the holidays, even getting a 3rd the last time (although there was a 1st turn pile up I got through clean). Still, I feel like there are usually a few guys in the C class that should not be there. It is kind of a bummer after moto 1 when you realize that unless a couple dudes crash they are going to crush the field.
It's all good though, I'll be stoked if I can get good enough (and stay riding) to be competitive for +30 AM when I'm eligible in the next couple years.
I meant the kid in the video.....
Just checking. I wear FOX gear too.
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