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I'm sure this has been thought of before but why not hold a series within two series'?
You know, rather than the MXGP have it's own dates here in the US, they should just jump in to three rounds of the AMA Nationals. It could mean nothing detrimental points-wise if they just awarded top finishers from each series first place points(respectively) and so on down the line. The idea being all the top guys actually race each other a few times a year.
Downside being the regular 18th to 40th place AMA guys will probably be battling for about 5 spots.
Glen Helen, Washougal, Unadilla sounds good.
You know, rather than the MXGP have it's own dates here in the US, they should just jump in to three rounds of the AMA Nationals. It could mean nothing detrimental points-wise if they just awarded top finishers from each series first place points(respectively) and so on down the line. The idea being all the top guys actually race each other a few times a year.
Downside being the regular 18th to 40th place AMA guys will probably be battling for about 5 spots.
Glen Helen, Washougal, Unadilla sounds good.
Sorry, a big no from me
Regardless if they are scored per each governing body, people could get injured from riders that arent in their own series. Then people get pissed.
Thinking outside the box is good but it just seems very complicated. What incentive would there be for the GP riders?
The Shop
A Trans-AMA like series would be a hit. 3 races is plenty.
Never got a chance to see any of these, but it must have been cool.
1978 Trans-AMA Series
9/24 Lexington, OH
10/1 Red Bud
10/8 Unadilla
10/15 Lake Sugar Tree
10/22 St. Peters, MO
10/29 Lake Whitney, TX
11/5 Sonoma
And I agree. The more I thought about it as I typed the more impossible it sounded but decided to hit submit anyway.
Incentive-wise, I think proving they're truly the best would do. Maybe not though
Trim the Nats and MXGP series down to 12 rounds each(AMA is already there) and run them consecutively for a 24 round world championship. Shortening the MXGP series to 12 rounds would make it line up perfectly(almost) with the start of the current National schedule. You could either race supercross/nationals or the world championship.
You wanna send the email to the mxgp guys, letting them know we fixed it, or should I?
Edit: Actually, if we shortened the SX season slightly and bumped the start of the GP/Nats out two months, a guy could run all three.
This(I) is genius, really. Assuming a racer was from either Europe or the US, he'd never be(too far) away from home for more than a few months at a time.
You could still run national championships in the background in US and in Europe but the top guys would race a 12 round world championship. Dream on.
Dont second guess yourself over the topic. You had a thought and people are replying. This a forum and thats what its for.
Plus, its something different for a change.
Was that so difficult?
Good one!
Pit Row
Makes you wonder why, if they worked together to make the SX series a "world championship", they wouldn't do the same with the real deal.
In this idea they can all still run their own races but just work closely with each other as far as basic rules, points, and scheduling.
While I'm no fan of Luongo / Youthstream, the World Championships is The World Championships. Some (most?) of you Yanks may not think much of it, but many others do.
And, the US Nationals are The US Nationals.
And, there are a whole lot of other National series that are great. Just a lot less hyped that the US Nationals.
Leave them all be.
And Surely , you Yanks don't want Luongo anywhere near your series?
Any 'combination' , would give that mongrel an 'in' on your racing. DC and Co may not be perfect (no one is), but, they are far more benevolent towards MX than Luongo is.
You've / We've got the SX series to watch, that takes up a Lot of time and resources. And, It's your very own (U.S.) "World Championships". I suspect that a 'thing' like the Red Bull Straight Rhythm will end up being pushed out to more events - it seems the perfect 'thing' for those who find even 15 minute SX races to be too demanding of their limited attention spans.
Until you run the same rules for fuel and noise , it cant happen.
And personally, I'm not bothered, if US guys want to do GP's then come and do them , they are the World Championship, its open to anybody.
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