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This should be cool, as a racer I'm excited to be able to compete in the series and hope it's successful
The outdoor series was originally 8 rounds and is now up to 9. Hopefully in 2019 it can go back to 10 rounds or more. For the privateers competing, the MX series will be the easiest to attend due to the timing in the schedule. It takes part in the summer months when students are off school and families are on vacation.
I still think it will be difficult for privateers and the smaller teams to compete in all 3 series since it criss crosses the country more than once and that is not cheap to do. A lot of people already have difficulty putting a budget and gathering the sponsors needed to compete in the MX series which crosses the country once so securing additional funds to compete in all 3 series will definitely not be easy to accomplish.
Racing will now be moving from Sunday's to Saturday's as well in order to have a fresher and more technical track for the pro's. The races will continue to be streamed online and will be aired on television. The plan is to eventually have the races air live on TV just like in the US.
The Jetwerx team are trying to help the sport in Canada progress and they have great ideas so I'm looking forward to see where things go in the future.
If you're part of a team or a privateer looking for a place to race next year have a look at what they are offering.
For more information go to www.rockstartriplecrown.com
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Win-win for everyone involved.
Edit: Just want to mention that the SX series will not be anything close to what it's like in the USA but more like what they have in Australia.
I think the new Canadian series nails all 3 of those, and I personally am more stoked than I've ever been to follow Canadian moto moving forward. (and that's not just the dog days of "the off season" talking, I stand by my statement haha :laugh
Not only that but it helps legitimize our series just that much more especially if bigger name guys start showing up. Having more people tuning in and paying attention tobtge Canadian series is a good thing.
Bring on 2018.
For those that will say/think well 100k isn't all that much, I'll just say that not only is it a big improvement in Canadian moto but it's also a first in moto. It's not done anywhere else in the world that I know of. Have to crawl before you can walk...
100k bonus for scoring the most points across 3 disciplines is not a bad paycheck.
The Canadian SX series will be similar to that. The tracks will be bigger/longer than the AX series we'll have but not full size like we see in the US. We don't have that many venues that could accomodate that size of tracks and not to mention it would be hard to fill with spectators. The only venues that I know of that could accomodate full size SX tracks are obviously Toronto and then there's Montreal and Vancouver. Other than those 3 I'm not sure.
Honestly I'm not sure why they decided to call it an SX series. 3 of the 4 AX rounds also take part in hockey arena's. 2 of the 3 SX rounds take part in hockey arena's.
Maybe they named it that because it looks better on paper? In reality it's essentially 2 AX series.
Either way they're trying to change the scene of moto in Canada so you have to at least give them that. Don't forget, it's their first year so maybe in 2019 the SX venues will be bigger.
I just hope they don't scrap the 2 strokes. They're great bikes and need to be out there. Still 4 months away from the first AX round so there's still time to change/make new rules.
Pit Row
New chapter in Canadian MX starts February 24th 2018.
Being an FXR athlete the company has already offered him a part-time job doing rider support stuff so he'll be at some of the SX rounds and I believe some amateur nationals. FXR really care about their athletes so it's awesome that they stepped up to help him out in a different way. There's a chance that he could be suspended for 4 years which is rediculous if you ask me. If that's the case he'd be better off taking some college classes and get a head start in his post racing career.
If he wants to race I think his only option will be down in Australia if it's something that interests him and if he can get a ride. I don't think there's another series big enough that would permit him to make a living riding dirt bikes.
thanks
Hopefully things get sorted out for him. I understand that he broke a rule but them not getting back to him for months after he did everything else by the book is really bad business on their part. If everyone operated like them a lot of people's businesses would have no other choice but to close their doors.
Had the new group of owner's at Jetwerx decided not to have their series be affiliated with the FIM/CMA Cade would of been able to come up and race in 2018 since CMRC wasn't under the FIM banner but sadly for him that is no longer the case. The reason Jetwerx wanted their series to be under the FIM/CMA affiliations has to do with them wanting the sport to be that much more legitimate in Canada and I sort of agree with their thinking.
The numbers are slowly being revealed.
First number announced was 45 which will belong to Colton Facciotti. He chose 45 because that's the number he had back in 2014 when he won his 4th Canadian National title.
I'll try to update as they are being revealed and will post the complete list once they are all announced. The Top 100 numbers will be revealed late next week.
Think of it as continuing the MC2 "MoJo".
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