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2/23/2017 8:05am
2/23/2017 8:05am
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2/23/2017 8:22am
From mxlarge.com.
The Grand Prix of United States at Charlotte is also under fire, with a replacement already found, and yes, in USA. This news will be more official in a few weeks. Tomorrow we have more on this subject with an exclusive interview with Giuseppe Luongo, where he talks about the USGP situation at Charlotte, and also other MXGP news.
“It is possible (Charlotte doesn’t go ahead),” Luongo said. “Now its two months talking to them, and it can be that they step back. The cost of the event in a big structure is expensive, and even with a good spectator turnout, which it was and we expect more this year, still it isn’t enough for what we need for an event like this. I am sure we have another option and I am sure it will be a Grand Prix in USA. There is a small chance with Charlotte, but the other possability we are dealing with now.
The Grand Prix of United States at Charlotte is also under fire, with a replacement already found, and yes, in USA. This news will be more official in a few weeks. Tomorrow we have more on this subject with an exclusive interview with Giuseppe Luongo, where he talks about the USGP situation at Charlotte, and also other MXGP news.
“It is possible (Charlotte doesn’t go ahead),” Luongo said. “Now its two months talking to them, and it can be that they step back. The cost of the event in a big structure is expensive, and even with a good spectator turnout, which it was and we expect more this year, still it isn’t enough for what we need for an event like this. I am sure we have another option and I am sure it will be a Grand Prix in USA. There is a small chance with Charlotte, but the other possability we are dealing with now.
http://racerxonline.com/2017/02/23/charlotte-usgp-cancelled
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I hope they can find an replacement in US.
The usa mx world can be just fine without the gp series and in no way needs to make a donation to Luongo to have them race here. We have a series with quite a few riders racing here regularly that the gp series would love to have.
If they find some other stadium or gimmicky place to put it I'll watch it on TV and thats it.
This sucks... money talks I guess..
Because of those races I bought a seasons pass this year
The USA has 29 gate filled events each year with equal to greater talent to the gp's. Yes as fans we would love to also see the great racers that race the gp's but we have no need to donate a large sum to see them.
F1 used to come to Indianapolis too; the venue just made Americans look stupid. But now we have COTA.
On another note, and I'm just thinking here, feel free to let me know if I'm a total moron, but why does Feld and maybe even some teams over here keep wanting to expand to Europe for SX when the GP's have came and went over here in the US? I know they state it's because of money issues and there's still a chance that the series does still have a round over here, but look at the SMX Cup, I could see that being equal to the GP's over here, if not worse, when the US tries SX over there. And then you get to the point on well if they aren't trying to make the US work, why should we be over there in Europe helping them out in any way with a series extending over there? Like I said, let me know if I'm totally off my rocker.
Now those same promoters were probably trying to shift more of the cost of circuit construction/deconstructioin onto Youthstream, so the marriage fell apart.
Glen Helen is a great venue, but they gambled on the end-of-season race date. Back in 2015, they were hoping they'd have a Cairoli vs. Villopoto final-moto showdown, but instead we got two years of meaningless races. There's no easy solution, but I think the USGP would need two things:
1. A proper motocross venue.
2. A race date where the event will be relevant to the championship.
Unfortunately, the relevant race date would conflict with the American Supercross/Motocross schedule, so it's almost impossible to schedule an event that would be meaningful AND include AMA riders.
Pit Row
The GP series just tried new things with the usgp and SMX races and guess it didn't work out
It was interesting st the SMX opening ceremonies, Ryan dungey was the crowd favourite while 3 world champs hardly made any noise.
If a euro sx had the dunge Ken Eli and other big names there it would sell out
I think Thailand's various circuits were temporary too.
Anyway, I dont think its much of a choice as the track owners/promoters in the east arent very interested.
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