IMO free track walk

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I believe a 1 hour window for a free track walk for everyone would really make it more real for all. You?
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917rider 2/26/2017 12:07pm
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I walked the track last night and man I couldn't believe how many rocks and the size of those things , the dirt was littered with them
xnationalwrench 2/26/2017 12:15pm
2/26/2017 12:15pm
That would be nice but do you really want a bunch of kids and drunks wobbling around the track? Not to mention the insurance issues.
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kaptkaos 2/26/2017 12:41pm
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Only if they do it after the race
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moto0852 2/26/2017 12:57pm
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loftyair wrote:
I believe a 1 hour window for a free track walk for everyone would really make it more real for all. You?
That would be awesome! Also, free entrance to the race. And...I want to have access to Dungey's RV to get a better "first hand" account of supercross and if I could view the race in the Managers tower with Decoster giving me a play by play that would also be sweet!

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JM485 2/26/2017 1:46pm
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I think it's a great idea, I think endurocross has something similar where you can walk the track if you sign a waver. I've always really wanted to walk the track and see if I had the skills to ride a SX track, I don't see why letting people walk it in the morning would be a bad thing even if it's really early, I know most of my friends would love to check it out!
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Tenacious P 2/26/2017 2:29pm
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I imagine most of our track walks would sound something like this:

"Alright I am going to single single single single single single this rhythm section, then single single single the triple, then I think the best line is to ride around the whoops (it's not an offense if I don't gain any positions right?), then single single single single the next rhythm, then roll the finish line jump, before singling the finish line landing."


I know mine would.
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mattyhamz2 2/26/2017 3:21pm
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Tenacious P wrote:
I imagine most of our track walks would sound something like this: "Alright I am going to single single single single single single this rhythm section...
I imagine most of our track walks would sound something like this:

"Alright I am going to single single single single single single this rhythm section, then single single single the triple, then I think the best line is to ride around the whoops (it's not an offense if I don't gain any positions right?), then single single single single the next rhythm, then roll the finish line jump, before singling the finish line landing."


I know mine would.
That's how mine would go!
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avidchimp 2/26/2017 3:29pm
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There is no way you could manage a crowd of 10,000 plus people walking the track. Oh, and insurance would say no as well.
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Fourth_Floor 2/26/2017 3:32pm
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Tenacious P wrote:
I imagine most of our track walks would sound something like this: "Alright I am going to single single single single single single this rhythm section...
I imagine most of our track walks would sound something like this:

"Alright I am going to single single single single single single this rhythm section, then single single single the triple, then I think the best line is to ride around the whoops (it's not an offense if I don't gain any positions right?), then single single single single the next rhythm, then roll the finish line jump, before singling the finish line landing."


I know mine would.
hahahahaha!! Same here. Last night when Emig was saying how there is no good line through the whoop section I was thinking, shit, there are two perfectly good lines on each side of them haha.
F150Motocrosser 2/26/2017 3:36pm
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My buddy paid $60 for track walk ticket last night at ATL. Not the same track walk the riders/teams do - I think he said they went out after qualifying before the night show. He made the same comment about the track being littered with rocks. Said there was even two bricks still held together with mortar.
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GuyB 2/26/2017 3:38pm
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kaptkaos wrote:
Only if they do it after the race
Ain't gonna happen. On a normal weekend, tear-down starts almost immediately afterwards.

They did allow fans at the Arenacross on Friday night to walk most of it.
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TXDirt 2/26/2017 4:08pm
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$50 per person for track walk. All proceeds go to rider purse.
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PEPE001 2/26/2017 4:30pm
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kaptkaos wrote:
Only if they do it after the race
GuyB wrote:
Ain't gonna happen. On a normal weekend, tear-down starts almost immediately afterwards. They did allow fans at the Arenacross on Friday night to walk most of...
Ain't gonna happen. On a normal weekend, tear-down starts almost immediately afterwards.

They did allow fans at the Arenacross on Friday night to walk most of it.
Was there on Friday, you could walk the entire track.
They just didn't let somebody on the finish and the huge triple.


But there where a lot of rocks.
I would ride it like mentioned above, single single aso. Whistling


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PEPE001 2/26/2017 4:31pm
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TXDirt wrote:
$50 per person for track walk. All proceeds go to rider purse.
Friday was just $10 for the Track party including walk.

On race day that wouldn't work but a night before sure will.
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steve.t 2/26/2017 4:45pm
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toronto had it as recently as 2014.Everyone got on before practice started. Even scooped a baby jar of dirt knowing i probably would never get the chance again. Think it only cost $10, bummed they didnt bring it back!
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ML512 2/26/2017 4:48pm
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Charge for it and the money goes towards an injured rider's fund.

There are too many people attending a SX to let people do it for free before the night show, it sounds dumb but that many people walking up the face of the jumps would tear stuff up a little.
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PEPE001 2/26/2017 5:41pm
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ML512 wrote:
Charge for it and the money goes towards an injured rider's fund. There are too many people attending a SX to let people do it for...
Charge for it and the money goes towards an injured rider's fund.

There are too many people attending a SX to let people do it for free before the night show, it sounds dumb but that many people walking up the face of the jumps would tear stuff up a little.
That was the reason they let them not climbing the big jumps.

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Martini637 2/26/2017 6:50pm
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ML512 wrote:
Charge for it and the money goes towards an injured rider's fund. There are too many people attending a SX to let people do it for...
Charge for it and the money goes towards an injured rider's fund.

There are too many people attending a SX to let people do it for free before the night show, it sounds dumb but that many people walking up the face of the jumps would tear stuff up a little.
awesome idea. $10 a person maybe even $5 would really help out some of those guys
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clayburns28 2/26/2017 7:42pm
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I agree they should let u walk the track right after the race and go stand in front of the podium. They did that at Daytona two years ago and it was a awesome experience to look at the track. After about five minutes track just looked like a bunch of foot prints though ha.

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