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11/18/2016 5:44pm
11/18/2016 5:44pm
How do we make this happen?
Bikes these days are much faster than they were in 2002 yet the track size is the same. There's room for more track but yet they use the same amount as 25 years ago.
I just look at some of these plans and think of the wasted space. 50 second lap times are weak.
And the new US Bank Stadium in Minnesota has a huge retractable section that creates a much larger floor space, yet they don't utilize that at all.
And even if the length doesn't change, how about more dirt to make bigger and better obsticles? I'm sure they make enough money off these events to haul in a few more truck loads of dirt.
Bikes these days are much faster than they were in 2002 yet the track size is the same. There's room for more track but yet they use the same amount as 25 years ago.
I just look at some of these plans and think of the wasted space. 50 second lap times are weak.
And the new US Bank Stadium in Minnesota has a huge retractable section that creates a much larger floor space, yet they don't utilize that at all.
And even if the length doesn't change, how about more dirt to make bigger and better obsticles? I'm sure they make enough money off these events to haul in a few more truck loads of dirt.
I remember the first time SX went to the new Cowboys Stadium and all my friends and I could talk about was how much wasted space there was on the floor.
The Shop
While dirt is definitely expensive at that quality, the cost is spread out much more than "just" the cost of dirt itself.
There may be areas or installations that the facility do not want covered or that could create an unreasonable expense to use.
distance from seating as a very important consideration as well.
While it might look like a safe distance stop and consider how much more powerful the bikes are and what happens if things go wrong.
After a bike went into the upper level at an arenacross Feld started cutting down berms anywhere near seating. it was either that or kill prime seating.
The fact is that technology has exceeded the limits of indoor tracks. making the lanes longer and speeds higher is not going to improve the racing enough to make it worth the expense and risk.
They had more room at MEC sx andIMO it didn't really make the racing better.
Thanks for the quality input though.
If that's not an option for safety or other reasons, I suggest we change from a set number of laps to 20 minutes + 1 or 2 laps.
They don't want to see A 250F having to rail a corner perfectly in order to just be able to stretch it out over a triple, they want to see guys coming up with an abundance of speed so that they can scrub or throw whips.
Unless you decide not to use the start straight it is hard to add just one lane.
Otherwise you end up with straight rhythm with a few corners.
Pit Row
You should call Mr. Winkler and tell him
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