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A question...
If an American came over to ride a Scot-Club-Race...what would he need to do in advnace to have the necessary "approvals"?
Yep, unfortunately, in the US, the business model clearly states that nobody does anything "for fun" anymore.
Timing for it seems right; Dungeys wrapped up the title, they can run the number one plate on it, do a one-off for Steel City so he'll be back on the 450 for the final round at Lake Elsinore before the MXdN. Might as well help send the orange wave crashing to the US motocross shores in my book!
I'm gonna need to know soon though so I can book my flight to PA
Secondly, for those who say there is no benefit to them breaking out some 2 strokes and doing it for the fans, where exactly is the benefit in him getting out there and risking injury on the 450? He won the damn championship already! He should just pack the shit in, take a week off and hit the test track dialing in his MX "D" N bike and his MEC bike. Just look at what happened to RV2 after he won the SX Championship. Why risk it? Duuuhhh....
The difference is the bike he's riding now is a brand new model he's been developing each week with his team. Every race mile he gets on it now can only help gain a better understanding for next years race bike aswell as the production model.
The 250 2 stroke is not being developed in any way by Dungey and RD, there is no direct beneift to Dungey or RD either now or in the future other than putting smiles on a few peoples faces. In a world where there is milliseconds separating the top 4 or 5 guys when they're all healthy, i know i wouldnt be wasting anytime on anything thats not gonna help me come A1 or hangtown next year.
If KTM want to showcase that bike at the pro level then they need to pony up the cash and hire someone to ride it fulltime, not ask a current champ to throw a win away by riding it once off at the end of the year. You wanna talk about good PR for a brand, imagine if that actually happened.
I had this same dumbass question pop up into my mind earlier today as well as well. Would be sweet but its never gonna happen. EVER. With any top guy in US sx/mx. I'm not saying Dungey couldn't just hop on a 250sx and probably even win but at these guys level there's no way.
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You guys are saying that Dungey wouldn't be competitive on the 250? Well if he cant then nobody can.
Then why the fuck are these rules in place then?
In fact, Mitt and Barak are taking a couple of days off to go ride 2 strokes together. They love 'em!
Me too! I'm on one now as I type!
http://blog.derestricted.com/racing/cairoli-ktm-250-sx-2-stroke/
Shame we didn't get to see this. I bet Cairoli knows how to ride a 250 2 stroke. should't be too different then a sxf350.
In order to be obtain the one event license, you'd have to become a member of an S.A.C.U affiliated club beforehand. Other than that it's fairly painless.
The S.A.C.U governs our Scottish Motocross Championship, Hare and Hound Racing, Enduro and Trials.
There was a breakaway mx series this year, backed by MCF and clubs disgruntled with the S.A.C.U. i haven't haven't ridden in any of their events so can't really advise. www.scottishmotocrossfederation.co.uk/
We've also got a fantastic twinshock club, www.scottishtwinshock.com, they have modern classes as well as the usual pre-74, pre-77 and you could enter one of their events without an SACU license. Just turn up with a bike, pay for a one day club license and your good to go.
Drop me a mail when you're coming over and i'll try and assist in any way i can.
For example you could race both 2 stroke and monoshock classes at a twinshock meeting. That would be 6 x 15mins +2 laps of hard riding on very natural and rough terrain.
The SACU and MCF do the same. If you were quick enough you could enter the 3 x 20 + 2 lap races in 2 classes if you had a lites bike and the stamina. Or even better turn up on an old school 500 and race in the open class.
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