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Dare I say, the only way to truly make the sport to grow on a big scale would be to merge the 2 series, maybe even get rid of the lights class and have the best of the best racing each other every week.... go easy on me!
I don't think it was dangerous yesterday but certainly challenging. Hard pack, slick conditions like that are rare on the National circuit but in a way, that's what it needs. Too many tracks on the National tour are beginning to become more and more uniform with each other. They're all disc'd deep and left fast. The preparation for each one (from the teams point of view) is pretty much the same from race to race. And of course the short practices and squeezing everything into a one day event fits in well with that. Everyone knows what to expect.
Don't get me wrong I'm not trying to turn this into a GPs are better thread, not at all. The U.S Nationals have some of the most awesome tracks in the world, most notably Red Bud. But it doesn't appear to have as much variety. I would like to see a deep sand rd (or at least another like Southwick) and a hard pack blue grove rd. Though I know I'm in the minority here. However in the GPs this variety of varying conditions tends to promote different riders at the top.
Though admittedly with that said - it didn't appear to make a huge difference yesterday, particularly in the 450 class. I guess everyone rides the same sort of tracks from amateur all the way up, they go through the same LL and mini O's etc process. But still at Southwick you tend to get a few different names up there, in the 250fs we know Rattray's going to be tough there. It's more of a specialist track where local knowledge or being a more methodical, super fit, grafter type rider pays off. But again, that makes it more interesting. Same with Brett getting the better of RV in that 2nd moto.
The 450s are a little stagnant at the moment. Dungey and Villopoto are so much better than everyone else. Yesterday reminded me of Carmichael and Stewart - on one hand it was spectacular to witness two elite riders in their prime go at it. But on the other it's a little bit scary to see how far off everyone else was.
Full Course Yellows with saftey bike!!!
Think about it every time a rider has a small tip over and gets back up , just a local yellow but for a big one, bring out a saftey bike and have everyone bunch back up, full lucky dog for the lead rider a lap down, pit stops to make suspension changes, change mapping and fresh tyres, thats what the fans love!!!!
Seriously would not like to see that at all, Imagine the winning Margins in some NASCAR races if there was no such thing as a full course yellow just a local yellow to clear the mess, a race winner could potentially win by more than a couple of laps.
Its MX, the more you change the worse you will make it , it already sucks that only certain types of bikes are allowed to be raced, it sucks that the guy running 40th in a National event has to pay his own way, work during the week , rock up on inferior bikes and are expected to have a chance, even worse when the rider finishing 20th in a SX main in front of 60,000 paying spectators then has to pay his way to the next round.
The Face in SX that the leading rider in a regional series is making more than a decent living while the guy running 20th on the National series is some times paying out of their own pocket to race or not making any money to race. How does that work ???
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Despain covers it on Wind Tunnel, even has riders on the show.
If you want to see racing news, you need to get a racing channel. ESPN ain't it.
You need your eyes dotted you tard.
Motocross is, and always will, be a sport for participants. If you've never raced yourself, you have no way to relate to the riders' experience on the track. You see Dean Wilson jump that big double and immediately drive into that inside rut and it looks like nothing. Those of us who race know it's not just something, it's genius. Average people can't relate at all.
And I'm OK with that too.
I don't get it.
After next weekend it's the off-season...thought I think this year I'm going to change it up a bit and call it Hunting Season. It's time for fewer trolls and people who just act like crappy humans, and time for more people who actually dig the sport.
Bring in that union you speak of, then we won't have anything to discuss because there won't be professional MX/SX anymore.
Pit Row
I enjoyed watching the race even with the hard pack conditions, variety is good and those track conditions kinda reminded of the old days in the southwest.
That big Rock-star can hanging into the track was crazy though, couldn't believe it stayed there all day like that.
Nascar has found the last few years that ''corporate'' is not the way to grow the sport .Nascar also has a handle [somewhat]on evening out the playing field ........AMA ,not even close
.Although i agree rider is a huge part of racing ,CONFIDENCE is the biggest factor in any sport ,a clapped out pogo stick suspension and an ill working bike is far from confidence inspiring.................a PC 250 WITH MATCHING SUSPENSION given to any rider will instantly garner him confidence .......enough to win races,maybe not ,but after time will make you better.
Its hard to argue with confidence winning races ...................just add Chad Reed
Ive showed up at tracks in the early morning, where it had rained the night before and watched all these 'core' motocrossers turn around and leave because they didnt want to get their bike dirty. And when the weather is extra hot & dry, all these 'core' riders are whining about track prep, too dusty, blue groove, waaa, waaa, my poosie aches I cant ride this kinda stuff. Offroad racers laugh their ass off reading this stuff from all these *DIRT* bike riders.
I remember a time when we were glad to ride anywhere we could; grassy open field, abandoned gravel pit, along a bayou on the bank, anywhere off of pavement. And to go out to Rio Bravo and be on dusty hard pack was heaven to us ! On 5" of travel and a worn out Yokahoma on back !
Then REPUBLICANS squashed it...
My reason for starting this post was not to bash on a sport that I love so much but to simply state that it has a ways to go on a professional level. These guys are the creme of the crop. However, I think that being a privateer and being able to line up on the gates with the best riders in the world is part of the appeal of this sport. You can't do that in NFL, MLB, or Nascar. If your fast enough to qualify then for the most part you can race on the same gate. That is pretty awesome.
I think the one thing I would like to see more is just a little more oversight when it comes to track conditions and design, rider safety, etc.
WE NEED WATER ON THE TRACK!!!
OK, we'll spritz a little on it after this moto to help with the dust.
NOT BEFORE MY MOTO!!!
Blah, blah blah...
So you were on Yokohamas? Dang, man, you musta been sponsored. All we had were Cheng-chen's.
More cow bell.
...ya i know, "fuck off" bla bla
compare the pits from 20 years ago versus now
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