2012 Australian SX Championship

Lifesarutt64
Edited Date/Time 6/21/2012 2:13am
Four rounds for a Championship is a JOKE!!!!!

RND 1 Dubbo.......Dubbo really, should be a huge crowd there, WTF
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tobz 6/19/2012 12:09am
6/19/2012 12:09am Edited Date/Time 6/19/2012 12:15am
It's in it's rebuilding stages after the GAS' monster energy supercross attempt. It's 4 rounds this year then looking to rebuild for 2013 and beyond under promoters IEG. Dubbo will probably get just as big of a crowd as they did in the GAS Adelaide round, and it would cost alot less to have it there.

It's looks incredibly hard to get SX up and running financially, Reed, with monster energy, went huge with it, live national broadcasts with big tracks and names, and it still failed. Not sure what you expected after a venture like this failed? Global action sports only announced that they won't be doing any more SX in Feb, and IEG were awarded the SX rights from MA in MAY this year! So yeah, not sure what you were expecting?


4 rounds is fine, attracts alot of teams to a smaller, less costly season, and bringing it back to simple racing formats are all good things to start a fresh for IEG, and then ramp it up for 2013...
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robbo335 6/19/2012 5:09am
6/19/2012 5:09am
Lifesarutt64 wrote:
Four rounds for a Championship is a JOKE!!!!!

RND 1 Dubbo.......Dubbo really, should be a huge crowd there, WTF
wow guess they just should not have bothered at all then hay? at least they are trying.
Lifesarutt64 6/19/2012 9:33pm
6/19/2012 9:33pm Edited Date/Time 6/19/2012 9:43pm
Maybe better off having one race like Bercy at the motoGP attract international riders etc & have a decent purse????
4rnd aus sx title is pretty lame for a rider to put on his CV
don,t get me wrong any SX in aus is great & well worth the effort
obviously the only way we will get a decent SX series is if the mining industry steps in
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haydos25 6/20/2012 12:26am
6/20/2012 12:26am
Apparently the motogp round isn't a definite, they revised the press release. At short notice I think this is an awesome effort that hopefully will be financially viable for the promoter which is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing. Give it a couple years to get a following.

I'd love to see in future a race on the Saturday night before the Bathurst 1000, a round on the gold coast with the v8's a round at homebush with the v8 finale and a round at motogp. People attending those events are rev heads at heart, give them an exciting product and they'll come back.

I think the right people are behind it this time, relying on chad for fans was never gonna work long term, they need another hook, hopefully they find it

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shanhard 6/20/2012 1:23am
6/20/2012 1:23am
Better than nothing hey?
Sober Shteve 6/20/2012 2:57am
6/20/2012 2:57am
shanhard wrote:
Better than nothing hey?
Right On.
Stoked to see a round held in Dubbo as it's only 120kms away, I'll definitely be attending and getting a bunch of mates to go over.
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sam111 6/21/2012 1:04am
6/21/2012 1:04am
tobz wrote:
It's in it's rebuilding stages after the GAS' monster energy supercross attempt. It's 4 rounds this year then looking to rebuild for 2013 and beyond under...
It's in it's rebuilding stages after the GAS' monster energy supercross attempt. It's 4 rounds this year then looking to rebuild for 2013 and beyond under promoters IEG. Dubbo will probably get just as big of a crowd as they did in the GAS Adelaide round, and it would cost alot less to have it there.

It's looks incredibly hard to get SX up and running financially, Reed, with monster energy, went huge with it, live national broadcasts with big tracks and names, and it still failed. Not sure what you expected after a venture like this failed? Global action sports only announced that they won't be doing any more SX in Feb, and IEG were awarded the SX rights from MA in MAY this year! So yeah, not sure what you were expecting?


4 rounds is fine, attracts alot of teams to a smaller, less costly season, and bringing it back to simple racing formats are all good things to start a fresh for IEG, and then ramp it up for 2013...
I agree 100%.

Growing the series will take time. The championship has to "walk before it can run," and it needs to generate its own following among the general public, so that a sustainable, professional series can be held. The last few promoters have proved that spending a lot of money on promotion and organisation from the get go will not work out in the long run.
scott_nz 6/21/2012 2:06am
6/21/2012 2:06am
after the bath GAS took last year, im glad someone stepped up and put a series on, I think starting small and building may be a better option than nothing at all,

if the round at motogp goes ahead it will be an awesome time, and if they could get into some other big motorsport events like the V8 supercar rounds, bathurst, gold coast and the homebush final are obvious choices,
T Man 345 6/21/2012 2:13am
6/21/2012 2:13am
haydos25 wrote:
Apparently the motogp round isn't a definite, they revised the press release. At short notice I think this is an awesome effort that hopefully will be...
Apparently the motogp round isn't a definite, they revised the press release. At short notice I think this is an awesome effort that hopefully will be financially viable for the promoter which is THE MOST IMPORTANT thing. Give it a couple years to get a following.

I'd love to see in future a race on the Saturday night before the Bathurst 1000, a round on the gold coast with the v8's a round at homebush with the v8 finale and a round at motogp. People attending those events are rev heads at heart, give them an exciting product and they'll come back.

I think the right people are behind it this time, relying on chad for fans was never gonna work long term, they need another hook, hopefully they find it
Your comments re Bathurst and GC V8s are great, i`m surprised that hasn`t been already done / mentioned before... *unless i missed it.

makes complete sense.

thumbs up.

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