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I have to admit, I came into this off season unprepared...I blame my trainer
That's professional level BS, not the stepped on street BS we normally see.
You're lucky to be alive after mainlining this shit man.....
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The AMA,as in the organization in Ohio that is the US affiliate of the FIM, has nothing to do with the US Pro Outdoor Motocross series, and hasn't since 2008 when it sold the sanctioning and promotional rights to Daytona Motorsports group. DMG acquired the rights to sanction and promote professional motocross, professional road racing and professional class c flatrack racing. MXSports acquired the rights to MX from DMG, through 2014 according to reports at the the time. I have no idea what the current status of that arrangement is.
So for racing in America, here's what you need:
The AMA Pro license to race the US pro outdoor series, is issued by AMA Pro Racing, which is DMG, not the AMA.
http://www.amaproracing.com/assets/AMAPro-MX-2012-Rulebook.pdf
To ride Supercross, a rider needs both an AMA Supercross license and an FIM license.
http://www.amasupercross.com/rules/pdf/2012/amaracing_bulletin%20sx%202…
http://www.amasupercross.com/rules/index.aspx
One of the great things about the internet, besides this thread
http://www.amaproracing.com/assets/AMAPro-MX-2012-Rulebook.pdf
1.3 Motocross License Criteria
a. All license applicants must be at least 16 years of age at the time of application.
b. A Motocross license may be issued if the rider has met one of the following requirements.
i. Held a Pro Motocross license in either 2010 or 2011 or a Supercross or FIM license in 2010, 2011 or 2012.
ii. Earned at least 75 advancement points (at the time of application) in the AMA Pro/Am Motocross Series.
iii. Finished in the top 20 overall positions in the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship in 2011 or 2012 in the 250A, 450A or Pro Sport classes.
iv. Earned 50 Arenacross class points in the 2010-11 or 35 points in the 2011-12 AMA Arenacross Series.
v. Earned 75 Arenacross Lites class points in 2010-11 or 60 points in the 2011-12 AMA Arenacross Series.
vi. AMA Pro Racing may issue a license to any rider who does not meet the above criteria if it determines, in its sole discretion, the rider has adequate competition experience.

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Oh, boy, Geoff!
Last year, $275
http://www.mxsportsproracing.com/pdf/2012/2012ProRacingLicenseApp.pdf
Swear to Rudy I just have a fetish for reading primary sources and having them bookmarked.
I applaud Jody and MXA for another outstanding article that brings out the truth.
Counted at least 10 posters that need to get over themselves..............funny as hell.
Maybe MXA could do an interview with Luongo to balance the article. The standard of GP racing is really good, don't let that article fool you.
The top 5 privateer teams are getting travel money next year to the fly away races. Cairoli and those guys don't need start money or prize money, they are getting salaries.
Loungo wants MX1 to be the best of the best, and looking at the top 20 in the series, those guys are all top riders. There are more good riders than top teams in the GPs. The talent is there, and if you don't have the talent you won't be there long.
The riders outside the main guys would like more money... but that is the same in the USA, and they are racing Supercross as well. If you are going to watch a GP race because the guy in 21st is paying for a ride then you are a bit crazy. I don't know anyone who goes to a race to watch the guy in 21st. When I went to the US I went to see the top guys like Reed and Dungey, I don't know who got 25t/30th or if they made enough money to make a living from racing.
Again it is not perfect, having a prize fund maybe from the sponsers would be a good idea, i think that should be there, but the prize money in the US isn't what Dungey is racing for. So essentially this is all about the riders who aren't on top teams or in the top 10/15 in the series.
Overall the GPs are better than they were ten years ago. People were complaining about the 3 race format 20 years ago. And back then you only got to see one class at a GP. People will always complain, but it is different now, you can't go back to how it was 30 years ago. It's not perfect, but the guys not racing aren't the ones that are going to be challenging Cairoli for a world title, saying that it would be better if they could race it. But really the very top riders are all there, there top 20 in MX1 is stacked, most of them are former GP winner or podium guys.
But the important thing that keeps getting missed is there are alot of great riders in the series and they are putting on a great show and that is the whole point of the championship.
If it isn't working someone else can take charge and do it better. But it isn't as easy as it people make it out to be.
Like I say it isn't perfect you can focus on the small problems and ignore all the good llike MXA, which leads to a false perception of the series, or you can look at all the good and acknowledge it isn't perfect either and get a more realistic perception of the series. Maybe in time as the series gets bigger prize money will come back, or the riders salaries will increase.
It is tough for all motorsport right now Loungo has a vision, time will tell if it works, but the GPs have been great to watch in the last ten years for me anyway. I hope all the riders and especially the guys outside the top teams can make more money, they deserve it, but motocross is a small sport, that is the main problem we all have. If the mainstream media gave the exposure the riders salaries would go up because it is all about eyeballs.
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