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don't keep the gates full,privateers will not bother and the entry fees,etc will diminish.not wise business decision.
- 250F Class is not a pro class; its a pro am class where riders should be forced to move up who are too fast
- Ruts should be cut out of Nationals
- Riders who pay fees, maintain their bike, mod their bike - should be forced off the track when being lapped (so it does not affect lead riders). This has no concern of live attendees nor the people who qualify for the event. The GPs cant even fill their gates with its rules. How does this affect the sport?
- Restrictors on fast riders (imagine this on db's 1986 MXDN ride or RL 1988 ride - legendary races you fucking mooks are willing to end)
This is your take away from the season? We had multiple winners, the top 4 with in seconds of each other, one of the best years in decades and this is the fucking take away.
I do believe that points should be awarded to all of those that actually qualify to race would help. As would making the schedule more 'privateer friendly' (as I have said before)
Majority of the factory money and sponsor money should be in the premier class so there is more money there as incentive. The best of the best should be in the 450 class, not cherry picking the 250 class.
And if good rides are far and few between like you contend then we have bigger problems than lappers in the 450 class.
There only so many rides and if you force people up those rides will be full and what would be left would pay much less than a competitive 250 team that it would force people out of racing. All you have to do is look at the GP's, less that 25 full time riders, a 250 class that has one premiere rider and many other guys racing other series because there is nothing for them in the GP's.
Last I checked the 250 class here in MX pays the same as 450's so why not allow anyone who can make a living at it.
Imagine: the top 15-20 from the 250 and 450 classes in one class. A real premier class. If you're a rookie and not ready, you can race in the lower division until you are.
And I don't care about the bike. Maybe make the premier class the 250 2stroke class
Divide the classes by speed not cc's. It will certainly help with lappers and make for a crazy championship battle.
Don't fix what is broken so there is no reason IMO to dilute the coverage the stars are getting now in their respective classes but instead increase the coverage the up and comers are getting. Make 250cc two strokes and 300cc two strokes legal and you're cooking with gas but even without the controversial two stroke suggestion I think the concept has merit.
Pit Row
I also think that if that is the case then you should have to sit out one race so another guy gets a chance because there is allot of kids out there that might miss the qualifying by a half a second but they would push through the whole moto and give it 100% and would probably finish allot better.
I think this would be an incentive for the them to "fight to the finish" rather then just kind of give up because they are worn out.
Why do we keep having this conversation? Lappers will always be there. They are known obstacles in a race. Has anyone determined if KROC's almost crash was his fault or the lapper's?
It doesn't matter though. Lappers aren't even supposed to pull over, just hold their line. Everyone expects them to pull over as if an ambulance or fire truck was coming through. BS!
I would not pull over. I would not slow down. I would hold my line and look for ways to pass the guy in front of me. If the leader wants to pass me, he'll have to go around. If he's that much faster, then It shouldn't be too difficult for him. He doesn't own the track!
If (or when) he passes me I'd try to keep up with him for as long as I could. Heck, if I saw a way to pass, I'd pass him back.
This is racing, not girl scouts.
Roczen could've lost the Championship by clashing with a guy running around 14 seconds a lap slower
(no disrespect to Mikhaylov,he has every right to be there and there were 8 guys with slower laptimes )
NONE OF THIS SHOULD CHANGE.
Hey Jay
Looking at the old results, it used to be a 35 rider field, and by comparision , comparing GP's to AMA, as a rule of thumb, the gap to any given place in qualifying is half the amount .... only 6 or 7 seconds covers the whole field , whereas that will nail to a top 10 in AMA.. thats the root cause, the strenght in depth isnt there , and hasny been for a long while in the 450 class, and with so many riders out too , its looking worse all the time.
2- 45 22- 19
3- 42 23- 18
4- 40 24- 17
5- 38 25- 16
6- 36 26- 15
7- 35 27- 14
8- 33 28- 13
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12- 29 32- 9
13- 28 33- 8
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19- 22 39- 2
20- 21 40- 1
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