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Less first-turn carnage, and all the fast guys up front.
Of course, "TropicPilot" doesn't want the fast guys to get good starts...
I do like the following:
1. Bonus point to fast qualifier
2. Bonus point for most laps led in Main
3. Find a dash for cash sponsor, and have a $10,000 4 lap dash for cash for the (2) 450 heat winners. Winner of the $10K gets TWO bonus points.
So if a rider has a perfect weekend, he scores 29 points.
Most important...long lanes and NO 90 degree turns! Short sections and 90s ruin the racing. I do not know why they can not figure this out. Over and over they have short sections and too many 90 degree turns. This is not rocket science. Put DV and Pastrana in charge of track layouts, if they were willing to do it now and again. The times they did tracks, they were loved by all. DVs formula was simple...long rythm sections with a jump count that would allow and more 180s.
Other than that, SX is already pretty exciting..when the tracks are good. Adding classes is a joke (sorry two stroke fan boys). Get real on that. There is only so much time for TV....and adding a 125 class that will be dramatically slower will be a yawner.
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And my one add would be More Dirt. Not for a damn joker lane but for some super technical sections and to use every sq inch of the floor possible.
I just feel robbed not getting a 20 minute main. There's a lot of horseplay between moto's when there could be racing. Bring in one more little dozer and add more dirt on top of the plywood. Feld has the money to take care of the tracks.
No need for tricking up the points either. They work just fine as is...it's about winning, not holeshots or qualifying heat results.
Ever watch dirt track racing? its a fucking flat circle of dirt. What separates those riders, other than skill?
...and do you really want more domination? I can't think of another sport where 2-3 participants dominate more often than in professional motocross.
Elimination based qualifying heats like in March Madness. Who wants to watch the loser's bracket? Boring, time to get a beer. I want to see the big boys race, so keep them on the track, a winners bracket.
More sponsor space on the bikes. No need for side number plates. Then sell Series Sponsor space above the front number plate like speedway bikes and use that money for the purse. I know some sponsors will be pissed like competing energy drinks. And bring on the beer and cigarette sponsors like Nascar. The riders deserve the dough.
Exactly.
Because those are the the only two riders that non followers of the sport are aware of mostly to my knowledge
You won't be able to do it by trimming around the edges. The factories need to step back and Feld needs to step up.
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Australia has been mentioned as trying different formats a few times on Pulpmx but that was a total disaster (no one has actually looked into what happened?) ! It was one of the main reasons Supercross died in Australia. The riders/teams couldn't work out what was going on each week and the spectators just got completely lost. They don't want to think to much adding points from this and that. 20 laps, done and they walk out of the stadium knowing who won.
Plenty has changed over the years in Supercross anyway so Steve saying nothing has changed and every other sport has is inaccurate. If I look at other sports from the outside they actually do look the same to me at first glance. Beside HD a baseball game looks the same as 20 years ago lol Supercross doesn't. Tracks, Bikes, Riders etc etc
The one off things at MEC are awesome because they are once a year. Lets leave it that way.
450's should be:
Heats: 8 minutes + 2 laps
Semis: 6 minutes + 2 laps
LCQ: 6 minutes + 2 laps
Main: 20 minutes + 2 laps
cut it down for 250's if you want, but 250's run 30 + 2 no problem outdoors so I would even be in favor of them sharing the same amount of track time (no semis like 450's though).
Good Point you make regarding enduro cross. not much rhythm in that sport whereas our wonderful sport of SX has developed into a rhythm sport, jump, jump two, jump three, then turn right and jump two, jump one, there are blueprints to see how to create a SX more like the enduro cross (you need to go back to the Rick Johnson days) but I agree with Steve in this respect, you can try it out and if it does not work better, you can always go back to the default we currently have then all the riders can go back to their exactly copy practice tracks knowing they are exactly what they will be racing, ho hummmm....
the action on the track would be the same, give or take a half second per lap
BUT, someone is making money out of the fact there are two sizes of bikes and those people will try there best to keep two sizes in the game, ho hummmmm
Why have pro's in 2 classes with watered down fields? The lap times are about the same and riders can move up to big bikes and immediately be top 10. I'm being cheated not having the best all in one class.
Everyone cries for change but when it comes down to it more change could hurt. It could turn the sport into something we we don't even recognize anymore.
The only change I would see to help would be to pay points to all the riders the fans see. That way even if you don't qualify you still have something to show your sponsors at the end of your series. That is no way my original idea by the way. I think matthes says it a lot.
I have often slept through the Supercross show and I am a fan. The loser's bracket's need to go away. (semi's and LCQ's). It doesn't have to be the same size bikes, a 250f could easily win a premier class main, as could a 300t. No changes will equal limited growth.
-Guy Cooper
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