"What I would change in Supercross....."

OW38B wrote:

The difference is we respect McGrath's opinion.......................others who do not, well, they know little about motocross.

Sorry you can't see that.

OW38B wrote:

I hear ya. It depends on the type of track also. I raced my son's YZ125 a while back at Perris Raceway against a field of...

I hear ya. It depends on the type of track also.

I raced my son's YZ125 a while back at Perris Raceway against a field of mostly 450's. I had to ride the wheels off of it but I beat the entire field of 45/52 Intermediates on the bumble bee.

OW38B wrote:

Fastest 450cc time was .9 seconds faster than the fastest 250cc four stroke time today. They won't let 250cc two strokes race the 250cc class because...

Fastest 450cc time was .9 seconds faster than the fastest 250cc four stroke time today. They won't let 250cc two strokes race the 250cc class because they say it's unfair so they MUST be faster than a 250cc four stroke so then you will be "slowing" down the race between .8 seconds and zero?

If a guy has 72 SX wins and says you should have two strokes who are we to argue?

level wrote:

We could argue all day long but I think the jumps are freaking great, the bikes are incredible and most of all the talent is the...

We could argue all day long but I think the jumps are freaking great, the bikes are incredible and most of all the talent is the best that it has ever been. You do not have 1 or 2 guys that can win a race, you have 10 with lap times that are all pretty much exactly the same. That is amazing. Now you have to get those 10 guys close enough to each other to battle. I hate when Tomac is buried in 10th place and Roczen is in 1st and they will never get a chance to go at it and may never go at it the whole season(even though they did already but just making a point).

The goal is to get the fastest riders to race. That's what the spectator wants to see. We want to see a race. Not one guy 5 seconds ahead of everyone else. There is too much importance placed on the start. I don't know what the solution is because the start has been a part of moto and sx since the beginning but until you can get the top guys battling week in and week out you won't see good racing.

motosmith wrote:

Lynch Mob,

I disagree. The last race was awesome but the first two were a little boring.

roost wrote:

Qualifying races during the day(hardcore fans only want to watch heats-semi's)... Televised Night show only 2 main events... which are 45 minutes long each. Limit size...

Qualifying races during the day(hardcore fans only want to watch heats-semi's)...

Televised Night show only 2 main events... which are 45 minutes long each.

Limit size of gas tank to require a gas stop, bike performance change or change riding style to save fuel for the long main event.

No Holeshot devices
All Concrete start behind the gate.

Required set widths(parameters) for the first turn.... maybe even require it to be banked. Same every track



Television coverage:
Broadcast Team: Broadcast Professional, Ex Team Manager for championship team and an Ex-rider... Ex-Rider must be over 40yrs old and maybe a past champion.... maybe swap manager for C'ship Mechanic.

Show starts with 3 person panel setting up story lines for the main events... All teams are REQUIRED to let in the TV broadcast team into haulers and be available for interviews which will be aired at this time... penalties for teams/riders that shut out the media while on track property.

The 2 Field reporters should be one serious who has been there done that... and the other one should be funny and easy going.



250 Main airs

Half Time: 3 person panel talks briefly about 250 main and sets up the 450 main

450 Main airs

Coverage Conclusion:
Close story lines set up in the beginning and tease new ones for next race.





Same format every race... improve on it every race.... move people around until you get the right mix.

Outsider wrote:

I'll start with,

Concrete start in a baseball stadium

roost wrote:

Are you laughing at the idea of a concrete start in general or are you laughing at having to bring in the precast concrete slabs with...

Are you laughing at the idea of a concrete start in general or are you laughing at having to bring in the precast concrete slabs with built in lift points that are used across the country everyday at every race?

Outsider wrote:

Both

What's the point of a concrete start? To make it even?

yzweldon wrote:

Bring back the 125 2 stroke. Nuff said. So tired of all Fartboxes

LoudLove wrote:

SX marketing could use a professional makeover. Might be time to ditch the screaming announcer, ridiculous fireworks, and Monster babes in favor of something a bit...

SX marketing could use a professional makeover. Might be time to ditch the screaming announcer, ridiculous fireworks, and Monster babes in favor of something a bit more mature. Not every SX fan is an over-sexed teenage boy.

BD233 wrote:

Please!!! 250f's are doing the same obstacles and almost the same lap times as the 450's....it's like watching the same class twice....except make a 150cc class...

Please!!! 250f's are doing the same obstacles and almost the same lap times as the 450's....it's like watching the same class twice....except make a 150cc class instead!!