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I see the smaller tracks going through some growing pains, but also learning at every race, doing things better then they ever have and I assume they will continue to improve year to year. If a track does not seem to "get it", we don't go back. We call it taking responsibility for our selfs and not expecting other people to do so.
Making a track safe, while also making it challenging enough for everyone is a hard combination to solve, but I feel most of the tracks are doing the best they ever have to achieve this and I've been in this sport for a long time.
So to answer your question, no. The sport will continue to get better and safer track designs that are still exciting to race will continue to be ironed out by the REAL MEN in the "foxholes", grinding out day to day operations at the track. Not by a bunch of "theoretical" ideas by a bunch of Internet warriors and Twitter responses who no longer seem to want to ride if they ever did.
I've read most of the comments here over the last few days for making things safer, and I've yet to see a single idea that would work or make things safer. I only hear a bunch of people saying things should be safer, while offering NOTHING that would work. Remember it has to be safe, but also stay exciting enough that racers want to continue to race.
If you get screwed as a Pro so what that's the way it is they picked that way.
But as an amateur you do it for fun!
And tell me 1 reason why I should get killed, parallelized or what ever if it could have been prevented.
I don't bubble wrap my Son but my experience tells me whats dangerous and which risk we might can go.
A 8 Year old is not ready yet to determine whats dangerous or not.
A little story about when i was young:
When I was 10 i was playing on a building under construction after the workers where gone for that day.
Cool Playground but definitely not safe. I learned the lesson the hard way.
While playing i fell off the 3rd floor and only by luck i was not injured.
2 feet to my left where metal parts upright and i could have been impaled.
Motocross is dangerous and it always will be, but we can make it safer at least for our Kids.
If a 18, 20 or what ever age it might wants to kill themselves by jumping crazy triples 120' ok that's there decision.
But a 8 Year believes it is safe and he will jump like the older once.
Parents do have the responsibility for there child and as long as i can i will decide where my Son rides and where we don't ride.
We didn't had any serious injuries in 15 years.
We had a lot of fun and we had almost 400 riders every race weekend!
Even now they stick on those rules and riders have fun!
If it is only fun flying over a triple 120' and that's it ok not my favorite.
If i see most tracks there are jumps after jumps after jumps!
Doesn't make any sense to me, if i want to ride an SX track ok will find one.
But nowadays its hard to find good MX tracks.
I watched some weekends ago a track for 1-2 hours and i saw 3 injuries and 10-12 crashes.
On a Sunday nor Race just practicing and all had the same root cause.
Jumps that looks so easy (doubles and triples) most common reason the rider jumped to short hit right into the wall.
Why not filling up those gaps between triples and doubles and all injuries could have been prevented.
The jump itself could stay like it is but why the huge gaps between the 2 or 3 ramps.
With those jumps there is no maybe is just yes or no.
I've seen people get badly injured on.
Starts
Straights that are smooth
Straights that are bumpy
Corners
Sweepers
Off cambered turns
Singles
Doubles
Triples
Tabletops
Step ups
Step downs
Whoops
Rollers
And everything in between.
Do you even lift bro
Some will learn it and some don't!
Luckily it is not my body.
Just something to think about this discussion is not new!
I was involved in discussion how to make tracks safe or not.
I saw a 18 year old ripping of his foot right below the ankle due to a metal pole at the end of a straight.
Or why do you need to place freaking huge tractor wheels at the end of a start straight?
Those items needs to be worked on.
If a straight get beet up all the times and riders getting to fast build a small S and the speed gets down.
Who needs massive step-up and step-down who the hell needs massive whoops.
Everything a little smaller will help to get the risk down.
But I forgot it is not spectacular anymore.
There is always something in between.
Because I know what happen even with the smallest mistake.
One of my buddies got paralyzed due to those stupid triples he was 3 feet short.
Now he is in a wheelchair do you think its worth having spectacular tracks?
You could jump your doubles and triples and have fun with it I don't!
Why#? Because I have to go to work tomorrow.
And guess what I still have fun every time I go out riding!
I ride only tracks no woods.
Pit Row
That's awesome Zracer.
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