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I know im just asking for hypothetical scenerios, but whats it gonna take? The last 15 years with exception of some erratic momemts the battles have been virtually non-existent. 250 class is a little better but not much. Just seams like mx racing in general from the 70's up through early 90's was much more entertaining to watch. What happened to the lap after lap battles? Like I said, just wishful thinking but what would make for closer racing?
I watch other racing and am amazed at the right battles all through the field. MotoGP is incredibly tight
It would probably take something nobody wants and that is change. If tracks are rough it will separate the elite from the average even further than they are now. Maybe inverting gate position choice based on point standings.
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But I am just a F'ing Canadian, so what do I know.
Not everyone will win. Additionally, unless you are not paying attention, there are battles all over in the race. Smith, MM25 had fantastic days. Some of the best racing in moto in from 12-16th. Too bad you do not take the time to notice.
One is the ultimate, what we all want, close racing, including for the lead... But honestly that's so rare and hard to come by just due to how freaking difficult the sport is and the various elements that go into it... There's usually one, sometimes a couple of guys who have got their stars aligned and kill it.
The second is the excitement of the actual riding. I almost always prefer watching the 250 class because they're pushing the bikes to their limits, because the riders can. Anyone in the entire field of 250s looks like they're pinning it, and it's more exciting to watch... apart from the top 450 guys, it looks lazy and dull, especially when they're 10 or more seconds apart.
Not to turn it into a two stroke thread, but they were more exciting to watch, even if there was a gap, because how hard the guys had to ride to go fast. Big four strokes have kind of killed that part of it.
roosted...
I would love to use the gate only in the first moto... 2nd moto go off in rows of 2... 10 feet between... 40th & 39th off first...
but again with the roosting....
It would work in supercross with a 2 moto system but the slow guys would get landed on...
Why penalize the guys kicking butt to make the racing closer for the guys not putting in the work or who do not have the skill sets?
Spitballing here, but I think the key would be to eliminate fitness as a factor, as that's always going to allow the top guys to surface. Also, to increase the chance for battles up front, reducing the amount of riders in a race. This would ensure all of the win contenders are up front right away.
For example, imagine there's only 10 people at the starting gate, and there's three 6-12 lap races. Now it's not so ridiculous going into the first turn, making it less likely for 1-2 guys to blast away while everyone deals with carnage. And the race being so short, pacing yourself isn't required because fitness isn't much a factor. I'd think this would give a lot of riders more incentive to hang it out and go for win.
Though you lose a lot of cool shit by doing that, and even then who knows if it'd even make a difference.
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I.e js, canard, paulin, 222,25 nagal, ect
Talent pool only goes so deep in AMA n mxgp
I think our memories trick us into looking at the highlight reels of this race here and that race there and thinking it was better. You have just forgot all of the races where leaders checked out in the first lap.
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