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Pulp was discussing this, thoughts on this? Personally think it would be a good way to keep things a little more interesting towards the end of the season for the 450's. I don't think it would be necessary for the lites.
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It's not complicated at all. No need for a "chase" format.
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I think we can all agree that the current SX format has gotten a bit stale. They have made some tweaks that have improved it. Specifically bringing back the semis so we get more racing. That has been a good addition.
We need to rethink the traditional format and do something different. We need more action. More meaningful racing. We need to see more passes. More privateers starting up front and more stars battling through the pack.
All you need to do is these two things.....
1. Invert the start order for main events. Last qualifier gets first gate pick and so on.
I know what you are saying, this will make people sandbag in the qualifiers. See item number two. Item two is important for item one to work.
2. Give out some championship points in the qualifiers as well as for mains. This will eliminate sandbagging completely. Make the points meaningful and you will see epic qualifiers. Everyone knows how important points are and this will insure no one sandbags. Star riders will race to win the qualifiers just as they do now.
If these two things were implemented then the racing would drastically improve. There is nothing better then seeing a star rider come through the pack. We want to see passes and racing, not follow the leader. The start has become too important with the current format.
Inverting the main event start order would make it so privateers start up front more and the star riders might start in the back a bit more. The cream will always rises to the top. We just might be able to see more passes. Everyone always hopes one of the stars gets a bad start so we can see them come through the pack. Why? Because we want to see them skillfully and relentlessly race to the front.
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I would also like to add that having a few more privateers start up front increases exposure for more sponsors. We need more riders to get exposure and thus more potential sponsors would get some meaningful exposure.
The fast riders will move their way through the pack (cream rises to the top). The fans will get more exiting racing.
If this format was implemented for one year you would wonder how we ever did it differently. It would be awesome. Period.
and what about the Sport and all the records how do they reset all that ?
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I think it would apply pressure to everyone at the end of the season. Most guys burn out like a bottle rocket by round 4.
In other sports you always see guys rise to the occasion in the playoffs that were quiet all year. Someone like Canard is built for that stuff.
Im just throwing that dollar amount out there but it would have to be enough money to motivate the top payed riders.
We need racing... we need passing. Some how you have to make the first 75 feet of the race less important.
The least disruptive and most fair way to do this is what I posted above. We don't need a chase. We don't need to combine 250 with 450. We need better racing and better racing comes from guys coming through the pack.
Give championship points in qualifiers and invert the gate picks for mains.
It's almost too easy.....
Why do you guys think he's not motivated?
every year...
I figure a Veteran like Dungey May get $100,000 bonus for every win... Hell yeah, Dungey is motivated... Who wouldn't be...
Want better racing each weekend?.... take away the points! ...... have huge (or at least way better) money payouts each weekend.
Championship racing mentality is all fine and dandy but the guys with bigger points gaps between them simply want to remain as consistent as they can. Hell, its what I would do!
Take away any need for championship title and make the top prize each weekend worth pushing for and you may have some racing happening .....BUT......reality is we know that will never happen.
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