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If you can pilot a 500 2 stroke in a modern frame, you should be able to race it. Let the privateers compete again on bored 300's if thats what it takes. The displacement gap isn't really the same when all the tech has gone into 4 strokes recently, but that doesn't mean smaller cc'd 2 strokes couldn't compete, just has to be more cc's than the current 250.
I know factory teams sell bikes BUT SO DO PRIVATEERS competing on the national level. 2 strokes close the gap between full blown race bikes costing $25k+
What they have created in SX today is whats called "bracket racing".
The main reason for considering a Chase type format is to keep the battle for the championship going until the end of the season. I would agree that it's more exciting to watch a championship go down to the wire. But I don't think Chase is the right way to go.
Maybe allowing riders to drop a number of their bad races should be considered. We're already familiar with the system and see how well it works for the MXdN.
Keep the points the same but reverse them. Low score wins.
Riders can drop their 4 worst races. Except 4 select rounds: 1. 6. 11. second last.
This should help keep the points chase tighter and give injured riders a chance to minimize any points loss.
Just an idea but better than Chase.
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a chase format detracts from having a long series period.
what everyone wants is a close battle all the way to the end. Right?
But the battle is cheapened if the series is effectively shortened or reset.
A chase format is a joke.
I also like the MEC format of 2 or 3 shorter mains. That way the whole night doesn't hinge on one event
I would rather be interested than not.
Terrible idea, more rounds, closer points payout ( 25-24-23-22- ) to keep it tighter and let the guys who earn it throughout the season walk away with the title. Make it MEAN more...
If anything fourstrokes made the racing more level once the exemption rules for the manufacturers expired.
Modern bikes have so much power that only a select few can really ride them on the edge. Maybe smaller motors would tighten things up a bit? Indoors at least?
Talk to someone with knowledge of building race motors and get back with us please to let us know if you are standing by your comment.
Slightly staggered start for me. E.g top 5 next to each other, next 5 slightly back etc. maybe only 1 m back, so the effect is small, but puts the fast guys together.
Pit Row
A few of the slower guys will get lucky and basically hold up some of the faster riders who didn't nail the start. Then by the time they get around them the leader or leaders are gone. I would rather see the fast guys up front right from the start and watch them battle it out. Maybe 2 rows of 10?
Also, as far as the chase goes. Why not try it? it may work. If not, next year ditch it.
SX needs a shake up imo.
First off, if what I hear is true (that the Chase format is scrapped...for now) then great. It sucks in NASCAR, and it'll suck in moto. If you want to create more parity, then create a scoring format that both rewards consistency and doesn't penalize (too harshly) for an off-night.
The two-moto system, in my opinion, would do this. In the current points system, if Roczen gets taken out in the first turn and tweaks his bike to the point where it can't be ridden, he leaves the event with zero points. In a two-moto format, he has the opportunity to salvage points and NOT leave the race empty handed. 25 points is a almost insurmountable deficit to come back from. James Stewart and the GOAT could make up the points, but the current talent gap from 1st to 10th is so much closer than it was back in the mid 2000's.
The only other alternative would be to let the riders drop their worst score. I'm personally not a huge fan of this, but I would take it over a Chase-style format any day of the week.
BTW not everyone shares your Chase opinion particularly in NASCAR.
as far as a chase goes there are not really 16 competitive riders for the tittle, if you're comparing to nascar........realistically after about 6 or 7 events there are maybe 4 guys that can win the title anyway....just like NASCAR final..........this all gets thrown out the window anyway with SX injuries, the built in chase system
The only change that makes sense to me is the idea of doing two or three ten lap finals at each, or even selected rounds.
-The chase is about 17 races long
-There are probably about 5 or 6 riders that have a legitimate shot at winning
-During the chase, riders with no shot at winning the chase, sometimes impact riders who are in the chase
-The rider with the most points at the end of the chase wins the championship
It will keep the points CLOSE through the entire season and make guys have to fight for those points, you will see more passing and aggression to gain those valuable points. vs people giving up when the leaders have a big enough points lead, also it will end the championships being decided with 4 rounds to go....
All who win a main event gets in the chase. All who's in the first 8 in points gets in the case. Besides the normal points, you also get 'Podium credits'. These credits will be used to make an first standing to start the case with.
Example on hand of season 2016
Detroit is the last race for the normal points (round 11). That makes that Ryan Dungey, Ken Roczen, Jason Anderson, Eli Tomac, Marvin Musquin, Cole Seely, Chad Reed and Justin Brayton would be in the case. But imagine that someone outside the top 8 won a main event, that would also be OK to be in the chase.
Those 8, wouldn't start with 0 points at the start of the chase, because that would make all those efforts in the previous races useless. That why I created podium credits. (5 Points for 1ste, 3 points for 2nd and 1 point for 3th). That would shake things up a bit! Reed would jump from 7 to 5th. Marvin would jump from 5 to 4.
Ryan Dungey 39 credits
Ken Roczen 20 credits
Jason Anderson 11 credits
Marvin Musquin 10 credits
Chad Reed 7 credits
Eli Tomac 6 credits
Cole Seely 5 credits
Justin Brayton 0 credits
Then they should race 6 races, score normal points and those 8 can figure out who becomes champ. This would be the outcome in 2016 if they would've worked that way.
Ryan Dungey 177 Points
Ken Roczen 137 Points
Jason Anderson 126 Points
Eli Tomac 110 points
Chad Reed 97 points
Justin Brayton 72 points
Cole Seely 51 points
Marvin Musquin 46 points
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