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After Watching the supercross season this
Year, I think the part of any track design
Should be focused mostly on how we get
( the riders) options out of the gate.
Example : split gate sections or further starting start lanes to break them up , and
Give more riders a chance.
That's my opinion of course , but it is
Always mentioned by the "Pros" and head staff of the magazine company's.
what are your thoughts?
Year, I think the part of any track design
Should be focused mostly on how we get
( the riders) options out of the gate.
Example : split gate sections or further starting start lanes to break them up , and
Give more riders a chance.
That's my opinion of course , but it is
Always mentioned by the "Pros" and head staff of the magazine company's.
what are your thoughts?
The stars aligned for the 250 race and we had top guys up front. it would have been better if osborne was up there as well. With the top 10 guys starting on the front row we would have a train of fast guys more often then not.
Lets be real here. there are the main event guys then there are the main event contenders
Moto GP style?
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Maybe start everyone on the same 22 man gate for heats, semis, and LCQ. Then do the double row for the mains.
Having all start on the same qualifying gates (heat etc) would add some element of randomness to the front row main event qualifiers. 8 heat and top two from each semi for the front row. Title contenders could make the front row start pretty easily that way, which should lesson the impact of the first 5 seconds of the race impacting the championship.
Quite frankly it's irrelevant what Stewart thinks about the starts. He is retired and currently making no attempt to give anything back to the sport that made him a millionaire. Difficult to see how he would benefit when he's not even on the gate.
I'm thinking it had more to do with the work James put into "the sport", coupled with his level of talent. I don't think he owes "the sport" anything. He rose to a level in his chosen professional where he was able to largely do things however he wanted. Many of us are trying to do the same with our own lives.
Yeah, it'd be cool to have him around, but he's probably enjoying not having to travel all of time. Retired at 31? Not bad I say...if he's truly retired.
Whether he owes the sport anything is a matter of opinion. My opinion is that he's free to take his cash and walk away if he likes - but it might be nice if he put something back in like a lot of ex-pro's do, especially for his fans who supported him along the way.
However you appear to have missed my points which were.
1. The season is pretty awesome without him, it certainly doesn't need him.
2. He isn't going to benefit from any rule changes if he's not racing.
3. He really shouldn't have any say on rule changes if he decides to take his money and walk away from the sport.
I just found RCT851's post a bit weird, like somehow we need Stewart's approval on this?
Just suggesting if this were to happen He may more more inclined to continue racing. I think he would fair much better starting with a semi clear track. Obviously I'm assuming he would qualify well enough for the front row.
Pit Row
Make it substantially shorter for the fastest qualifier to the first turn, or get a digital gate that drops at different times like a bracket race. Yeah its totally different but thats the point.
I never understood two hours of qualifying just for a gatepick...either make the gatepick a real advantage or give some points. Right now the Heats and Semis are just pointless.
Here's the reasoning: The results in our sport are too consistent, leading to a lack of drama.
The more you put the fastest riders in order of qualifying the less likely there will be any passing, just like MotoGP.
It becomes a boring parade.
The starting gate is iconic to our sport, this is a tradition I would never want to see changed. A starting gate gives (in theory) everyone a fair chance. No other motorsport does it like that.
A lottery start creates a new set of problems about the previous races being meaningful. While I advocate for an elimination format where 1/2 of the field is eliminated in each of 4 quarterfinals down to 2 semi's and then the main (starting with 80 riders), I see the possible 3 main format of the MEC also being high in entertainment value and never having the factory riders eliminated before the main(s) keeping spectators and factories happy.
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SX/MX has always been special because of the "daredevil" aspect of everyone arriving to the 1st turn at the same time creating drama.
You don't get this anywhere else. Un predictable!
You'd still get the top 10 arriving at the first corner around the same time for a bit of excitement, but a bad start would result in a 10th place on the first lap rather than 15th or 16th, therefore placing less emphasis on the start and more emphasis on the rest of the race.
Who knows why he's not around, I certainly don't, but I'd bet he dealt with certain things that make it easy to stay away.
...and no, I don't think his approval is needed on this either.
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