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Obviously, the pro section will be prepped and open later im guessing.
I rode Budds Creek last Monday, and it was built up more than usual, but still not as technical and big as it will be for the pro race. I've ridden that track the day after, and holy shit it's like a totally different facility for those week or two around the race. After that it goes back to a more friendly layout for us regular folk.
Shit changes bigly when the national shows up to HP.
The original High Point design was from September 1976, when Maico factory riders Sylvain Geboers, Hans Maisch and maybe Adolf Weil were there to practice in between Trans-AMA races in the Bel-Ray Maico van. It was too wet to ride the grass track that my dad had laid out for the one and only race there before that visit, but they decided to walk around on their own and laid out a new track with rocks and tree branches to mark where they would put the corners. They designed an almost entirely new track and my dad went with it....
A lot has changed over the years. Maico is gone, the Trans-AMAs are gone, Adolf Weil passed. My dad is gone. Motorcycles have evolved to an incredible level. High Point has undergone many, many changes.This is just the latest. Bradshaw Boulevard changed because guys like Chad Reed were literally pre-jumping the tunnel jumps. The triples behind the starting gate were so easy that Jeremy McGrath jumped them on the first lap of a Kawasaki intro two years ago -- and he had not been on the track since 1998! And Guy B is right, the start was terribly unfair to anyone on the right of the doghouse..
So we gave the old girl a makeover, The jumps were tame this weekend, and we didn't run the whole track. But the feedback we got was almost universally positive, with some really good suggestions to make it even better moving forward,
We're lucky this motocross track is still there after more than 40 years. But if you don't think LaRocco's Leap hasn't changed over the years, I suggest you get measure how much closer they've had to move the fence to the takeoff...
And like SX track architect Rich Winkler once said to us (and I am paraphrasing), People always want us to build Anaheim '86, but if we did, guys would be jump entire LANES of the track -- the bikes are so much better it's ridiculous. That's the challenge.
Please come to the national and see how you like it in person. It might be more exciting that an 85cc rider's GoPro footage.
DC
Racer X
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Can't wait to see the national track this year!
DC
Racer X
"Memories of my children being born GONE!!!"
To me it seems like it's now better use of the terrain and more natural terrain than in the past. The downhills and uphills were cool and super gnarly and rough. The start was better for sure.
Not only that, but they also ran a good program, kept flowing, and well organized. Nice job!
For me as a fat vet racer it was nice to not be worrying about trying to clear certain jumps and more about picking lines on the natural terrain.
I find it funny, as always, how so many of the comments on this thread are from people that were not there and probably live 2000 miles away.
The one truly sucky part of the weekend was riding and/or trying to walk down the road to the staging area and gate. It was terrible with the giant rock road! However, that was just put in as the road base and more layers will go on top soon I was told by the staff. Totally understandable.
Planning on coming back for the Vet National! Maybe all the experts from thousands of miles away can watch the videos from that and tell us all how crappy it was.
SMH.
And then someone tops it by posting from 9500+ miles away telling us there were no off cambers! BTW there were several off-cambers, I know because I was actually there racing it on my bike!
Anyone from the Moon or Mars want to chime in next? hahaha
DC
Racer X
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