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RacerX, MXSports and the rest of the journalistic world is there for a professional national competition, not for a filler race designed to keep the crowd amused.
kidding, I'm only kidding! $?
Now keep in mind, those are also the same people that did cartwheels for 3 months promoting the same "All Star 125 Series" that we were told we should be so excited about.
You can't make this stuff up.
The 125 races are a cute sideshow to what everyone really came to see. And that's coming from a guy who loves 125s, and thinks that all the manufacturers should be making one. It's a crucial stepping stone that's partially missing in our sport.
Do I know who's rumored to have possibly failed another test? Yes. But as of this point, there's no evidence of an actual failure. Should I rush out and out a rider who may have made a mistake, if there's no positive test? I don't think so.
On the same topic, I've heard at least three versions of the backstory. Which one am I supposed to believe?
In the meantime, do I drop the story and ruin the rider's chances of ever scoring a good ride, based on what so far are only rumors, just to please some disgruntled forum members? Nope.
Pit Row
DC’s crew, Racer X, is giving the series the most coverage of any media outlet as they have a full one Video guy at each round filming that race and doing the helmet camera layovers.
KTM 50 SX gets covered every once in awhile but is paid for by KTM to Feld and is incorporated into occasional tv coverage per that deal. The 125 all star races are exhibition and aren’t filmed. NBC won’t have the crew filming during this period and won’t host it in the tv coverage, it’s not soemthing they signed up for or is a part of their deal.
I’ve had OEMs angry at me for stuff we’ve written, yet to get a paycheck to do anything for them.
Here are a few of my thoughts on this.
1. The coverage on these races is much less of a media problem and much MORE of a sanctioning body/promoter problem. I know the Vital crew busts their asses to bring the fans good coverage and I for one (and I hope the rest of the fans) appreciate it. "Pit Bits" is my favorite feature of the week of any moto site, hands down. You guys work hard to cover the races and I think all of the Vital members appreciate that.
2. If the promoters of the two stroke series are going to push the "series" to try to make money off it, they need to provide the tools so the media can report on the race like it's 2018, not 1940. They can't promote the series like this: https://mxsportsproracing.com/pages/125-allstar-series and not expect people to want to at least know how people finished:
3. The challenges in covering these first three rounds is not the media's fault IMO. It is the fault of the people that are promoting the races in the first place and the fact that they are clearly unprepared to handle the "series" properly. It's not like they are new to promoting races, therefore no excuses. They need to own it.
4. This is not a 2 stroke vs 4 stroke popularity contest. More classes of different types of machinery is better for the sport as a whole and increases sales and the bottom line. Without that, some day we might not have a sport? All of the people making condescending statements and mocking the two strokes are chopping their own sport (that they supposedly love) off at the knees. Its a huge part of the market.
5. The promoters and sanctioning bodies need to quit living in fear of the OEM's and start running the races like a real organization instead of sideshow circus while functioning as a propaganda arm of the OEM's. It's getting so obvious it's becoming embarrassing.
I have a full tank of fuel in the flamethrower, let's hear some of your thoughts.
I' have a different view on this than most. I feel mx has been popular in the distant past partly because it was affordable compared to other motorsports .
As the sport evolved, costs increased, along with health care and liability costs affecting participant's and promoters.
It would be cool to have a more affordable class than the full enchilada. Like the limited classes in Baja.
A true privateer class .
I hope this is it.
It doesn't matter which type of bike is faster or slower if you can't afford to get to the races in the first place.
The problem for TV is that intermission serves as the one and only break for a vast crew that do not have the same passion for 125 two-strokes--or even motocross--as they are, for the most part, professional TV production people for any and all sports. They are there to cover the 250 and 450 National classes, not the intermission. We tried everything from moving the starting times to 1:30 but that doesn't work for the networks. We considered a 10 a.m. race but that's not fair to the fans who are actually attending the nationals. We thought about late-Friday afternoons but the TV truck and cameras would not be ready. And we considered just paying that crew of about 60 overtime wages and delivering lunch to everyone but that wasn't realistic either. It's the exact same problem TV had with covering the WMX, the Legends race at Ironmen, the OG 125 Dream Race at Washougal and more.
So we hoped that Vital MX and MXA and TWMX and Racer X and more would be able to get enough material to help give the guys participating in each race some decent publicity and the fans who were interested some decent coverage.
Each promoter was to do their own 125 race, and Hangtown was a bit of a mess with sign-up and scoring. The Dirt Diggers were much more focused on the national, and with good reason--it was their 50th Hangtown and they had a lot going on. Some riders didn't actually sign-up, which made scoring (and announcing) difficult. The race also started when most of the MX media guys were on their own breaks in the media tent, uploading morning practice photos, eating, whatever; I know one of the Racer X guys missed the start because he thought they were going to do a sighting lap first.
Later, we didn't realize what a problem getting results out for the whole field would be until the race was over and there wasn't a complete list of names and numbers. Glen Helen had theirs under control, and it was much better at Thunder Valley. Next week is High Point and we will have it dialed.
So yes, to your point, the series needs to do a better job in general in organizing and getting the word out, but please remember that it's the Lucas Oil 250/450 Pro Motocross Championship that is our primary focus this summer, and hopefully these 125 All Star races will grow and find more traction (and organization) in the near future.
The T-shirt is not meant to be condescending to the two-stroke crowd (of which I consider myself a part), but to the conspiracy theorists out there that jump to conclusions and post things like, well, go back and read some of your own posts (and there are many) and maybe you will see the point, just as we see your point that it needs more organization and follow-thru. There's just a lot of chainsaws to juggle at some of these very big races and adding 125cc ones to the whole production takes some time to find the right place in the lineup.
p.s. I don't know of anyone failing an official drug-test either.
p.s.s What size shirt do you wear?
DC
Racer X
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