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I am not trying to prevent a privateer from showing up and trying to qualify, but trying to preserver privateers in the Premiere class is counter-intuitive. We need 22 top guys in there and fewer Amarts and Davalos in the 250 class. THey are getting paid too much.
Theres still jobs in the 250 class, but you dont need to spend a fortune to build a winning bike and pay a factory rider for 5-6 years. You take a young star, groom him at a fair salary, and then move him along up into 450 if he can cut it. If not, he can try to qualify for either class up until a certain age in 250, then a few years more 450, and if the system works, he wont make any mains.
Some of you jokers want to give a pass to riders who are slow into the first turn, but get rid of riders who are "slow" in the rest of the race.
Let's get rid of the whoops, because some of riders are better than others. (Sarcasm)
Let's get rid of big jumps, because some riders are better than others at jumps. (Also sarcasm)
Here's another clue, the start is part of the race. Get good at it, or suffer the consequences in your race results.
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Um, other than the fact that the "no previous history" thing is long gone, pretty much all motorsports with the exception of F1. Daytona 500 has a lot more than 43 cars trying to qualify. Same as NHRA. etc etc
And 12 is what I threw out there because that's all that finished on the lead lap. But 16 would still be better than 22.
Since the SX program has so much down time, maybe it would make for a better show if they ran a main event with about 15 riders, but before that ran a B main with the next 15 guys who didn't make the main. But then, I'm the one guy who liked the Semis.
Kaptkaos wrote,” The biggest reason that guy is there is because its cheaper to run a 450 than a 250, not because he belongs on a 450! “ AGREE
THIS could be easily fixed by removing the ridiculous outdated “double-displacement rule” and racing 125cc and 250cc motorcycles, ANY stroke. They’ve already dumbed it down enough with timed practice, double-displacement four-strokes, holeshot devices, starting grids, traction control, ignition maps,and excessive grooming.
What issues does it remedy?
What issues does it raise?
Pit Row
Going back to 2014, there are only 4 riders to make a 450 podium, who hadn't already won a 250 championship (either SX or MX):
Josh Grant - he won the second 450 SX race he was in. So he was a podium contender from the beginning.
Justin Brayton - he was a top 10 guy as soon as he started racing 450s
Josh Hill - He had 4 podiums his first season in 450 SX.
Weston Peick - he didn't finish in the top 10 of a 450SX race until his 25th race.
The point of my exercise is to say that in the past 5+ seasons, Weston Peick is the only rider who improved from 15-22 guy to podium contender. Everybody else was either a top 250 rider or immediately got good on 450s.
It raises the issue of pulling top riders off the track. Occasionally the "stars" will get lapped due to a crash. But when that happens, I assume they never get their lap back. I think Jason Anderson got lapped at Salt Lake City last year when he crashed and had a problem with his wheel. He ended up finishing 17th. An immediate black flag would have given him a 22nd place finish, and cost him 5 points. Instead of going into Vegas with a 14 points lead, he would have had a 9 point lead.
This could be solved by having top 5 in the point standings be exempt from the automatic black flag.
I do mind riders who are sharing the track with the fastest men on the planet rolling sections consistently. Rolling here or there because of fast guys coming through or mistiming something is totally understandable. But at about halfway the usual suspects roll regularly
Just bumping this now that Tomac stated the same exact thing, down to the 15 rider number.
A 12 rider main would take the excitement level from a 10 to a 3.
I believe differently. First of all, you’d not even know it on TV besides the start. And in person I think it would help keep the concentration on the lead group and the actual racing. Less clutter.
Have you never seen the heads up racing 1 v 1 at like an arenacross? Super exciting.
THIS.
Qualifiers 21 and 22 get lapped 3 times.
First turn crashes. First lap crashes.
Tracks deteriorate more into rutcross.
Tell me about one battle you remember for 21st place?
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