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Race was in another location but they changed over to this one... first track must have been pretty bad if track was reason for it. Its cool practice track build in 2 weeks but I would rather watch that 1997 track than this one.
Anstie seems to step his game up again when a couple of front runners are out. He has always been like that. His mental game could really use some work.
I dread to think what our sport is going to look like in 10 years time
Now, before the squealing begins, here is what I think Luongos' attitude seems to be :
No ones interested in back markers, especially on TV. 'They', the casually interested 'fans', are only interested in the 'stars'. At least that is what the Organisers, TV / Streaming producers and Directors believe. How many times do you see riders not towards the front in broadcasts ( in any series) , when We know (or bloody well Should know), how talented all the riders are out there.
It's an attitude / trend ( that shits me ) that has come into so many motor sports. MotoGP, about 24 riders most times, WSBK has gone down that road too, and , others.
Luongo / Youthstream, has given travel assistance at the tiniest of levels for fly away, or even long distance races. Something like about 200 /220 kg and sweet FA in personnel flight and accommodation assistance. So, many highly skilled, incredibly fast Riders and good Teams, cannot afford to travel overseas, or, even to some of the distant European races. Believe me, European travel, to further away events like Russia, Turkey, or some of the Scandinavian countries, is much more difficult and expensive than it is for we who live in Big countries, like Australia and the USA. Yes, we've got vast distances to travel at times, but it's all in the one culture and country.
Though, Alaska and Hawaii are part of the USA, but I don't think we'll ever see Feld SX and DC's MX rounds in those states.
Heck, Luongos' / Youthstreams / Upfronts ( I think that's the new owner) wallets may have opened up, and there is better 'assistance', but the prick(s), if he or they have done so, don't make it easy to find. Just like so many of his / their other charges to compete in 'his / their' sport.
It sucks - I think , years ago, there may have been assistance for say, OZ and NZ riders to get to the 90's Indonesian GPs. I know a bloke that raced them, so if I run into him, I'll try to remember to ask.
It sucks to see riders who shouldn't be out there. Yet, Luongo seems to not give a damn, or just not realize how bad it looks. Just like he doesn't seem to realize how damaging his idiotic 'over / on 23, and you're out of MX2' is.
Keep in mind the amount of Riders and Teams that have not gone to some of the Canadian SX rounds over the years, based on costs. It's not cheap to compete, and, in the World Championships Of Motocross, it's incredibly expensive. And, much of that expense, goes to filling the Luongos, and the series new 'owners', bank balances, at the expense of so many others.
Oh, and do have a look at the entries in EMX125 and EMX250, that are at many rounds of the GPs. Regularly, recently, there'll be 90 / over 100 riders in each of those classes, trying to qualify for the 40 spots in those races.
Pit Row
The injury list right now is brutal. It would've looked way better even if 50% of the injured riders would have been on the gate. The days of 20 rider gates in GPs are in most cases gone (even in the fly-away rounds). And the trips to these places are crazy expensive, if many of the regular guys are hurt this is the result in these rounds.
But at least the next Indonesian race will be on a proper track that actually is worth being on the GP schedule.
As for the amount of riders there is supposed to be, here's another thing Luongo tried / wanted, and strangely, still seems to want:
There's not supposed to be 40 riders on the gate, not in that bastards thinking. He designated / had legislated 30 rider maximum gates ( at the very least, for the MXGP class), a few years ago. He, just doesn't give a f**k about the riders, just his 'show'. That was, I think, enacted for a very short time, but, whatever stopped it, was good. Maybe the bastard thought, "well, if 40 riders are on the gate, it does mean more exorbitant entry fees I've just pocketed".
Understand, if you can, I utterly despise Luongo, and his rape of our sport. But, the racing should go to the markets that are buying bikes. Hell, those millions of small capacity bike sales, effectively subsidize 'our' trick Dirt (and Road) Bike models, that sell in only the tens of thousand, if we are lucky.
Luongo should be helping Teams, both big and small, far more, to get them to these necessary fly away rounds. The mongrel has talked about how it's the F1 / MotoGP of the Dirt world ; well, he should take in the level of travel funds those series give to their Teams and Competitors.
That Luongo doesn't seem to realize how bad such low fields look, well, it baffles me beyond belief. He's pig headed Cretin.
Once again, there's a few paragraphs for you to struggle through, but, if you read them all, you could learn a few things.
I saw more people on top of buildings and perched in Trees than around the track, well except for where they pack the crews and their people in the structure.
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