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B. let them FINISH in the series they start and boot them in any following series, B takes longer but it eventually starts helping
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Again, JMO
In my opinion the best option would be some air cooled bike options, XR100 Type and race classes for them.
Since a lot of people don't get the practice around the neighborhood or the track you and your buddy's made in a field these days like we did in the past, especially if you live in a populated area and don't have property.
I rode for 2 years on a Kawasaki KD80 trail bike prior to getting my first race bike a CR80. And IMO the CR80 was very pipey Had it been my first I can see how that would be difficult. I had the clutch and shifting down from time on the mellow bike I also was used to jumping from years riding BMX and my friends didn't.
RCB33
In 1976 as a minibike MX rider, intermediate class at the time, I entered my first ever desert race, it was called Searchlight to Vegas. It actually started by Cal-Nev-Ari. It was a flag start in waves... Big bikes by class then little bikes by class. So 80cc Novice was the last flag drop of the entire event. Anywhere from 20 to 40 bikes in every class.
By the time we got to the fuel refilling pit in Searchlight I had passed all but 2 of the intermediates and was 10 minutes ahead of the novices. By the end of the race, I finished 2nd overall minibike... Only didn't pass 1 expert.
So we immediately bumped up to expert... The promoters were laughing with my parents because they knew it wasn't on purpose. We literally were a first timer. That risk exists, but that's not at all what we are talking about here.
Intentional sandbagging... There has to be a better way.
time I went to Mammoth I didn't even make the Sunday race in my usual
class but the fuck if I was going to drop down. Just stiff competition
and I got worked. That's racing.
When I was racing a lot in NY, I could race probably 5-6 different districts. Some were AMA others were "outlaw" series. One district I could've raced expert and won others top 5 in Novice was a good finish.
If you think someone is sandbagging, ask them why before getting mad or protesting. You just might not be as fast as you thought.
Some just get mad because they got beat. I've been protested for having re-vavled suspension and new tires! 😆
Pit Row
That $6.00 plastic trophy......
They need to be moved up.
The 'pointing out system' ain't cutting it in that class/those class's.
I'm a true fan of LL's. Hell, I raced the 1st one back when Dave Sr. was runnin the Cat around the track in the morning. But, things have changed a bit, since then, and have gotten a bit "Too Serious, Too Early".
It's time to police the living shit out of these classes.
How? Just do it. "Known Hot Shoes" and the like need to be scrutinized and 'moved up accordingly'.
Signed,
A FAN of MX racing since 1968.
Hammer 663s
Let's say that any win percentage above 75% in a calendar year means you move up automatically. You race once and you win once, you move up. In this scenario, only overall wins count.
I can definitely find problems with this, say for example if a rider wins a bunch of local races but barely qualifies for LL and then goes and gets smoked at LL, what then?
the year I'm talking about was his 2nd year on bigger bikes. He really was good enough to skip C all together What is the solution there, I honestly don't know
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