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Can anyone tell me why the MXGP pit set ups are so much better than the AMA rigs?
If I were a potential series or team sponsor that got brought out to a race, looking at these awesome MXGP rigs, I would just write the check because I know the team will represent my brand well.
I don't think there is a lot more money in MXGP, so why why why don't we see amazing rigs like this in the pits at an AMA national?
Can anyone tell me why the MXGP pit set ups are so much better than the AMA rigs?
If I were a potential series or team sponsor that got brought out to a race, looking at these awesome MXGP rigs, I would just write the check because I know the team will represent my brand well.
I don't think there is a lot more money in MXGP, so why why why don't we see amazing rigs like this in the pits at an AMA national?
In addition i find it tough to see that money is available for these types of infrastructures, but at the same time HRC offered no salary for riders to fill in for the injured Evans.
Having said that, the Iceone Husqvarna team has also a very high end rig which they introduced i think last year. At first i had the same reaction as above, but in an interview the teammanager explaiend that the hightech rig was very quick to setup compared to the day it usually cost to set up their former rig (and break it down again). Those saved days was worth a lot during a season with 18 gp's which i kind of can imagine.
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Echoing ronihos post : I can't recall where I saw it, but there was a good article / video a while ago about the Husky set up. Besides how trick it is, a big point about it that Antti Pyrhonen put forward about it was how quick and easy it was to set up, pack up and clean. It was a hell of a Lot of man hours saved that he quoted. He compared it to the change from a bunch of vans, to Big Rigs, so long ago, in efficiency and costs.
There's going to be more of those things, that's for sure.
Conversely, I've been following Willies Boy, Sean Simpson's Vlog. But, even as a Privateer, he has a fancy ( but not large) enclosed marquee, with a bike as a display bike, an (I think you'd call it a 'Fun Hauler' type) transport trailer, Big van, An RV (that I think Willie and his Wife travel in), so even a Privateer can have a bit of a travelling Caravan associated with them.
Here's a Race Transporter from 1972 that created a bit of a sensation at the time :
The GP Fly Away Crates and Work Stations are so, so trick. They don't f**k around in The World Championships, because, well, It Is The World Championships. Quite a few of the EMX Pit set ups are noteworthy, by any standard.
I have just a very small view into who really runs these teams, and i think you have former riders and mechanics running race operations and logistics for teams in the USA.
These people are not marketing or business people, so you get less vision and more basic pit presentations.
This sport is in a sponsorship crisis now, monster and Red Bull has teams by the balls. Put up more sophisticated pit areas and cater to corporations looking to spend money on teams.
European teams seem to have the advantage in Powersports elegance and style when it comes to how they present this sport to outside companies.
Two days, 6 personnel, 6 trailers, forklift, scissor lift and some sort of crane.
But yes the pits are always a big show in Europe.
And Formula 1 is the top.
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