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On the flip-side, why are us Motocrossers so damn cheap?
I mean to go play golf i'm dropping 60 - 100$ a round
Hockey is 30$ to skate for 1 hour, - stick time or pickup etc.
i always wanted to own a track but it seems like you need to do other things to get it to be profitable
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Additionally, who are these "plenty of track owners" you know are doing well? How many are "plenty"?
And yes I’m privy to some of his personal info.
I can name at least 5-8 tracks in Ohio where the owners don’t work and do well.
I sell equipment to tracks all over and when a track spends 30k cash on implements it’s a pretty good sign they’re doing just fine.
The sport seems to be trending in that direction,
so it makes sense if you ask me.
A successful, safer, WSX will increase the participation in junior SX; to everyones benefit.
Reedy was one of those Juniors ripping an 80 indoors back in the day. Guess it worked and he’s introducing his mob even younger.
You would show up on the Friday, do a Stephen Gall course, and get your Supercross endorsement. So many kids/people that had no business being on those tracks.😂
*Privateers and local guys that were already endorsed would just pay the fee for the course so they could get time on the track.
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I’ve crunched the numbers every-way I can. Unless you can hold 3-4 big races a year like a LLQ, etc I just do not see how these guys turn profits.
If you have somewhere like monster mountain or have the perfect location like Lakewood and can get a National I could see it but you have to nail location, and still there are a lot of risk.
I live close to wildwood mx and goldenpines mx. Both of these place are amazing National caliber tracks. Every open practice I’ve been to they may have 40-60 people at most at 30$ a pop.
If he wanted a private track for himself and his kids, he could’ve built one anywhere in NC, without buying an existing facility just to shut it down.
They also have to buy water from the city to prep so there’s an extra expense that most tracks don’t have.
They’re not closing to the public for good just changing direction for a bit. I don’t know the details but I’d imagine some races / big events and some random open practices next year.
You guys have plenty of places to ride down there.
#1 - Club MX has always been a training facility. In 2014 they opened a practice track open to the public regularly. It moved in 2018 to where it's at now. The practice facility has always had spotty schedules. They'll open regularly for a while then take a break. Not sure why they do that but there have been quite a few times that I've struggled to find places to ride because it wasn't open regularly.
#2 - Chad Reed didn't pushout a great facility and turn it private. Everybody HATED Dust World. It was only a matter of time before they closed their doors.
#3 - Moto40 I'm sure started feeling the effects of reduced turnouts because the hype died down and the dirt sucks. Their intermediate track was super easy and crowded. Lots of disparity in speed/skill level and just kind of dangerous. I rode 2 motos and decided it was just too sketchy.
The advanced track was ok, just super tight and not very long not to mention it's not very challenging. With that said the prep was ok if you got their early but the dirt sucks out there so equipment and prep costs I'm sure are not cheap. When you factor in there is a major saturation of tracks in the area, they're all fighting over the same rider base it's only a matter of time until the market "right sizes."
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