How to....... start a SX team?

Not really.

Although the track looks pretty good, starting a supercross team is all about bike, parts, a good transport truck and the single most important thing is lot'$ of money.

You need $2,000,000 to lose $1,000,000

"an" SX team. Just sayin'.........

You have no clue!

And with out the money to build and maintain the track, the bikes that allow you to train and the parts to keep those bikes running?

true but without bikes you cant ride at all

who is he?

sounds like it

hes got these up on his facebook, i guess the deal with barbara fell through. lumpy, will you be going down there any? id love an invite to watch him ride. havent seen him at tnt lately...

Les Smith?

That's what i was thinking. So JGR is going to have a 250 rider now?

I don't know who the rider is but I do know that track looks like fun.

"Blue practice bikes this week and his JGR bike is in the works."

This is starting to sound real good!

#1 win 100,000,000 in the lottery #2 give half to the Government #3 invest 25,000,000 to live on after you waste the rest #4 blow 25,000,000 on a team and have time of your life. The better you do the longer you get to play

just tell us who it is already lumpy!!! lol

Oh yeah.....that track does look like fun!

A track has very very little to do with starting a team. There are multiple tracks to ride and train for the top level.

Reguardless, its cool that Les is going to have his own track on his property in SC

Come on guys...........surely someone wants to help a three-time Loretta Lynn Champion realize his dream..........

That's all we're doing here - same as everyone else right now - the "supercross team" is just him - and we're doing all we can to help him get his "shot" at the big time - no different than lots and lots of parents out there. Les has worked his tail off for years and years just to get a shot at the pro ranks - we have him licensed, credentialed, and signed up for the East Coast - now he has a GREAT track to practice on cause we were having to spend each night begging someone to let him come and ride the next day - rest assured these "troubled times" have done nothing but fuel his fire - again probably no different than several others like him - we will just do all we can and let him prove it on the track - #1 goal right now is to make sure when he's 35 he will not have regrets - he can know that he tried his hardest, won a few, lost a few - but got his shot. Some people may think that if he is not the next "Ricky Carmichael" then he has failed - never in my eyes - I have a very responsible, honest, hardworking nineteen year old who graduated from high school last spring, never considers drinking, smoking pot, etc - and I still know where he is every Saturday night, cause he has me at the track taking lap times.......gotta love that!

Thanks, Lumpy, for BELIEVING!

Thats great news for Les he is a good kid.

Best of luck to Les.

Les has def. put in ALOT of time and hard work, I say people notice that and would hook him up with a ride along with othersbut unfortunately there isn't the sponsors/money to support the talent pool


good luck to Les and all the other guys out there tryin to make it.

I hope that some of these riders today realize that they may not make racing as a career and focus on a future with a college education and a career in/outside the industry.

The right budget
The right people
Hard work

everything else follows

Someone's been talkin' to Brooks!

Sounds like you achieved a great amount of assistance already for Les. He seems to have more at his disposal than most privateers and many small team efforts. Good job and good luck.