SX Global Signs New Ten Year Deal with FIM for World Supercross

The fact the fim resigned a year deal with an organisations that has a less than 50% hit rate at putting on the events they announce shows that it’s after the money only 

So they pull down their socials ahead of, uh, extending their contract by a decade?  Odd.

A lot of behind the scenes stuff for a series that’s had 4 or 5 races in 2 years?

And that nobody else is in the que wanting to have a go at it. Which is a shame.

Well whatever happens from now, i hope these guys can do something solid with this now that the original people that made the mess are gone.

In before DonM is in here losing his mind. 

What a shit show. 

D'ya think they offered a "10 years for the price of 1" deal?

New owners, same old shit show until proven otherwise 

wSX......

KInda like "Honest Al's Used cars"......the warranty is 60 seconds, or 60 feet, whichever comes first.

At least it's fun from an spectator view....and I don't mean the racing. 

And they'll have a total of 10 races in that time span 

I just don't see how this will ever be as big as they intend on it being without true star power names. Sure they have Roczen for now, but he's close to retirement.  Great they're offering more racing opportunities for riders and teams but I'd pump the brakes on the illusion that this will ever replace or be bigger than SMX.  Hell they haven't even been able to properly complete a schedule with so many rounds being cancelled. This whole thing seems weird and IMO has financial disaster written all over it. I'd be absolutely shocked if this lasts the full 10 years.

Listen up, if Louis-Dreyfus is in, so am i, dammit. 

Seriously though when and where is the next event ?

I heard it's in TBAistan.

Calling WSX a World Championship is a joke. Outside Roczen, most of their 450 riders would struggle to make the top ten in American SX, and at least half of them would struggle to make mains.

Outside Australia and Europe, I'm not even sure there's much international interest in Supercross. Australia already has their own SX series, so why not not focus on Europe? Have an FIM European Supercross Championship, like they did in the early days of the GPs, Sidecarcross, and they still do with 2-Strokes and Quad racing.

Keeping it in Europe would help keep travel costs down and encourage more participation. Then, if or when the series grows enough, expand it into a World Championship.

"Outside Australia and Europe, I'm not even sure there's much international interest in Supercross."

Over a billion people live in India. 

https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/moto-related/indian-supercross-racing-le…

Anddddd no one cares…. MERICA 

I like Louis though so that’s cool but in all seriousness, if I barely have the interest to watch US Supercross there’s zero percent chance of me watching anything else unless we’re deep in the off season and I want podcast content.  

Outside Australia and Europe, I'm not even sure there's much international interest in Supercross.

I think Japan may have just a slight interest in the sport 

It's comical at this point. The finances still don't work. Ebrahim ponzi schemes fall apart but as long as new people keep signing up.....

FIM doesn't care, might as well announce a 100 year deal. It's something the promoters can sell and if it all falls apart FIM isn't really out anything because it's not like people are lining up to take the deal. 

Totally necessary to have a 10 year relationship when there may not even be a this year.  I would have told them get through next season and we will talk.  Why give them the rights to f$&k it up for 10 years?

Eh, screw that, when are they going to start up a monster truck series? How about a bunch of clowns getting out of a car?

Press release in a few months.... Evan Ferry signs with WSX to race the World Championship of SX. Team TBA.

I hope they poach Will. 

Is it really that controversial to say SX is largely an American sport? Weren't all those WSX rounds cancelled last year because of low ticket sales? I think it's cool that India has their own series now, but only time will tell if it's viable or not. Outside that, the only other countries that I know run SX/AX are Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, and New Zealand. And I feel like only Paris, Geneva, and Australia attract any top SX talent.

Google trends for Supercross would also suggest low interest outside Europe, Australia, and the Americas:

There may be a demand for Supercross worldwide that simply isn't being met, but I don't see how you make it work with out building up a base to work with. WSX in it's current state will never attract the top SX riders it needs to call itself a proper World Championship. WSX should start smaller; build up its own pool of talent (like the US did with the Nationals back in the 70's) and then expand and become a proper World Championship.

But Abu Dhabi last year? Calling that a premier Supercross event is a joke.

Outside Australia and Europe, I'm not even sure there's much international interest in Supercross. 

From the very first day, SX Global said their goal is to create it. Hence the name.

So no one is discussing Adam Bailey leaving or getting the boot.

IG account gets removed and teams are quitting left and right.

Then the FIM signs a new 10 year agreement really with the new owners

No real info from the media?

Will this shitshow get better or is it doomed.

Adam Bailey leaving was discussed in another thread and was the catalyst to the media finding out WSX was in a rough spot. The deleted accounts soon followed. The media knows as much as we do. They’re not being told anything we aren’t. 

Lewis knows everything there is to now.

"Is it really that controversial to say SX is largely an American sport?"

No. That's where it originated from. Feld/AMA has the premier SX series in the world, but it was also built over 50 years. 

A startup international series isn't going to rival it overnight. They have to start somewhere. 

India has a long-term plan. They said they were going to have 3 rounds in their first year, and they didn't cancel any of them. IMO, their first year was a success. 

I know there have also been AX/SX races in Finland, Netherlands, Japan, and China. 

I didn't watch Abu Dhabi last year, but that whole thing was a disaster. Everything from the venue, the track, to the shitty equipment to build it. That whole thing was a fail. 

WSX might not have all the top tier riders, but what would you suggest they call the series that has rounds across the world?