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Can you post those screenshots please?
I never saw them and don't wanna go down a Cooksey rabbit hole to find them.
Greg Bauman posted this in a Facebook group regarding discussion of the same podcast. Greg promoted some nationals and USGP events back in the ‘90’s.
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Before listening to Davey's take, I'll give you my own take based on my real-life experience of promoting the 500cc USGP's there from 1990 to 1992, followed by an AMA 125/250 National in 1993 with my business partner Roger DeCoster. Simply put, Bud Feldkamp wasn't easy to work with. Despite having a mutually agreed upon contract with Glen Helen which clearly stated what equipment we were allowed to use for track preparation, and who was in charge of running the event, and who was in charge of obtaining sponsorship and picking various vendors, etc., etc; Bud wanted to stick his nose in everything. We were supposed to have exclusive use of the facility for one full week to build the GP track and haul in grandstands, fencing, haybails, and the like, but Bud would lock us out of the main gate if he was pissed about something and threaten not to unlock them unless we conceded something to him. He accused our track builder (Blake Hamilton, you're more than welcome to chime in on this) of being too hard on the equipment that he contractually agreed to make available to us, and he revoked our access to his D3 and water truck, forcing us to make last-minute and expensive arrangements with third parties in order to get the track built on-time. On the eve of the event Bud would show up, and without consulting me or Roger, erect his own VIP tents on prime real estate for his own family and friends and cronies, then we'd get into a shouting match about how many people he was letting into the event for free, despite us honoring a predetermined and agreed upon number of passes for his guests. This went on for four years, by which time Roger and I had had it with putting up with his bullshit. We informed Roy Janson and the AMA that we couldn't work with Bud anymore and were given a two-year hiatus to come up with another track for our AMA National. Roy witnessed some of Bud's bad behavior and agreed with Roger and I that he was deliberately trying to sabotage our event. Roy assured me that he wouldn't transfer our National to Bud during our two-year hiatus because he had no desire to work with him, but early into our search for a new location suitable for an AMA National, my marriage blew up and consumed all of my energy for the next two years so Roger and I decided to fold up shop and call it a day as promoters.
Here is a link to the post / thread
https://www.facebook.com/groups/9883409638/permalink/10160343416484639/…
Not breaking up practice by skill level is insane. I went out with the A riders on Sunday. I'm not a total squid but I wasmt familiar with the track and I pulled off after a couple laps. Like I'm just in these dudes way, I'll just go out with the vets
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... the original post got 9 downvotes... why?
this really opend my eyes a bit, i was siding more with Glen Helen until I read this. Seems the guy is very hard to deal with and no one needs that headache when trying to put on an event
DC does not control the narrative is why the downvotes.
Meh... If it's Thursday and pros are there I'll take a long break and spectate for awhile, then go out in the afternoon.
GH practice has never bothered me, and I'm slow. I just keep my head on a swivel and ride accordingly.
Also, this is every SoCal track, not just GH. They're ALL open practice.
What exactly has he done but continue to shovel millions into his backside while paying main event winners 2500 bucks? The only reason any one is making a living on this sport is 100% from outside sponsors or for the top dogs contracts with their team. I’m so sick of people smoking DCs pole
wHaTs up kOoKseY mob derp
The fact you accept this is normal is a big part of the problem with our sport ,
With you there Lung.
Refusing to click on any Cooksey video is one of my most admirable contributions to society and humanity.
Amen, the saintlyness we put on people in the public eye.
Many podcasters work for him, he runs the outdoor series, a good chunk of the amateur series, his employees are prominent in the TV airings, he owns a popular magazine about the sport and prints the program for the nationals, runs GNCC, etc.. If he doesn't control the narrative, he has alot to do with it.
Do you really think any media platform will post a negative story about anything MX Sports does? If they won't, then that is controlling the narrative. How many media outlets came out on the side of the kid that claimed and didn't get Deegan's bike?
Note: I'm not anti-Davey I did say that he will most likely leave the sport better than he found it. If you look at any racing series in the world like F1 with Ecclestone then the current group or NASCAR with the France's they are controlled good or bad by one entity and descension is looked down upon. Most racing organizations seem to run under the benevolent dictator model and maybe that is the best way to run one. Racers come and go, the sport is forever.
I look forward to hearing Bud's side but that doesn't mean I will believe everything he says either. I've dealt with people like that who sign a contract and break it at every turn for their own betterment. Listen to both sides of a dispute, ask yourself what their motivation is and then make your decision on where the truth is, it's usually somewhere in the middle.
So say Glen Helen is 100% at fault, was Guy Cooper at fault as well when he stated he was screwed over with Cooperland's national? Are all the promoters who could hold nationals in Texas or the southeast at fault too? Are the only tracks in this entire country viable in saint Dave's world the same ones year after year? Good grief.
MXA reliably criticizes MX Sports on a regular basis. Which may be why DC's minions attack the publication at the least provocation or mention of the magazines name.
The fans need it to happen , almost every track on the calendar now is similar it’s boring , there should be hard pack there should be loam , deep sand etc
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This is how it’s been for us and we know no other way here. We grew up with no split practices and our dads riding behind us on the “big tracks” towards the end of the day to make sure nothing happened to us. Is it right? Maybe not, but that’s just how it’s been so we’ve never thought twice about it
Lay off the juice bro. Its 90+ in Pennsylvania this week. Imagine running a national in fuckin Texas. Or anywhere in the southeast. Not to mention hurricane season and all that jibber jabber.
You instantly trust a Facebook post from a guy who tries to make a professional post but calls people cronies and then proceeds to tell us how his marriage fell apart in the same story? Maybe his marriage fell apart for the same reasons he had problems dealing with GH...maybe he's the problem considering his wife had enough of his shit too lol
The downvotes are because people are tired of the poster's constant whining about the media.
DC certainly has a big influence over the sport, but to think there's some master narrative that he's controlling is just tin foil junk. He gave an account from his perspective, Bud gave an account from his perspective, and people are free to reach their own conclusions. If someone reaches a conclusion with which you disagree that doesn't mean they haven't applied critical thinking.
I think there's plenty of room for both sides to fit into an accurate narrative. Taking Bud's word for it, MXSports did commandeer pro motocross from NPG. Taking DC's word for it, that had nothing to do with Glen Helen losing its national. Evidence for the latter would be Hangtown, Lakewood, High Point, Moto-X 338, Unadilla, Red Bud, Spring Creek, Washougal, and Budds Creek.
3 sides to every story.
+1
Yours, Mine and the truth.
buds a pain in the ass to deal with its no secret. if i was putting on a series ever to this magnatude. the last thing i want to worry about is inconsistency or last minute changes or risks of it imploding. you can tell davey had to deal with that every time it came to glenn helen and he removed it from his life so he could have peace. i'm good with that.
oh waaaaaaaaah. Tell me what I said that wasn't true. As stated above by others, he runs a magazine, the nations, Lorettas, GNCC, etc....you better believe he can squash negative press.
sorry. they were in his video. I can't post 'em.
Did I say you said something that wasn't true? I said you got downvotes because you're a chronic whiner.
THE problem? Oh no... Save us Scott, from NZ.
Did MxGP have enough with him too or just the poor attendance end that marriage?
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