Charlotte Concrete Barriers?!!

I think it's crazy that they did not remove them or cover them. So much for safety in an already dangerous sport.

We were out there for track walk kind of taking a look at the sections and yeah it is pretty surprising that no one whacked one of those. Also, the long straight of rollers before the sand section was like 5 feet off of a chainlink fence all the way down it. Hearing Tomac bouncing off the limiter at the top of 3rd or 4th gear there, just a couple feet from a chainlink fence was a bit wild. One bad swap and your into the cheese grater before you know it...

I thought RJ was going to be dead. Why not just a moat with gators.

Hampshire was close to land on one of those back first at high speed. Couldve been reeal ugly. Its crazy how they dont give a fuck about safety

Just adds to the excitement of dare devil Supermoto cross races…. Almost as insane as having kids on mini ride a full blown Sx track…why not have a ring of fire  to jump through 

Im surprised they weren’t covered. Beyond the safety aspect (Hampshire had me nervous with that crash) that’s a lot of potential ad space getting wasted. 

They told the 65 riders they couldn’t jump the finish line for safety. Look at everybody crying about that. 

That's a weird argument why didn’t they just tell the pros to stay on track while they were at it lol

It's all optics Bro. SX champ opens his head on the barrier like a can of tomato soup/good. 8YO comes up short on live TV and goes splat/bad.

The 65's were incredible to watch ! talk about talented kids my god...  Seems sketchy to me though if I'm being honest, that's a whole different scale than your average 65/85 track. How far would the pros be jumping if they scaled up the track the same percentage as the size difference between a 65 and 450 ?   I'm all about kids on dirt bikes and riding and racing and camping in the desert the whole nine yards. But I'm not sure about having them fly who knows how far 25 feet in the air and having to clear "a very bad place to land"  or.... Sorry just the grandpa in me talking. 

It seems contradictory that they talk about growing the sport and then have the kids fuck king Fa - lying over those gaps where if they come up short they're going to get FUCKED up. What if that race was a newbie parents first exposure to motocross ?  "Mommy Daddy I want to get a dirt bike and race" !   The average parent would look at that shit and say no way in hell.  Anyway my kids grew up riding and racing and I am in awe of those kids talent, but holy shit that track was too much circus act obstacles for my taste ( Guess Grandpa Earl I aint)   🤔

Some kind of protective cover(s) for those walls is a necessity in the areas where a rider can impact them…especially where a rider can hit a jump or other feature that can cause them to be launched onto the barrier.

The Chainlink fence being so close to the track is also a rider-safety problem. 

RJH is a permanent hazard to any sort of barrier.

We had this thread last year. We will have it again next year. 

2000 Joliet Supercross was on a drag strip. No one cared. Per last year's thread, that was ok because the speeds were slower, which is funny because the way RJ crashed could have easily happened the same way 24 years ago.

Let's reconvene in 2025. I predict zero safety related changes.

Every SX track runs parallel to concrete walls... Some are perpendicular, just ask Evan Ferry!

That would cost money so there’s no way they’ll do it. 

Only way bean counters get a raise is to find a way to count more beans, not less.

Beat to death last year.  maybe we should get rid of the ground too. Better yet have it on the moon so no one gets hurt on a crash. 

if there is track up there trust me a track owner will find a way to get a water truck up there. 

I don’t know how anyone would think that’s not an issue. 

Feld = Ringling Bros.  It’s all just part of the circus gentleman.  It’s sad that “growing the sport” has things devolving into what we have at these drag strip rounds.  Nothing will change until someone is killed or paralyzed and then we’ll say oh well, it’s a dangerous sport, and move on with no changes. 🤦🏼‍♂️

Surely that studio has at least one fire hose?

Couldn't they simply take a couple of loads of dirt - ya know? Like they're already pushing around all week - and turn the abrupt vertical concrete barrier into a long dirt mound?

There has to be some sort of a solution. It was a good track, but those barriers are an unacceptable risk.

Remember when Trey Carnard was going to be the "go to guy" for rider and track safety and he didn't go do it because in his words "the riders had very little to no interest in having a safety rep" So what I cant figure out is why all the key board kings on Vital care about it, if the riders dont. 😎

Like most things until it goes wrongs there will be no change , there’s things you can’t change and have to draw a line somewhere but that’s lethal , you land on one of them your backs done 

Why does the spray from the tires seem to be effected my normal gravity?

Ask AP and a bunch of others if the track was good. The only ones I heard say it was where on the box.