So…obviously a discussion on pods after Anaheim and what Chad said. The 2 opinions seem to be leave it as is (Ezra Lusk), or put it as the first race of the night on a freshly groomed track. Why not put it before the 250 main after the track has had its big maintenance from DW? Yea…still some areas they can’t completely work, but most of it is “fixed”. I like hitting the night show with the 250 heats, so personally I don’t want them there. The “intermission” after the LCQs could lead to the SMX Next, then the mains? They don’t have that many riders and laps to hurt the track much for pros on 250s. All jmo.
btw…does Yogi take his kids from the kiddie pool and throw them in the deep end of the pool to learn to swim? I didn’t like his take on it. Keep the kids safer as they learn SX. The higher speed on a smooth track thing…gmab. Any of us that ride know we feel safer on a freshly groomed track vs a rutted to hell one….even though we are going a little faster.
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So yogi offended you? 😂. All these guys riding smx next are riding sx tracks non stop. Not perfectly groomed ones, the ones everyone else is riding. It’s like the bitching about the lost practice. Every guy there is grinding sx almost weekly. Gone are the days where the local guys show up with no SX practice. Find a new sport to watch or adapt with it. Not that hard. Well maybe for the liberals who want everything their way even if it’s wrong.
if they die they die... why should feld care?? (insert sound of brinks truck backing up to their estate)
The whole debate is silly. The entire point of the series is to give them experience before going pro. A big part of that "experience" starting out in supercross is crashing your brains out. Before this series it was only a few riders here or there coming in at any given time so that experience was spread out. Now it's not. They've condensed it into its own series which is only going to serve as a multiplier for the new SX rider carnage. Put it anywhere in the program, any kind of track prep, and the result is going to be the same. This discussion is just the people behind the series not wanting to acknowledge that the whole thing exists to get kids into the meat grinder.
Not sure where you got “offended “ from. I just disagree. I have always said pros should be practicing on rutted up tracks, not perfectly groomed ones…..but no practice track gets as beat up as the track was by that point….as noted from some of the pros in after race interviews . If they were that bad riders would have increased risk of injury from just practice. Sorry my post offended you so much.
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Btw... how much these next kids getting paid??? They put asses in the seats too... they put their minds, spines and lives on the line like all the others... they deserve their cut... (I can see the feld type minds exploding on this one... lmaoo)
Bet none of you keyboard warriors have kids that are trying to make it. I was thinking EXACTLY what Reed said 5 min before his interview. He too has seen his kid in the ER, and in ICU as a result of racing. When it's your kid on the track unconscious, with a bone sticking out of his arm you'll feel a little differently. Been there, done that, and I'm fvcking glad we are out of the competitive side of this sport. I'm with you OP. Edit: I downvoted the rest of you dumbasses.
Looking forward to seeing the SX athletes jump through a ring of fire at a walmart parking lot …..who ever survives the ensuing flames wins the O/All….maybe felds can upcharge fans who want to launch fireworks at the riders as the mechanics try to put out the fires…..how my doing? Bonus photo of feld guy, who just happens to look like dc carrying the cash as the riders fight over the mega 100$ purse ….
It’s you little people that have zero business sense and just like to bitch. Make your own series. Lose your ass on it and pay the riders top dollar. See how long that works. No one is in this shit to lose money.
Siri, what's the early life section for the Feld's...
Ok makes sense now.
There is a big difference in experiencing a hammered track in practice, and racing on a hammered track where your health relies on the ability of others around you. I have no issue with them having a rough practice track to navigate, but the field isn't skilled enough top to bottom to sufficiently reduce risk under racing conditions.
I'm an advocate for giving them the cleanest track they can for racing. Sure speeds are higher, but you don't have to worry (as much) about someone less skilled cross-rutting and taking someone else out.
They shouldn’t be in the night show.
Let’s take away rut cross let’s take away bumps let’s take away pay for position and pay the whole field the same.
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So, I think it's a pretty easy distinction to make. I always argue that the 250 class is for Professionals, with a capital "P." I argue against a "regional" moniker for the championship title meaning that the class is somehow slower, and I firmly believe there are some 250F riders who are faster than their 450 counterparts.
However, The SMX Next class truly is a "feeder" class. These guys are insanely fast, but have little to no experience going pro speed or riding on a legit Supercross track. If you've never been on one, you don't really understand. The least we could do for these guys is dial down the danger on track by giving them a smooth racing surface. It will chunk up fast enough during their race; don't make it even harder for them! They'll get plenty of time to learn the rut-o-cross if and when they graduate to the pros.
Yea, I was very afraid of what I was seeing when Malinowski was on the ground not moving. Obviously I have never ridden a pro SX track….but I have walked a few before and after a SX race. Before the race you say to your bud…yea, it would be cool to roll around not being timed. Maybe hit the easier rhythms (doubles only..lol). After the race you just say…hell no!
I understand what yogi is saying, but I agree that they should be on a much more prepped track. Yes they have to learn to ride beat up tracks, but this is a stepping stone for kids at the end of the day. Just being in a stadium packed full of people watching would make them nervous enough
To be honest a SX track looks a lot sketchier walking it than it is. This is coming from someone who wadded more than Alex Ray on a SX track.
That stacks up….. Clearly a few long term effects still lingering.
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I’m sorry amateurs or kids above 50s have no place on a SX track. Imagine the blown back this sport would receive if one of them passed on tv.
lol and yet you still cannot spell. All these long term effects and still has a better life than you. Another ignorant liberal.
We prob shouldn’t do a “regional championship” either then. I mean they don’t count as an actual championship right? Let’s just have the top 10 guys out there since you guys think Forkner is a danger to the sport.
One doesn’t have to be liberal to think you sound like a fuckwit… get off the internet and go touch some grass my bro you are wound way to tight at the moment.
Maybe that’s it we don’t have grass out here just turf. This week I’ve had a little more time than others and sick of the liberal bullshit always being spewed on here. Yet it’s not aloud…I’ve enjoyed every person I’ve met off this site but one and would hope it gets back to how it was say 15 years ago. Or the rules applied to everyone…. Either or. I think it’s wild anyone is banned from here as tbh within the rules I should be banned for talking politics. Yet I started what two days ago now and every topic goes to that bullshit now. If not there is bs liberal agenda that just gets ignored.
Bring back TYLER. Profesh post some more. 🤷🏾♀️
You’re trying too hard dude.
Maybe they could try to perfectly fix the first and second rhytm lane right after the start. I know they are always short on time, but technically this is where they really are still all in a bunch and mistakes and cross-rutting have the potential to be the most costly. Smooth first couple of rhytm lanes could mitigate thoses risk.
Why not after the 250 heats? This would allow the track to have lines broken in, it would be challenging, but not completely destroyed.
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