Congrats Dirt Wurx/Feld

Zycki11
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A real track this weekend.  It is long overdue and look at how practice shook out, real practice with the riders trying different combos, lines, etc.  That is how it is supposed to be.  

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4/4/2026 7:59pm Edited Date/Time 8/31/2026 9:15pm

The tight and steep track seemed to slow the guys down enough to make for good racing.  It seemed hard to pass, but also provided good aggressive passing opportunities. 

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Zachintosh
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4/4/2026 9:38pm

The ruts were insane for a closed roof event. Was the dirt brought into the dome wet?

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chad_111
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4/4/2026 10:53pm
Zachintosh wrote:

The ruts were insane for a closed roof event. Was the dirt brought into the dome wet?

The tracks have been rutted AF since lime-gate 2019

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blockhead17
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4/4/2026 11:20pm Edited Date/Time 4/4/2026 11:20pm

Seeing how the track looked in 2009 vs today blew my mind.. so much more dirt and interesting layout. Nowdays it’s just copy paste jumps in a different order

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JMCR250
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4/5/2026 8:47am
Zachintosh wrote:

The ruts were insane for a closed roof event. Was the dirt brought into the dome wet?

There was quite a bit of rain here the week before when the dirt would still have been outside.  I've attended at least 15 STL races, and the dirt looked damper and softer than in most years.

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lumpy790
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4/5/2026 8:55am

Having Different variations in Timing sections were impressive .

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Zycki11
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4/5/2026 9:11am
Zachintosh wrote:

The ruts were insane for a closed roof event. Was the dirt brought into the dome wet?

JMCR250 wrote:
There was quite a bit of rain here the week before when the dirt would still have been outside.  I've attended at least 15 STL races...

There was quite a bit of rain here the week before when the dirt would still have been outside.  I've attended at least 15 STL races, and the dirt looked damper and softer than in most years.

Yeah they house the dirt across the highway from Gateway Drag Strip.  They were bringing it in Tuesday and it had moisture underneath, but this is mainly how it used to be. Been drying out a bit last few years for lime

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sandman768
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4/5/2026 6:09pm

Track looked gnarly but the racing didn’t appear that great….maybe simpler tracks make for better racing?

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davis224
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4/5/2026 6:26pm
Zachintosh wrote:

The ruts were insane for a closed roof event. Was the dirt brought into the dome wet?

JMCR250 wrote:
There was quite a bit of rain here the week before when the dirt would still have been outside.  I've attended at least 15 STL races...

There was quite a bit of rain here the week before when the dirt would still have been outside.  I've attended at least 15 STL races, and the dirt looked damper and softer than in most years.

Zycki11 wrote:
Yeah they house the dirt across the highway from Gateway Drag Strip.  They were bringing it in Tuesday and it had moisture underneath, but this is...

Yeah they house the dirt across the highway from Gateway Drag Strip.  They were bringing it in Tuesday and it had moisture underneath, but this is mainly how it used to be. Been drying out a bit last few years for lime

Was wondering why there was so much freshly scraped dirt on my way home this morning

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4/5/2026 6:45pm

I guess people like different things? We’ve had some awesome side by side racing this year, but this track didn’t deliver that. It was okay when freshly groomed, but that didn’t last long.

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zehn
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4/5/2026 6:59pm

Idk man I don’t enjoy watching the best SX riders in the world looking like squids and doubling through entire rhythm sections on a dry track. It was awesome to see the winners make it look relatively easy but the racing aspect left a lot to be desired for me 

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brocster
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4/5/2026 7:42pm
zehn wrote:
Idk man I don’t enjoy watching the best SX riders in the world looking like squids and doubling through entire rhythm sections on a dry track...

Idk man I don’t enjoy watching the best SX riders in the world looking like squids and doubling through entire rhythm sections on a dry track. It was awesome to see the winners make it look relatively easy but the racing aspect left a lot to be desired for me 

Bring back lime in covered stadiums and leave rut o cross for the open stadiums if that’s what the weather provides. 

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Dr Wario
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4/5/2026 7:43pm
chad_111 wrote:

The tracks have been rutted AF since lime-gate 2019

Holy cow, time flies….

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bigk218
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4/5/2026 8:53pm
Seeing how the track looked in 2009 vs today blew my mind.. so much more dirt and interesting layout. Nowdays it’s just copy paste jumps in...

Seeing how the track looked in 2009 vs today blew my mind.. so much more dirt and interesting layout. Nowdays it’s just copy paste jumps in a different order

Yup.  It’s the same track in a different order every weekend. The finish line has been the exact same for the last 5 years.  Have it on a straight or do something interesting.  No ones impressed by a 65 foot double that kids on 65s can do. 

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