Why isn’t this weekend the opener?

yak651
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Holiday weekend seems to be ideal time to kick off the season, what’s with the schedule makers?

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kxking
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5/21/2026 11:13am

So only you should get a long weekend?

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Flatliner
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5/21/2026 11:17am

I like it,  more testing time,  recovery of any nagging injuries.

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5/21/2026 11:19am

It has to line up so High Point is Father's Day weekend. That's the priority.  

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5/21/2026 11:22am

It has to line up so High Point is Father's Day weekend. That's the priority.  

I remember when that was the domain of Budds. Hard to believe it's been over 25 years since that changed.

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5/21/2026 1:05pm

SX and MX both start(ed) a week later this year. No idea why.  

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SCYRacing
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5/21/2026 1:21pm

It has to line up so High Point is Father's Day weekend. That's the priority.  

I remember when that was the domain of Budds. Hard to believe it's been over 25 years since that changed.

And this weekend was High Point. Didn't realize it changed that long ago. Now I feel older than I already did lol

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3strokemx
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5/21/2026 1:23pm Edited Date/Time 5/21/2026 1:24pm

They have to make some money real quick to pay for the national.

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5/21/2026 2:39pm
sumdood wrote:

SX and MX both start(ed) a week later this year. No idea why.  

This and one less weekend off during Supercross. It does feel weird to wait 3 weeks between Supercross and Motocross though. Last year was one off weekend, this year two off weekends and it seems realllly long. 

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Spike33
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5/21/2026 2:43pm

DC has to jam in a amateur event. Line the pockets if you will. 

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5/21/2026 4:01pm
sumdood wrote:

SX and MX both start(ed) a week later this year. No idea why.  

It should be illegal for SX not to start on the first week of January. 

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aeffertz
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5/21/2026 6:33pm

IIRC, the teams asked for them to push SX back to the second weekend of Jan since it was too close to new years. January 1st was on a Thursday this year. 

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5/22/2026 11:17am

They should always start a week early- it will eliminate the last week of testing crashes which always seem to knock a few guys out..ha

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tek14
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5/22/2026 11:25am

MXGP runs this weekend AMA didnt want to play second.

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5/22/2026 11:26am
sumdood wrote:

SX and MX both start(ed) a week later this year. No idea why.  

I don't have a calendar in front of me but I think if the first Saturday in Janusry is before the 3rd, they just push it a week, and I think that was the case this year. Wasn't A1 on about the 9th or 10th? 

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MOTO13
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5/22/2026 12:59pm

Hate to admit this...but, up until about an hour ago, I thought tomorrow was the Pala race. 

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Zycki11
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5/22/2026 1:41pm
MOTO13 wrote:

Hate to admit this...but, up until about an hour ago, I thought tomorrow was the Pala race. 

Man that sucks, I hate when that happens

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RDnutz
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11 hours ago

Indy 500 is this afternoon. Most schedule makers avoid having a competing event same day.

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lumpy790
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11 hours ago Edited Date/Time 11 hours ago

With so many car races on TV today maybe Peacock wants solid viewing numbers?

It Was always cool at High Point when they gave Indy 500 race reports on what was happening 

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