Hurry Up And Wait 1

Ah, just when we though it was safe to go back into the racing... (cue Jaws theme music).

We were hoping to get back to action quickly after the finish of the Monster Energy Supercross season, and dive right into the annual summer tour that makes up the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, but no such luck. As we got into the final rounds of the reschedule SX season with no confirmation of additional outdoor rounds beyond the pair initially announced, the more we started to wonder about what our summer would really look like. Granted, the successful single-location method used to wrap up the Monster Energy Supercross season made it comparatively easy to schedule, but it was still far from easy to jump through all the regulatory hoops required to get it done in the current COVID-19 climate.

Since there's no historical playbook for any of this, we'll just have to wait patiently until things settle down, and hope for a reasonably quick resolution. The cross-country travel makes it infinitely tougher for teams and riders to fly, and the transporters who cross state lines, especially with the constantly-changing rules and regulations for each state along the way. The last time we talked to Davey Coombs, the MX Sports crew were on something in the neighborhood of Plan Q. We also can't imagine what the MXGP guys are going through, given their globetrotting schedule, though the concept of multiple rounds in single locations seems to be picking up steam.

We stopped by Glen Helen last week to see what everyone was up to, and at least for the moment, testing and riding was still a go. When we asked Wil Hahn if the postponement had thrown a wrench into the teams plans, he shrugged and admitted, "We're used to it."

It sure is odd how fast what used to be unthinkable has now become the norm. We'll keep our fingers crossed for updates (and a rescheduled start date for the Nationals) soon.