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Join the two series up......That is the only way we ever find out who the fastest is. 15 rounds all over the World. One race a year just doesn't prove it, and because Dungey has gone 1-1-1-1 doesn't mean he's faster than Cairoli and because Cairoli beat Reed, Dungey, Townley and Alessi in the last 12 months doesn't mean he's faster than them.
Why don't we stop acting like women just agree for a change.
Geoff
Why don't we stop acting like women just agree for a change.
Geoff
Because Lady Gaga has a higher testosterone level than most members of this board?
Seriously, who wouldn't love to see a true world MX series? Would it ever happen though?
The Shop
How cool would that be, one round in California, one in the mid-America, maybe one in Australia, and then one in Europe. I love the idea.
Geoff
I don't see that happening anytime for at least the next couple years, after which the rednecks in charge of our series will have to give up for irreversible ineptitude.
Supercross is what makes our riders better, they have a skill set the Euros don't have.
Sure they come one a year, but do you seriously think that the guys who go to America are the only World class riders from the GP's.
Gets a bit tiring the old we are better thing.
You're just ignorant, i'm even surprised you know who Cairoli is.
@Geoff: that would be a killer series, too bad it would never happen.
I'd even settle for a 4 race crossover series where the rounds provide points in both the AMA and World MX series'.
mx2, other than your top three, they wouldn’t be as competitive. mx1, your top 7 or 8 could do well here and make the class more interesting. I also would like to see maybe a series of three to five races, top 20 from each series (we keep cp377 and all the others who race the ama full time) race. Do three races in Europe, two here in the USA. But I can only wish....
Pit Row
Caroli wouldn't win. Yes, I know who Caroli is. I watched him flounder like a fish out of water at Buds Creek when I went to that MXDN in 07.
And Yes, I will be going to the MXDN 10 in Denver.
Here are twp pictures I took from 06 MXDN below that MXDN 07 when Ryan smoked Caroli like a cheap cigar. But we do agree on one thing, there will never be such a series so we will just have to watch and see which Euros come to America to see if they are trully the fastest, because wining an FIM title does not mean much, MXDN proves that.
My observation is even with weak teams, we go over to Europe and race their tracks that Americans have never raced and beat them. When they come to the US and race tracks they have never raced, they get smoked. Pretty simple and easy to tell who is fastest.
If Rattray were to win the 250 AMA outdoors that would say something, he won in Europe and he beat the best here, but that it just our up and coming class. To really say something, you have to do what Reed did. He is one fast guy, but he never was able to beat Ricky or Bubba which is why you seen him crying like a little baby on the podium when he was racing against Bubba and Ricky.
Geoff
What I think is likely a bigger barrier is the resistance of those who stand to lose the most. Right now that would be the AMA, MXSports and others who have a strong stake in the AMA Nationals. That series would cease to exist in it's current form (any World Championship would be run/sanctioned by the FIM), perhaps to become a national level feeder series to the 'Integrated" World Championship. Would those groups be prepared to make way?
And eventually the sport will get big enough to make this happen - every other major motorsport world championship is run that way, so it can be done.
Comparing my income to Reeds is a cheap shot. I bet he made more money than 10 generations of your family. But lets make a real comparison. Assuming you live in Europe and made double my salary, I would still be better off than you. I have been to Europe many times. The socialism and high taxes kill the middle class there and thier middle class is considered poor by our standards. When I was at the MXDN in England, Most of the riders my age were happy to get a used 2 stroke motocross for the price of a new 4 stroke here. But whether or not you make double my salary or reed makes 10 times, my tummy is full, as is my garage and I am very happy. Hopefully you do as well. I do agree with you on one thing, your profile "Nobody likes me
" cause I don't like you either LOL
That's as close as we're going to get it....and it's not ideal, but it will give a fairly good idea.
With the number of foreign riders racing in America (that also end up representing their country at the MXdN....when healthy), it might work?
Youthstream and the FIM get out of the way and let the USA get er done.
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