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Thing is it is not necessary to spend anything close to 300k to be competitive.
A bunch of euro teams went to the US, spend like a 5th of this 300k budget and finished in the top 5 beating.
Please inform us all how super pumped the GP riders are for this race... they pine away for this race every year? Yes it’s an honor (honour) to be chosen but it’s also an obligation.
I honestly want to know if you can back this up? Maybe there’s a whole different positive for an individual GP rider or team I’m not aware of? Sponsors? Money? Not being a dick here, I would really like to know if you have background info. Please share if you do.
Dunno about that. What I hear is they'd absolutely love to do it it's just held at an awkward time for the US based riders!
Jason Anderson obviously really wanted to go, Zach Osborne obviously really wanted to go (and wants to go next year) Justin Cooper obviously wanted to go
I'm not sure how he can back it up considering you don't accept what they say in interviews..
Watch any video of the riders after the race to see what it means to them
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I was thinking that they could take Osborne, Anderson, Cooper effort a step further.
1. Go through the selection of the 2020 US MXdN team now.
2. Start a fundraiser through Supercross and the Nationals events to pay for program.
3. The US Team could then prepare, strategize, and practice through the year and be more prepared for the event.
They could also get support from gear manufacturers by developing the US MXdN team gear early along with tshirts, hats, etc to sell to support the fans and the promote the overall program.
Get replica kit with a percentage going to fund the team, casual wear etc.
I also think if it was pushed throughout the year the hype would be bigger as well. All good things!
Both will have had to ship race bikes, riders and crew from across the Atlantic.
Essentially they should only need to send bikes, spares, 3 riders, 3 mechanics and a team manager.
The US will always be a team full of factory guys, so will have access to suspension and tyre and engine techs as it seemed Wilvo helped Cooper this year and the Euro Husky teams were obviously helping out Anderson and Osbourne.
Family and hangers on should/could be paid for from their own/riders pockets if they MUST go and if the federation can't budget for it. Hey, they could always stay at home for the weekend?
Did Monster pay for the month Team Fried spent on a months working holiday in Belgium or did Roger foot the costs from the federation? Pretty sure no other team have ever done a months specific training for this race, so although it was nice for them and good prep, it certainly wasn't 'essential' as long as the riders and fans didn't have unrealistic expectations that it would mean a win (it might of, but even if it was a hard pack track, a month dialling everything is never gonna guarantee anything results wise).
Just seems that because the US team and fans expect to win or at least challenge for it, that the prospect of just turning up and racing like all the other fly away countries, or rocking up on a lower budget with a smaller entourage yet still having better bikes and support than 90% of the smaller European countries doesn't seem an option...and certainly not an option for big name factory riders.
Would also be interested in the budget and scale of the bigger European teams that made the trip to Red Bud and how that compared to the US team last weekend.
I mean yeah, they are factory riders but I´m pretty sure that IceOne Husqvarna could provide Jason and Zach bikes for the event and they could bring their own suspension if necessary and so could Kemea Yamaha for Cooper. They are all riders under the same manufacturers and if I was at Husqvarna HQ and had the option of either shipping bikes from the US to this event (who actually got shipped the other way in the first place) OR providing bikes that are already in area, I know what I would choose.
I know Sweden did something like this last year when all our three riders (Bengtsson, Gole and Östlund) all were on Yamahas, they made a deal with the Cycle Trader team to provide them with bikes, trailer and the whole shebang for the RedBud event. Pretty much every rider but the factory teams did something similar last year. Remember Searle picking up a stock Kawi at a local US dealer and racing the event with it?
It sure as hell didnt have to cost 300k
Apart from all the sand obviously
I'm questioning a post that said US riders cant do sand, but were better than the MXGP riders at the last two MXGPs. Not sure who you're arguing with?
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I am certain that eu federations would hate goin overseas every year due to costs, but as long as most events are in europe the gp riders seem to be in for the event
Have Husky and Yamaha provide stock demos or(whatever) and have the riders carry their suspension. Even with first class airline tickets, you could do this for waayy less than $300k. $20k?
And for all you thumbs down guys....
The results would be about the same.
Flame on!
It may have been a working vacation but I’ll bet that all 3 of those guys now think they made a bad business decision!
My favorite line in this thread is MXoN really needs to be held at the greatest, established tracks around the world IMO. Great point. Hopefully MXoN will come to Red Bud some year and we will show them how it’s done!
Frame flex, frame geometry can be modified over there I believe.
All the bikes probably feel like a steel frame.
At least u sent a team. Martha Martha
I can see why some don’t go from the US. MX is gnarly and your career can be over in a sniff.
And Johnny O beating Thorpe is tied with Magoo. A 125 massacre happened that day.
Maybe RV too.
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