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Not sure if im beating a dead horse, but soemthing besides the reed dung drama. Imagine all the 250 guys from each coast battling it out for a title.
The Shop
But.. would Mitch & Star & Geico and Troy Lee run 4 rider teams then??
I think it gives teams a chance to look at guys, who maybe wouldnt get a chance, like Alldredge, Harrison, etc.
Is it wrong that i forgot who the West riders even are ?? Oh yeah, McElrath. and ermmmm. It took me a while, but Forkner is the only other one i can think of.
If you combine the East/West into a single class then you are basically gutting 20 riders from the class and I'm not sure that's a good thing. The racing has been pretty good in both classes so why do we need to combine them? If you combine them I highly doubt guys like PC would field 4 rider teams. 4 of 22 rider main would mean that PC is going to potentially take up 18% of the gates in a 22 rider main event? I highly doubt it.
These days, most of the teams out there have enough support to run the whole series imo. I do think its a good system for teams based on either coast that don't have the funds to travel the whole series though, again being the original idea with the split coasts.
Everybody wants 2 strokes again. Lets make the 250f class a national series, and bring in the 250 2 strokes as a regional championship.
That way you still have the regional, but you also get to see the best race each other.
Pit Row
Who would watch AX during SX season, seriously? If you have seen one AX you have seen them all.
Realistically we have 3-6 riders on each coast that are Factory pros and can sell/get paid. The rest of the field is just in the way. Thats not professional IMHO, thats like Alabama playing UCF on News Years Eve.
Combine the coasts make it a pro series with 12-16 Factory guys and some top privateers or smaller teams, and then put an age limit on it if you want to. Make it 21-22 or something. Also eliminate all privateers from 450. Let Pro Circuit spend some of its money in 450 rather than on 5 250 guys. Same for Geico. They spend the money, dont be fooled.
Those that hang on to the east/west.... Why not have a 5 race format for east/west/north/south.. its only fair!
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