Is the SX series too long?

Motodude
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Edited Date/Time 4/19/2012 11:41am
I dont know, it seems like, with the exception of last year, the modern SX series is too long on the current bikes/tracks for the modern athlete to manage. 9 rounds in and the thing blew out to be a dud with top riders bar one having crashed so hard they cant finnish the series...

Knock it back to 9 rounds and combine the GP's and outdoors for a true outdoor world series. Riders from both sides of the pond can ride both series then.

just a thought...

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Flip109
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4/19/2012 4:46am
As long as they don't drop houston and dallas I don't give a shit what they do lol Tongue
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4/19/2012 5:07am
Everything seemed to work out fine last year and the same amount of races were held
Motodude
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4/19/2012 5:20am
last year was an exception..how many years have we had top runners dnf the series?

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4/19/2012 5:59am
I'm pretty sure that the series should be:

1. Anaheim 1
2. Atlanta

On to the nationals.
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4/19/2012 5:59am
I love SX & MX, but these guys don't seem to get enough time off to properly heal from injuries. Seems like some come back too early only to get hurt again.

I'd love to see a World MX championship series, but it won't happen.
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4/19/2012 6:23am
I'm usually bored with sx every year before the end of the series because by April the local mx racing is starting to get back into full swing.
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4/19/2012 6:28am Edited Date/Time 4/19/2012 6:33am
Motodude wrote:
I dont know, it seems like, with the exception of last year, the modern SX series is too long on the current bikes/tracks for the modern...
I dont know, it seems like, with the exception of last year, the modern SX series is too long on the current bikes/tracks for the modern athlete to manage. 9 rounds in and the thing blew out to be a dud with top riders bar one having crashed so hard they cant finnish the series...

Knock it back to 9 rounds and combine the GP's and outdoors for a true outdoor world series. Riders from both sides of the pond can ride both series then.

just a thought...

"I dont know,"

I agree. Right now riders can decide if the want to do SX only if they want which makes it short and they have plenty of time off, but then people would complain. They could race MX only but there is a lot less money in that. Or they can do both. If they have both they have time off.

They can choose not to ride over their head and crash. They can choose not to ride at all. Why do fans think they know what is best, how many races, how safe the track is, which tracks to race, how the tracks should be set up, how much noise the bike makes. The AMA decided that, they are the org people choose to ride in. If you want to be able to dictate changes, get into a postion in the AMA where you can to that or create your own org where you make the decisions. But I think that a lot of fans are in the same ""I dont know,"" boat.
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Everyone here is always talking about the privateers. Now you talk about a world MX series? Privateeers cant affourd to drive from daytona to cali, lets see if they can affourd to fly to eroupe for a weekend... The thought of a world wide series is awesome.. but the price to race is way to high.. Keep the series spereate and have a world race.. Not the MXDN a different race.. the top 20 from each series, GP, AMA MX, and Australian Motocross and the top 40 go to the mains. Two motos like all the other series.

I wouldnt mind a shorter season.. But they wouldnt cut the Cali rounds, so ulitmatley we wouldnt get to see them as much.. but a 13 or 15 rd season wouldnt bother me.. Give them an opportunity to heal before the mx series starts.
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4/19/2012 9:26am
i can't wait until motocross... nobody ever gets hurt racing outdoors
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4/19/2012 9:35am
I wish they'd go back to how the first outdoor national was before the end of the supercross series.
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Everyone that is hurt was hurt by what, round ten? So even lopping off 5 to 7 races would not have changed a thing.

A shorter series would also put pressure more on each rounds importance. As it would be harder to recover from a
bad weekend.
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peelout wrote:
i can't wait until motocross... nobody ever gets hurt racing outdoors
Plus Meg gets her tan on, loves me some tan lines on moto hoes.
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4/19/2012 10:06am
Longer races shorter series.
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4/19/2012 10:45am
You guys do realize that if the SX series was shorter it would mean that many many fans would lose the race closest to them.

One of the biggest reasons for having 17 rounds is to be able to go 16 different places in the US. Granted, I could do with a few less SoCal rounds but it doesn't mean they couldn't be more spread out in the west/midwest
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You guys do realize that if the SX series was shorter it would mean that many many fans would lose the race closest to them. One...
You guys do realize that if the SX series was shorter it would mean that many many fans would lose the race closest to them.

One of the biggest reasons for having 17 rounds is to be able to go 16 different places in the US. Granted, I could do with a few less SoCal rounds but it doesn't mean they couldn't be more spread out in the west/midwest
X2 I tired to say the same thing.. Shorter series means you wont see them as much..
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4/19/2012 11:27am
Cygnus wrote:
Longer races shorter series.
Yes,and/or maybe half the riders in the Main too,the other half going into a B Main,both races would have much closer racing and less lappers
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4/19/2012 11:41am
17 SX
12 MX how it is now.

How it needs to be:

I will gladly give up St Louis SX to get rid of all the SX races. Once local outdoor racing starts, I barely watch SX whether a championship is at stake or not. The only time we get into SX is in the winter when we can;t ride.

10 SX races - I do not care where, series starts after X-mas, finished by 2nd or so week of Mar, also make 25 lap mains for 450 and 20 lap mains for 250.

2-3 week break in between. recoup, retool, re-fund, whatever

First weekend in April, start MX season. 18 races (this is actually cutting total by 1) with a break or two, finished by end of Aug. More outdoors also gives more privateers (40 instead of 20) the opportunity to race. ? where can we get the tracks. Answer: we can have a red bud 2, millville 2, etc, etc. hell we have Anaheim 4, plus we can add some new tracks. Bring Glen Helen back, Gatorback, Kenworthys, ...........Saddleback, Carlsbad (just kidding)

Vacation for riders until Weekend after x-mas. Gives time to travel overseas, Monster cup, whatever or vacation for damn near 4 months.

Crown SX and MX champ seperate, but also have Grand National Champ with combination of both series points, both classes 250/450.

Time to get back to the roots of MX, SX blows

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