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rongi#401
6/22/2020 2:23pm
6/22/2020 2:23pm
Edited Date/Time
6/27/2020 6:21pm
It has turned into a freeway, wide open freeway, it’s nothing like it was in the 90s and early 2000s wich made it great. I think if enough people pass the massage along it could make a difference. Also perris has been the same layout for over a year, I remember tracks changing their layout once a month
The Shop
Half the vet track was just reworked. They'll probably do the main before the end of the year if previous years are any indication.
Edit: I'll also say that LACR has never been my favorite track. I enjoy it for what it is and all I hear are people raving about it (typically), which is why I don't think they are quick to change.
My only tiny gripe is that I wish they'd move the sand back to the first whoop/roller section. Or keep it where it is and add another truck load there. Again, tiny gripe, love the track overall.
Haven't been to Perris in a while.
I haven’t ridden lacr in a couple years but I always like their layouts they never seemed overly fast. Definitely safer then fox main.
Pit Row
Not that you’re wrong about LACR, but they have no shortage of riders and people love the layouts. Not everyone thinks “exactly, like you do. So when you say “ they need the top section to be tight and jumpy and the bottom to be rough and sandy like when they dug the first pit” That is YOUR opinion. They don’t NEED to do anything. They have made plenty of changes to both tracks, IMO.
When you ride 2-4 days a week, any track can get boring.
My dad was a major part of it when it was lemon grove and I was friends with Kevin when he owned it, wich I’d say were the two prime times of its existence, when the latest guys owned it I hung with a few of the track workers regularly and that’s when it seemed to die
When every track raised their prices, he followed by raising his entry as well. The massive bitching and complaints, i assume, helped in the decision to sell it.
Marc Peters did a good job when he took it over, but he ended up getting burned out and gave up. Kevin did a good job at first as well, but in the end, the track was the typical ice skating rink when it was wet, then turned to concrete by the fend of the day. It always had big chunks of dirt the size of volleyballs and the dirt was hard packed.
When Steve bought the land, he invested a shit ton of money into the track, with the watering system/ Tanks, equipment to RIP the track deep, new dozer and overall clean up of the facility. He devoted his time and efforts into providing a great track and environment. He rode when he had the chance, every now and then, but eventually didn’t have the time to ride, because he was spending every minute doing all the track maintenance and building / changing the track. Only to have SOMEONE complaining about the track being to deep, to wet, ruts too deep, jumps too big, not enough jumps, etc... He did everything he could possibly do to try and satisfy the majority of riders. Most were thrilled (me included) with his changes to the track. It was ripped 10” deep and watered heavy, then he would use his new machine he bought to follow over the ripped surface and turn it into a perfect loam. It still got hard packed at the end of the day in the main line, but it was day and night better than it ever was in the past 15 years previous.
Steve eventually gave up trying to please everyone and came up with a method that most liked. When business was good, he made a little money, but when 20-30 guys showed up, it was a losing effort. Not even including HIS TIME and EFFORT, he was putting in 80 hour weeks often and he decided that the $25 practice fee that hadn’t changed in 10+ years, had to go up to $30. Everyone freaked out and many boycotted him for it.
Some real logical thought went into this as far as people bitching about the $5.00 increase.
For one, lots of people that lived close and were bitching, then drove much further to ride, spending much more in gas, than the $5.00 way to support your local track guys....
Secondly, shortly after Steve had decided that it just wasn’t worth it anymore, all the other tracks raised their prices to $30. Now what ? Boycott them all ? Most people have NO clue how much blood sweat and tears, goes into running a motocross track. Especially a small one that’s ran by the owners. It’s a shame really, to make any kind of real money on some of these tracks, it should be $50 to ride there, IMO
So to answer your question, there was much more to Piru closing than most know. The labor of love only goes so far when you got a bunch of guys bitching about the track on an everyday basis. I don’t blame him a bit, I have no idea how he lasted that long to begin with. He’s a great dude and he never bought the track to make a living on the income. He’s got a business that makes plenty of money. If the track broke even, it was a win for him.
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