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Just some thoughts on the event.
PITS/EXHIBITIONS: Very similar to the Supercross pit layout. Easy to get around though crowds increased later in the day. The car drifting and bikes were very entertaining to watch. Overall a good experience. I wasn't worried about autographs so I can't comment on those lines.
TRACK AND STADIUM LAYOUT: Track was excellent. Great viewing areas from all stadium seats I liked the "Monster Mountain". The only area of criticism here is for seats on the left side of the stadium (visitors seating, if you stand at the start facing the opposing end zone) the were a significant number of seats where the Monster finish line obscured vision of the screen used for interviews and to show the racing outside of the stadium. Notwithstanding this comment I felt the facilities and track were exceptional.
EVENTS: The format of the racing, number of events, sequencing of the races, etc. provided nonstop entertainment throughout the evening. To me there seemed there was less dead time than the Supercross events. The different classes were very entertaining.
THE ACTUAL RACES: Villopoto was on rails. Clearly the dominant rider. Dungey was a strong second (though it appeared the change to KTM is still a work in progress). All in all very competitive racing.
Well just some thoughts. I know I was critical in an early topic of the FELD marketing and some non appearing riders. Ignoring those issues, the MEC was a great well executed event.
PITS/EXHIBITIONS: Very similar to the Supercross pit layout. Easy to get around though crowds increased later in the day. The car drifting and bikes were very entertaining to watch. Overall a good experience. I wasn't worried about autographs so I can't comment on those lines.
TRACK AND STADIUM LAYOUT: Track was excellent. Great viewing areas from all stadium seats I liked the "Monster Mountain". The only area of criticism here is for seats on the left side of the stadium (visitors seating, if you stand at the start facing the opposing end zone) the were a significant number of seats where the Monster finish line obscured vision of the screen used for interviews and to show the racing outside of the stadium. Notwithstanding this comment I felt the facilities and track were exceptional.
EVENTS: The format of the racing, number of events, sequencing of the races, etc. provided nonstop entertainment throughout the evening. To me there seemed there was less dead time than the Supercross events. The different classes were very entertaining.
THE ACTUAL RACES: Villopoto was on rails. Clearly the dominant rider. Dungey was a strong second (though it appeared the change to KTM is still a work in progress). All in all very competitive racing.
Well just some thoughts. I know I was critical in an early topic of the FELD marketing and some non appearing riders. Ignoring those issues, the MEC was a great well executed event.
nix the am races
freestyle im on the fence. I still cant believe Potter pulled an 11 year old trick?!?!?
Live TV!!!!!! Sweet
Hybrid track, pretty damn cool IMO
It needs to start earlier, it finished up around 2 that's to late. Especially if you need to be up at 6 to go riding.
The layout was great, I loved the AM races, just wish they showed the whole race not just the final laps..
Overall I thought it was good, hopefully next year we get all the heavy hitters that would make the racing much more exciting.
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Question - would a wider track have made for better racing? More water on the track? Wouldn't mind seeing a 'deep' sand whoops / jumps section out in the parking lot.
I would have liked to see something more done with the Monster Mtn section .... uphill whoops / rollers .... split lanes .... at least a clear inside line top turn and maybe an equal but high banked top turn just to avoid playing follow the leader.
And more dirt ... so they don't hit the plywood right away.
Overall it was interesting. But clearly needed a few AF500s out there.
The rest of the pack seemed to have some battles that lasted more than a corner.
Like the three short races vs one long main.
Tinker with the support races and show them more on TV.
Ditch the freesstyle. If they are trying to capture the 8-second attention span Bull Riding fans, the one-shot deal didn't really cut it.
I could not believe the front flip tricks in Freestyle. That is just amazing and then also what Loza was attempting to do. I mean holy crap, these guys are pushing the boundaries of freestyle big time.
at two seconds faster per lap, RV would have lapped everyone but Dungey...
Why make it easier and easier for the guy up front, make him work for it. It's a million dollar race, add something to make it more difficult. Had RV had to fight through the field a little, rather than holeshot, run away and hide, would have been much better.
And there is no reason Feld can't do same track for each SX finale.
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