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8/25/2017 6:22pm
8/25/2017 6:22pm
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None of friends could understand why YS partnered with MX Sports but I was waiting to see the entry list before forming an opinion.
Looking at the USGP rider list earlier this week, I don't see any real difference from the USGPs at Glen Helen. There might actually be fewer US riders in MXGP next weekend than what raced the USGP at Glen Helen in 2015. I don't see where YS is gaining anything from the alliance but MX Sports is having their amateur races with 36 classes.
Good deal for MX Sports it appears but not so much for YS.
Looking at the USGP rider list earlier this week, I don't see any real difference from the USGPs at Glen Helen. There might actually be fewer US riders in MXGP next weekend than what raced the USGP at Glen Helen in 2015. I don't see where YS is gaining anything from the alliance but MX Sports is having their amateur races with 36 classes.
Good deal for MX Sports it appears but not so much for YS.
Boo fuckin hooo , I thought DC would force people to race this race. like that's a thing in the USA huh
The Shop
And Brownstone, it's not meaningless, it's just early. And I'm thinking it will last, but I'm an optimist, always. But there are still 29 races on the AMA schedule, and a lot of guys ready for some time off (and time to heal). We will do the best we can with the guy who do show up, and hope that we build an a must-attend MXGP of the USA.
See you guys in Jacksonville, right?
DC
Racer X
After all, there's something to be said for consistency, right?
Can you imagine say a guy on Suzuki losing the title by 3 points after a guy like Say RC went 1-1 and the GP regular went 2-2 ?
There are so many factors, it's an unrealistic goal to have all of the best from both sides in a race like this.
The GP's are good on their own, it's just the US fans that are not hard core just don't care much.
Hey, I know, Im going to present a factual argument based on guesswork!
Pit Row
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/How-to-save-motocross,132…
Much ty
The riders are the ones that will have to fix this. Don't you think? I can't see Feld & company shaving off SX rounds.
12 and 12. It's enough. The sport is brutal. MXGP does it right by giving the guys plenty of time off during the season.
MX Sports Pro Racing's cooperative supporting partnership of the USGP will help usher in a new era for the sport's global footprint. For the past two seasons MXGP has made the overseas trip to bring Europe's finest racers onto U.S. soil and close out the championship alongside the biggest names in American motocross. This new strategic alliance will begin this season with the 17th round of the championship on Labor Day weekend, September 2-3, and will continue for years to come. Currently the USGP does not have a designated home for the 2017 season and beyond, and will serve as the first priority of the new partnership between MX Sports Pro Racing and Youthstream.
"Bringing Youthstream and MX Sports Pro Racing together for the USGP will ensure that event enjoys continued success and becomes a fixture on the global racing calendar," said David Luongo, Vice President of Youthstream. "No one knows the sport of motocross and its illustrious history in American better than the Coombs family, and that expertise will help make the USGP a new motocross tradition for fans to celebrate, bringing the planet's best riders together in one place for a true showcase of this incredible sport."
In addition to the USGP, MX Sports Pro Racing will also serve as a cooperative partner to Youthstream in brining the legendary FIM Motocross of Nations to U.S. soil every four to five years.
I am hopeful that future USGPs well be better attended by US riders but given the lack of interest in US riders in the MXoN the last several years, don't see it happening.
Not to mention two months ago there wasn't even supposed to be a race at that track. Obviously that probably doesn't make any difference for the top US riders but I'm sure it does for some local riders or privateers.
Near as I have been able to gather the USGP was doa (dead on arrival) after the last few experiences at GH. Seems to me that MX Sports helped revive the event and at the very least they found it a home for 2017. As for the riders, if you’ve been paying attention at all to the US series, you are aware that the 450 field has been decimated by injuries this year. I realize that people like to find something to bitch about (many times just for the sake of starting a discussion board topic), so, I won’t take your post as an insult to the intellect of the human race. However, why don’t you find a different topic to complain about rather than how YS is not benefitting by a newly formed alliance that hasn’t even put on its first event yet.
Even with coffee, I can completely understand why you are having a bit of trouble. Perhaps you are the one that's an insult to human intellect to not see the entry list for the USGP is a good indication of how the first event will go.
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