MXGP of Switzerland Track Preview

TimV
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8/3/2016 11:03am

Onboard view of the track

Looks like there is still some work to do...
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St Ann More
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8/3/2016 11:17am
All that grass, the traditionalists must be rocking a semi!
BB67
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8/3/2016 11:20am
Yeah a lot more work to be done, like the fence at 1:44 needs to be removed to get the ferris wheel installed before the fair starts.
kongols
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8/3/2016 11:21am
I wonder can it get any more lame?
EEE299
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8/3/2016 11:32am
I will admit that all other bitching aside, it's pretty cool what can be built in a field these days.

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Jaze
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8/3/2016 12:25pm
They are racing in Switzerland and no uphills or evelation change.
Super boring!
hvaughn88
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8/3/2016 12:35pm
Brandon is gonna kick so much ass at this race
8/3/2016 12:37pm
Absolutely awful. The actual race may end up being quite good, but it won't be due to the track. Looks like a home made circuit put together in someone's field and uploaded to youtube.
Rotaholic
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8/3/2016 12:40pm
Courtney Duncan returns, hopefully she goes well
Adam43
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8/3/2016 1:45pm
If our local series was planning to race on that, I'd stay home.
8/3/2016 2:06pm
Was it crazy of me to expect elevation change considering this race is in Switzerland.
CarlinoJoeVideo
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8/3/2016 2:11pm
They should have waited until banners, track markers and hay bales were in place, put water down and let it get rutted up. I think that would have made a better first impression.
Bearuno
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8/3/2016 10:15pm
All that grass, the traditionalists must be rocking a semi!
That's about the only thing that is 'natural' about the track, and, as someone else posted, they'll probably rip that up with a dozer (instead of the bikes doing so, which is how it should be done) and cover it with dirt................

One thing has to be said, no matter how disappointing this track is, it's still better than a Mickey Mouse track, made in a football / baseball stadium (but Luongo really has his sights set on that 'model'). That's not praise of this track, just a reality check on just how crap SX circuits are, and how crap it is that it's the preeminent part of US "Motocross" sport. I think in the coming years, the march of SX, and crap like Straight Rythm, will shorten the US MX series. I wish DC and Co well in that battle.

The ever gentle and retiring Crush suggested the need for assassination of Giuseppe Luongo - well he's got a son, Davide, in the mix with him, and 'his' ownership of the MXGPs through to 2026. So, even if that mongrel carks it, another Luongo will be there to carry on with his 'legacy'.
8/3/2016 10:30pm
Well let's face it that looks s**t more like a supercross track than anything,worse than Daytona.
When will it end and we see a full calendar of decent tracks?
MotoX85
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8/3/2016 10:38pm
That's a nice pit bike track, when do they show the preview of the real track the big bikes are racing on?
RG1
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8/4/2016 1:39am
Racing will be good, it'll be fine
DeStouwer
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8/4/2016 1:49am
I think Payerne is the most beautiful track in Switzerland (that I've seen) followed by Roggenburg. This is just... shit. The exceptions are slowly becoming the standards.
Bearuno
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8/4/2016 1:54am
RG1 wrote:
Racing will be good, it'll be fine
I certainly hope so, well, I think so. As, it comes down to the riders.

Their abilities, I have Absolutely No doubts about.

That such riders, the teams and the Sport in general, are so ill served by such a person / organisation as Luongo / Youthstream, is a crime, I think.
Alex
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8/4/2016 5:41am
Looks like something out of a ropy computer game. Surreal.
jamma10
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8/4/2016 9:58am
vschaik141 wrote:
Anyone there yet?
Yeah, I've just arrived. The track is really starting to come together.

jamma10
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8/4/2016 10:03am
Same as this track, look at all those ugly trees and the nasty elevation, you can't expect spectators to walk up a 10% gradient and get mud on their shoes for godssake! What are they thinking?

vschaik141
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8/4/2016 10:36am
Well I wanted to go for a track walk but thw rain is pouring down here.
HenryA
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8/4/2016 1:19pm
This is just the kind of shit that makes people joke about the MXGP series. Looks more like your local farmer is building a track on one of his fields.
sende
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8/4/2016 1:30pm
Sad is the only word that comes to mind.

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