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The show was good. Much better than the last few times they had it. I think they could have incorporated a little more racing in the program. it was a bit long in between the races. 2nd intermission was useless (nobody got up). Having the girls class made the crowd realize how good the pros were... I'd get rid of 1 of the 2 amateur class and have a 2nd 250 main. They should also have a head-to-head thing with the top qualifiers.
How's Mike Alessi? I caught the end of his crash. Looked like he was under his bike between 2 whoops and another rider used Mike's bike as a bridge to cross the whoops.
It was the premium section (blue seats) that were like 40%
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Do you have any pic of the 2nd 450 start ?
Not sure if you saw but I posted a sequence of how Malcom got into the lead in the previous pages.
What's the reason you're looking for a pic of the 2nd main event? I can maybe try and find something.
I think it appeared to be a great event that definitely needs some tweaking but hopefully can continue and grow.
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I guess that’s what happens when the event wasn’t planned for to be incorporated into the series at first.
My take on it. I don't have a problem with the US and French riders getting an appearance fee. It was necessary to invite some bigger names in order to try and drive interest in the event. Remember it's been 6 years since a race was put on in the Olympic stadium and this was the first go at it for the promoters. They had to do whatever they can in order to try and make the event a success.
Concerning the appearance fees paid to the invited riders it's completely normal. Those guys suit up and go to work just like anyone of us and none of us expect to go to work for free. As far as the regular series guy's that lined up for the event most of them already get a salary from their team/manufacturer. Some had contracts to run all 3 series (AX, MX & SX) and some had contracts just for the MX portion of the series. Regardless of their contract the Montreal SX wasn't scheduled to be part of the original SX schedule. I'm sure negotiations took place between the riders and their team in regards to compensation to race an extra event. They might not have received an appearance fee but I'm sure they got compensated.
I can see why Jetwerx partnered up with the Gestev group. Without them adding the Montreal SX to their schedule I think Gestev would of had to pull the plug on the event or fill the gates with local pro's from Montreal and the surrounding area. Now was that Jetwerx's problem if the event tanked? Yes and no. No in the sense that it wasn't their event and not their money on the line. The yes comes in the part that they want to grow the sport of motocross in Canada and help develop riders so that they can compete not only in Canada but on the world stage. The way to do that is to put on AX and SX series so that the riders coming up through the ranks get use to indoor/close racing from a young age and develop their skills as the years go by. That way once they reach pro status riding AX/SX won't be a foreign concept to them and will have more of a chance to succeed when/if they decide to try their hand at the US Supercross series.
It's important for the Montreal SX to be a success so that we as Canadians can continue to put on legit events that has interest throughout the world and not just Canada. That's the only way to grow the series. The more interest the series receives the better chance it has at making money. The more money it makes the more they can put back into the series. With that comes more teams and with more teams comes more paid rides. The more riders we have the more the series gets competitive and that's a good thing. It just elevates the caliber of the Canadian series on the world stage and that's what we want.
Currently some Canadians are getting paid rides in Canada but the more talent we can produce the more chances we stand at having Canadian riders geting paid rides in the US, MXGP, etc. and that's one of Jetwerx's goal. To produce world class athletes/racers.
That said I do hope that Gestev & Jetwerx kicked some money to the teams for them to make an appearance. Like jbrown15 mentioned the teams had not budgeted for this extra race and there's big expenses that come along with racing the extra round.
As for the points being taken away from the series regular it's no different than a top rider coming back from injury midway through a series and start accumulating points toward the championship. In this case it was only for 1 round and not the entire 4 round series. Will it make a difference in who will win the Rockstar Energy Triple Crown 100k bonus payout for scoring the most points across all 3 series (AX, MX & SX) absolutely but again it's no different than an injured rider coming back from injury.
The event will be back for at least the next two years as this was the first year of a 3 year deal.
Looking forward to seeing it grow and becoming a permanent fixture in the series.
Tyler finished 4th in the 450 standings up here and recently finished 6th overall at the Ironman National which was enough to give him number 84 for 2019. Cole finished 2nd in the 450 standings and has had good results down South in the past.
Tough choice to make.
Still hoping for a top 10 result.
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