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Craig Dack’s no fool and it sounds like he genuinely believes this will be a good thing.
Which would kill right away the very first principle of their whole concept, equity.
The concept was to put together a race with manufacters teams mixing MXGP pilots and amercican championships stars. They had an amazing entry list, the racing was rather enjoyable, and attendence was an amazing all time low.
Huge stadium near Dortmund, Germany, almost totally empty...
Major fiasco for Youthstream...
The idea of having it every year was shelved before the gates opened, lol...
October 21-22
Edit: Melbourne. Marvel Stadium.
Feld not sx global or whatever.
I believe it'll be October 28th-29th.
Also mentioned was that some of the existing teams are not happy that the series is paying for Roczen to essentially be gifted to a random team after they’ve already budgeted and had to pay for all their riders.
Gonna be a great pay day for Roczen this fall for 3 races!
At the beginning, the plan wasn’t for the series to pay individual riders large sums of money to race the series, so it does seem a little like a bait and switch situation for the teams that are involved.
Pit Row
They plan 12 races all over the world next year, many or most in 3rd world countries like Saudi, Malaysia, Thailand etc?
First, travelling 12 or 15 hours by plane is EXHAUSTING and a huge pain in the balls nowadays. The dirty unvaxxed can't even go to the fecken police state of Australia. Not to mention, getting very expensive. Has anyone calculated the cost of flying 44 bikes and riders, plus support personnel, tools, spares, etc etc.........to a place like Thailand or even the UK? Have you ever experienced the DEBILITATING jetlag from flying LA to Sydney, or Tokyo, or Moscow? I have, and I wouldn't go near any type of machine like a dirtbike, a chainsaw or an axe for two days afterwards ......never mind go race SX after landing: laugh:
How many spectators do you think will show up in Saudi or Jakarta? Look at the battle to get even ONE MOTO on TV here in the Land of TV......ya think Vietnam or Zimbabwe TV is going to broadcast the event LIVE?? Worldwide??
If the promoters came straight out and said they're starting an Australian SX series, you could take them more seriously. Read some statistics and comments about MXGP in places like Thailand or Malaysia or Dubai and see. It's a huge financial loss for everybody, NOT worth it to race in front of 387 spectators in Bombay.
Just too many practical obstacles, granted many of which can be overcome by throwing LOTS of money at it, but how deep are these peoples' pockets? We're talking many many MILLIONS.
Don't forget, the AMA SX series was a "world championship" because of FIM involvement until 2020. Nobody cared. Now they want to split an already small pie? Start a SX B league? Pfffft.
We shall see what we shall see..........go on, shock and surprise me
In the beginning and it feels weird and you compare the new girlfriend with your ex girlfriend.
But after a while you realize it's much better.
Clout, born and raised in New South Wales, is an established motocross and supercross rider that has ridden for Dack’s Australian team for several years and competed at the highest level of the sport. A former MX2 National Champion, Clout brings a championship pedigree to the CDR racing team who will lean on him to claim the WSX World Championship.
“My dream has always been to compete and win a World Championship in the 450cc class and I’m excited to be given the opportunity to race in the FIM-sanctioned World Supercross Championship,” said Clout. “Craig and the CDR team have instilled confidence in my ability to compete on supercross’s global stage with the best riders from around the world and I’m looking forward to the challenge, but understand it’s going to take hard work, determination and an intense drive to succeed.”
Clout’s presence and calm demeaner provides a foundation to forming true chemistry within the CDR team as they welcome teammate and Australian rider, Aaron Tanti, to the roster. Tanti has proven himself to be a reliable and determined supercross and motocross competitor with experience in both Australia and the United States. Adding to the Australian mix of riders competing in the FIM World Supercross Championship, CDR welcomes Kyle Chisholm, hailing from the United States to create a nice mix of Aussie and American flare as the team prepares for the upcoming pilot season. Chisholm is a rider with extensive experience and solid results in both 250cc and 450cc classes.
“As we embark on our journey to compete for an FIM-sanctioned World Supercross Championship Title, we’re thrilled with the prospects of our team and believe the combination of Luke, Aaron and Kyle gives us an impressive roster to compete for podiums right out of the gates during this pilot season,” said Dack. “These three guys possess several critical intangibles on and off the track that will serve our team well when competing on the global stage against the best riders supercross has to offer and we couldn’t be more excited to get the season going.”
Australia (August 11, 2022) – SX Global, the Australian sports and entertainment company spearheading the FIM World Supercross Championship (WSX), today announced Italian team, Honda NILS as its 10th and final team competing in the 2022 FIM World Supercross Championship. The team will announce its four riders in the coming weeks as it prepares for the Global WSX Championship kicking off on Saturday, October 8th in Cardiff, Wales at Principality Stadium.
“We are incredibly excited to have Honda NILS join us on our journey. Our pilot season boasts strong teams from the US, France and Australia, fielding incredible riders from across the globe, said Adam Bailey, Managing Director – Motorsport of SX Global. “Having a trailblazer like Livia Lancelot who has contributed so much to the sport both on and off the race track, serving as Team Manager adds another layer of excitement and intrigue around this team and our series.”
The 34-year-old Lancelot won the first ever women’s motocross World Championship in 2008 and followed it up with another world title run in 2016. After retiring from competition, she has worked as a Team Manager since 2017 in the MX2 class of the MXGP World Championship scoring multiple podium wins. She now becomes the most decorated female Team Manager in major Supercross anywhere in the world.
“Our ‘offseason’ is only a few weeks, so we are quickly working to get riders and crew members under contract, and bikes ready to race, all while tackling the logistics a global series requires. It’s a great challenge, and we are ready to face it.” said Lancelot.
And do i really need to remind you that AMA SX and MX is two NATIONAL championships, and guess what, EVERY fucking country in the world that races MX has a national championship, there is nothing more special about your’s than any other. Yes, you have some fast riders in the top, but those riders could never win the Dutch championship and we don’t se much hype about that, do we?
So please, just sit down in the boat and accept that racing don’t circulate around ONE country in the world. And that’s why they now have created a WORLD championship that will be held in multiple countrys..
Interesting angle if they end up going through and what other companies would look into doing something similar with their product.
Standardises a couple of the variables and makes sense from a freight perspective where the spec sponsor/ promoter is responsible for getting stuff to each round. However a goggle deal sounds a bit weird and unwarranted?
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