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This year was a surprise to all the teams, and if they pass on this race it is very understandable. If they decide to pass on next years race, we Americans should keep our mouths shut about how our riders are the fastest in the world.
I hope MX Sports and YS work together next year to give us all the chance to see the race of a lifetime.
I hope MX Sports and YS work together next year to give us all the chance to see the race of a lifetime.
Maybe if they offer an actual purse it would entice some riders to show up? Contingency? SOMETHING? No reason to do it as it is. What's the upside? Yeah, I won the US GP?
MX isn't a team sport....this isn't hokey (that is how you spell it, right?), or baseball or football (whichever version)
It's an individual sport, and the flaw in the MXdN is that a team can win by being consistent, not fastest.
I think on a one on one basis, most US riders are fastest. I have always said, take the top 10 here and top 10 there, you'd have a hell of a race where anything can happen
But MXdN is not a true measure
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I really hope the GP is good. Even if it's just the to 20 from the GP regulars, it should be cool to watch.
I challenge Luongo to put up a purse that at the minimum, matches the MX Nationals(better would be US OPEN money!), then see who shows up.
Just enjoy the GP riders that are here, it should be great racing. If a few AMA riders show up, good deal, if not, oh well.
Give me a break.
If it's so easy to prove then why would we sit the race out.
At this time, I really do think that we have the top two to three riders in the world. After that it's just good racing and I don't think we should be afraid of that.
Isn't that what racing is all about?
How about explaining your comment.
As it is, there is no incentive to race.
Trust me on this one. Not a single rider is traveling all over the country racing this AMA outdoors series for the "Purse Money".
You're wrong. I know of plenty that are going for purse and contingency money.
Are you sure you know what you're talking about?
out of the top 10 in the world i would put dungey, stewart, RV, weimer, and possibly windham. the rest is up for grabs...and i am talkiing mx only imho
How about moto 1: First, moto 2: First, moto 3: First and Second?
Budd's Creek 2007.
Alzheimer's?
Pit Row
It's the AMA riders against the GP riders. Heck, the current MX National champ isn't American.
Although contingency is getting pretty slim right now it has nothing to do with purse.
Contingency slim, maybe, but it's still more than the GP pays.
Win on a Honda, that's an extra $10k.
Win on a Yamaha, that's an extra $15k
WIn on a Kawasaki, that's an extra $10k
SHOW ME ONE NON-FACTORY RIDER WHO EARNED $10,000.00 IN CONTINGENCY IN ONE SINGLE OUTDOOR NATIONAL LAST YEAR
$100
SHOW ME ONE
(factory/factory support contracted does not count as they are not on the posted plan)
Let's hope as many do the GP as possible,shame it's a lot to do with money,it'd be great to see AMA and GP come together,the MXoN is not a true match up as in every race,there are big chunk of riders sitting on the sidelines,or not even there,hopefully there will be some pride involved in wanting to do well in the GP,it's been ages since the USA had had one so now it's coming it'd sureley be a missed opportunity by any American/American based rider to sit it out
The old us vs them will always be argued and probably never satisfied until we get a Trans-Am series,say 6 races in the US and 6in Europe,I for one see that as the true mark,maybe one day it'll happen!
I know this is off topic and all but I have to ask. What do ou think a OEM's payout vs. the posted contingency for the Mx outdoor series.
Example, if Suzuki (for example) posted $300,000 (another example) in the payout how much do you think they actually pay for that posted amount to riders who are eligible for it, minus the factory/factory supported guys that get written out of it?
I wonder if there is any way to find that out? I bet the actual figures are pretty low. BUT at least it is something!
I would like to see the AMA / Feld / MX Sports all start doing like they do in other sporting events and combine all bonuses and contingencies and other monies into the posted purses.
If they did that, which is what they do in other sports, the combined total purse of a SX would "look like" a few hundred thousand dollars, if not close to a million.
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