Anonymous (not verified)
Edited Date/Time
8/11/2017 9:48pm
With the added dirt and jumps, Unadilla seems like it's looking more like a modern MX track. I like the dirt, but I'm not sold on the jumps. I liked the old school feel of the place, and how it was always a nice departure from the rest of the series. It used to seem wider, and had tons of lines guys could take. Putting a bunch of man made obstacles into the place looks to have taken away some of the creativity guys can use. I remember Reynard taking insane lines on a super wide track to come from outside the top ten to beat RC, (who was comfortably in the lead for some time) in a 250 race. Maybe I'm just being nostalgic, but I like it better the old way.
Although I do agree I'd rather see a fully naturalized track on the circuit too, just because it'd be different and cool.
The Shop
That said, the speed that these guys are doing is unbelievable.
As to the capabilities part, again there is a trade off being made. I feel we lose the creativity in line choice in return for the capability to do a huge sky shot.
I assume they've changed the layout more to make it modern than to slow the bikes down, but who knows? But it certainly is not the same natural layout that it was through the early 2000s. But it's not my track, the owners do what they want with it. The sport changes, and the tracks change, too.
Pit Row
I prefer to see the Unadilla pro course remain as natural terrain.
Most have seen this video that DC linked on Racerhead. Who wouldn't want to see today's riders and machines find their way around the real Unadilla? I bet DeCoster just laughs when his or other riders pull off or are tired from their 35 minute motos! You can bet Hannah does! And maybe even Law131 - he raced the track in the video many times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQyI8jt_Lag&feature=player_embedded#at=1…
Did you get to the race yesterday?
Thanks for that video.
I raced the 500's that day in 79.
Another thing that made Dilla look bad this year was the bad camera angles, compare last year to this year and you can see how the track does not seem to have elevation any longer ie; the sky shot for one. I like a lot of the things they are doing with the tracks today and used to race those early 70's tracks so i can tell you first hand that i would hate it if they went back to the tracks we had to ride back then! Dilla and other natural tracks that had built in jumps etc plus some sand tracks around the world were good back in the day but let me tell you, you would not want to ride the majority of the old school tracks!
The Screw-U appears to be the only item left untouched from 79.
Gravity Cavity is very smooth compared to the rutted up mine field it was in 79.
The apple tree is still there. The switch backs through that section have been sanitized.
All this nostalgia about the old track notwithstanding, MX Sports did an A+ job putting on this years event.
Congrats!
RV made that track his bitch!
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