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I mean, that's what it all comes down to. I imagine most MX facilities would love to do all sorts of things that mainstream motorsports do. Just as soon as they start making "mainstream" motorsport money. Unless you assume other than I do, which is MX track operators are not killing it. From my understanding, it's damn hard just to keep a track running already, let alone turn a meaningful profit from it
I pay 150 dollars for a half day at High Plains Raceway to run my sports car around and they don't even have to do track maintenance/watering. Do you know anyone willing to pay $150 that to go ride their dirtbike for an afternoon? How about $100? $75? no? ...cause I don't either.
Want to actually race your car, that could be $250-1,000 for a local or regional sports car race.
money talks and bullshit walks. same as it's always been.
I value not having to share the track with unsafe riders with wildly varying skill levels. I value knowing there's an ambulance waiting track side if I wad it up bad. It lets me hang it out a little more.
We're all used to the old, if you have a $10 head then wear a $10 helmet. Well the same analogy could be used for the tracks we ride on. If you don't value safety in slightest, then go and ride a $10 track day.
The Shop
While going thru the infield, maybe.
From the article:
“A rider went down beyond the Wall Jump before the finish line jump. The track crew blocked the Wall Jump and made us go around it and the fallen rider before re-entering the track. I was going slow and when I looked over at the injured rider I saw that it as my friend. I wasn’t on the track, but on the infield, I turned towards the track and didn’t realize that Jason Anderson was behind me. He came out of nowhere.. He clipped my bars and we went down. I think his foot got wedged in my front end. I landed on my left side and was down for a bit, I’m a little bit bruised.”
So what happened then? Did he cut the track? Was Anderson was in the infield as well? Both guys off the track?
My point is that the guy involved has some responsibility in this as well.
Pit Row
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