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can someone explain to me why RV doesn't count his west coast lites SX title?
The Shop
Age is not only arbitrary, but everyone is on a different timeline. Would you rather Zacho and A Mart not be on the track because they had to go get a real job at 23? Do they not deserve a career in the sport because they didn't hit their prime at 20 years old?
Until the money changes, it's kind of silly to keep pretending the 250 class is just for the kids.
I say, if you can make a living riding a dirt bike, do it however you can.
Don't get me wrong, I am happy for everyone that can make a living riding dirt bikes. However you need to give the young guys a chance to show what they are capable of so that they have a chance of making a living racing bikes.
Pit Row
We can say the 250 class in SX or MX isn’t a developmental series if we want to. But we’d be wrong. Yes I agree it didn’t used to be that way. It is now though.
Every sport, no matter what it is, has to have a way to filter the best up to where they’re competing against each other consistently. You can be a professional without competing in the top championship, so I never understood the argument of, “It’s a professional series, who cares!? No such thing as sandbagging as a pro rider”.
Along with that, that’s actually a huge downfall of our sport right now. But not because of the 250 class. Because the best riders in the world only compete once a year at an event where individual honors mean nothing. That has to change in my opinion.
Back on topic, the first thing they need to change is the purse money. What the manufacturers decide to pay in bonuses is one thing and that can be whatever they’d like. But the purse money is a no brainer. As it is currently, you must finish on the podium in a 450 race to make more than the winner of the 250 race. That’s insane and makes 0 sense at all. Obviously those rounding out the podium on the 250 are incredible, but they’re nowhere near the level of those that 3rd place guy on the 450 beat.
The 250 class IS a developmental class. It IS the class where you go immediately when turning pro. You get the hang of things here and then you go to the premier class on the 450. You’re a professional yes but you aren’t in the top class. You’re in the minor leagues per se. And that’s okay. You should just be paid accordingly.
Honestly I thought Smith's post was pretty light hearted but RV went for the kill. Haha...
(And RV didn't move over in the sand rollers, he got squirrely and went off the track)
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