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As a local, Redbud is the pro track I grew up with. To those of you who are coming here from other states/countries what is your opinion of Redbud???
The Shop
I've been to Glen Helen, Hang town , Millville, Mt Morris,Colorado and Red bud , and out of those millville and Red Bud would be a tie for 1st imo
Track and facilities were very nice.
The chainsaws and screaming Red Bud every 3 minutes were absolutely annoying.
Pit Row
Came from Canada,
Insanity everywhere
I mean, were showing support for Canada... but were also realistic where we think they are going to land. Low-key were rooting for the States aswell lol
I just wanted to look at these idiots and say, YO we think you guys deserve a win here too. We want to see a great race.. but oh well lol
I am from the Las Vegas NV, I may have a little different perspective on Red Bud than some others I have seen on here.
1. We purchased the VIP tickets. Money well spent, the accommodations were really first class. The food was very good, really. No hamburgers or hotdogs but prime roast beef, Fajitas, salad, etc. no one in VIP went hungry. The bath rooms were nice (no port a potties). I could be wrong but I credit MXGP and Guiseppe Luongo for the excellent accommodations not the Redbud promoters.
2. The staff, who I would assume were all Michiganders, were all pleasant and helpful. This seemed to be a recurring theme in Michigan, how genuinely nice and helpful the people are. Michigan could certainly teach Las Vegas a thing or two about how to treat visitors.
3. Who thought it would be a good idea to host the most prestigious motocross race in the world in Michigan during October? All I can really see when I think of Redbud is mud. What a mess. It may not have been a full on mudder but you could not tell that from the infield or parking areas. Having to walk through 3 to 6 inches of mud to go anywhere in the facility is ridiculous. I don't know, metal grates, wood walk paths, gravel, or sand dumped and smoothed seemed like it could have helped to get from one place to another inside the facility. We ended up staying in the VIP area most of the time just because it sucked so bad walking anywhere.
4. The track. I did not expect to see a sand track. I've watched the race for years on TV but never fully realized how sandy it was. This combined with the mud made for a really crappy race track. From all of the outdoor nationals I have been to over the years, this track would not rate in the top 10.
5. Directions to the track. These were country roads out in the middle of nowhere. The police at the intersections didn't have a clue when it came to what entrance VIP visitors should go in. We spent a lot of money for those passes and did not believe we should have to spend an extra 30.00 to take a shuttle to the race track when free parking was included. We did talk the officer into letting us through after explaining to him the VIP passes but he didn't have any idea which way we should be going to get to the correct entrance. Even after getting in the entrance it was a guessing game on where to park from there due to there not being any parking attendants directing traffic. Some signs stating where the various parking lots were would have been huge. Turns out we wished we would have taken the shuttle.
6. We got stuck in the mud in our rental car in the VIP area. Fortunately, the Redbud promoters came up with the great idea of supplying one tractor to pull out all of the stuck cars. And there were a lot of buried vehicles. Even four-wheel drive vehicles were buried. We were stuck for 3 hours in that shit hole. You would think the promoters would have had some idea that this was going to be a problem since I would presume they have dealt with this before. Fortunately, four Australians pulled us out.
I can only come to the conclusion that the Redbud promoters really could not have cared less about the fans and vendors. They have done this before. Thank god the turn out wasn't anything like what was being predicted. If 50 or 60 thousand fans would have shown up it would have been even more of a mess than it was.
Mud racing is part of motocross, it's the shitty part. Who ever really wants to see a mud race? Maybe the same people who watch mud bogs. The poster that posted that this race "should have been at Glen Helen" could not have been more right. He caught a lot of shit for that post but he was right. It was 77* and partly cloudy Sunday at Glen Helen.
It was insane, on the verge of a once in a lifetime experience. Weather was rough but amazingly the track was racey. Met tons of cool people throughout the weekend. The pit bike race Saturday night was simply mayhem. Could’ve donn without the tire fires and 5 minute chainsaw runs but I guess that’s part of it. The drive home sucked Monday, that’s for sure!
Hopefully anyone who came from overseas had fun!
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