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What "real" changes did they make to make the sport better?

The only thing that I thought would be cool would be to see people take advantage of the 250F in the 450F class, but it doesn't look like that will happen.


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They got a couple hundred illiterate Australians to post on Vital...
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I feel the rule to allow 250F in the 450F is dumb, no need for it.

The series needs to work on its advertising and marketing of the series to bring more professionalism to the sport, teams, and riders.

A1 track and dirt looked good, offered nice racing.

They WHOLE series needs same day coverage like A1, that makes it easier to sell BIG sponsors.

Live audio on the net like DC said on Racerhead lastweek for people around the world to atleast listen in if they do not have a tv package.

I could go on if I took some more time to think about it.



Just my .02
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What "real" changes did they make to make the sport better? The only thing that I thought would be cool would be to see people take...
What "real" changes did they make to make the sport better?

The only thing that I thought would be cool would be to see people take advantage of the 250F in the 450F class, but it doesn't look like that will happen.


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Obama has your change, he is going to change everything dont you know that?
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There is no privateer points/end of year bonus, no holeshot award, and no webcast, and only 20 riders in the 250 class (instead of 22)

How any of these changes made the sport "better" is beyond me.

i could go on, but whats the use,

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nc_mx_kid wrote:
I feel the rule to allow 250F in the 450F is dumb, no need for it. The series needs to work on its advertising and marketing...
I feel the rule to allow 250F in the 450F is dumb, no need for it.

The series needs to work on its advertising and marketing of the series to bring more professionalism to the sport, teams, and riders.

A1 track and dirt looked good, offered nice racing.

They WHOLE series needs same day coverage like A1, that makes it easier to sell BIG sponsors.

Live audio on the net like DC said on Racerhead lastweek for people around the world to atleast listen in if they do not have a tv package.

I could go on if I took some more time to think about it.



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Ummmmmm, I ask for actually changes that were made.....................


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Kyle Keylon rode a 250F at Anaheim.
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WhKnuckle wrote:
They got a couple hundred illiterate Australians to post on Vital...
That's to counter the couple thousand mouth foaming bubba worshipers...
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GuyB wrote:
Kyle Keylon rode a 250F at Anaheim.
That's cool, but I would like to have seen some of the 125E guys take advantage of the rule. It might actually be safer than them not racing considering the amount of injuries that we see during the off season..............


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GuyB wrote:
Kyle Keylon rode a 250F at Anaheim.
I totally forgot about that, was thinking to myself why he did so bad.
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i read somwheres that dungey is going to ride a 250f in the east
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If your a 250 guy does it make sense to travel all the way across the country to race the 450 class for the kind of money they are paying in the purse? Your going to pay allot more out than you are going to make.
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nc_mx_kid wrote:
I feel the rule to allow 250F in the 450F is dumb, no need for it. The series needs to work on its advertising and marketing...
I feel the rule to allow 250F in the 450F is dumb, no need for it.

The series needs to work on its advertising and marketing of the series to bring more professionalism to the sport, teams, and riders.

A1 track and dirt looked good, offered nice racing.

They WHOLE series needs same day coverage like A1, that makes it easier to sell BIG sponsors.

Live audio on the net like DC said on Racerhead lastweek for people around the world to atleast listen in if they do not have a tv package.

I could go on if I took some more time to think about it.



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P wrote:
Ummmmmm, I ask for actually changes that were made.....................


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I have yet to see any positive changes by the AMA,FIM, DMG, etc.

I've seen JGR, PC, and Motorsport, KTM bring in some new sponsors such as Snickers, Sport Clips, Farm Bureau Insurance, Canidae dog food, Terminal Velicity, Jagermeister, among some others that I know I'm missing.

I just feel the teams are working and trying harder to gain bigger and better sponsors but do not have the same effort put in by the Series.

Just my .02
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overdrive09 wrote:
If your a 250 guy does it make sense to travel all the way across the country to race the 450 class for the kind of...
If your a 250 guy does it make sense to travel all the way across the country to race the 450 class for the kind of money they are paying in the purse? Your going to pay allot more out than you are going to make.
Not if you are on a Factory Support team. That's the guys that I'd like to see run the 450 class.

Personally, I think it would have been cool to see James on his 125 racing RC and Chad or RV step up to run the 450 class last year. How about Lawrance running some of the 450 races? I'd be interested to see how he would do.


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