Shout out to TBlazier, and a Q?!

tblazier wrote:

Personally I love this track too. It was technical and exciting to watch. I agree 1000% on the need to take a hard look at the...

Personally I love this track too. It was technical and exciting to watch. I agree 1000% on the need to take a hard look at the treck designs. If you go back and watch any of my vids from around 99-02 those tracks were way more gnarly than what they are building now. I'm not sure how much the 450's would change the outcome on these races. It is true that they make clearing things less difficult and the 2-strokes certainly led to more mistakes, but the best guys would still win regardless.

We need to return to bigger whoops and they need to be right out of turns so the speeds stay down and it requires more skill to negotiate them. I also like things like steep walls like we saw in ATL this year that the guys have to slow down for and don't allow them to just leap whole straight-aways in 2 jumps. The 450's are so damn powerful the only way to slow the track down is to get creative with the obstacles. IMO if a guy can go out with NO practice and nail every obstacle on the track at a race pace within one lap the track is too much of a cookie cutter. Tracks like the Anaheim throw back in 08 and A1 this year generate a lot of belly aching from everyone, but they are different and actually require the guys and teams to adapt. Change is good, and I would love to see Feld mix things up with a Joker lane or more interesting designs. It probably won't happen, but IMO it would be good for the sport.