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Would love to hear your personal experiences regarding the nonevent.
Did anybody get refunds?
Did the Tribal Council really do something shiesty?
Did the promoter make unfulfilled promises to the tribe and or fans?
Do you have any tickets, shirts, passes etc. from the event to this day?
Did the FIM pull the plug prematurely?
Was the event truly ever going to happen?
I would especially like to hear any inside knowledge or verified truthes about what really happened because with all the finger pointing taking place between the promoter and Tribal Council i never really felt like I heard the whole truth.
Please discuss.
Did anybody get refunds?
Did the Tribal Council really do something shiesty?
Did the promoter make unfulfilled promises to the tribe and or fans?
Do you have any tickets, shirts, passes etc. from the event to this day?
Did the FIM pull the plug prematurely?
Was the event truly ever going to happen?
I would especially like to hear any inside knowledge or verified truthes about what really happened because with all the finger pointing taking place between the promoter and Tribal Council i never really felt like I heard the whole truth.
Please discuss.
From what I remember, the people responsible for preparing the track didn't have their shit together, didn't secure proper licenses, so the Indian tribe literally locked them out of the facility.
We went to the World Cup of MX, Rick Doughty of Vintage Iron and others organised for riders who had already arrived and for the fans at a Glen Helen.
Mike Metzger was the 3rd rider on the NZ team.
I think If you had a foreign passport you got in for free.
I liked the track a lot.
Comp park Jim was a regular poster on proride st the time
The Shop
It was Sketch City from the get-go.
For chrissakes Goodwin's doodling on a cocktail napkin had far more potential and proved to be right.
I rode a practice day at that track in late 1997, I think the track had barely opened up. Ryan Hughes was there and rode a modded KX80 with an XR100 engine in preparation for Langtown. He was flying! Also signed some autographs in the pits for some kids. Seemed pretty cool.
Now I can't even remember where that track was exactly. Can anyone point me to the location?
33°49'06.3"N 117°00'02.6"W was the older Comp Park. (I believe the original.. Had a Skate Park, Dirt Oval, and 2-3 Tracks)
I'll have to dig through old film boxes. Both locations were quite fun. Will always remember DV12 riding the main track at the older competition park, or older FMX rider Trevor Vines showing up and signing posters/passing out stickers to the kids.
https://americansandassociation.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=8239
Edit: Another interesting article.
https://motocrossactionmag.com/sept-17-whos-to-blame-for-the-mxdn-disas…
Original Comp Park
New Comp Park (MXdN)
FIM and Dorna should never have awarded that race to them in the first place.
Pit Row
Reed, Byrne, and Ando were legit then.
I’ll give you a clue. He’s Italian.
"Meanwhile the 2002 Motocross des Nations was mired in controversy. In a shocker, officials announced the event would take place in the U.S. at Southern California’s Competition Park. The facility would move to a new location on Indian tribe lands and build a world-class track just for the event. But progress was either slow or non-existent, and as the race grew closer, anyone who checked the place out left scratching their heads. Finally an incident broke a few days before the race, one of the tribes men fired a gun, and the whole facility was shut down—and the des Nations cancelled. Team USA members Ricky Carmichael, Mike LaRocco and Mike Brown went home. Fans groaned, but a cool international race called the World Cup of Motocross took place at Glen Helen, just to give fans who had traveled halfway across the world something to see. The American team consisted of Tim Ferry, Kyle Lewis and Sean Hamblin, but they came up short against the Australian team of Chad Reed, Michael Byrne and Craig Anderson.
The actual des Nations were rescheduled back in Europe, but the US couldn't get a team and bikes overseas in such a short order. France railed to the victory in the race."
Also, France won in 01 (part of this win was the US not sending a team due to 911), but not in 02 where Italy took it.
http://mxofnations.blogspot.com/2011/09/2002.html
https://motocrossactionmag.com/oct-21-the-replacements-motocross-des-na…
RESULTS: MOTOCROSS DES NATION
1. Javier Vico Garcia…Spain
2. Andrea Bartolini…Italy
3. Alessio Chiodi…Italy
4. Jussi Vehvilainen…Finland
5. Peter Iven…Belgium
6. Danny Theybers…Belgium
7. Joaquin Karlsson…Sweden
8. Marco Kovalianen…Finland
9. Alex Puzar…Italy
10. Thierry Bethys…France
11. Antti Pyrohonen…Finland
12. Oscar Lanze…Spain
13. Johnny Lindhe…Sweden
14. Serge Guidetty…France
15. Avo Leok…Estonia
FINAL STANDINGS BY COUNTRY
1. Italy…5 points
2. Belgium…11 points
3. Finland…12 points
4. Spain…13 points
5. Sweden…20 points
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