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The East/West Shootout will now give out points towards the west/east series? WHY!?! This is stupid, who loves going to the E/W shootout and seeing a shiny #1w and #e, East vs West, the gloves are off! This 1. makes confusion in the crowd for points/coasts/etc and 2. ruins vegas E/W tradition.
Thoughts on this? Who realllly thinks this is a good idea?
Sorry the topic name is inappropiate, i was just like "seriously???" when i made the topic.
Thoughts on this? Who realllly thinks this is a good idea?
Sorry the topic name is inappropiate, i was just like "seriously???" when i made the topic.
Maybe I am one of the few but I like it.
The Shop
and i think its a good and bad idea. I guess we will have to see how it goes this year.
Hell, if I had my way, make the winner of the LV shootout the SX2 National Champion
One race, winner take all
I blame the AMA for the oil in my neighbor's kiddy pool and for not pulling the
Chilean miners out quicker.
And, they tea-partied my Obamacare package at Lebron's Miami casa last night.
Bastards !
It was originally in place so the rookies would have less travel/expense and build a larger field for the 450 class. Now we have Californian Factory Pros racing the East Coast series. WTF?
Make it one class. 17 Rounds. 20 Lap mains.
As far as making it one full series, I think part of it is also that it leaves the door open for more riders and teams to step up into the pro ranks. SX only has a 20 man gate, if you combine the 2 coasts, then half the gate will be made up of riders from 2 teams and it doesn't leave much chance for some of the privateers to make the main. On the flip side to that, if you're not fast enough to compete, better luck next time. I guess it's one of those debates that could really go either way with good reasoning to back them up.
In regards to Las Vegas counting for points, I think it's a good idea.
Pit Row
but yes, a lot of privateers that are gunning for a top-10 finish at the last race could be left out in the cold.
Maybe they should have a 'B' main for the remaining top 20 qualifiers just for additional points.
From what I understand, the intention is that the points awarded at the final round in Vegas are only going to be awarded in the heat races. East guys will be awarded east points, and West guys will be awarded points based on their heat race finish. The 20-rider heat race for each class is basically a final sprint main for both the East and West.
The East/West shootout main event after that? That's for pride, bucks, etc.
Maybe after crowning champs, they'll allow the 1E and 1W to run that number during the main.
Other thoughts:
- interesting possibility that you could have two regional champions and a separate race winner all on the one night.
- might make for some interesting mid-pack racing at the penultimate rounds to make the "cut" to get into Vegas.
Overall I think it's a good idea - it gives the race real meaning.
(Please let it be crowned there, rather than early like last year.)
Although on the down side, six laps is not much of a race to decide the championship - it will all be in the start.
Anyway, it should make for an interesting end to the season...and make the find round more important than ever.
Sorry for the negativity.
They always made for good racing and it was interesting how it shook things up a bit .
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