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11/13/2020 10:19pm
11/13/2020 10:19pm
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11/25/2020 11:19pm
I haven't seen a thread on this, but looks like the owner got his panties in a bunch because metzger called him out on I.G. because his kid got hurt at statefair due to a wire wrapping around his wheel. Also other parents drinking beers n shit in the pits.. not cool, and how are the kids supposed to get home safe, when the parent brought them to the track and is now drinking...WTF.
Super fucked up for the owner to say he didnt like what metz had to say and banned him and his kid. Metz was 100% correct.
Im honestly curious as to you guys opinions on this.
Here is the Video for reference.
- Apparently in the comments,They're thinking about closing down the tracks too because its a hard business to operate and theyre sick of everyone's issues
Super fucked up for the owner to say he didnt like what metz had to say and banned him and his kid. Metz was 100% correct.
Im honestly curious as to you guys opinions on this.
Here is the Video for reference.
- Apparently in the comments,They're thinking about closing down the tracks too because its a hard business to operate and theyre sick of everyone's issues
Owning one in hopes of making a living from it, is a pipe dream. I don’t want to see any tracks close down, but it’s so hard to keep it going.
as far as the ban, maybe too harsh or maybe he was out of line speaking with them, who knows.
Also, (side rant) trainers/parents act like they own the facilities. Open your own track if you disagree so much and then see how it is in the track owners shoes.
The Shop
What I do agree with is you should be allowed to walk the track. These owners let any dirt be dumped at their tracks. I have seen angle iron, railroad spikes and even chunks of brick at different tracks. Not cool. As much as Englishtown had complaints in one of the worst states to own an mx track they always had enough flaggers and emt workers. They always shut the track down if the ambulance left and always maintained/watered the track. Oh, and they have been successful for a longgggg time.
I agree with whoever else said it’s a thankless job and you’re not getting rich from it.
We should really appreciate these track owner/managers.
We hear about supporting the local dealers, but with no tracks to ride those dealers move less bikes, parts, gear.
Our family skis, check the price of a lift ticket lately, not cheap.
Not speaking with regards to this metzger situation with which I know nothing about.
Anyways, better ways to go about blasting a track and it’s not to your 70k followers..Perhaps a one on one with the track manager (a supposed friend) would have been a better route..
Fact is you can't run a track and expect to make much off it, so you better be passionate about the sport and in tune with the riders. If you're not, sell it to someone who is.
Pit Row
Maybe riders should give up an hour of ride time to flag a corner. Yeah, right.
I don't think all of Metzgers followers ride. They just follow the Bro lifestyle.
I don't know why my edit didn't work last night.
At least he had the class to pull his original vid down. He does make some good points. I have stopped a couple times and asked the flagger to remove a chunk that looked like it came from a concrete block and a decent sized rock another time. They both really stood out on the track. I hope this gets resolved because I hate to see his son caught it the middle of this.
If moneys an issue then a track needs to put the price up a bit to compensate.
On the flip side, I am also not a fan of the “banned” movement when you surface an issue In saying that I have held my voice on a serious issue at “said” tracks due the the fear of being “banned” from one of my sons favorite tracks. Pretty shitty that you have to fear bringing up a safety issue to a place of business due the fear of the almighty “ban”
Soo after talking to the owner in person, he was dismissive of the issues at hand. The original video explaining it all was deleted by metz. and he references that one in the one i posted.
Edit. Just read the posts above after I replied. Seems that he did talk to the owner first and got no where with him. In that instance going to social media is fair in my opinion
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