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There's a thread on this about every week, I know, but the racing is too good when all these kids get together. I realize people consider this a 'steppingstone' class(not sure why, I thought they were already pros) or whatever but I have no idea why anyone thinks this is still a good idea.
Here's what I'm thinking:
- Friday night qualifying
- Saturday night show consists of 2 - 450A mains(top 22 450 qualifiers race twice) and 1 - 250A main(top 22 250 qualifiers race one time) and 1 - 250B main(qualifiers #23 thru 44 race one time). No transfers out of the B main.
250B Main
450A Main #1
Intermission
250A Main
450A Main #2
This would provide plenty of room for up-and-comers to get track time(B main) and let all the best of the class(A main) compete against each other.
Points Breakdown:
250 A-Main:
1 50 pts.
2 47
3 46
4 45
5 44
.
.
.
.
20 29
21 28
22 27
250 B-Main:
1 25 pts.
2 20
3 19
4 18
5 17
.
.
.
.
20 2
21 1
22 0
Or something...
Pretty simple. Let's get this implemented for next year
Here's what I'm thinking:
- Friday night qualifying
- Saturday night show consists of 2 - 450A mains(top 22 450 qualifiers race twice) and 1 - 250A main(top 22 250 qualifiers race one time) and 1 - 250B main(qualifiers #23 thru 44 race one time). No transfers out of the B main.
250B Main
450A Main #1
Intermission
250A Main
450A Main #2
This would provide plenty of room for up-and-comers to get track time(B main) and let all the best of the class(A main) compete against each other.
Points Breakdown:
250 A-Main:
1 50 pts.
2 47
3 46
4 45
5 44
.
.
.
.
20 29
21 28
22 27
250 B-Main:
1 25 pts.
2 20
3 19
4 18
5 17
.
.
.
.
20 2
21 1
22 0
Or something...
Pretty simple. Let's get this implemented for next year
OR- get rid it the so-called "rules" (which are useless) and make it open to any licsensed pro.
Osborne won the championship in 57 starts, just get rid of the limits- they are not working.
By the way- there are no limits for 250 AMA Nationals and there is never any chatter about sandbagging. It's great racing.
The Shop
Should do away with permanent numbers also---run what ya earn.
The answer needs to be something that creates some story lines, not makes it more boring!
What they need to do is make each series 8 races long, but 5 of them are East West meet ups with E/W series winner that has a serious bonus attached too it. It'll make the riders try more and create some more excitement.
Gimme a sec... I need to reset the algorithms on my logical ideas calculator to 'more fast riders on the same track at the same time = BORING'...
And....done.
Wait a minute...
WTF? Now this calculator just scheduled two FIM world championship series' to run concurrently...
So that's how they did it....
You can't cut the opportunities in half and expect a struggling sport to be better because you think somehow the racing will improve... which, it won't, it'll be like every other series... 22 dudes in a race, some runaways, some tight races and all of the usual, but nothing new, just less rider opportunities, crew jobs and potential sponsor exposure.
What about half the sponsors who now have fuck all chance of exposure? There is only one winner.
That's why they should go the other way, give the East West thing a boost, in the old days there was bragging rights. Well leverage that. Get a sponsor to put up a cheque and a truck for the East West series champ. Watch the newslines as East guys get in and spoil west championships etc...
SX needs stories and interest, cause no one but us gives a fuck if the racing is good and the TV cameras struggle to capture the battle for first, let alone if there was bar banging to 20th... Sponsors need something to latch on to.
But after you combined them and raced a dozen races the pecking order would be set and 3-4 guys would be in contention to win before the gate drops instead of 6-8 guys. It's just like how the outdoors starts off with anyone can win and by the final rounds there's only a handful still riding up to their pre-season expectations.
Also you would most likely lose 1-2 spots on each team, because teams would not run 4-5 rider teams like Pro Circuit, Geico, Star, TLD currently do. They would all reduce down to 1-3 rider teams eventually.
Another thought, what about consolidating into one class? Sure seems like it would be more efficient and would reduce all of the 250 east/west costs.
BTW, I support the east/west division (under the current SX structure) for the exact reasons Crush mentioned. The above is food for thought.
$$$
Pit Row
Combining both series mean 15 riders will not finish in the top 15 standings. And there is not much money available for a guy who will run outside top 10-15.
Keep both series but get rid of the point out rule. If Yamaha wants to pay Reed to win a 250 SX and mx title and Chad wants to race 250 why block him?
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