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Southwick is motocross. It isn't even the closet national for me to attend.
My "best" motocross story in my 31 years racing is the Friday that my brother & I looked at a 2 page spread of Southwick in RacerX... It was just the track all prepped and ready for the national. Having absolutely no plan other than to make a Saturday race there the next day, my brother and I left work, threw one bike in the trailer, and drove 12 hours to Southwick. We arrived at 6am, shared one bike for practice & motos and agreed over steak & beer on the way home that it was by far the best impulse move that we ever made! The picture of the track alone was all we needed to get our butts back on a mx track together for the the first time in a long time.
And Seth is right that a lot of people seem to think that High Point, Budds, Steel City, & Southwick are all centrally located together or something. While I admit that you could argue that Steel City & High Point are too close to one another, the fact is that someone from New England has quite a haul to attend a national if Southwick were ever to disappear.
The south is legitimately deserving of consideration. It is a shame that Gatorback had to go. I know the industry didn't care for it, but as a fan I had absolutely no problem arranging my 'Bike Week' around a national one weekend and Daytona SX the following weekend.
I'm happy that I got to be spoiled the few years that I got to enjoy that combo! Bike Weeks have been relatively ho-hum to me since then. In the years since Gatorback's absense I had to start spending the weekend without a national down there trying to determine which person wearing a black leather vest on a Harley was the coolest...
Just like we in the NorthEast & MidAtlantic feel when we see the need for "3" Anahiems- why don't we just keep ALL of the nationals and simply "add" one to the South???
Wishful thinking!!! ...plus I haven't had my coffee this morning and felt cranky enough to finally rant about something!!!
Why does the GP circuit go to Brazil? Is that a viable market for a GP?
Shame.
It was the weekend I looked forward to all year.
The Shop
Ask any pro what their favorite tracks are and Red Bud is always at the top of the list. Yes even Stewart.
Jefro, you think it looks good on tv?
Makes me so happy that the kid is still alive and hope he tries to "seize the day" from now on. Thank god for intelligent health personal, they literally save lives.
But I can imagine that is didn't look good on TV if you have never witnessed it.
That's why I always went there to watch it.
Pit Row
The atmosphere was unique, the track was unique, the media attention that MX on the Citadel gets was unique... The motocross on the Citadel in Namur was UNIQUE.
Grown up men with goosebumps on there arms watching a unique spectacle in a unique venue that was the motocross on the Citadel.
But watch tracks need to go in the Grand Prix Series:
The New Valkenswaard - Bring back the Old Valkenswaard!
The USGP - Because that is just a very expensive joke of Youthstream!
And they just need to stop screwing with good olskool tracks!
They build SX Obstacles in Outdoors tracks and stuff and thats is just a disgrace for the sport!
Obviously, I'm still a bit bitter...
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