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The change was instituted over 8 years ago to encourage privateers to race the events in hope that they would seed the premier class with lowered expenses.
For the past 6 years the class has been filled with full on factory riders racing a 6 event "championship" for the title.
It does not lower the teams expenses. Pro Circuit, Factory Connection, etc. are at every event.
To win a 7 race series should not be considered a Championship Title. It should be a slap in the face for the teams to have the same rider participate in the lites series for a second series. Same applys to outdoor mx.
Make the lites class a non televised, non points, non money series. Maybe then we would have a full gate of factory riders who don't want to race for top 10.
For the past 6 years the class has been filled with full on factory riders racing a 6 event "championship" for the title.
It does not lower the teams expenses. Pro Circuit, Factory Connection, etc. are at every event.
To win a 7 race series should not be considered a Championship Title. It should be a slap in the face for the teams to have the same rider participate in the lites series for a second series. Same applys to outdoor mx.
Make the lites class a non televised, non points, non money series. Maybe then we would have a full gate of factory riders who don't want to race for top 10.
23 years ago.
The way it is now they should remove the east west thing and let the younger rider cut their teeth in arena cross. If not then put it back to how it was in 1985, a true rookie series.
The Shop
for the youngsters....mix them in but score them seperate ...as a pro/am catagory.
It was awesome when they would get together twice a year for a shootout, instead of at the finale in Vegas.
Ask yourself, who controls the structure of this East West Supercross event?
Then run the 250f's like the ax series.
The 250f class have a national series that runs with the same schedule as the 450's.
Then have the support classes broke up into regions.
Take some prestige/$$ out of the 250f's national series so that the truly elite guys are all in the same class.
The east west bs is a gravy train. The field is split in half and riders getting top 6's get the fame money & ride that comes with sx. Then when the series is merged outside they are riding the wheels off to get get 15th. Its the same crap every year,
"Man why is this guy going 12-15 every weekend when he was top 6 every weekend in lites sx? He doesn't deserve that ride."
The reason for being is long gone. The class
has matured into what we now many many times
call the best racing. Not taking away anything from
the 450's, but there there's usually just so few going for it!
The "Lites" deserves no-less in my opinion.
Again, it's grown into it & the shoe fits!
Look to the "Outdoors" for the example!
The "Lites" are "hammer-n-nail" the whole time
regardless of location.
Something to look at.
Dave O.
"Change is good"..........
For these guys to race 13 mins and get paid millions is absurd and it is terrible value for the public as well!
You are singling out guys that turn pro when they reach 16. Alot of riders elect not to turn pro until they complete their formal highschool education (like Chris Blose). You are saying that he should jump right in to the 450 class with no professional experience to speak of? That would not be fair to any 450 riders....much less Chris.
Some guys stay in the 250 class because that is the ride they are offered. It does not have much to do with which class they prefer to ride in.
Gma B
The bottom line is there should be one series. If a Lites rider can't make all of the rounds he might want to consider getting a real job and get started with the rest of his life.
Pit Row
Maybe there needs to be more insentive for these lites guys to want to be in the premier class.
If your extremely good at basketball the guys skip ncaa ball and go to the nba for the money and the competition. Maybe reaching with that comparison but you get the idea.
There are just some guys that need to move up after a year in the class in my opinion.
allowing the 250's in with the 450's will help the cause, if im reading the general sentiment of this thread.
people are tired of factory backed premier riders, camping out in what's supposed to be a "feeder" class correct?
and the teams arent going to put these 16yo's instantly on 450's. no matter how badly they smoke the field in the feeder series (ie like bubba did, RV just did, dungey will do this year) they arent ready to adapt to the 450 class as a whole. but on a 250 it should make the transition easier.
now do i think we will see a mass migration of talent and teams to the "premier" class (450). no, teams are still gonna coddle their riders and develop them in the 250 class at the moment.
maybe though, we will see them move up a year earlier than they are. 3 years in 250 for some of these kids is way to long.
and why shouldnt a 250 be allowed with the 450s? logically, why should there be a minimum cc restriction? never made sense to me before. im glad they changed it.
Along with meeting some advancement requirements.
The problem is that there is no more "coming up through the ranks."
Kids can leave lorettas and go ride millvile in the "premier" class at 16 years old.
Kids can jump in to the premier class straight from the amateur ranks (which I agree they shouldn't be able to do) because they have been groomed, prepared, and promoted with full-on sponsorship as amateurs. The only thing that is different for many of them is a paycheck.
Gma B
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