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Piggybacking on another thread... Why is there so much emphasis put on the B class at Loretta? What happen to the A class? I've always understood A was faster than B? And B being faster than C? So why is the B class always seemed to be mentioned vs the A class..
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Also sometimes as Team rider you are contracted to race B class because there already is a Team rider in A. And you race what your team tells you, if you are eligible for the class.
Another is, staying as a group in a class gives more accurate gauges of where a rider is in the pecking order of speed with familiar foes. The A class presents more numbers of "new" competitors of which they arent familiar with, and may have different goals, so comparisons can be harder to make. Its been an unwritten practice that has gone on for quite a long time, and only if the collected group decides to move to A, B will be the class of choice.
Here is a scenario. Say you have a supermini rider moving up to big bikes that qualifies and races the A class at LL's immediately. Lets say said rider does very well (maybe even win, its possible) in the A class. How well did he really do when all (or almost all) of his direct competition is in the B class (lap times are not a valid comparison for many reasons)? Of course, there can be an exception, but not the rule.
In other words, it fits and works. Although, taken at face value, it does seem odd
Track and lap time is different between every race with different track maintinance getting done before each race. They do maintinance along the entire track at different stages before every race.
School boy and B class have the future superstars and they are often charging the hardest.
A class winner will usually go fast enough to win by going fast enought to stay in front of 2nd not just to go as fast as they can.
88- A class
A and B are typically guys at some point in their life they hope to make some money out of motocross. Even if it is working for an industry company: example, Paggio
C and Beginner classes pay the bills for promoters.
I would say most C riders who make it to Loretta's aspire to make money, they probably just run out of talent before getting so far. Jimmy Albertson, Mike Brown, and Jeremy McGrath are the only C riders I can think of that made a career for themselves after racing C class though. The sad reality is that most of the C riders who make it are fast enough to race A locally and recoup some of the money they spend on racing.
What's even more sad is that most guys come realize, in the January of the next year, the 20th place they got in 250C Limited @ LL's is the best it will ever get and they quit halfway through the season never to be seen again except for the lowly vital post seeking help locating A kit forks for their YZ250 frame up build or at the Supercross coming to a town near you.
I don't think making money off the industry is exclusive to A&B riders. There are industry jobs to be had for normal speed guys, although the connections that tend to come with speed can definitely help and from what I've seen industry jobs come with dues one must pay. Send a homeschooled training facility kid on an interview and pit him against a moderately educated guy who is bright, sociable, and demonstrates a strong work ethic, I don't even think its fair.
Pit Row
It's a minimum of C riders that ever make it to Lorettas
He was upset that they wouldn't let him race the B class, but after deciding to race the A class, he battled with McGrath for the win. MC won, but it was a GREAT race and proved that he had no business in the B class any longer !
A class-
https://llvault.racerxonline.com/2007/mx-lites-apro-sport
B class-
https://llvault.racerxonline.com/2007/mx-lites-b-stock
He raced the Schoolboy class in '05
https://llvault.racerxonline.com/rider/ryan-dungey/races
once you race even one pro race (A class) you cannot go back to amateur status
Anyone know?
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This is why I always rode kawasaki, over the years they consistently paid out a lot of money to amateurs.
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