slowman659
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- Apr 14, 2002
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Last Sunday, i raced at Englishtown NJ at raceway park. This is a beautiful course which has the most insane obstacle ive ever witnessed on a motocross track, the staircase *WHOA*, anyone got a picture of that thing?
More importantly however, i raced 125c class, since it was the Northeast Classic MX series, i expected there to be a larger, and slightly more skilled field. What i got was a collection of the northeasts 90 best sandbaggers, 80% whom were clearing the 50 foot tall staircase stepup, and 20% of whom were clearing the 70 foot "psycho double". This really ticked me off, how is this a novice class? Novices cannot clear 70 foot, 25 foot of air height doubles, and most shouldnt be able to clear the massive staircase either. There was a massive turnout with 90 125 c class racers, and there were 3 qualifiers, 1 final moto. That means you have to get 13th place or better. This format is nonsensical, it deprives the true novices who want to get better and have racing track time of their needed laps. Also, the C racers are usually the ones on the lowest budget, often working for 5 dollars an hour after school to pay for the entry fees and maintenance. So after $47 and a whole day committed i was sent home after the first moto... no money back obviously. I think englishtown should change its act and either have done a 3 into 2 qualifier, or sent the non qualifiers on a split gate with 250c or a similar lap time class, such as schoolboy. Another idea is the creation of a D class, named novice, C class being renamed intermediate. The other solution would to be to give a 10$ refund and an apology notice explaining how they didnt have enough track time to allow everyone to race and that they are working to alleviate this problem that afflicts the most needy. If you are a newer rider looking to start racing in the northeast, go elsewhere, Pagoda and Diamondback are 2 very nice tracks with lower attendance figures, and rarely will they run a qualifier moto.
More importantly however, i raced 125c class, since it was the Northeast Classic MX series, i expected there to be a larger, and slightly more skilled field. What i got was a collection of the northeasts 90 best sandbaggers, 80% whom were clearing the 50 foot tall staircase stepup, and 20% of whom were clearing the 70 foot "psycho double". This really ticked me off, how is this a novice class? Novices cannot clear 70 foot, 25 foot of air height doubles, and most shouldnt be able to clear the massive staircase either. There was a massive turnout with 90 125 c class racers, and there were 3 qualifiers, 1 final moto. That means you have to get 13th place or better. This format is nonsensical, it deprives the true novices who want to get better and have racing track time of their needed laps. Also, the C racers are usually the ones on the lowest budget, often working for 5 dollars an hour after school to pay for the entry fees and maintenance. So after $47 and a whole day committed i was sent home after the first moto... no money back obviously. I think englishtown should change its act and either have done a 3 into 2 qualifier, or sent the non qualifiers on a split gate with 250c or a similar lap time class, such as schoolboy. Another idea is the creation of a D class, named novice, C class being renamed intermediate. The other solution would to be to give a 10$ refund and an apology notice explaining how they didnt have enough track time to allow everyone to race and that they are working to alleviate this problem that afflicts the most needy. If you are a newer rider looking to start racing in the northeast, go elsewhere, Pagoda and Diamondback are 2 very nice tracks with lower attendance figures, and rarely will they run a qualifier moto.