wardy
2005 Lori Nyland Award Winner
- Nov 12, 1999
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Bill
thats exactly what we are trying to accomplish. YOu scan your card in signup and it "places" you in the proper class. No more bull. But to get ALL the districts in AMA and ALL the tracks to adhere to the same set of standards is like a "crap" shoot!
D-18, D-15 may not like D-17 style rules and vise versa. it will take time to unify and uniform the whole system that took 20+ years to get so screwed up. Mainly it has to be a hell of alot better organized, we are working on it, but it will take time. Thats why James is so correct on this........we have to change the rider's thought pattern. Not to mention how COOL it would be if the manufacturers would pay top 15 contingency in the A class and not pay it at all to C class. Isn't the cherry suppose to be on TOP?
NOW before everyone busts my butt on how much this and C class pays fees to, here is my thought.
Sure they do, but an A rider has likely paid the dues alot longer. Also isn't the fight to be a good rider, or be the best you can be the whole real reason we all race? If we make all the goodies available to the beginner classes, nothing is "SPECIAL" when it comes to the better riders. The process gets undermined by promoters wanting to attract riders from other places. Hence the elevation of awards for the less skilled riders.
C riders feel jilted with my concept, I have had the arguments every year for ten years........but ....................many of us "older" riders have walked the path i speak of. Those are the riders i still see in out sport and the ones that have staying power. The younger riders don't have the lasting qualitys that I used to see.
I know I know its the "i walked ten miles to school in the snow barefoot" stuff, but i am telling you its the truth as i see it.
Honestly give me 20 riders that will ride/race for 15 years, anyday, before i get 60 riders that ride a couple of years and quit.
so thats enough of that.
wardy
"older, average,fat..st, guy?"
28 years racing, 33 years riding
service honda Megacross FVOR
thats exactly what we are trying to accomplish. YOu scan your card in signup and it "places" you in the proper class. No more bull. But to get ALL the districts in AMA and ALL the tracks to adhere to the same set of standards is like a "crap" shoot!
D-18, D-15 may not like D-17 style rules and vise versa. it will take time to unify and uniform the whole system that took 20+ years to get so screwed up. Mainly it has to be a hell of alot better organized, we are working on it, but it will take time. Thats why James is so correct on this........we have to change the rider's thought pattern. Not to mention how COOL it would be if the manufacturers would pay top 15 contingency in the A class and not pay it at all to C class. Isn't the cherry suppose to be on TOP?
NOW before everyone busts my butt on how much this and C class pays fees to, here is my thought.
Sure they do, but an A rider has likely paid the dues alot longer. Also isn't the fight to be a good rider, or be the best you can be the whole real reason we all race? If we make all the goodies available to the beginner classes, nothing is "SPECIAL" when it comes to the better riders. The process gets undermined by promoters wanting to attract riders from other places. Hence the elevation of awards for the less skilled riders.
C riders feel jilted with my concept, I have had the arguments every year for ten years........but ....................many of us "older" riders have walked the path i speak of. Those are the riders i still see in out sport and the ones that have staying power. The younger riders don't have the lasting qualitys that I used to see.
I know I know its the "i walked ten miles to school in the snow barefoot" stuff, but i am telling you its the truth as i see it.
Honestly give me 20 riders that will ride/race for 15 years, anyday, before i get 60 riders that ride a couple of years and quit.
so thats enough of that.
wardy
"older, average,fat..st, guy?"
28 years racing, 33 years riding
service honda Megacross FVOR