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There have been a few threads about the differences between GNCCs and AMA National Hare Scrambles. IMO, GNCCs and the new WORCS series are catering to a more spectator freindly/ sellable type of format with short loops and lots of class races during a two day period. There is no doubt that this is good for the sport by getting it in the public eye but I think that the racing itself is suffering. I don't mean to bag on these series' at all, as a matter of fact, I support them wholeheartedly and have contributed my resources recently and will continue to do so in the future. On the other side of the coin, however, is the racer's viewpoint(my own), which wants to have a true off-road race that isn't like a motocross track or six hundred-quad old freeway by racetime on Sunday.
In the next few years the Northwest will have a merging of off-road entities, rumors of dual-sanctioning and combinations of series' will come to play as the powers that be look for new venues and marketing strategies.
My question to you, the riders and racers just like me, is:
Will there always be a place for the true off-road race or should we cater to the public and expand the sports potential?
The OMRA (Oregon)Cross Country Series needs recognition but would suffer from "sharing" it's great races with NASCAR formats. Any opinions?
What's more important to you?
There have been a few threads about the differences between GNCCs and AMA National Hare Scrambles. IMO, GNCCs and the new WORCS series are catering to a more spectator freindly/ sellable type of format with short loops and lots of class races during a two day period. There is no doubt that this is good for the sport by getting it in the public eye but I think that the racing itself is suffering. I don't mean to bag on these series' at all, as a matter of fact, I support them wholeheartedly and have contributed my resources recently and will continue to do so in the future. On the other side of the coin, however, is the racer's viewpoint(my own), which wants to have a true off-road race that isn't like a motocross track or six hundred-quad old freeway by racetime on Sunday.
In the next few years the Northwest will have a merging of off-road entities, rumors of dual-sanctioning and combinations of series' will come to play as the powers that be look for new venues and marketing strategies.
My question to you, the riders and racers just like me, is:
Will there always be a place for the true off-road race or should we cater to the public and expand the sports potential?
The OMRA (Oregon)Cross Country Series needs recognition but would suffer from "sharing" it's great races with NASCAR formats. Any opinions?
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