AWESOME!!! I have to agree with some of the other post, MX is really hurting. It doesn't help that back when I used to race I could buy a new smoker add suspension, pipe and a few other goodies and still have 75% into it than what it cost now to buy a year old stock thumper (inflation included). Seems like around here all the kids are into it because it's cool and a way to get chicks, they are more worried about how they look than how they ride. If they are not walking around the pits seeing who can act cooler they are on the forums b**ching about track conditions when none of them would bother helping prep the track. We have a handful from the area that are good riders but they race out of town. Back when I was racing and riding we used to get to the track at 9am and we would ride until dark, some days burning 5 gals of pre-mix. We got to the track sat after lunch and usually worked it until midnight, but come race day it was awesome. We had 20-25 A riders, 30+ B riders and it wasn’t out of the ordinary to have 80+ C riders.
Now it’s a few parents that prep the track who have never ridden a dirtbike, they spend about an hour doing it. All the sweet jumps have been pushed down to be “safer” even though they are longer and you have to hit them 3 times as fast to clear them. Come race day the track is a dust bowl and they are lucky to get 20 C riders. Last race I checked the results and there was no A class, 8 B riders and 19 C riders.
Maybe they will come around as they age.
