Still no word on how many entries, is it not going as well as we all thought it would? What's going on? Been not much talk everybody has gone quite???????????????????????4 weeks til entries close, what's the problem?
seems to me we aren't paying the good people at MQ enough dough.
They take up to 3 weeks to electronically print a 1 day license and can't put the regs up on their own page.
So, using that as a yard stick, they sound like budding pollies and so must need more cash to make it swing.
WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF TWF....................................................WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF WTF!!!!!
In NZ you turn up on the day, fill in an entry, buy a lic, pay your money and go racin'... just like in the US.
You won't find any talk about the Nats on here, racers don't waste their time on here anymore...
I'm with you EVO, not called for, just after some info, loosing interest in racing very quickly, shame...So tell me where on this forum of late there has been some good discussion about the upcoming racing at Echo Valley other than the eligibility bullshit smothering the event?
Guys, only my second year in VMX and looking forward to this event, just have a question regarding scrutineering. I have been told that I need to have a guard between the chain and rear sprocket, others have said no, only countershaft sprocket cover is required (which I have) can someone with the correct answer confirm which is correct please? I don't want to get there and not get a start because the bike fails scrutineering, I was told at a recent ride to replace my helmet because there was a couple of marks and slight surface rust on the buckle so I expect they are going to be pretty tough on us? All comments and opinion welcome but a comment from an official would be great to put my mind at ease, thanks guys!
Thank you John I think you have hit the nail on the head.
Also I have organised a Post Classic bike/rider school at Echo Valley three weeks before the Championships.
Please check this post for info. http://forum.ozvmx.com/index.php?topic=33797.0 (http://forum.ozvmx.com/index.php?topic=33797.0)
If you are interested let me know or post on the above thread.
Kevin
Just watched your utube link Alison, loved it....
Kev, I am aware scrutineering starts on the Friday, with racing Sat and Sun. Is it OK to turn up Thursday arvo for interstaters just as it was at the Wyaralong Classic Nats?
Kev, I am aware scrutineering starts on the Friday, with racing Sat and Sun. Is it OK to turn up Thursday arvo for interstaters just as it was at the Wyaralong Classic Nats?
Toowoomba MX club are OK with camping from Thursday.
How are the entries going state by state Brian?
Watch out for Davey Crockett hovering around the showers with a bar of soap in his hands men ;):D
you have a nasty streak young Craig - not jealous are you ;DSorry it's the company I keep ie homos like you :D
I got lapped by the two of them in the Pre-90 250 race...
Been a while since that happened.
I got lapped by the two of them in the Pre-90 250 race...
Been a while since that happened.
blame Nickleback I reckon ;D
Evo 250 lap times 1.58.3 and 1.59 , air cooled drum brakes!!!!!only 4 riders under 2 minutes all Daythat a bit rough bob , was it a cane toad :o ;)
Racing has been great but some competitors are very slow causing problems being lapped. One rider was lapped 4 times in one race. Shouldn't be on the track.
Maybe having riders qualify for a national championship meeting by finishing in the top 5 of a state championship? Or you must run within 10% of the fastest time in practise to be able to race?
Personally I do not think it is a National championship if it is only run in one state..... just my own feelings.
Please post some pics and youtubes links.
As for lap riders that's just racing. You should be happy that there was riders there to lap because without them you would not be racing.
Great to see guys like Nathan who still enjoy it and are proud to just outside the top ten. Well done.
Maybe having riders qualify for a national championship meeting by finishing in the top 5 of a state championship? Or you must run within 10% of the fastest time in practise to be able to race?
Personally I do not think it is a National championship if it is only run in one state..... just my own feelings.
I respect all opinions here, but there is an issue here that should be considered.
As a very slow MX racer, I gave racing at a modern track away due to both lack of ability and the danger of being lapped. It's one thing to be lapped on a nice natural terrain grasstrack, another to be lapped on a modern MX track. Given we now have Pre 85 and Pre 90 classes and ex Aussie champs (or even current champs) racing, the speed and talent differential is high. Add in table tops and larger jumps and the recipe is there for a higher than usual level of risk.
I wouldn't like to suggest grading or preventing people riding, but what is the answer? Maybe emphasis at rider's brief on the need for slower riders to maintain their lines, and perhaps to stick to the side of larger or table top style jumps? Maybe for track marshalls to spot very slow riders or riders about to be passed and give them a blue flag like in the Yank races?
A very good point...
Anyway, it is a discussion we should have (not only here) and it's important to me that people understand my comments above are not a criticism of the track or the event. But I think a good way to ensure this isn't an issue in the future would be to have a track that allowed say 60 - 70% of us to clear the jumps. Someone quite knowledgeable said on Saturday night that maybe there could be a capable rider given the job of determining if the jumps are okay for the majority of skill levels?? Just a thought?