2013 Australian Post Classic MX Titles

[JohnnyO]

What are you riding Dave?

[firko]

Why do promoting clubs have to go through this bullshit every bloody year......everyone knows the drill, the dates and particulars have been out for months and over the years we've all heard the pleas from organisers to get your entries in early to help them sort the logistics of the meeting. Like Dave I've also been on the promotor side of the Nats and I'll tell you that it's nail biting stuff waiting for entries to come in. I find it hard to understand (or accept) the 'no camping' excuse when there are camping grounds close to the venue. I thought that the Nats would be inundated by Queenslanders considering how healthy the sport is north of the Tweed and with the track being reasonably close to them, closer that it might be for Victorians anyway. With HEAVEN and the QVMX getting good 2012 entries and a reported resurgence in Victorian numbers one would think that Evo - Pre 85 punters would be tripping over with excitement at competing at their own Aussie title meet. I remember the response when last years event in Tassie was canned....nearly everyone calling"'I'd have definitely entered if it'd been on the East Coast". Well here it is and it you still aren't coming .

I hope the Canberra and Temora clubs are watching this and decide to pick up the promotion frenzy for the Classic VMX and Classic DT Nats later this year. We, as a sport have to spin these meetings like they're the biggest event since the AGP because sitting back and thinking the old "put it on and they'll come" doesn't cut it any more.

[gdr]

Maybe people are doing the classic Nats and cannot afford to do both .Is the split realy working ? Its f$%&$@ the dirt track .

[popeye]

Be good to see race Dave, is it on the AJS??

[firko]

Maybe people are doing the classic Nats and cannot afford to do both .Is the split realy working ? Its f$%&$@ the dirt track .

Has the split really flucked the dirt track or is it a greedy MA hitting clubs with the double whammy permit fee, preventing clubs from running both eras on the same program....something easily acheived in dirt track?
As far as motocross is concerned the Conondale Nats of a couple of years ago had a very large entry roll up and it was only for the great organisational skills of Worms, Peter Bell, Shultzy and the committee combined of QVMX and Sunshine Coast Club workers that the event got completed in daylight. The whole theory of the split was to take that load off organising clubs and in theory it should be a success. You'd have to have your organisational ducks all lined up pretty well to run a motocross program with all classes and age groups from pre 60 through to pre 90 in a weekend. Because of a much lower entry flow, it's not nearly a problem in dirt track.

[Noel]

Just a note, there is no racing on friday , they have made provision for people arriving sat morning,
no need to pack bikes up each night there will be ample security,

the organisers have tried to cover as many obsticals as they can ,
don't be to complacent about this and think maybe next year, may be in my back yard 

[HL400]

I have been training all summer for this and getting two bikes ready big $$$$$ a week of work to get there and back, I hope its a works out.  HL

[mick25]

I have been training all summer for this and getting two bikes ready big $$$$$ a week of work to get there and back, I hope its a works out.  HL

shit I better start training to I hope we get  more numbers up so its not canned.
I just ticked this event off my bucket list ( to do a national event ) 

[bishboy]

I would love to be attending but this month I am moving interstate and starting a new job, so unfortunately I can't make it this year  :'(

[popeye]

Down at ,the lakes track at the moment, doing a Test day for the sidecar to make sure all is good and the track is Brilliant..  Took me almost an hour to walk the track im nacked. Any way let you no more after we put the chair around there this arvo...

[firko]

I just received a phonecall from Dave Tanner telling me that the 2013 Australian Post Classic MX Titles is in grave danger of being cancelled due to of the organisers receiving only 26 entries. According to Dave the most surprising let down has been the low number of N.S.W. entries. What the fluck is wrong people ? Where are all of the HEAVEN and Penrith members? Going by the low numbers it's not just a N.S.W. let down however.....it's an entire East Coast problem. When last years event in Tassie was canned because potential racers were put off by the high travel and time costs of getting to the meet, the Post Classic movement cried in unison that "if it was on the East Coast of the mainland I'd have entered". Well, the Post Classic motocross movement must either be inundated with bullshitters or you're too apathetic to bother with such an important meeting, because hardly any of you have lived up to your collective word. Either way, you, the Evo-Pre 85 racers of Australia have let the Lakes Motorcycle Club and the VMX movement in general down big time. The Lakes club have gone to great lengths to ensure that the track and facilities are of a standard befitting a National Title event, they've tabled longer races because that's what you all wanted and even the location is ideal for NSW and Queensland entrants.

Every other year it seems that I put myself on the position of being the bad guy by coming on here on behalf of the promoters pleading with racers enter the Nats, and I shouldn't have to do it...nobody should. The event is our sports Jewel in the Crown and deserves to be treated as such by the VMX populace. I've done a bit of a ring around this morning and one bloke told me that because he's only a mid pack plodder it's not worth his going as he hasn't a chance of winning. Fluck, I went a bit snarky with that statement let me tell ya ....How would the Olympic Games fare if only the top three nations showed up? How would the footy be without a Richmond or a Cronulla having a go? It's all about being there, about the occasion and about the fun of being in a pressure racing enviroment and the cameraderie that only an event of this magnitude brings. The split from the Classic Nats was done to enable the Post Classic movement to stand alone and race on proper non compromise tracks in races of a decent length. That's what you all cried out for and forward thinking people have made the changes you wanted. Unfortunately you've repaid those hard working  behind the scenes folks with your apathy.

Please, for the sake of the sport, get a late entry in as soon as you can or before you know it no club is going to want to promote Your Nats ever again. Frankly, I wouldn't blame 'em either

Deja Vu all over again http://ozvmx.com/community/index.php?topic=21275.120

[VMX247]

I'll second that.To forum members and non forum members.
Heart ache for hosting club.
it's right in the middle of the east coast, right on your door step!

[Tossa]

to think there will probably be 26 riders come over from VMXWA to race in the Classic championships in Canberra.  Go figure!!

[EML]

I would love to be attending but this month I am moving interstate and starting a new job, so unfortunately I can't make it this year  :'(

Weakest excuse I've ever heard Bishboy.....harden up pal!

[firko]

to think there will probably be 26 riders come over from VMXWA to race in the Classic championships in Canberra.  Go figure!!

Our sport would be in a much better shape if we here on the Eastern side of the island had the same enthusiasm as the West Aussies. For as long as I can recall there have been West Aussies coming over to support our East Coast Nats....I can remember Brian Squires and Stewey Allred coming over in 1993 and it's been container load of them coming over most years ever since. Think of the effort they go to and then think of the limp dick excuse you're using not to drive for four or five hours (no camping ).