It is hard not to buy into this discussion, I was in Sacremento last year at the Mile. 50,000 people, I purchased one of the cheaper seats, the good ones were gone. $55USD. The racing was worth double that. To hear and watch those big twins is something. 25 laps and I swear the lead changed every lap. Even twins on the Half-miles are good, real good.
I was never a pro-US style supporter, but having experienced it, it is something.
Will we ever see the days of 500cc sliders banging bars again, probably not. 450cc dirt-trackers banging bars, probably. The young blokes running the 450 dirt-tracker use the motorcycle as a dirt-tracker, not a MX bike. They are just as dedicated to racing their bikes on our dirt tracks as any rider I rode against in the past. The world has become a smaller place, these young Australian Dirt-trackers may have an opportunity to race overseas, the USA dirt track is a big scene,330 million people live there.
Most tracks here have a long-track circuit on the outside, ie Temora, Wyalong, Nepean,etc. Personally it is rare to get a go on 'em. How hard would it be to promote a US style event using our dirt-trackers without a front brake lever? The riders will love it.
