Track Prep
Sun, Aug 15, 2010 - 6:33pm
Quote:
Matthes Comment: The one thing I like about over there is that you have mud races, deep sand races, hard pack races and to win the World Title, you have to be a very well-rounded rider whereas over here you could run the same tire at each track except for Southwick and that’s not even a real sand track compared to the Euro ones.Rattray Reply:
Yeah, that’s exactly right. I know that’s a cool thing about being over there. One weekend you would have a deep sand track and then go to Italy and it would be a rock-hard track that you’re racing on. Here they are all the same, they get rough in the turns and all the bumps develop the same. And yeah, like you said, in Europe Southwick is a just a soft track. What I raced over there, Southwick’s a hard-packed track. I wish we had some of those really deep sand races here! The reason they have them over there is that Belgium and Holland, that’s all they have is that kind of sand because they are below sea level. That’s why they are so sandy and otherwise, every track in Europe is hard packed. If we had a real deep sand track over here, it would be great, a track like Lierop would be cool.
22 Minutes w/ T. Rattray
Why does Mx Sports make such an effort to make all the tracks the same, I think Matthes even commented that riders can almost use the same tire at each of the tracks throughout the series. Then the riders complain when one is hard pack and slick, or you hear them complain about Unadilla and that the soil is old and to rocky. Is their complaints justified and for what reason, isn't motocross supposed to vary and be different at each race isn't that the point. Riders must be able to adapt to each race surface and the weather elements of the region, is that how we get variety in results and something to throw off the consistency of the results. If you want consistent tracks and tracks that "flow" be a supercross only rider right?