Original44
PR Addict
This I found on Vital. This is what Davey Coombs wrote.
We had a big meeting on Wednesday -- the OEMs, the AMA, MX Sports -- and talked about a lot of different ideas. While I personally believe Robbie Reynard and Trampas Parker and James Povolny are all amateurs now, they do make it nearly impossible for rank-and-file vet riders who don't train younger athletes or manage a track or work directly in the motocross world they used to race in as a professional. Someone came up with reconfiguring the vet classes and suggested adding more "non-pro" classes and limiting the categories those guys can race in. The Vault and AMA records make it possible to know every rider who ever raced pro, and even though we all get slower as we get older, some guys in that 25 - to - 45 range have distinct advantages -- the industry for rider development allows them to continue to ride and train in ways impossible for most everyone else.
I am not sure what the actual fixes would be, but I hear the OP's point here -- we need to revamp this and give some more guys who just race for fun a chance to compete in the vet classes at LL. Right now have +25, +35, +40, +45 for those former Pro guys to always battle in, but only one Vet B/C +30 for everyone else. We need to restrict this in one way, and open it up in others.
DC
MX Sports
We had a big meeting on Wednesday -- the OEMs, the AMA, MX Sports -- and talked about a lot of different ideas. While I personally believe Robbie Reynard and Trampas Parker and James Povolny are all amateurs now, they do make it nearly impossible for rank-and-file vet riders who don't train younger athletes or manage a track or work directly in the motocross world they used to race in as a professional. Someone came up with reconfiguring the vet classes and suggested adding more "non-pro" classes and limiting the categories those guys can race in. The Vault and AMA records make it possible to know every rider who ever raced pro, and even though we all get slower as we get older, some guys in that 25 - to - 45 range have distinct advantages -- the industry for rider development allows them to continue to ride and train in ways impossible for most everyone else.
I am not sure what the actual fixes would be, but I hear the OP's point here -- we need to revamp this and give some more guys who just race for fun a chance to compete in the vet classes at LL. Right now have +25, +35, +40, +45 for those former Pro guys to always battle in, but only one Vet B/C +30 for everyone else. We need to restrict this in one way, and open it up in others.
DC
MX Sports