I believe riders are talking, Guess it depends if the tracks are listening...
Average turnout by track this year in the south... Dirt Country = 210 with one race to go.
Dayton = 191 per race
COCR = 137
Treaty = 105
Pretty obvious if you ask me.
With the 205 yesterday at NV it shows people are willing to try new things. With some much needed changes (Slow the track down, add some technical sections that create multiple lines, and do SOMETHING about intermission) I think the track can succeed.
The good: The signup was smooth and quick, staging was good, guy running the gate had a great attitude, Tommy was everywhere, the announcer was good and while the flaggers lacked experience and may have been a little stagnate when it came to placement, they were fairly attentive and where trying.
Not so good: Running out of food before intermission (remember, Im a big man and I need food) . Track layout is a freeway. high-speed everything makes for follow the leader since momentum is the name of the game. Not sure what happened to the 50 awards since neither my son or my cousins kids got anything. 20 moto's per set when the first two had 3 and 5 riders each... go ahead and combine them, I don't care if it is A and B classes, that was a tuff way to start.
The brutal: Intermission.... 90 min... WTF? either add 5 more tractors or cut the track down.
Overall I would say it was a solid "C" on the international grading scale.