tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post3623236331327212437..comments2024-03-21T17:03:47.134+00:00Comments on sideblog: Flat Track at the X Games TONIGHTSideburn Magazinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17388542247621130725noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-30691504015219487542015-06-04T20:06:32.959+01:002015-06-04T20:06:32.959+01:00Roger
It's chicken and egg, though, isn't ...Roger<br />It's chicken and egg, though, isn't it. Without TV there and no big sponsors. This X Games thing has got to help the sport a little, but it's no magic bullet and, like I said in the blog post, flat track is an aficionado's sport. <br />GSideburn Magazinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17388542247621130725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-62279856137008323862015-06-04T19:53:42.804+01:002015-06-04T19:53:42.804+01:00It's all about the advertising revenue over he...It's all about the advertising revenue over here. The heyday of dirt track was 1, before motocross, and 2, later on with all the tobacco advertising money. Want to see it on tv, get some big money advertisers behind your sport. If advertisers thought that a good way to reach a wide audience was by sponsoring riders or series, flat track would be all over tv.Roger Falasconoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1560521630633728472.post-30437144120849663222015-06-04T16:23:41.636+01:002015-06-04T16:23:41.636+01:00The AMA has done a poor job but they have had an a...The AMA has done a poor job but they have had an assist by teaming with DMG (The folks who run Daytona ... NASCAR) who really don't seem to get Two Wheels very well. Yeah, they have the Daytona 200 every year, but tradition carries that to an extent, this year it was not an AMA event as road racing was taken over by MotoAmerica, who worked a TV deal with CBS (not a great deal, but better than web streaming only) and is trying to get racing to give us more Spensers, Lawsons, and Raineys. Daytona decided not to deal with MotoA. Last year Road Racing was a disaster. very few races, and Yamaha ass about the only factory really interested. The Factories seem to have perked up a bit this year, but MotoAmerica will need to make gains.<br />Flat Track has not had as many problems, but there have been many I have seen and that is as a far outsider just catching the news time to time. Several tracks canceled well before race weekend. The new rules are helping some, but the rules fudging to keep the XR competitive I think hurts. Now that they have the Street 750, maybe they will get off rules that try to keep a 1970 design competitive against a more modern design.JPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07904120914423802777noreply@blogger.com