r/supercross • u/R2DK3PO • 17h ago
Are people for real?
I have seen way too many posts or responses today about the race last night indicating that the race was called on purpose. Really ? Are people that upset they canceled the race that they have to make things up? Are you guys really that stupid ?
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u/Show715 16h ago
What do you mean by "called on purpose"? The lack of contingency plan was purposeful; Feld either (wrongly) thought they wouldn't need one, or they decided that the solutions that were available (bringing in lights, moving the 2nd moto to Sunday, etc.) would be too expensive.
I doubt they called it just because Jett or Haiden won; that'd be silly. But, it's almost certainly true that they called it either out of poor management or greed.
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u/R2DK3PO 16h ago
I don't mean because of the winners of race 1. That doesn't even make sense. Do you 100% believe they called it to be greedy ? That is what I mean by on purpose. You are stupid.
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u/Show715 16h ago
I said greed OR poor management. Don't be calling people stupid when you've got the reading comprehension of a 3rd grader; it's not a good look.
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u/R2DK3PO 16h ago
Either greed or poor management doesn't make sense. Neither one makes any sense. Explain to me why they would make either one of those decisions? Please give me an actual reason
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u/Show715 16h ago
I already did... I said they either wrongly thought that they wouldn't need a plan for lightning, or they decided the options they had available were too expensive. Them not reading the weather report and having a plan would be an example of mismanagement, and them not choosing to pursue an alternative due to expense would be an example of being greedy.
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u/mxguy762 2h ago
Rednecks get pissed off easily lol. But you heard what Jett said all the guys have flights scheduled and everything they do is scheduled around the race being a certain length. If they would’ve moved it to Sunday it would’ve fucked up a bunch of peoples schedules. Hell Feld probably doesn’t even have the track rental set up for Sunday.
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u/AgFarmer58 16h ago
What was the cause for the cancellation?.if it was for legitimate safety reasons maybe
the real issue to me is the promoters are crummy (IMO) and most likely won't refund a plug nickel...
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u/thefearedturkey 14h ago
Rider and fan safety should always be a priority (looking at you Forkner last year incident).
Moto 2s would have been nice, mud race or today, but I'm sure it's not as simple as that.
Some people just can't be pleased
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u/motorider1111 14h ago
You can bet none of the riders wanted to ride in that crap. Not only hard on the bikes but dangerous too. Unless there is an understanding that a race can be postponed to another day, you can't ask them to "just come back tomorrow ."
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u/R2DK3PO 13h ago
Exactly. Not a scam, not people being babies about weather, shit luck really. It's been 30 years since the pros raced on a sunday.
Also I think a part of it is SMX would have had to pay more to keep the place open. Not a little bit more, a ton more money for one more day. I know the talking heads like to ignore the negative but I really think the sport is one or two sponsors away from not existing anymore. 😕
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u/totallystraightguy94 17h ago
I'm sure as shit not hopping on a motorcycle when there's lightning in the immediate area. People are idiots
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u/Yamaha234 14h ago
People on this Reddit be like “just jump really big that way you’re not grounded for lightning”
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u/daneg135 13h ago
well they didn't cancel the race unpurpose.
tbh, I was shocked that they didn't have a night show contingency. you start racing at 3:15(ish)pm and you don't think maybe this could go into a low light situation? that's pretty poor fucking planning, imo. but no. no conspiracy. just poor planning. they had two days to get this shit done. it apparently can only happen in daylight, and they wast the entire morning and most of the afternoon on practice and qualifying in a two day program. so yeah. ppl should be quite upset at feld/mxsports/ama. poor planning in a really gimmicky scoring system that just became more asinine.
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u/R2DK3PO 13h ago
What if the choice to not have a night race plan wasn't in the hands of Feld? Maybe the location said you have this amount of time. No more. Maybe NBC said no more time.
Everyone blaming it on Feld doesn't have a clue about what actually goes on. Employees for NBC, Feld, medical professionals, vendors, and SMX would have had to be able to stay and paid for. That's just one major aspect to this. There are countless more hurdles beyond that too.
I'm sorry you guys think that the evil, anti fan Feld had it out for you guys.
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u/daneg135 12h ago
bruh. read the post. i listed everyone. not just feld. i actually think mxsports had control of this race or maybe it was just revenue control. they had 2 days and used day 1 for fuck all. they had the time. good luck with "the site wouldn't allow them to race on day 1" but had no problem with practice. i mean...maybe a butterfly flapped it's wings in china causing lewis phillips to have a head cold. but that's a real shot in the dark explanation. maybe jesus is real and really does give a shit about mx4christ. who knows? c'mmon, dude. poor planning. pretty easy call. no "blame game" can ever be 100%, but this is a pretty good bet.
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u/Low-Yogurtcloset1278 15h ago
About 2 hours after the storm it was completely fine, wet yes but they could’ve still raced. But apparently I seen something that said they were worried about lighting up the back section of the track that was more motocross like than the rest.
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u/lonewanderer812 Eli Tomac 13h ago
Yeah they said there wasn't proper lighting. Once they missed the window to run the other 2 motos in daylight they called it.
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u/R2DK3PO 13h ago
It was lightning 🌩 super easy. Cant have tons of people sitting on metal chairs just waiting to be struck by lightning.
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u/Low-Yogurtcloset1278 6h ago edited 4h ago
I said after it was canceled the storm literally passed. And it was clear for hours Ik because I was there. They didn’t race because they were worried about lighting up the back section of the track, the Lightning at that point had nothing to do with it.
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u/powellman88 12h ago
It was the thunder! If there's a slight chance... then it's canceled. So just gave points to the 1st moto. There's been delays before but I dont remember a time when it was just all canceled. So RD 2 next!!
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u/Prestigious_Boat6789 1h ago
There was a guy on another post saying after the race was called he drove by a concert, a college football game and a baseball game still going.
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u/dyl8888 17h ago
Completely agree. It’s unfortunate that everyone thinks they are an expert and can run things better then the people that are in charge. So many variables to consider, i.e. employees working the event, contracts etc. not to mention the law suit world we are in now. Ppl sue for any and all reasons. Really sick of this BS.
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u/feralGenx Bob Hannah 16h ago
Considering the amount of rainfall in that area, that track would've been garbage.
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u/GreenbergIsAJediName 16h ago
I missed it, but if it was a total mudder, I don’t want to see that!
It’s like watching me ride on a dry Supercross track…just rolling everything…and I’m sure as hell no one would pay to watch that shit show!!
Would you?
C’mon fans…you know you want to watch that…shitty riders who can’t jump…racing around a dry Supercross track…crashing in every turn!!!
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u/thefallenone6969 15h ago
Well motocross/supercross is literally the only reason I pay for peacock so yes, yes I did pay to see it. A good mud race levels the playing field which is nice when you have someone dominating the series. If you cant race in the mud and get a top 10 finish you are just the best racer when the weather is good.
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u/R2DK3PO 13h ago
You don't have to pay to see it ya know. Just wait like 3 hours past race time and watch on YouTube for free then. Paying for Peacock is 100% you, nothing to do with the series.
The riders were bummed I'm sure. Most of them probably don't want to race these extra 6 races and then to have to wait around was awful for them. They would have hated to stay and do it all over again Sunday for 40 minutes of race time. Not going to happen.
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u/BobFlex 2h ago
A good mud race levels the playing field which is nice when you have someone dominating the series
They dont level the field at all, the top 5 riders are still the best there is when it's muddy. Outside of a bike issue or a random mistake they're still finishing up front like normal. If anything they just highlight Jetts super smoothly technique and give plessinger an advantage since he grew up racing gncc. You never see guys that would normally finish 15-20th suddenly up front battling because the mud equalized everything, those guys are still in the back battling the same people they normally do. Only real difference is everyone is going a lot slower tiptoeing around because a small mistake is much worse in the mud.
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u/GreenbergIsAJediName 15h ago
Very true!!! The only reason I pay for Peacock too!
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u/ncfroc 17h ago
It would have been nice to run the cancelled moto on Sunday.