Iron Horse Racing
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FYI
I'll start by stating that I luv racing, since a young boy the challenge of competition has driven me, from peddle bikes, pogo sticks, motorbikes, cars, sleds and boats heck even wheel chairs....I'd sltill be racing but my knees and back have long since decided other wise. Oh and I didnt hurt them racing....I still ride bikes of all kinds, quads and horses and the desire to compete is still there......
When the CMRC schedule first appeared there were two extra provincial races listed, Sat June 13 in Calgary and Sat June 20 in Edmonton. For those of you that may not know, CMRC Provincial races are two day races in order to accommodate all the classes. So the question was how were they planning on pulling off a Provincial race in one day. But that was why it was followed by the statement “Modified Schedule”
Well several calls and e-mails later the answers finally came…. No beginners, no Pro-Am’s and no Quads….. go ahead I’ve heard it all before…but there are several quad racers in the province of Alberta and they along with all the other classes that were being cut, deserve the right to be invited…
So now the once one day provincial races are now a regional race’s. Oh the comment that I loved the best was “They (Quads) will never ride on MY pro national tracks” There seems to me to be several counterproductive things happening in this province to discourage young starting out riders both on bikes and quads….for that matter in Canada.
Motocross racing is changing and I don’t believe for the better. It’s a good sport it has a great community and like any sport when it becomes just about profit the sport suffers. I understand the sport needs business to survive but the business also has to have the sport….and were losing the sport.
So what happens in the mean time……
I'll start by stating that I luv racing, since a young boy the challenge of competition has driven me, from peddle bikes, pogo sticks, motorbikes, cars, sleds and boats heck even wheel chairs....I'd sltill be racing but my knees and back have long since decided other wise. Oh and I didnt hurt them racing....I still ride bikes of all kinds, quads and horses and the desire to compete is still there......
When the CMRC schedule first appeared there were two extra provincial races listed, Sat June 13 in Calgary and Sat June 20 in Edmonton. For those of you that may not know, CMRC Provincial races are two day races in order to accommodate all the classes. So the question was how were they planning on pulling off a Provincial race in one day. But that was why it was followed by the statement “Modified Schedule”
Well several calls and e-mails later the answers finally came…. No beginners, no Pro-Am’s and no Quads….. go ahead I’ve heard it all before…but there are several quad racers in the province of Alberta and they along with all the other classes that were being cut, deserve the right to be invited…
So now the once one day provincial races are now a regional race’s. Oh the comment that I loved the best was “They (Quads) will never ride on MY pro national tracks” There seems to me to be several counterproductive things happening in this province to discourage young starting out riders both on bikes and quads….for that matter in Canada.
Motocross racing is changing and I don’t believe for the better. It’s a good sport it has a great community and like any sport when it becomes just about profit the sport suffers. I understand the sport needs business to survive but the business also has to have the sport….and were losing the sport.
So what happens in the mean time……
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