Jimmy8
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Well, I have heard just about everyone voice there opinion on what needs to be done to change the sport, and what is wrong with it now, but when do you think was the greatest decade for off road racing? 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, or now? AND GIVE REASON? This is so we can look at what has changed since the hay day of off road, and see what went wrong and where.
Mine would have to be the 1980's. I think the sport was at its height then. Factory involvement was very high, and so was publicity. Numbers of entries were astronomical, mainly due to few promoters, which was a good thing, and racing was still inexpensive to do. At least in the early 1980's it was inexpensive, and the paybacks and contingency were more money than they are now. There were many classes, but some how all of these classes seemed to get filled up. Lots of spectators, and spectators could actually spectate and go anywhere, as with chase crews and pit support. This was the time when the independent still had a chance with the factory backed guys, and to top it all off the long course at Parker was run. Riverside also made this decade awesome as well. The races were not the same damn thing year after year either, and new courses were looked into and run, instead of running around the same old rutted up piece of dirt that everyone has memorized like the back of their hand by now.
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Mine would have to be the 1980's. I think the sport was at its height then. Factory involvement was very high, and so was publicity. Numbers of entries were astronomical, mainly due to few promoters, which was a good thing, and racing was still inexpensive to do. At least in the early 1980's it was inexpensive, and the paybacks and contingency were more money than they are now. There were many classes, but some how all of these classes seemed to get filled up. Lots of spectators, and spectators could actually spectate and go anywhere, as with chase crews and pit support. This was the time when the independent still had a chance with the factory backed guys, and to top it all off the long course at Parker was run. Riverside also made this decade awesome as well. The races were not the same damn thing year after year either, and new courses were looked into and run, instead of running around the same old rutted up piece of dirt that everyone has memorized like the back of their hand by now.
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