Just because it has a engine and moves dosn't mean its racing. Jumping a motor cycle has as much in common with racing as using a gas lawnmower to cut your lawn.
Can you clarify this? Last I checked my lawnmower runs on gas...
See with these side shows, you've seen it once, you seen them all.... How many time do you want to watch some guy jump something on a motorcycle? Gets old real quick. Racing on the other hand is different each night, which is part of what makes it enjoyable.
That isn't always true. Something different always happens with a "side show" or they wouldn't get booked by the tracks. As for racing, how many times do you get a track where the top five in a division usually end up being the top five every week, often with one or two guys dominating the wins? That fits the definition of something that isn't different every night.
Ross, remember that you are looking at it from a driver's point of view. That puts you in a "die hard" group of fans who love racing. The fans who come out and pay at the grandstand gate are all kinds of people who want to see a
show. Next time something different runs at the track take a look at the crowd - a loonie says it is bigger, not smaller. So cutting out "side shows" is like turning away people at the gate.
Mark
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