Where are the Ohio riders at Loretta's?

[GeorgiePorgie]

This is our reason

And they would be slamming 5ths in supermini and be gettig roosted after the finish by jeremy hand cuz he's so mad.

But since I'm up hands ass you can just let that one roll off your back right ? "nothin to see here"

[GeorgiePorgie]

Yeah at the speeds they hit slamming those 180lb machines into professionally prepped corners that's what you get.
Maybe that's another reason, Ohio is just getting slower? It happens. And yet, 1/5 of everyone I watched went around the rutted turns at Smith Road last night.
Ever heard of fun? Get more fun with more 'practice' time. Practicing is also known as open riding, so if that helps explain then people should start refering it to that.

If you are looking for someone to sponsor, to rise up the numbers for Ohio, I'm available (as are about 11.5 million others in this lovely state of Ohio you can throw on a bike). And probably a few more people on this board.

Relax broette everyone knows you pay for this yourself. You don't need a sponsor. neither do I.

[RocketRobin]

I ride, I practice, I race very occasionally, I'm from Ohio, I go to Loretta Lynn's, and I know that is takes a special kind of rider to get to the big show at Loretta Lynn's and once you've been here to see it in person and experience it, you'll want to race here too. You guys that want a formula for how to get better racers in Ohio just don't understand the real life numbers of this whole situation......... There are 42 spots on the gate here in Tennessee and we have 50 states in this great country and some fast neighbors from the North in Canada sometimes too, even some foreigners that come here to race..... but let's stick with regular numbers. 50 States and 42 Riders per class. That's less that 1 rider per state, so you need to be the "Best" in your state to get here or something like that. Add to the fact that some states have strong racing heritage and track system (Michigan and Western PA come to mind close to home) and they probably have more than 1 guy per State taking spots which leaves even less than 1 rider per State to enter......... So what do you do? You race where the competition is to improve your game, and unfortunately in Ohio we don't have the best racing around our area for speed and depth of field (Michigan and Western PA are much better) so the best Ohio racers go to those places to improve and it compounds the problem of our area not producing better riders. Looking at Loretta Lynn's entrant numbers is deceiving because it's hard to get here and you really have to be on your game to be 1 of the 42 riders racing at the ranch. I ride open practice more than anything else and work on my conditioning, passing, and skill set on my own for my own enjoyment and improvement. I rarely race, but when I do, I usually do so in Michigan at a D14 track that will have many riders that are very fast to race against to test my skills to their limits. I want to make Loretta Lynn's and I want to do as well as I can when I'm here...... so I push myself and ride where I will be pushed. I go to Briarcliff and hope that guys like Jon Agin in my age group, or a host of the fast local pros are there to show me first hand where I can go faster than I do.......

It would take a big group of promoters to take a big chance at starting something new to make OHIO as a whole a better MX place with faster riders, but our economy, weather, and local competition within reasonable driving distance for good racing makes this very hard to overcome.

You should do this sport for fun, and see where it takes you over the long run. If you become a pro and make money at MX, it's the same as making it in any other sport to the professional level......... a 1 in a million type skilled guy. So unless you are super special....... have fun and enjoy it for what it is.

[GeorgiePorgie]

You should do this sport for fun, and see where it takes you over the long run. If you become a pro and make money at MX, it's the same as making it in any other sport to the professional level......... a 1 in a million type skilled guy. So unless you are super special....... have fun and enjoy it for what it is.

Absolutley.

[#23_Racing]

And they would be slamming 5ths in supermini and be gettig roosted after the finish by jeremy hand cuz he's so mad.

But since I'm up hands ass you can just let that one roll off your back right ? "nothin to see here"

Seriously? LOL you have issues.

[GeorgiePorgie]

Didn't think you had it in you. Bravo sir. Bravo.

[pasimp57]

I ride, I practice, I race very occasionally, I'm from Ohio, I go to Loretta Lynn's, and I know that is takes a special kind of rider to get to the big show at Loretta Lynn's and once you've been here to see it in person and experience it, you'll want to race here too. You guys that want a formula for how to get better racers in Ohio just don't understand the real life numbers of this whole situation......... There are 42 spots on the gate here in Tennessee and we have 50 states in this great country and some fast neighbors from the North in Canada sometimes too, even some foreigners that come here to race..... but let's stick with regular numbers. 50 States and 42 Riders per class. That's less that 1 rider per state, so you need to be the "Best" in your state to get here or something like that. Add to the fact that some states have strong racing heritage and track system (Michigan and Western PA come to mind close to home) and they probably have more than 1 guy per State taking spots which leaves even less than 1 rider per State to enter......... So what do you do? You race where the competition is to improve your game, and unfortunately in Ohio we don't have the best racing around our area for speed and depth of field (Michigan and Western PA are much better) so the best Ohio racers go to those places to improve and it compounds the problem of our area not producing better riders. Looking at Loretta Lynn's entrant numbers is deceiving because it's hard to get here and you really have to be on your game to be 1 of the 42 riders racing at the ranch. I ride open practice more than anything else and work on my conditioning, passing, and skill set on my own for my own enjoyment and improvement. I rarely race, but when I do, I usually do so in Michigan at a D14 track that will have many riders that are very fast to race against to test my skills to their limits. I want to make Loretta Lynn's and I want to do as well as I can when I'm here...... so I push myself and ride where I will be pushed. I go to Briarcliff and hope that guys like Jon Agin in my age group, or a host of the fast local pros are there to show me first hand where I can go faster than I do.......

It would take a big group of promoters to take a big chance at starting something new to make OHIO as a whole a better MX place with faster riders, but our economy, weather, and local competition within reasonable driving distance for good racing makes this very hard to overcome.

You should do this sport for fun, and see where it takes you over the long run. If you become a pro and make money at MX, it's the same as making it in any other sport to the professional level......... a 1 in a million type skilled guy. So unless you are super special....... have fun and enjoy it for what it is.

Amen. Thanks.

[#23_Racing]

Didn't think you had it in you. Bravo sir. Bravo.

Had what? I dont even understand what you are saying. Man you need a hug or something.

[ck1racerx]

Man, we are talking about practice (Allen Iverson rant)... How is riding with 200 idiots on a hard dusty track "fun"? The last thing I want to do is try to go fast with Little Jimmy stopping in the middle of the track to answer his phone or Johnny Whitetrash deciding to ride the other direction cause "I can ramp my bike off that jump gooder that way". Yes those people exist and play a LARGE, very important part in our sport. (Someone has to buy my old race bike) but I have to ask. Are you Johnny or Jimmy? And if so, why are you on a board called Pitracer reading about a National Race?
Don’t get me wrong, on occasion I do enjoy going to the woods or and empty track and play riding but that has nothing to do with my original point. What has happened to the lace w:st="on">Ohiolace> rider?
Why would you practice (open ride) then not race? Is this a result of the soccer generation not wanting to keep score cause we don’t want to hurt there feeling if they don’t win?

I digress... What can be done to help our return relevance?

[strawder19]

In the context of the title of this thread. do not judge the talent of ohio riders by how many show up at lorettas. it takes more than talent to get there.