west coast mini races vs east coast races!!!

[mills217]

why does the east coast have so many more pit bike races it seems like the mid west to east coast there are so many more pit bike events. Am i wrong ?? West coast needs to step there game up i know we have vegas but thats just 1 race. Some one drop some knowledge on me???

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[Joey55robinson]

people try to put together races and no one wants to make the drives, its horse shit! i drove 5 hours for the last race. people bitch about pit bikes not spreading but they're not doing anything to help

[mills217]

good point man but it doesnt seem that way in the east there are so many indoor tracks and series its crazy there is not really any out west i know washington has one i dont consider that west lol and havasu thank god has that 3 race series i know there are mad mini riders out west we need to step our game up!!

[Joey55robinson]

for sure...

[shoehorse33]

I would definitely put a lot on the tracks/promoters. I have personally talked to a couple tracks that said they built a pit bike track and it didn't get used and it costs too much to maintain. If you build a track it needs to be known that it's there and it really doesn't take a lot of maintenance. Don't think people are expecting to show up at a local track and see a Minimoto replica.

[elixur]

Most people don't bring their minis to the tracks so why would a promoter build a track for no one to ride? That doesn't make sense to just hope people show up. I know in a lot of the socal threads they have said several times that the promoters will change and build the tracks if people showed up and it worked for a weekend and that was it. Go to the tracks and ride more and get more heads out there then they might take it into consideration. People do expect a groomed track when they pay to ride so in turn that cost money for a few people just doesn't make sense, yeah it sounds cool and everyone will say they ate gonna show but it only ends up being a few people.

Also the whole wa not being west is kind of funny to me considering your complaining about nothing out west then bashing the stuff that is. Ironic and if I was a promoter I wouldn't want to deal with that.

Go to your local track and talk to them and see if you can get something going.

[mills217]

no one is bashing washington at all i lived there for 2 years dont consider it west thats all i ment by that and ya your right just gotta get people out there that is what its all about getting people to turn out for sure we will work on it here in az got some things in the works. No one has really answered my question though about more stuff being on the east coast???

[ndubstuntz420]

just a guess but probable due to the fact that we have way less open land we can just ride with means only other option are back yard tracks and legit tracks, also i feel like the west coast is a little more spread out then the east coast cities which means we may not have to travel as far. like a 5 hour drive would land me in ny or nc depending if i go north or south, which is a hike in my book but i have say 4-5 legit tracks within 2 hours of my house which i got no problem driving. so maybe that gives us a higher average turn out at events making them seem more popular here which will cause promoters to do more in the area

[mills217]

ya really good point