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Mark Erpelding
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 Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject: What is it going to take to take Karting to X Games? |
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Just wondering what will it take to get Karting included in the X Games? Anyone out there that has any insight in this?
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Nathan Adair
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:40 pm Post subject: |
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| More Monster Energy, flat-bill hats, and a better spectator experience. Maybe indoor/stadium racing where you can sit and watch the entire track from your seat? |
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Greg Wright
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:43 pm Post subject: |
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A new pipe!!! 
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John Matthews
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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Same thing it took for rallycross to get there, 50' jumps 
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Tim Pappas
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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| John Matthews wrote: | | Same thing it took for rallycross to get there, 50' jumps |
And maybe a backflip! Not going to happen. In its current form it is boring for most anyone not involved in karting to watch. It's good racing, but that's not what people watch the X Games for. |
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Jeff Salak
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Not extreme enough.
You can put kart racing in a football stadium it would be a slow tight course. Longest straight in a football stadium might be 360 feet. You need speed. A sprint course wouldnt work in my opinion.
You would need shifter karts and 250 Superkarts or laydowns going 150 mph on a road course for it to catch anyones eye. |
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Tim Pappas
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Jeff Salak wrote: | Not extreme enough.
You can put kart racing in a football stadium it would be a slow tight course. Longest straight in a football stadium might be 360 feet. You need speed. A sprint course wouldnt work in my opinion.
You would need shifter karts and 250 Superkarts or laydowns going 150 mph on a road course for it to catch anyones eye. |
Hmmm. Watch Travis do a double backflip or stand and watch karts drive by in one spot on a road course? I think you have it backwords. If it is going to work it will be in a tight track like the PRI show and no holds barred crashm and bashm. That might at least have a chance at holding someone's interest who just watched rallycross. Face it. Karting is fun to do, not fun to watch. |
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Jeff Salak
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I can go to a carnival and watch bumper karts. Just saying that does nothing for me. Anyone can play that way.
I can watch that Isle of Man kart race time after time and say they are freaking crazy! How many guys will race this hard on streets going this fast?
Thats why its extreme the Isle of Man kart race. |
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Money.
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Tom Barth
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Amen Howie!
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Britt Robinson
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Nathan Adair wrote: | | More Monster Energy, flat-bill hats, and a better spectator experience. |
Flat-bill hats turned sideways... 
I would assume it would have to be made unsafe somehow to garner any interest from people outside karting. Well, that and half naked flag girls. And maybe a giant, fluffy "Hot Seat" for the leader of qualifying. And perhaps ....
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Dan Haynes
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Not a backflip but at least it's airborne!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUdctNr9Mxw
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Chuck Skowron
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| Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2012 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Britt Robinson wrote: | | Nathan Adair wrote: | | More Monster Energy, flat-bill hats, and a better spectator experience. |
Flat-bill hats turned sideways...
I would assume it would have to be made unsafe somehow to garner any interest from people outside karting. Well, that and half naked flag girls. And maybe a giant, fluffy "Hot Seat" for the leader of qualifying. And perhaps .... |
Don't forget tats. Lots and lots of tattoos, all over the body. One way to make it "bro" enough.
Ooh, that's another thing. Dubstep, or "Brostep" in this case, being blasted out of the PAs. Preferably, spun by a DJ wearing a Monster Energy shirt and a sideways flat-bill hat...and of course tats. All while smirking and making what seems like gang signs at the audience while playing.
That'll fit right in with the X-Games crowd.
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