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So is there a reason that Robby is not on this list? I mean I like the list and the car count but where is Robby F'n Gordon!
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Permalink Reply by Sandi Parker on
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3 more SST drivers from last year were added to the list ... Potts, Baumgartner and Robby ... bringing to count up to 21.
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Make that 22 drivers. 14 year-old Gavin Harlien posted on Facebook his invitation to the X-Games and his intention of attending.
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Permalink Reply by Aaron on
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So are these just invites or are they for sure entrants with note to come?
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Permalink Reply by Eric Howard on
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Nice list for X Games but what about the other races? A nine truck field ain't cuttin' it.
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Permalink Reply by Head Held High on
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How come? Honestly you think 43 cars provide a good show? ...... didn't think so. Looks like 9 to 10 trucks get the job done, regardless of who the drivers are.
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Permalink Reply by WJM on
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+1. X-Games will be a short, tight and twisty circuit. More than 10 trucks will be nothing but bottlenecks, and that's not racing - that's called parking.
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Permalink Reply by J.R. Sands on
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@Eric, I'm thinking that's why X-games rally runs a six to eight car group on a head on format . IMO
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Permalink Reply by Mike Kenyon on
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I'm with Kevin on this.There's fan's of car count and then fans of racing.If you want car count,go to then local short track and watch hornet's/bumble bee's or what ever they call them.
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Permalink Reply by TeamMMR2 on
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A larger part of the small fields it what it does to points in an overall championship. Pretty sure RG was the only driver to run every event last year, PJ and Loften may have as well.
As far as car counts versus racing, generally car counts have a large gap of talent and equipment so you get those cars way off pace.
Generally speaking the balance of SST has proven to be competitive across the board. So you have the realistic possibility of 15 to 20 trucks (which is what RG originally stated way back when) running close and competitive.
"We" may be fans of RG and racing but we will be around regardless. It's the casual and new fans that need to be attracted too, in those cases I'm sorry but 8 trucks with only 4 "name drivers" won't cut it.
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Rob Mac scored points for all events via sub-driver.PJ attend'd all ,also
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I knew Rob Mac missed the one and the driver sub points were gracious. Lets be honest, aside from that being done the championship would have had exactally zero drama.
Pretty sure this debate was touched on last year. I just think without the lack of consistency from drivers your basically running a "one off" race each event.
I totally respect and understand the bottlenecks that are going happen when you throw 20 tucks into a hairpin. When XGames ran the WRC cars they had a terrible laid out track and it lead to wreck after wreck.
I think the tracks (other than Vegas) can be configured differently to allow more wide open racing.
I just think the growth of this series depends on growth of its driver roster and fields.
At this point, given the way last year went RG could have "his" series wrapped up by the time XGames comes around. It's just not a good look to a national audience that may be seeing this for the first time.
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Car count matters when you are looking for more/bigger sponsors, also shows the health of the series which will affect future TV contracts and future facilities that may want to get on the schedule. Mapei is gone, Rob Mac is apparently gone and Arie Jr jumped ship to the TORC series. Hopefully things pick up as the season goes along.
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