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Bob Schwartz
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Fred Marx <[email protected]> wrote:
> Bob Schwartz wrote:
>> Raptor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I really enjoyed the 1988? nats here.
>>
>>
>> I remember them because almost none of our state qualifiers went. Only guys who were on the
>> national team or had good team contracts went i.e. no one that had to pay their own way. When I
>> asked one of our qualifiers why he wasn't going he said "Why should I spend a lot to get my ass
>> kicked when I can go do XYZ crit instead and make some money?" So I too would expect attendance
>> to drop.
> Keep in mind that those were the two years that that Lance fella from Texas was here and so was
> Jonas Carney... those were very fast fields. Also the race locations were scatterd all over thre
> counties, so there was lot's of travel time involved. The Courthouse crit was the best though. I
> currently live on the Circuit course from one of those years. Hills.
Neither LANCE nor Jonas was there in 1989 since both were riding Juniors. I had forgotten that Park
City had gotten two years. But I'm 999.9% sure the issue with the guy I was talking to was expense
and altitude rather than strength of field.
Bob Schwartz [email protected]
> Bob Schwartz wrote:
>> Raptor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>I really enjoyed the 1988? nats here.
>>
>>
>> I remember them because almost none of our state qualifiers went. Only guys who were on the
>> national team or had good team contracts went i.e. no one that had to pay their own way. When I
>> asked one of our qualifiers why he wasn't going he said "Why should I spend a lot to get my ass
>> kicked when I can go do XYZ crit instead and make some money?" So I too would expect attendance
>> to drop.
> Keep in mind that those were the two years that that Lance fella from Texas was here and so was
> Jonas Carney... those were very fast fields. Also the race locations were scatterd all over thre
> counties, so there was lot's of travel time involved. The Courthouse crit was the best though. I
> currently live on the Circuit course from one of those years. Hills.
Neither LANCE nor Jonas was there in 1989 since both were riding Juniors. I had forgotten that Park
City had gotten two years. But I'm 999.9% sure the issue with the guy I was talking to was expense
and altitude rather than strength of field.
Bob Schwartz [email protected]