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If the X-Games stage was an SSS i'd certainly go!
Much better than the Cardiff SS, and dare I say Killeri SS? (which i really enjoyed in 2004)
Where could this be done in the UK or any where else in the world?
http://www.youtube.com/user/kotajda#.../0/QiYrX7Gm_Bc
They have definately got something right. It doesn't matter how 'second rate' you think the drivers are or how biased the champioship might be or how totally different from 'real rallying' the x games might be, it's getting rallying in the public eye. I watched it live on TV here is Aus and i loved it. Its exciting, sideways, flat out & noisy competition, things that rallying was all about once upon a time. All we need is for Petter to go over & do some of his usual SSS antics and you'd have a show.
I also watched it live online and was pretty cool. The X-Games is made for TV so it served it's purpose, was great fun to watch.
If you see any similarities between this show and rallying you are watching the wrong sport.....Quote:
Originally Posted by macksrallye
Don;t get me wrong its a nice show.... but if you put the same people that are sitting in that stadium into a special stage they will probably won;t enjoy it as much....
The track would make a perfect super special of an event but nothing more.
And I totally agree N.O.T, but without getting rallying into the public eye we, as rallying supporters/officials/commpetitors, significantly reduce the number of prospective supporters/officials/commpetitors that will get involved in the sport in some capacity in the future.
From reading some of your posts on here I can see that you believe that the WRC should be exclusively for "talented" drivers in super-fast cars. The problem with that is without all of the supporters, officials & "lowly national" competitors none of these events could run and as a result rally would at best struggle to exist.
I personally would love so see Seb, Petter, Kris & JM all get involved in the X Games as it would be much more exciting to watch this level of driver (compared to Travis, Tanner & Ken) in that sort of arena & would really get people excited about the sport of Rally, but unfortunately I don't believe it will ever happen.
And finally N.O.T, if you think that in years gone by rallying wasn't about sideways, flat out & noisy competition, maybe you have been watching the wrong sport.
Well if the stadion stuff has nothing to do with rally, why give the possible future fans the wrong pic of the sport? Free transportation to stages would be much better.Quote:
Originally Posted by macksrallye
I have spectated the sport for a few years as well and it has sofar been about the same thing, the one who drive fastest from spot a to b is the guy who get most points, very simple sport after all.
The worst future vision is that the ones in charge, begin to sell the sport as somekind Xtreme, style X-gayms, race of champions..... just to make it a sport for masses or to avoid possible lawsuites in some countries.
Obviousally using something like the X Games to spark an interest in the younger generation therefore prompting them to find out more about the sport of rallying is a bad thing. I'm sorry, I'll get back in my box and leave rallying as it is (which seems great in europe but is stuggling in many other places around the world).
if rally is struggling in many other places, its propably because they are doing something wrong in how to introduce the sport, or maybe its just that the base is weak from the start.Quote:
Originally Posted by macksrallye
I'm with macksrallye on this one!
I think the concept of the X Games is great as an introduction to the sport - its no difference to the Race of Champions really - an opportunity for the greatest motorsport athletes to duke it out on a super special stage event! (And Petter would be in his element, as was McRae when he contested it!)
Can you imagine that as the opening super special to a round of the WRC - our exposure would double overnight in the Americas!
I watched the majority of the X-Games live through a webcast and was really only watching for the freestyle moto and rally. The rest was boring but the organisers nailed that rally stage. Little rough on the cars however they had the crowd pumped, I was enjoying it (and I am more of a rallying purist) although seeing something different once in a while is great.
Not as if the WRC has been very exciting for the last 3-4 years anyway...
For what it was worth (a TV spectacle - this is what the X-Games are) it was fantastic. X-Games have small seating capacities because 99% of people watch it on TV.
I remember back when Gigi was in Argentina? in the Mitsu Lancer WRC and he wore their national soccer jersey. Petter and his antics had that crowd super pumped up, if we could start off each rally with the fans that excited would be REALLY good!