Quote Originally Posted by lmmjvss View Post
Yes! For a while I was kinda "angry" that pastrana choosed to start a new thing that its not popular in america (rallycross - with 2 recent dead championships) instead of just jumping in into the existing short course championships and making it a just one big series again (like pre-2009). Pro4 and Pro2 are easily the coolest things to watch once you know the drivers and all that happens during these championships! Plus theres already lots of gentleman/amateur racers, local tracks, fan base... Having Nitro combining the dying-west and the growing mid-west series in one national series would be amazing IMO. But hey, its not my money haha
Nitro somewhat bothered me last year as, to me, it wasn't rallycross as the big jumps and nature of the circuits was exactly like short course racing. The fact that some recognised short course layouts were used for the Championship last year irked me even more, especially as those circuits clearly weren't suited for rallycross cars and a lot of cars got badly damaged last season.

I was a huge fan of LORRS/CORRS and would love to have seen Pastrana put his weight behind that to resurrect it (and potentially move it forward with the electric FC1-X), but perhaps "rallycross" was a more marketable sport to go with. As you say, short course racing already has a foothold in the US and I think would be easier to pick up local interest with, though of course it would mean little to a lot of the international audience.

Rallycross doesn't have a great track record in the US - and obviously the previous management is a major factor there - Nitro certainly seems to have some experience behind it, but I am unsure if can got the distance at the moment. Time will tell.