Kawasaki is not letting the USA's best 2 racers, (450 2019 national Champ Eli Tomach, and 250 2019 national Champ Adam C.), race the event. It is the first time in USA MX history where a manufacture banned their racers, (our fastest citizen's), for racing for American glory. Now, it really does not matter who wins, as Kawasaki not only dictated that Eli and Adam can't add this achievement to their record, but also cheapens the glory of this great event. Eli and Adam wanted to race the event, and Kawasaki ripped off the entire global MX community. We must not let a factory be able to do this, (or it will be the end of this event if more factories do the same), and there is only one way to stop them from doing it again, and show the other factories that this is not acceptable, (no matter what their excuse, Husky/Yamaha are not making excuses, as they are sending Zack Osbourne, Jason Anderson and Justin Cooper weeks early to get ready for the event). There is something we, you and I, all of us, can do to make sure this does not happen again. We have the power to do so, easily. Do not buy a Kawasaki for the rest of 2019 and all of 2020. If their MX bike sales plummet, they will not do it again, and we will learn how much power the consumer actually has in what is left of our free market. My next bike is going to be a Husky.
Oh, and for the track, I love racing/riding in that kind of sand. I was the only stuff I could go super fast on. But I never made it to pro. The FIM also dictates how the tracks are made in the USA (both in SX and to private outdoor tracks owners in the USA), and they are too easy for pros, like this track. Great for amateurs and vets though. This is not a Motocross track. It is more like the Daytona SX, as this tracks is nothing but sand dumped on a road race course. No hills, no natural terrain, and a strong wind looks like it can blow this track across the ground to the next county. Do you think the FIM is good for the sport, (as Europe, the birth of the sport, can't even fill the starting gate today)? If you think so, my next question would have to be, "Do you think"?
Tomac was never going to race MXON Assen dude , dont kid yourself ... Kawasaki USA took the heat away this time , dont expect Tomac to be racing outside the USA ever again , dude doesnt have the balls to do so .. i think you are better off with the team as it is now , Anderson and Osborne dont grumble , or choke ... they even came over earlier to adapt better and train in sand , thats the type of commitment you wnt if you say you want to win this ... not Tomac having a speach about redemption after redbud and not show up at Assen , he made the right decision as Herlings , Coldenhoff and Prado would have whooped him big time ..again ....
