Quote Originally Posted by josh green View Post
RC will never race an AMA sanctioned event. He HATES AMA and frankly I cannot blame him. They are ruining the sport with all of the stupid fines and penalties. SX/MX was rough back in the day, AMA is just good @ making retarded rules. Reed didnt try to take out stewart in vegas, that was a more or less "fuck you" move that he did. If he wanted to take him out he could have. Stewart's team mate on the other hand clearly tried to take out Reed last year at one of the last races. I dont think Reed is a dirty racer, I just think he is trying to shake stewart up a little bit. Stewart never yields when someone goes low on him and someone is going to go down every time. It doesnt really matter though now that Reed is out of the SX series.
You guys race quads? That is quite possibly the scariest/ sketchiest racing I have ever seen. Watching guys it tossed through whoops sections never gets old though!

I have to agree somewhat on what you have said, but also AMA has done alot of good for our sport as well. They are the main organization actively fighting to keep our riding areas open, and to keep our sport alive. Sure they have some ridiculous rules, but without some of them the sport would be even more dangerous, and likely have even more causalities and injuries for anti-mx/atv organizations to use to their advantage. Also keeping it regulated keeps everything fair, I've seen non-AMA sactioned races playing favoritism when it comes to riding rough. I like to ride rough in the heat of the moment as much as anyone else, but there is a point that's too far, and if I get penalized for it, I know the rules. The AMA is a good organization that I proudly support, not saying everything they do is perfect, but without them our sport would surely be different. Ricky may like to whine about it, but imagine Nascar without rules, people whine about it having too many rules but could you imagine it without them?

I've been racing quads for a few years now on both the regional and national levels and love it. I'm sure it seems sketchy to those who haven't been around it, but I feel the same way about bikes, that shits not for me.