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Chris MacClugage will be racing runabout as a privateer as he has been released from HydroSpace Racing!!
http://www.maccracing.com/Scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=14
http://www.maccracing.com/Scripts/openExtra.asp?extra=14
MacClugage Racing As A Privateer!!!
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jetskier79
I'm goin' for two
- Location
- San Diego, CA
I heard about this last week.....interesting development.
jetskier79
I'm goin' for two
- Location
- San Diego, CA
I'd hardly call it bad news either.
Cane700
Broken Jetskiier
- Location
- Chicago, IL
I wonder what it means for HSR?
Sanford
ECF
- Location
- Freeride capital of the world
Mac brought credibility to Hydrospace.
You know the racing industry has changed when someone like Mac gets dropped. :261:
You know the racing industry has changed when someone like Mac gets dropped. :261:
superrob750
drunk.
- Location
- grand rapids/rockford MI
wow.. interesting read..
In conversations with Mac, I cant really recall that he loved the HSR...He liked it, but said that he made several changes to his....
jetskier79
I'm goin' for two
- Location
- San Diego, CA
My understanding is also that the decision wasn't purely motivated by the machine he was riding. As always in an in environment like this, there is also a political/personal element.
- Location
- Jersey
well what did you think would happen when some spoiled brat tells mommy and daddy they want that and wanna go race, they are gonna buy it for them and wax everyone in the class
i HSR demise came down to too much fanfare and an upfront cash outlay.... they spread themselves too thin and not being able to cover the costs. why else would they dump one of the best riders of the world and pull out of competition almost entirely?
if there had been some tie with KTM but the article said there wasn't, i firmly beleive they cut their losses while they still had a chance
waxhead
wannabe backflipper
- Location
- gold coast
Wow
Thats sad that they have not continued on with the hs
Thats sad that they have not continued on with the hs
This is how I see it...
Hydrospace tryed to get too big too fast. The results were marginal at best. So they are might be Kaput or they are scaling back to regroup and get things done right.
The Ski Class will be great again in Havasu with some good contenders in there.
The Runabout class will be great too now that Farthing will have some competition...
As far as how I feel overall about this. I think it could provide a much needed boost to racing in the US. Mac has not raced here (outside of the World Finals) since the West Coast Motosurf Tour of 2003. This now could potentally bring some much needed life into the Pro end of things here in the States. Hopfully the APBA National tour this season was just a begining and will grow with years to come. Or Hopfully the IJSBA brings back a National Tour of their own.
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Hydrospace tryed to get too big too fast. The results were marginal at best. So they are might be Kaput or they are scaling back to regroup and get things done right.
The Ski Class will be great again in Havasu with some good contenders in there.
The Runabout class will be great too now that Farthing will have some competition...
As far as how I feel overall about this. I think it could provide a much needed boost to racing in the US. Mac has not raced here (outside of the World Finals) since the West Coast Motosurf Tour of 2003. This now could potentally bring some much needed life into the Pro end of things here in the States. Hopfully the APBA National tour this season was just a begining and will grow with years to come. Or Hopfully the IJSBA brings back a National Tour of their own.
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- Jersey
the apba is the US sanctioning body for the IJSBA..... to make it a national tour they need to double the # of stops to 6
it should be norcal one weekend then either so-cal or havasu the next.... two week break then to texas and somewhere near the detroit area and then two more weeks off then rochester and somewhere down south i.e lake norman
it should be norcal one weekend then either so-cal or havasu the next.... two week break then to texas and somewhere near the detroit area and then two more weeks off then rochester and somewhere down south i.e lake norman
Not to get too far off topic, but there is some of the best race sites in the nation are in the midwest... (they are pretty cheap if not free too when it comes to hiden costs like parking and random passes). Remember the Great Lakes are up here (aka: Fresh water surf conditions)
- Location
- Gardner Ks.
I heard that HS was cheating with Mac's ski. He got DQ'd from and event and that really pissed him off. He quit HS.
I totally agree with Chopper. Anyone who was at Nationals this past weekend saw Macc crush the competition on an SXR. I hope he continues to race in the states. I think his status and presence would be a positive force for the sport here in the states.
And not only would he bring life and competition to the pro end, he would be pulling in more enthusiasts/racers like myself who want to see the guy race and learn from him. I'll travel to race the same events as Macc. Even if I am still nervous class.
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Big Kahuna
Administrator
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
hey Ceebee, did you race??