Racer X Illustrated — October 2017

race teams due to the lack of parking.

There’s also a lot of construction going

on around the stadium right now that’s

made it even more challenging. Hope-

fully for you and all of the fans in the De-

troit area it will someday return. DC

I wanted to share this drawing my 12

year old son, Kaleb Matthew Grijalva,

drew of Trey Canard.

Daniel Grijalva // Racer X Online

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THE FEED

Is there no way to combine a

USGP with one of our National

races? With the latest collaboration

between MX Sports Pro Racing and

Youthstream, maybe now is the time

to broach the subject again. I’m a huge

fan of GP racing and am already mak-

ing plans to attend the MXGP of USA

in September. Unfortunately, I already

know the event will likely be a finan-

cial failure, as has every attempt at this

race since the golden days of Unadilla

(and Carlsbad).

We all know the problem: Ameri-

cans don’t care about the GPs. Ameri-

can fans come out in droves for MXoN

events here in the States. They are pa-

triotic and want to support our riders in

an “us versus them” event. A promoter

could take advantage of this and bill a

dual point-paying race in the same man-

ner. Also, with the amount of support for

two-stroke races, a support class could

really add to this event.

Erik LaRue // Racer X Online

Erik, thanks for the note. Like you, we

have long pondered the idea of com-

bining both, but there are huge issues

to overcome first—like different rule-

books, different sponsors, different TV

networks, etc. Let us see how the new

MXGP of the USA goes first, and then

maybe we can start working on those

challenges. DC

Supercross has been my lifelong love

ever since I religiously attended in Pon-

tiac, Michigan, as a kid. Since it has

moved to Ford Field, they have skipped

Detroit once. Now the 2018 schedule is

skipping Detroit again. Do you have any

idea why SX is not coming to Detroit? Or

if it will ever come back?

Mike Gehres // Racer X Online

Mike, I know that Detroit’s Ford Field is a

challenge for Feld Motor Sports and the

LETTER OF THE MONTH

Hi, I have just found your article “A Rare Old

Scramble on Camberley Heath” from August of

2002 (Vol. 5, No. 8). I was very interested, as it men-

tioned my grandfather, Frank Dean, who won the Cup

for best northerner’s performance at the Southern Scott

Scramble at Camberley on March 29, 1924. I thought

you may be interested to know that I have said cup.

Frances Stott // Racer X Online

Frances, we forwarded this email to our former col-

league Bryan Stealey, who went to England to write

that feature some 15 years ago, and he replied, “Oh.

My. God. He has the holy grail of motocross tro-

phies. Unbelievable.”

FRANCES WILL RECEIVE A RACER X BENCH RACING CLUB TEE.