Spectators are definitely under-promoted but there are few of us who have not been helped and greatly appreciate those mud fleas!!!!!There are always a few bad apples in every basket but for the most part they add excitement to our races I think is taken for granted sometimes. Imagine lining up and as the national anthem plays you look around and there is no one standing around the edges of the starting field. And as you plow through the worst mud section of the track there is no one to cheer or help. Or that monster hill climb is empty of anything but our machines. Our fellow racers are AWESOME and we are all like a big family but those spectators are just as important a part. They are the ones who cheer like you are doing something great when you can barely hang on. For me they give me a surge of energy during the race and encourage me before I ever get out there.
But for those who think it is funny to pay $5 (local) to $12 (national) to get into a race and then sabotage someone's race that cost them possibly hundreds of dollars...we are a tough bunch and we will still come back for more. And we are having way more fun than people who only get kicks out of other's misfortune!
I LOVE THIS SPORT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !
