well now, the age old question comes up again. I'm no expert but I believe it's the tv thing. we are getting some tv exposer now and it has to help right? hopefully.
our pro riders need prime time tv exposer to grow this sport.
walk down your neighborhood street and ask a handful of kids to name a pro bike rider. even if these kids don't ride almost all of them can name 1 or 2 of the riders, weather if be Reed, js7 or who ever. fan or not, they see them on mainstream tv, commercials and so on. then ask the same kid to name a pro quad rider. you will get the same answer out of all of them. uhhhh, I don't know of any.
kids today want a superstar to look up to, imitate and wanna be like when they grow up. if our pro's aren't seen, the kids will never know about them and will pick tiger, LeBron or some other stick and ball superstar to "wanna be like"
I think the Daytona deal is the start to turning this sport the right direction. all day was a steady stream of bikers and spring breakers and so on coming into the speedway, some just stopped for pictures from inside but many stopped to watch. I personally spoke to many bikers that stopped, most seemed empressed with what they were seeing.
I even ran into a group from my hometown, they were their for bike week and stopped by, as tourist, not as fans. well, now they are fans and are planning a large group for high point, Indiana and red bud to come and watch. small step, yes, but that's just one group that I personally know, how many others will be doing the same? time will tell.
Rob Visnic
Proud dad of #55 Jake Visnic
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HETRICK RACING