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Our goal is to have the experi-
ence leading up to that to be an
enjoyable affair. That's what it's all
about."
It's again also important to
showcase the sport.
"I think anybody that enters,
the 36 riders are going to say
going in, by the end of the night
that they want to be the guy that
won the inaugural event," he
said. "But more importantly—it's
about the journey. It's not as
important as the result. And
more than anything is how to
present flat track to the world,
and attaching themselves [the
All-Stars] with the Superprestigio
brand is going to allow us to do
that. That's the most important
thing."
Yes, flat track is fun—especially
without the pressures of a title on
the line—but it's more than just
about having fun. Let's go back
to those bragging rights. Spain
we're hoping to highlight the
best that flat track has to offer as
well," Carr said.
After his experience at last
year's second Superprestigio,
Carr went on to explain some
differences: "With such a rabid
motorcycle nation that Spain
is, they tend to get a bit more
excited. A lot of their athletes are
much more mainstream than our
motorcycle athletes are here.
for sure has been pumping out
racers, most notably road racers,
in recent times. Names like world
champions Marquez and his little
brother Alex, Jorge Lorenzo, Tito
Rabat, to name a few.
But dirt track is deeply rooted
in America. So it's also about
showing what our guys can
do, besides just sending a few
flat trackers overseas to go up
against the Spanish Armada.
"Our race here is the Super-
prestigio of the Americas and
When you're going around Bar-
celona and you have billboards
right and left with Marc Marquez
depicted on them, we don't see
that here in America very often.
It seems like it's a normal thing
over there.
"The press over there was
rabid about it. It had kind of an
electric feel to it, even though I
didn't understand 98 percent of
it because I don't speak Catalan,
which is a version of Spanish
and it's totally different than the
