SUPERCROSS
OCTOBER 8, 2016
VELTINS ARENA / GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY
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MONSTER ENERGY SMX RIDERS' AND MANUFACTURERS' CUP
way is up, and that the quality
of the racing was good enough
to attract more people to attend
next year.
They must also rely on the
manufacturers' ability to convince
their top riders to race the event,
making sure that contracts are
written that include this race
(and the MXoN) because if they
rounds of the World Supercross
Championship in 2018, they
must be worried by the lack of
bums-on-seats for what was a
top quality field at the SMX Cup.
Word is that a three-year deal
with the stadium has already
been signed so the future for the
event is guaranteed, but Youth-
stream must hope that the only
be no getting away from the fact
that the event wasn't well attend-
ed by supporters in the stands,
as official figures of 10,000
looked extremely optimistic. If
the rumors are true, and there
were Feld representatives (the
U.S. supercross organizers)
in attendance scouting out the
possibility of some European
Romain Febvre won the second moto.
