We all look at car accidents, doesn’t matter how bad it is, we look.

Here at MXlarge our most read story from the week is the interview with Kevin Strijbos. Now Kevin hasn’t been on great form due to coming back from injury, but his interview was easily more popular than that of a Gautier Paulin, a Zach Osborne or a Brad Anderson, all three winners last weekend, but seemingly not more interesting than some in house fighting. In fact more than double the people wanted to know the Strijbos/Jobe story rather than what a winning rider had to say.

The AMA Supercross is the perfect example. The two leading riders are out of the series, yet it’s one of the most interesting in years. Does that mean the sport is bigger than the riders, it sure does and the sport should be bigger than the riders?

The racing in the AMA Supercross series this year has been amazing, some rough riding, some dirty block passes and the odd fight. Haven’t we loved the drama? Doesn’t matter if it’s Stewart fighting Reed or Pourcel fighting Barcia. Drama, it brings out the best in many of us.

How about the 2009 MXoN. While all was peaceful in most teams, didn’t the British press have a field day. Wasn’t only their team manager giving it a bit of the old drama, but how about the relationship between the riders, oh, and those early team selections also ruffled some feathers. English forums were having a field day as the importance of who is sleeping with who and who said what this about that was more important than actually getting behind the team and giving them 100% support.

I don’t watch the news, first I am too simple minded to enjoy what is happening to somebody I don’t even know, and second I am just too busy to sit in front of the television for an hour. I just really don’t care if America are sending  forces to some country in the middle east, or if a volcano has erupted and a million people are killed. Sounds harsh, but I don’t really think many people really care, you might feel a sense of sadness, but it might only last a week or two and then you get on with your life.

Personal tragedy at home is another story. When my father passed away last year I was obviously shocked and sad, I am still sad, and I still have days when I opening cry, thinking about being a kid and doing stuff with my father. Going to the races or having a holiday with him. Our parents give us many of our first experiences in life. I know had my father not mortgaged the house back in 1978 and taken the whole family to America I would never have gotten the travel bug and began a life of travel and adventure. And that old second hand YZ80 I got for my 10^th birthday sure introduced me to a cool sport.

What about politics, people love to write stuff about how the sport is run, and what needs to be changed. I’ve said it before, but I didn’t get into this sport as first a rider and then a spectator to know how much the promoter is making or which sponsor is backing who. I got into the sport because I loved the adrenaline of the sport, the action, and the amazing characters. I’ve been told a million times I am not critical enough of Youthstream, at the end of the day I think most of what Youthstream does is good for the sport and I’ve seen improvement for myself as a journalist. It’s up to the teams and riders to fight their own corner, my corner is okay.

Call me simple and selfish, but all I care about is the health of my friends and family and if my clients are happy with my work. If that remains okay, then I am happy.