As the Editor-in-Chief for Vurbmoto, Troy Bendgen has done almost everything when it comes to dirt bikes and supercross racing.
However, earlier this year at the Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Bendgen was provided the experience of a lifetime as he and his family – his wife Sarah and two children Eli and Sam – got the SMX VIP Experience to see the event unfold from a whole new angle.
Their day started with a trip to the VIP Champions Lounge, then continued with trips to meet various SMX riders and participate in the track walk, before they headed down trackside for Opening Ceremonies and to watch the opening heat races from the podium.
Bendgen’s article goes into fantastic detail about what it felt like being a father at an SMX event, as well as the emotions that it produced watching his kids’ faces light up through the journey of the various VIP Experiences.
In Bendgen’s own words:
If I were you, I would definitely check out the new VIP Experiences that Supercross has to offer. I’m not just saying that because I feel like I have to. I’ve been going to races as a fan and then as a journalist for over 28 years. I was running around Kenworthy’s when I was four…so that counts. Before I gained media access I felt the need to get as close to the teams and riders as possible to see the sport as close as I could. I was diehard. These VIP experiences did not exist then, but had they, you better believe I’d be begging my dad to forgo the soggy turkey sammiches and invest in one of these experiences. Having the media access gets me into the semi trucks, interviewing riders, and one on one conversations with team managers after a big win. I just kind of assumed that I had seen it all at this point. However, leave it up to Feld to step up their services to create an experience that I hadn’t had yet.