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LA Supercross Race Recap

LA Supercross Race Report

 

For the first time in the sports history a race was held at Dodgers stadium it was actually the first ever motorsports event at the Los Angeles

Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/mx/blog/id/23894

Ken Roczen Stephane Roncada Gerard Rond Jean Sebastien Roy

Riders Wheels with Paul Malin

Here we are again with another look at a riders wheels or in Paul Malin’s case ex riders wheels. Paul [...]No related posts.

Source: http://moto.mpora.com/news/riders-wheels-paul-malin.html

Johnny O Mara Zach Osborne Trampas Parker Travis Pastrana

RJ SAYS: Latest TORC truck race, my first National Motocross, my first Grand Prix Motocross

Our last TORC race was the previous weekend in Crandon, Wisconsin. It was wonderful. That Sunday was Father's day,  .... the track was awesome, the sun was shining, everything was great, and I was really proud as a father because my oldest son Luke was racing his first off road truck race. My friend Dave Waldvogel is the guy helping my son Luke cut his teeth on off road short course racing.

Everything about the race was a successs - great turn out of racers in all classes, both pro and sportsmen. And we had a packed house with spectators.

As far as my racing goes, I was conservative on the first day (Saturday), and I paid for it: by getting beat up pretty good (remember, we rub and bump and push to pass each other in these 800hp trucks!), and by eating a lot of roost in passing other drivers. I ended up with third place.

The second day (Sunday), I was running strong, leading, but had a couple of mechanical problems and a flat tire, but ended up in fourth place.

The highlight of my weekend's racing was when I won the Chairman's Cup - it's named after the Chairman of the local Potawatomi Indian Tribe. We race Pro 2 trucks and Pro 4 x 4 trucks together. The Pro 2's start out front because their lap times are slower, and then the Pro 4's take off. I got off early, some other guys had some problems, and I never looked back. Felt good.

My son Luke, in his first race got a fifth, and then next day he got second, and set fastest lap of the race - I'm really proud of him. Luke is going to be situated in Wisconon starting the day after the race. Luke will be living in Wisconsin this summer, in the same basement that Jimmie Johnson (yes, the current NASCAR Champion) did when he was 17, with Charlie Schlieve - he's my current crew chief, he was my crew chief back in 1998 when I won the CORR Pro 2 championship. And Charlie was Jimmie's crew chief in 1996 and 1997.

After I got my son all set up there, I flew home, drove up to Hollywood for movie premiere of "Born in Baja - The Raptor Story". The Raptor is an awesome new truck that Ford is releasing next year - you'll need to get one or two at the very least. Seriously, it's a super-truck .. and I'll let you know more about it as soon as I can.

My very first AMA National Motocross:

I remember it like it was yesterday. It was Hangtown 1981. It was the only race I've ever had to race a qualifier at. (I was always in the top ten after that in my career.) Cliff Lett and Chuck Warren built me a bike that was incredible - I thought it had the best bike ever - the suspension, the motor, the handling - it was beautiful.

I thought the track was awesome too. Me being 16 years old at the time, and having raced only in southern California, there was a few guys I didn't know. Tommy Benolkin and Danny .... I forget his last name. But I certainly was intimidated, especially by all the guys I didn't know and had never raced against back home.

I think I finished fourth or fifth that day ... but I was so impressed with how the fast guys went hard for 45 minutes. I was so blown away at how fast guys like Mark Barnett could go without breaking a sweat. It made me doubt that I could ever be a good motocross or supercross racer.

Later that same year, I broke my wrist at a local race at Glen Helen. Erik Kehoe got hurt on the same day at the same race - he broke his leg - really bad. Erik's leg got sucked in between the wheel and the swingarm. We both rode Yamaha's at the time, although I was only on the support team.

When I came back to motocross racing later that season after my broken wrist had healed, they put me with Bob Oliver (Erik's mechanic) because Erik was still injured. And I got Erik's Factory bike for the Mid Ohio 125 US Grand Prix of Motocross - this would be my first time ever racing a Motocross Grand Prix.

And once again, Mark Barnett demolished everybody. In the mud, he would go as fast I could go when it was dry! He was incredible! I didn't finish very well, I was stlll recovering with my wrist, ... but it felt great to be back on the bike again (even though I got my ass kicked : )

RJ

Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-latest-torc-truck-race-my-first-national-motocross-my-first-grand-prix-motocross

Richard Eierstedt Jimmy Ellis Jeff Emig Harry Everts

DMX Takes On The KTM 450 SX-F

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The DMX test team brings you another great bike test from Dirt Shoot 2011...

 

By: Kyle Carruthers

Photos by: Allison Kennedy and KTM Canada

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Source: http://www.directmotocross.com/news/features/2011/02/dmx-takes-ktm-450-sx-f

Jorgen Nilsson Graham Noyce Carl Nunn Johnny O Mara

Making Passes

Anaheim has came and passed once again.  It is great to finally have some racing back on and each class looks to be very tight, if everyone stays healthy.  Something that caught my attention was that some of the riders were commenting that the track was a little difficult to pass on.  Yet, James Stewart [...]

Source: http://www.mxtrainingblog.com/riding-techniques/making-passes/

Jeff Leisk Victor Leloup Aigar Leok Tanel Leok

Larissa Papenmeier Blog

2009 FIM Women's World Championship runner-up Larissa Papenmeier can perhaps rightfully claim to be Suzuki's fastest female motorcycle racer. The petite German runs the number 2 plate on her Teka Suzuki Europe World MX2 RM-Z250 and has taken two podium results from four rounds of the seven in the 2010 contest.

Courtesy Suzuki

"I had a slow speed crash about one month before the World Championship started at Sevlievo in Bulgaria - the same place that the MX1 and MX2 series' was beginning. It was a silly fall but I broke a bone in my hand and it was a bit of a setback. I carried on riding, and doing the training that I could before going to Bulgaria. In a way the injury helped with my nerves for the race! Obviously I wanted to be 100%, but I went to the GP with little expectations and wanting just to get points. I scored 6th place which was reasonable in the circumstances.

"We had about a month then before our second round and where we would be joining the boys again at Agueda for the Grand Prix of Portugal. I was getting stronger and carried on my training and found time to finish second behind world champion Steffi Laier in the German Championship. Steffi is currently the fastest rider at the GPs but I know that I - and a good few others - are working as hard as we can to catch up and beat her. Germany is well represented in the world championship in which we are competing for the third time now as it began in 2008, for the two years before that it was a World Cup competition. It means that we have a strong national series and that is only good for the future of women's racing in our country as more people can see what we are doing and maybe more girls will decide to come and have a go.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/mxgirls-news/larissa-papenmeier-blog

Shaun Simpson Joël Smets Jeff Smith Marty Smith

A2 Race Report

Anaheim 2 Race Report

 

This week the Fox team went pink at A2 to help support the Susan B Koman breast cancer awareness foundation event held for the 2nd year i

Source: http://www.foxhead.com/us/mx/blog/id/24068

David Philippaerts Mickael Pichon Jim Pomeroy Christophe Pourcel

Inaugural Monster Energy Supercross race at Dodger Stadium Saturday

The inaugural Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, at Dodger Stadium kicks off this Saturday night as Monster Energy Kawasaki's Ryan Villopoto and Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's Josh Hansen lead the Supercross and Supercross Lites classes respectively. The process of converting the legendary baseball stadium into a Monster Energy Supercross track is now underway for the third stop of the 2011 schedule.

Courtesy Feld Motor Sports

"This marks a historic time not only for Monster Energy Supercross, but Dodger Stadium as well," said Todd Jendro, Senior Director of two-wheel operations, Feld Motor Sports. "This venue has a historic past and will now welcome 150 of the best riders on the planet. We feel that given the iconic image of Dodger Baseball and Dodger Stadium that it is the perfect fit to host an event of this caliber."

Source: http://www.supercross.com/news/inaugural-monster-energy-supercross-race-at-dodger-stadium-saturday

Mark Barnett Jonathan Barragan Andrea Bartolini Willy Bauer

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