While the nations top amateur athletes battled for titles in Florida last week, the industries biggest heavy hitters attended the 14th annual A Day in the Dirt race at Pala Raceway. The brain child of Kenny Alexander, one of Hollywood’s most celebrated stunt men, and Troy Lee, one of motocross’ most celebrated artists, A Day in the Dirt was created… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentThe 40th Annual Thor Winter National Olympics, better known at Mini O’s, kicked off yesterday and we’ve already been privy to some of the best racing of the year. While Mini O’s is technically the final amateur national of the season, for those in the know, it’s more of a preview of what’s to come for 2012. It ultimately marks… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentWith just five rounds, held in the space of four weeks, the Australian Super X has unfortunately now drawn to a close. However in this month there has been some real quality racing and performances plus some big crashes (see Steven Clarke’s here), and with the interesting race formats always providing different winners, it’s a series that is always exciting.… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentThere’s one round left to go in the 2011 Australian Super X series and while things are beginning to really tighten up in the Open class, with multiple winners throughout the first four rounds, the Lites class looks to belong solely to Matt Moss.
I’ve been in Australia going on two weeks and so far I’ve been nothing but impressed… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentHeading into the third round of the 2011 Monster Energy Super X series, the weather finally cooperated as many had hoped it would; clear skies, beautiful sunshine, and perfect temperatures. The first two rounds saw quite a bit of rainfall and muddy race conditions, but that was about to change in Campbelltown, which ultimately lead itself to an amazing night… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentIf you thought the weather at Round 1 of the Super X series prevented us from picking a clear cut favorite you should have seen the torrential downpour that slammed Round 2 in Wollongong. Things actually looked promising throughout the day as it appeared as if the huge weather front was going to pass over WIN stadium, but 15-minutes before… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentIf you watched the Monster Energy Cup on television in anticipation of seeing the world’s best amateurs do battle on a supercross(ish) track, then you were probably disappointed. The coverage of the amateurs on SPEED was cut short and only the leader of each class was given any TV time whatsoever. Lucky for you we were on scene to give… Read More
Posted in Dirt Bikes, Race Report | Leave a commentWell, the first ever Monster Energy Cup kicked off over the weekend and for the most part it was a huge success. Ryan Villopoto won a million dollars (before taxes, of course), Adam Cianciarulo made his future boss, Mitch Payton, proud with a convincing win in the Supermini class and there was a four way tie for first in the… Read More
Posted in Race Report | Leave a commentThe 2011 FIM Motocross of Nations turned out to be anything but predictable. Well, almost. True, the United States was the heavy favorite and they were able to pull out another win, but it was anything but predictable.
Heading into Sunday’s A Final, team USA was flying high after qualifying with perfect 1-1-1 scores on Saturday. But as team… Read More
Posted in Around the Globe, Dirt Bikes, Race Report | Leave a commentOne Champion was crowned and two others have made it difficult to be passed for the plate Read more
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