News from April 2002

Saito – student, Sensei – teacher

Ernesto learns, then teaches Honda introduced their new water craft, the four-stroke AquaTrax F12 & F12x …. (scroll to bottom to see all the photos)Honda thought it would be a good idea to cross-promote water craft with motocross. Sounds good to us! What better way to do that than with host of Personal Water Craft [...]

Photos from Glen Helen!

Racing on Mother’s Day 2002. Round 1 of the outdoors. Carmichael, Tortelli, Stewart, Langston, Ferry, Reed …. If you’d like to see the results from Glen Helen, please visit this link. function OpenWindow(url, width, height) { window.open(url, ‘img’, ‘resizable, width=’+width+’,height=’+height+”); } This is the first corner – it’s steeply banked Mike Brown’s number plate Brown [...]

Let’s get started

The ‘Nationals’ get going this weekend. Exclusive photos from practice. Notes: Hot and sunny Track is long, rough, and dusty Carmichael – fast Vuillemin – fast Tortelli – fast LaRocco – on the CR 450 four-stroke, wrist still mending, riding with protective covering Windham – not ready to race yet Guy Cooper is racing on [...]

Preview: 2002 AMA/Chevy Trucks U. S. Motocross Series

Ricky Carmichael & Mike Brown defend their titles The outdoor series gets started on Mother’s Day at Glen Helen, and ends on Labor Day Weekend at Steel City – 12 venues all together. Here are the dates, track names, locations, and phone numbers for info: May 12 – Glen Helen, San Bernardino CA (909) 880-3090 [...]

Salt Lake City Sees Red

Honda dominates Round 15 of the AMA/EA Sports Supercross Series, taking two out of the three titles. By Tyler Young The track is covered in plastic. Hay bales hold everything down. Little men in yellow hooded suits run up the backside of the finish-line jump, tuck and roll over the peak, and slide down the [...]

Ricky Carmichael: Champion

RC is the 2002 AMA/EA Sports Supercross Series Champion! (And more photos from Salt Lake) Ricky has won his second title in a row, clinching the championship with one round left to run. He won it in style by winning tonight’s main event in Salt Lake City. It’s Ricky’s first title as a member of [...]

A Dozen from Dallas

Supercross, Photos, Saturday, RC, TP, ABC, Scorpion King …. If you’d like to see the results, notes, and point standings from Dallas, please visit this link.If you’d like to comment on Dallas, please visit this link. function OpenWindow(url, width, height) { window.open(url, ‘img’, ‘resizable, width=’+width+’,height=’+height+”); } 3 best supercross riders in the world: DV, RC, [...]

World Motocross – Round 2 – SPAIN

Round 2 of the World Motocross Championship comes to the Catalunya circuit in Bellpuig.125 Grand Prix Results: 1. Mickael Maschio – KAW 2. Philippe Dupasquier – KTM 3. Erik Eggens – KTM 4. Luigi Seguy – YAM 5. Alex Puzar – HUS 250 Grand Prix Results: 1. Mickael Pichon – SUZ 2. Frederic Bolley – [...]

Supercross Road Trip 2002

I’m not a journalist, or a photographer. But this is my story, and photos. I had an idea to do a story on what it’s like to go to a supercross from a fan’s prospective. by John (AKA 300exc) If you’d like to comment on John’s column, please visit this link. The Champ I have [...]

Firsts for Nate & Branden

Photos from Pontiac – April 13 If you’d like to read the results, notes, and point standings from Pontiac, please visit this link. (Nate Ramsey rides the 450 to it’s first win …. Branden Jesseman wins his first 125 Main.) Stephane Roncada Eric Sorby RC sans visor Nate Ramsey leading RC Nate leading MC Nate’s [...]