News from March 2011
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki Takes Win Number 200 with Wilson’s First
Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Dean Wilson earned his first-career AMA Supercross Lites victory at the second stop of the AMA Supercross Lites Eastern Region series at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Ga. The win was the first for Wilson, but for the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team it was note-worthy number 200. Teammate Blake Baggett also had [...]
Team Rockstar Energy Suzuki Claims a Top Ten at Atlanta Supercross
Team Rockstar Energy Suzuki scored a top ten finish in the second round of the 2011 AMA/FIM Supercross Lites East Championship season Saturday night at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA. In the second pro race of his career, Jason Anderson powered his Yoshimura-equipped Suzuki RM-Z250 to a ninth-place finish in the 15-lap lites main [...]
Steve Ramon triumphs at Lacapelle MX1 International Motocross
A week after Clement Desalle aced the MX1 category at the pre-season opening event at Valence in France, Rockstar Energy Suzuki World MX1 was again treading the top of a race-podium this weekend as team-mate Steve Ramon triumphed at Lacapelle-Marival, north-east of Toulouse. The Belgian took results of 6th, 3rd and 1st in the three [...]
Successful Test for Honda World Motocross Team
The Honda World Motocross team returned buoyant from the 3 day test near Milan, Italy in which several new racing parts and a variety of competition set-ups were evaluated with input provided by technicians from the Honda Factory in Japan and from Martin Racing Technology. Rider duo, Evgeny Bobryshev and Rui Goncalves, completed two days [...]
Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing riders battle rain and mud at Italian MX Championships
The Red Bull Teka KTM Factory Racing squad chose the first round of the Italian Championship at Ponte a Egola on Sunday to launch their 2011 competition season, a race day that turned out to be a battle against the elements as much as the track. Unrelenting rain from Saturday night until the conclusion of [...]
De Dycker on the podium in Lacapelle-Marival
Valence the LS Honda Racing squad stayed in France for a week of training and suspension testing. Capping off the French leg of their pre-season preparation Shaun Simpson and Ken De Dycker rode the Masters Motocross international race at Lacapelle-Marival today. The tight, hard-pack slippery track situated two hours south of Limoges provided the World [...]
Team San Manuel’s James Stewart Finishes Fourth in Atlanta
Team San Manuel Yamaha Red Bull’s James Stewart takes fourth at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, after a hard fought battle for the win. Stewart had a solid start to the day, posting lap times under 47 seconds in the practice rounds, and in Heat 2, Stewart threw down the quickest lap time of the [...]
La Jolla Group Continues to Expand Brand Roster with Acquisition of FMF Racing Apparel License
Long-term partnership will extend company’s motocross and off-road portfolio, and further develop FMF Apparel and Racing collections worldwide La Jolla Group, the world’s premier multi-brand apparel licensing company, today announced a global license agreement with renowned motorcycle and exhaust manufacturer, FMF Racing. As part of the agreement, LJG will oversee the expansion of an FMF [...]
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Scores a Podium and a Top Ten at Atlanta Supercross
Ryan Dungey grabs a second-place podium and Brett Metcalfe finishes tenth in an action-packed main event Photos by Jake Klingensmith Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey rode a strong race and put his Yoshimura-equipped Suzuki RM-Z450 on the podium with a second-place finish last night during the eighth round of the 2011 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship [...]
