News from June 2011
ESPN X Games Athletes Nominated For 19TH Annual ESPYs
The ESPYs nominate seven of the top X Games and Winter X Games athletes for Best Action Sports Athlete, including Kelly Clark who also received the honor of nomination in the Best Female Athlete category. Winter X Games Mono Skier X medalist Chris Devlin-Young also received a nod in the Best Male Athlete with a [...]
Tye Simmonds Out for Thunder Valley
JDR/J-Star/KTM rider Tye Simmonds will miss the fifth round of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship Series this weekend in Lakewood, CO after being diagnosed with rhinosinusitis and bronchitis earlier this week. This is Simmonds’ second bout with bronchitis this year. He also suffered from the illness mid-way through the Supercross season. “I am taking this [...]
Fuel TV Renews “The Moto: Inside the Outdoors” For Third Season
Season 3 Premieres Saturday, September 10, and Features 2011 Contenders: Chad Reed, Ryan Dungey and Ryan Villopoto FUEL TV (www.fuel.tv), Fox Sports Media Group’s dynamic entertainment and sports network for young males, renews its acclaimed original docu-series “The Moto: Inside The Outdoors†for a third season scheduled to premiere Saturday, September 10 at 6:00PM ET/3:00PM [...]
Kawasaki Team Green Manager Reid Nordin becomes Senior Race Team Manager
Kawasaki Motors Corp., U.S.A. (KMC) announced that Reid Nordin, a 25-year veteran of the company, and the current manager of Kawasaki’s Team Green amateur racing program, has also been named to manage all of the company’s professional racing programs, effective immediately. Nordin, who becomes senior race team manager, will continue to oversee the amateur program. [...]
Andrew Short to race at Inaugural Monster Energy Cup hybrid Supercross / Motocross race
Veteran Rider Has Sights Sets on $1 Million Feld Motor Sports has announced that Andrew Short, of Smithville, Texas, will race at the inaugural Monster Energy Cup at Las Vegas Sam Boyd Stadium on October 15. Since turning pro in 2000, Short has competed in 10 supercross seasons. Short made his entrance into the Supercross [...]
Rome is Where the Heart Is: Red Bull X-Fighters Ready to Take Over the Eternal City
ROME, ITALY – Freestyle motocross heroes are coming back to Rome on Friday, June 24 (11:00 a.m. ET / 8:00 a.m. PT) when Nate Adams, Robbie Maddison, Dany Torres and company perform their gravity-defying tricks and battle for victory at the third Red Bull X-Fighters FMX competition of the season in the Eternal City. The [...]
SUZUKI Announces 2012 RM-Z Machines for Motocross and Supercross
Suzuki continues to build on its class-leading technology with the launch of the new 2012 RM-Z motocross range which is now being announced across its global network of distributors and dealers. 2012 Suzuki RM-Z 250 The machines reflect development through a long history of Suzuki’s motocross racing teams including current World MX1 Championship leaders Rockstar [...]
Travis Pastrana presents the AGV AX-8 TP199
Courtesy DAINESE USA Travis Pastrana talks about his new AGV AX-8 TP199 Signature helmet.
Blake Baggett Overcomes First-Lap Misfortune to Receive Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award at Budds Creek
Just one week after claiming his second overall victory in the 2011 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Blake Baggett has been awarded the Ricky Carmichael Hard Charger Award for Budds Creek. Looking for his third win in four rounds at Budds Creek, Blake Baggett hoped to reduce the deficit that faced [...]
Mulisha’s Ryan “Fluffer” Hagy Debuting “Ox” Brand SuperLite at LOORRS this Weekend
Ryan “Fluffer” Hagy, Freestyle MX rider and Director of Metal Mulisha clothing, will be debuting the “Ox” brand SuperLite truck at the Lucas Oil Off-Road Race June 25th and 26th at Miller Motorsports Raceway. In addition to the truck debut, this race marks Hagy’s debut and entry into off-road racing. The “Ox” brand SuperLite is [...]
