News from September 2011
GEICO Honda Riders Ready For Big Finish in 2011 Pala Raceway MX National
The Lucas Oil AMA Motocross Championship wraps up on Sept. 10 and the GEICO Honda riders have plenty to race for in the season finale. Eli Tomac will be trying to secure a fourth-place finish in the standings at the Pala National, while also shooting for his first overall 250cc victory of the season. “I’ll [...]
Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki Brings Home a Double Podium from Steel City
Ryan Dungey scores a solid second-place finish & Brett Metcalfe follows him home in third place DELMONT, PA – Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki captured one more impressive double-podium finish, this time at round 11 of the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross Championship in Delmont, PA. Saturday afternoon’s Steel City National saw reigning AMA Pro Motocross Champion [...]
Gareth Swanepoel Consistent at the 2011 Steel City MX National
The penultimate round of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship held at the Steel City Raceway in Delmont, has marked another consistent performance for DNA Shredstix/Star Racing Yamaha rider Gareth Swanepoel. Having won his first ever AMA moto a week prior, Swanepoel was looking to use that momentum in Steel City as thousands of [...]
Tough Outing for Gautier Paulin at the 2011 German GP
The penultimate round of the FIM Motocross World championship series has been a tough outing for Monster Energy Yamaha’s Gautier Paulin.  A return to the famous Gaildorf circuit saw a massive crowd attendance with great weather conditions. Paulin looked comfortable in his qualification race with a perfect hole-shot and a solid 3rd place. He backed [...]
Evgeny Bobryshev Comes ‘off the couch’ with a Win in Gaildorf
Evgeny Bobryshev has come straight from the couch to take a moto win in Gaildorf, on his way to second overall. Team-mate Rui Gonçalves also impressed with a solid fourth position in the overall classification. Unable to train for the last three weeks due to a neck injury received in the run up to the [...]
Photo Feature: Dean Wilson 2011 250 AMA National Motocross Champion
Dean Wilson, racing for the Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki team, has won the 2011 AMA National Motocross Championship for the 250 MX Lites class. Dean’s done it with one race left to go in the 2011 season, and only his second year of professional motorcycle racing! Check out the photo gallery below. Here is [...]
Marvin Musquin Earns First U.S. 250 Motocross Podium at Steel City
Red Bull/KTM Factory team rider Marvin Musquin earned his first career U.S. AMA Pro Motocross podium finish at the eleventh round of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship Series at Steel City Raceway. Musquin felt good from the start of the day at Steel City. Despite dealing with the hot temperatures and high humidity levels Musquin [...]
JDR/J-Star/KTM Race Report: Steel City Motocross
JDR/J-Star/KTM rider Tye Simmonds put together two decent motos in the 450 Motocross class to earn 15th overall at the eleventh round of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship series while fill-in rider Chris Plouffe marked his pro debut in the 250 Motocross class with a 19th place overall score. In the 450 Motocross class, Tye [...]
GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac Shows His Mettle in Steel City
DELMONT, Pa. – GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac had a season-best, second-place finish at Saturday’s Steel City National, the penultimate race in the Lucas Oil AMA Motocross Championship season. “I even got to lead some laps, that was probably the highlight of my day,” Tomac said. “I had kind of a rough weekend last weekend, so [...]
2011 FIM World Motocross – Round 14 – Germany
Round 14 of the FIM World Motocross Series – Germany. KTM’s Kenny Roczen has won the 2011 MX2 World Motocross title at ‘home’! And KTM’s Tony Cairoli has won his fifth world title today – the 2011 MX1 World Motocross Championship! Tony did it in fine style by winning the MX1 Grand Prix overall as [...]
