News from January 2012
RJ Says – Supercross Safety 2012
Anyone who saw what happened with Trey Canard and Ryan Morais at Dodger Stadium Saturday night knows that it was a horrendous crash. Nobody likes to see that. Unfortunately that’s part of our sport, and crashes do happen. I’ve heard opinions from everybody about how it could have been prevented. What it comes down to [...]
Points Leader Eli Tomac Leads GEICO Honda Team into 2012 Oakland Supercross
Eli Tomac has a bright new addition to his GEICO Honda CRF250R motorcycle for this Saturday’s Monster Energy AMA Supercross race at O.co Coliseum – the coveted red number plate. After capturing the points lead following his win in last week’s Supercross Lites West race down the coast in Los Angeles, Tomac earned the right [...]
Honda Riders Win 2012 Supercross and Lites Classes at Dodger Stadium
The Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series made its way to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California this weekend for round three. Honda was on the top of the podium with TwoTwo Motorsport’s Chad Reed winning the Supercross class and GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac winning the Lites class. It was a tough [...]
With Tyler Bowers atop Standings, 2012 AMA Arenacross Series Makes Debut from Cedar Park Center This Weekend
Last Saturday, Babbitt’s Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki presented by Maxxis’ Tyler Bowers extended his lead in the Arenacross Class standings by grabbing his eighth win of the season. This weekend, Bowers leads the world’s best arenacross riders into the eighth round of the 2012 AMA Arenacross Series season with two nights of action slated for the [...]
Rockstar Energy Racing Teams Truly Came Into Their Own at 2012 Dodger Stadium Supercross
Rockstar’s Brett Metcalfe & Jason Anderson earn well-deserved top-five finishes in Supercross & Supercross Lites This weekend’s Supercross event was a turning point for the Rockstar Energy Racing teams. Celebrating their first top-five finishes in both the Supercross and Supercross Lites classes this season, the Rockstar Energy Racing athletes all put in heartfelt and determined [...]
Tough Night at LA Supercross For Troy Lee Designs / Lucas Oil / Honda
If you had said at the beginning of the night that Cole Seely and Travis Baker would end up 15th and 20th, respectively, in the main event it would have seemed very unlikely. Cole Seely won the opening round and has been on the leaders pace from the onset and Baker has been consistent and [...]
Yoshimura Suzuki Racing Celebrates First Top-Five Supercross Result of the 2012 Season
It was a stellar night for Yoshimura Suzuki Racing’s Brett Metcalfe. The young Australian raced his Yoshimura Suzuki RM-Z450 to a well-earned fifth-place finish at round three of the 2012 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship series at Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on Saturday night. This impressive result also moved Metcalfe up several positions in the overall series [...]
Photo Feature: 2012 Los Angeles Supercross
It was a big night for Honda in the city of Angels as TwoTwo Motorsports’ Chad Reed wins the Los Angeles Supercross, while Geico Honda’s Eli Tomac gets his first win of the season and takes over the west lites points lead going into oakland. Replay the action from this edition of the Los Angeles [...]
Star Valli Yamaha’s Ryan Morais Injury Update 01-23-2012
Star Valli Yamaha rider Ryan Morais was involved in a crash during the first lap of the main event at the Los Angeles round of the AMA/FIM Supercross Championship series Saturday night. The Rockstar Energy rider was transported to a local hospital and is being treated for a broken jaw, several fractured vertebrae and some [...]
2012 Los Angeles Supercross: Eli Tomac Interview
This is GEICO Honda rider Eli Tomac after his first win of the season at the 2012 Los Angeles Supercross. Look for the red plate on Eli’s bike next week, as he leaves the Los Angeles Supercross with a 1 point lead over Dean Wilson going into the Oakland Supercross. See what he had to [...]
