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Tortelli knee injury – send him a message
As you might know, Seb Tortelli injured his knee last Saturday at Mt. Morris. It’s the same knee he injured earlier in the year. He will need surgery, and will be out of action for at least six months. It’s a tough blow for him, especially since he had just returned to racing a few [...]
A new future for World MX? (Youthstream to take on motocross)
The official announcement from the FIM (Federation Internationale Motocycliste, based in Switzerland) that they have chosen Youthstream to be the company to manage the FIM Motocross World Championship rights has been made. President of the FIM’s CMS division, Wolfgang Srb, said, “I am delighted about the return of Mr. Giuseppe Luongo to the FIM Motocross [...]
James ‘Bubba’ Stewart injury update
James was injured at Saturday’s supercross in Las Vegas. If you saw the race in person or on TV, you saw that he hit the ground hard. The results of that crash? Broken collarbone, sore ribs, and a concussion. Most of us are familiar with soreness and broken bones. But concussions are not as well [...]
World MX GP – Round 3 – Germany
Grand Prix of Europe, Talkessel circuit, Teutschenthal 650 Results: Joel Smets – KTM Javier Garcia Vico – KTM Cedric Melotte – HON Stuart Flockhart – HON Bernd Eckenbach – KTM 125 Results: Marc DeReurver – KTM Mickael Maschio – KAW Andrea Bartolini – YAM Stee Ramon – KTM Tyla Rattray – KTM Motocross Grand Prix [...]
AMA Pro Racing announces SuperMoto: Laguna Seca, July 11 – 13
AMA Pro Racing will have their inaugural ‘Red Bull Supermoto’ event in conjunction with the U.S. Superbike championship at the legendary Mazda Raceway in Laguna Seca CA July 11-13. Don Canet has designed a world-class track situated in the open area between turns 2 and 5 of the main road course. It’s a central location [...]
125 East Champion Branden Jesseman injures thumb
Team Sobe Suzuki rider Branden Jesseman, who just wrapped up the 2003 125 East title on April 5th, is out of action with an injured thumb. Branden fell while practicing in SoCal for the upcoming National MX series. He suffered torn ligaments in the thumb area, is flying back to Pennsylvania, and will have surgery [...]
Sand storm
Southwick is unique 100% sand Photos by The Factory Spectator – Steve ‘Showtime’ Bruhn Click on the thumbnail image to view the larger photoTo view the results from the Southwick race, visit this link function OpenWindow(url, width, height) { window.open(url, ‘img’, ‘resizable, width=’+width+’,height=’+height+”); } Craig Anderson, from Australia, won his first 125 National Ando Anderson [...]
Was it really just two years ago?
2001 USA motocross photo flashback Ricky Carmichael and Kawasaki dethroned Jeremy McGrath for the supercross title Ernesto Fonseca beat Rodrig Thain for the 125 west series Travis Pastrana beat Nate Ramsey in the east Carmichael won the 250 outdoors Mike Brown was the 125 outdoor champ after a season-long battle with Grant LangstonWas it really [...]
A day some in the industry feared?
CBS News and their 60 Minutes II TV program decided to do a segment on off-road motorcycling – supercross, motocross, and freestyle. Some in the industry were fearful – how would CBS portray our sport? Many were concerned that CBS would portray the sport negatively. (A TV news segment years ago helped in the demise [...]
Fun with photos, fill in the caption v.10
Langston, Brown, and crew Boniface with no goggles? Hughes and Brooks are … Put your bone-headed comments for these three photos in the message boards. Come up with something good, or we’ll put more of them in here.It’s “Fill in the caption, version 10!” Click on the thumbnails to view the much larger images. Fotos: [...]
