News
Travis Pastrana to undergo risky head-transplant surgery?
April 1, 2002: The Pastrana family spokesperson B. A. Ravioli announced today what many had been speculating for much of the 2002 season: Travis Pastrana’s head will have to be replaced. Repeated bouts with the flu, wearing of sponsor hats, smiling, and signing autographs have taken their toll. While few riders compete with as much [...]
World Motocross – Round 1 – NETHERLANDS
Eurocircuit – Valkenswaard Defending 250 World Champion Mickael Pichon wins opening round for 250′s. Joel Smets takes 500′s. And Steve Ramon wins in 125. [img1] 250 Grand Prix: 1. Mickael Pichon – SUZ 2. Frederic Bolley – YAM 3. Pit Beirer – HON 4. James Dobb – KTM 5. Josh Coppins – HON 500 Grand [...]
Update: TV ratings, Privateer $$$, Gadzooks, Privateer Test Day
TV Ratings: The Atlanta 250 race on ESPN 2 earned a .54 rating. This is the highest rating on ESPN2 this season for EA SPORTS Supercross and the highest rated program on all of ESPN2 for Saturday (March 2). A .54 rating equates to 425,000 households and 935,000 television viewers who saw Ricky Carmichael capture [...]
Kevin Windham news
As you know, Kevin was injured this past weekend in Atlanta. Broken femur. Ouch! Kevin had surgery on his leg to put a metal rod in to help recovery. He’s out of the hospital now, and is expected to have a four-month recovery period. You can send Kevin a greeting thru our Message Boards, and [...]
Beaucaire International Motocross
Belgian Joel Smets wins riding a KTM With very nice weather and a big crowd (15,000) the 2002 European motocross season started with success for Joel Smets, winning for the third time this prestigious preseason race. Smets did the holeshot in the first heat and won easily, followed by Italian rider Andrea Bartolini, who is [...]
Mike LaRocco update
As many of you know, Mike was involved in a crash at round 7 in Minneapolis on February 16, and was injured. Officially, he has an acute dislocation of the lunate joint in his right wrist. He had surgery on Wednesday, Feb. 20th in San Diego. Right now, it’s projected to be a six to [...]
Michael Byrne update
As many of you know, Michael fell in the 125 East Main at Indy. This is an update on him. According to his team manager (Ziggy) at Factory Connection, Michael has multiple minor injuries. He will sit out the next few rounds, but will be back for Daytona. Michael Byrne
Red Rider Ranch
Honda’s Red Rider Ranch Off-Road Training & Education Centers [img1] What is the Honda Red Rider Ranch? It’s education designed to train riders in skills they need to be safe while riding off-road! All riding levels. Age 6 and up. Four ranches – Southern, Midwestern, Western, and Pacific. One day course. They can provide everything [...]
2002 Motocross des Nations to be held in California
Stunning news from the FIM Latest news update: July 7 – the AMA has announced the team riders for the USA. It will be Ricky Carmichael, Tim Ferry, and Mike LaRocco. The 2002 Motocross des Nations will take place at Competition Park in southern California on September 29. The event will be run according to [...]
Photos from the Houston supercross
Welcome to all ABC Television viewers! If you’d like to read the results, notes, and point standings from Houston, please visit this link function OpenWindow(url, width, height) { window.open(url, ‘img’, ‘resizable, width=’+width+’,height=’+height+”); } Matt Walker – 125 winner! Matt Walker v.2 David Vuillemin & Eric Sorby James Stewart Stephane Roncada Eric Sorby – direct from [...]
