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AMA Pro Racing is working on a safety plan on head injuries in motocross. A press release is expected soon. The AMA's new Safety Director Hugh Fleming is heading that up. Tim Ferry had orthoscopic surgery on his knee today and it went well. He is expected to be off the bike 2-3 weeks. If you want to keep track of your favorite rider, you might find his official web site at www.vrmweb.com. They have 18 official rider sites including Mike Brown's, and one of the first moto fantasy leagues ever. Dr Steve Augustine, who is at all the nationals for the Road 2 Recovery Foundation, is working on motorsports safety and has a site you should check out. Look at http://www.motorsportsafety.org/ AGP Racing's Sarah Whitmore links up with pickuptrucks.com http://www.pickuptruck.com/html/stories/whitmore/whitmore.html Business: Plano Honda title sponsor is Shark Energy Drink A fire destroyed a motorcycle shop in Denver, here's a link to the story. Catching up on press releases section: Business:
Amateur Supercross at
Anaheim 2 and Atlanta
Here's Chris Williams of Maxxis Tires testing some product. (Mike Farmer/Maxxis photo)
More photos from the County Line MX track north of Panama City, Florida are up... (Check out all three pages) Photos: Here's a special release of Team Kawasaki 2002, Lusk, Roncada and Stewart.
Happy New Year!
Photos from the Ft Worth AX are up! Roncada hurt his shoulder last weekend at Glen Helen, but should be ready for Anaheim. He wasn't too happy about it because he said he was taken out by someone who shouldn't have been on the track with him at the time.
Langston puts a move on Kelly Smith at Glen Helen. (Bauer photo) Langston and Wey were the winners at Glen Helen's pre-SX warmup race last weekend. More results on www.motodrive.com. Team Update: Add Synergy Racing: Daniel Blair (YZ250F) backed by Powerhouse, Big Gun, Thor, Race Tech, DC Shoes, Tag, One Industries.
Business: Motonews calls around to get some opinion on CCE/FIM/Dorna Supercross.
New SX billboards up in LA!
Hoffmaster and Bradshaw took the wins Friday at Ft Worth. Heath Voss was here in his first race since the Vegas SX when he rode the Honda CRF450R and dislocated a bone in his wrist. He bought land near San Antonio and is training with Kent Howerton. He is racing SX for Blackfoot and will decide on US nationals or Canadian after Hangtown. Bradshaw took Voss out in the 250 main with an aggressive block pass (photos later). Traffic was heavy in the first lap of the main when Holland (holeshot), Voss, and Lange all did the turn just before the catapult in the same line, and they all had to slow down and not double the big jump. After that the whole pack had to roll over it for that lap. You don't see that too often. Holland jammed his toe and slowed down. In the 125 Main Hoffmaster looked great. Holland had that holeshot too but lost the lead. Bradshaw got hung up behind Willoh and mentioned it a couple of times on the podium. Demuth sat out the night because of a concussion in practice. Not sure about tonight. Gonzalez did worse. He broke a femur in practice and already had surgery at a local hospital. The break was clean and no complications are expected. Justin Brayton, who got famous at Des Moines, was here again but crashed out of the 125 main when he looped it in the rhythm section. Adam Mennenga is now racing for Plano, looked good. Damien Plotts broke the forks on his CRF450, he raced the 125 class but something happened at the start and he rode the first lap in last. Kenny Bartam was racing and won the jump contest! Jason Upshaw, who hasn't raced pro since 1994, was here (with a big "Holeshot Magazine" sticker and will be on his way to Anaheim. Johnny Marley was here. He will go to Anaheim with Reynard for SX. Demuth still leads the series by 15 points. Ryan Huffman had a bike stolen, sheesh. MXWest reports KTM's Billy Laninovich will miss some supercross due to a knee injury.
Business: Big New Friday Clear Channel Entertainment and Dorna Announce Agreement to Jointly Produce FIM Supercross World Championship
TFS puts a CR set up for a skinny kid though the ultimate suspension test.. Motonews goes riding! Yep, this isn't just some wimpy all-news moto hangout. Check out the photos from County Line MX in Florida.
Photos: Check out this look back at Vegas 2001, with 20 wallpaper sized photos! South African "MX Freak" didn't some photos of Binghamton and posted here: http://www.mxfreak.com/broome-tioga.html
Special report! The 2001 Oz Games
Miss Supercross Heather Voss. EA Sports Supercross starts at Anaheim, Jan 5th!
Merry Christmas!
Racing: More Geneva Photos are up (and some links fixed)
Life: Mike Mason Interview with Rup X After Christmas weekend, the next big race will be the Ft Worth national Arenacross, which also has a cool bike expo at the same time. One new face at Ft Worth be Crossroad Powersports' Damien Plotts, who will be racing CR125 and CR450 Hondas. This is from Brad Hagseth's girlfriend Eryn Emerson: "I thought I'd pass the news that Ray DeMarini of DeMarini Handlebars passed away last Friday at his home in Hillsboro Oregon. Ray had been battling cancer for a couple of years. The Ray DeMarini Cancer Research Fund has been set up on his behalf. People can go to www.raydemarini.com and contact the media cabin if they would like to donate. Ray had a wife and a 12 year old son. His wife is remarkably strong and is doing quite well, but I'm sure that thoughts and prayers would be appreciated. On his site there is a picture of him with the eye patch that he wore for the last year after losing his eye in an operation to remove a tumor from his brain. Ray was an amazing man. Brad and I attended the service on Wednesday and took away the same sentiment that everyone who knew him shared, "If Ray liked you, he would cheer for you until the end." In case you missed it, famous Mototalk graduate steveyd, who had everyone logging on with his legendary supercross recaps in 1999, is now working for Motorcycle Product News.
Business:
The AMA Announces Locations
for AMA Supercross in 2003
Photos: See the entire set of posters for Team Sobe Suzuki and Team Blimpie Suzuki
Cool site to check out: www.learntowheelie.com.
Business:
MC Hungry for a Win at San
Diego Ohio's Jeff Gibson landed a ride with Max Pitts to ride 125 east SX. Here is their web site, www.maxpitts.com. The shop is in Peru, Indiana.
Life:
People photos from Geneva and a
Pompom Special! The Final round of the Vans Triple Crown of Freestyle Motocross will air this weekend on NBC. Watch the finals Saturday Dec. 22ND, From San Diego, CA. 3PM ET/ 12PM PT on NBC. Yamaha of Troy will again run Engine Ice in 2002.
Damon Bradshaw is the King of Geneva! He and Josh Demuth were closely matched all weekend, but in the end a couple bad starts for Demuth made the difference and Bradshaw came out on top after winning three out of 4 main events at the PALEXPO in Geneva, Switzerland. The show was a great Euro style race/concert/party, with the standard airhorns, loud music, and wild enthusiasm. The best part for the Euros was when Marc Ristori won a semi Saturday night. The crowd went nuts!
Europe loves Bradshaw! The crowd had Bradshaw banners, and the media interviews were pretty long.
Here's MC and his new Bud Light graphics for 2002. (Craig Book photo). A few Geneva AX photos are up, but the phones are so bad here its hard to get anything done...
Demuth and Bradshaw traded wins the first night at Geneva. Demuth won a close battle with Bradshaw in the 125 main, then he won the Dash for Cash. Gonzalez was third in both mains. Motonews is testing a new camera at Geneva to get more signs and crowd in the photos (see above). Gavin Grayck broke his collarbone before the night program. Full results are up on Arenacross.com. Here is the link. McGrath Racing held its press conference and now it's not a secret. McGrath Racing is sponsored by Bud Light. Lee Edmunds is replacing Peter TerHorst as Honda's press guy. The Honda press releases you read on Mototalk and in the Business section came from TerHorst. CCE's press releases on SX in 2003 in beyond aren't slowing down. A new one announces Racer X will do the Supercross programs until 2005. Jason Thomas will ride for 3D Racing in 2002. Last year the team was ez wider.
Dupasquier will be one of the Euros going against the National Arenacross series regulars tonight in Geneva. Thursday practice went well at the PALEXPO in Geneva for the next weekend of racing in the National/International Arenacross Series. All the US series regulars are present and accounted for, except Dostal who injured his spleen and didn't go. The race will feature the US tour vs some top Euros who were invited. The two that looked good in practice were Dupasquier and local hero Marc Ristori. Lalloz, who won a 250 main at this event last year, broke his ankle and isn't here. Look for updates on the official Arenacross web site, www.arenacross.com. For some of the US crew, this will be their first Euro-style wild show, and for some the largest crowd they have raced for. Saturday is sold out and the PALEXPO is set up to hold about 25,000.
Life:
Check out Miss Arenacross and the
Chillon Castle in Montreux, Switzerland! Racer X reports Matt Walker was added to Pro Circuit's team. Business:
Factory Connection Announces
its 2002 Team GREEN DAY WILL PERFORM AT WINTER X GAMES VI: GREEN DAY, in conjunction with ESPN, will break in the New Year with a special performance at Winter X Games VI in Aspen, Colorado, January 19, 2002. Having just released their singles collection INTERNATIONAL SUPERHITS! (Reprise), the pivotal and explosive punk rock group are set to play a concert for fans and Winter X Games' athletes to celebrate the sixth annual signature winter action sports event, which features the world's best athletes competing in snowboarding, snowmobiling, moto x and skiing. Taped portions of the concert will also be seen on EXPN 2Day, ESPN2's monthly series hosted by Sal Masekela. In addition, EXPN.com, the year-round Internet home for action sports and culture will also feature taped concert segments.
The "National Arenacross European Vacation" started today, with the usual travel stuff, late planes, missed flights, etc. The group that left from Atlanta got in about 4 hrs late, not too bad. Clear Channel's Vice President of Marketing Ken Hudgens answered their 10 questions about the Supercross split, read: Business: 10 Questions with Clear Channel. A big announcement on qualifying for nationals is going up very soon on www.mxsports.com.
Last week Motonews sent 10 each questions to the AMA and CCE regarding the Supercross split. AMA Pro Racing's Vice-President Commercial Development John Farris sent responses to theirs, read: Business: 10 Questions with AMAPro Racing. A second set of questions with CCE will be up very soon.
Today the Motonews mobile mediamobile leaves for Atlanta to meet Tuesday with the Arenacross delegation which is racing in Geneva, Switzerland Dec 14/15. Updates will be a little scarce this week, due to the travel. After Geneva, Motonews will be in Alabama for Christmas, then off on another sick road trip, this one for the first five rounds of EA Sports Supercross, then Indy on Feb 9. Motonews will be mobile till then!
The Geneva Arenacross is for National Arenacross points, but is billed as a Supercross in Switzerland. This will be the second time AX goes there to race. Jeff Willoh was the overall winner last December there. The crowd was wild and crazy, and Willoh said when it was over they had to escort him off the track like a rock star. Very cool. The winners of the regional Arenacross in Rochester were Fri: Brian Stone, 125; Jim Neese, 250; and Sat: Brandon Bartz, 125; and Jim Neese, 250. Mnews just got cool new graphics from future celebrity artist Marc Estabrooks. Marc does the FactoryMX.com 'toon in Racer X too. At least we get some work out of him before he gets to famous for us web sites. He will be the next Andy Warhol, then he will sell out to Slack-Mart and cheapen everything, and its down hill from there. The night after the Las Vegas EA Sports Supercross, CCE's Charlie Mancuso said they had worked with the AMA for 27 years, and they will be with them another 27 years. This drew a loud cheer from the audience. This weekend AMA Pro Racing's Scott Hollingsworth introduced Jam Sports and told the audience at the awards banquet the move to its AMA Supercross series would be good for the sport. He got a relatively cold reception. Maybe the AMA is leading supercross into a great new era, but first they need to convince supercross people the split with CCE is a good idea. They haven't done that yet.
If you were waiting to see if the AMA and CCE could get back together and run just one supercross series from 2003 on, you can stop waiting. The word after the AMA awards banquet is the split is real. Brace yourself for 12 months of competition for venues, teams, riders, and opinion. There will be two supercross series in 2003. The battle for supercross will begin a new phase, with both sides looking for the all-important big names to give its series legitimacy and draw the crowds. When its over the standard "factory ride/go where the team goes" thing could be a thing of the past. Racer X's interview by Eric Johnson with AST's Chris Carnicella is a must read. Here is the link.
New Poll: Is it OK to have no overall winner in outdoor motocross, and just 2 moto winners? The AMA took a pounding in the last poll over who should be the "caretaker" of supercross. 75% voted CCE with AMA sanctioning. Overall, people vote more when polls ask racing questions like "Who will win.....?"
RC: Supercross and 250 motocross champion, and Tania Satchwell, WML champion at the AMA awards banquet friday night.. Motocrossers rule! RC won the 2001 AMA/Speedvision Pro Athlete of the Year Award, and James "Bubba" Stewart won the AMA Sports Athlete of the Year (for amateurs). Bobby Bonds was MX Rookie of the Year.
Business:
AMA Announces Live
Supercross TV on Speedvision. This one is the much-anticipated
announcement about what they are doing with supercross in 2003. The AMA hopes to release details of where its races will be by Dec 25th. DC reported on Racerhead yesterday that the AMA is doing away with overall winners at nationals, but will retain the two-moto format. It seems this change is for TV. At least they didn't go with a one-moto format like the GPs did, which was a huge mistake when Dorna did that for TV.
Actor Vince Vaughn was just on The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn pimpin a new movie and he mentioned his favorite sport, Supercross. Then they showed a photo of MC doing a nacnac and Vaughn talked about the jumps and the races. Way cool!
An announcement is expected today from the AMA about that live Speedvision TV thing that was hinted yesterday at Racer X. Maybe every round live on SV. Business: CCE Makes Agreement with Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego till 2004 Mini superstar Davi Millsaps will make his 125 debut (Suzuki) next weekend Dec 9 at the Thundercross in Okeechobee.
Racer X was the highest selling magazine off the racks in the Chicago area for the Oct 01 issue. Props to a great mag that is a long-time friend of Motonews.
Business: San Francisco Added to CCE Supercross in 2003 Engine Ice will be the official coolant of the ASA/AC Delco auto racing series, with 20 races on TNN. Saturday Night Live SX? www.racexill.com is reporting some buzz on the AMA's 2003 SX season working on live TV on Speedvision. Speedvision will also air Daytona -02 live as a first try. This will be the first live broadcast of supercross. The live part was planned to be announced tomorrow at the AMA banquet. You don't have to sit there puzzled about the future of supercross. Motonews has it figured out for you! Read this opinion on what is going on, and why this weekend is important. Business: OMS Confirms YOT to Use AST/Thor Gear. Doh! Motonews lost a bet with some wise guy on www.nacnac.com over the YOT gear deal. Look on the www.motonews.com front for the result!
Business:
CCE Makes Deal with Georgia
Dome One item needs to be mentioned in the OMS news about their PR deal with supercross. OMS brings Pat Schutte to the table, who was PACE's supercross PR manager in 1998 and 99. Schutte knows supercross, and he knows PR. In fact a lot of us doing news and PR in moto learned from Schutte when he was the SX dude. He was always the heavy hitter with vision. Also Schutte started the "supercross crossover" which was organized to bring media attention to other extreme sports by having their stars do some laps at Anaheim. Here's an article about that hi-tech Segway Scooter. From MXTrainer: Jiri Dostal was injured at Perris raceway while practicing for the upcoming invitational. He has a lacerated spleen and bruised kidneys, they have him in the hospital for observation. He is feeling ok. Chris Gosselaar, who broke his collarbone in Bercy is back riding already. He is on a cardio routine and good nutritional program. He is looking forward to Anaheim 1. Also, Dostal was supposed to be on the Geneva AX trip, which now leaves Atlanta Dec 11.
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Supercross wars are heating up. The AMA sent out its first press release about it's 2003 series since it broke the news, and CCE isn't slowing down. What is at stake is should the promoter, CCE run the show with AMA as the sanctioning body, or should AMA Pro Racing run the show and use Jam as the producer of events? Moto XXX with use Maxxis Tires in 2002. For the whole silly season list (so far) click here. POLL: Who
should be the "caretaker" of Supercross? Kevin Windham was the big winner of the last poll, which asked "Who would be the first rider besides RC and MC to win a Supercross?" He got 28%, Ferry was second with 18%. MX 2002 featuring Ricky Carmichael for the new X-Box is out! Anaheim 2 will have an amateur Supercross, click here for more info
The Engine Ice Daily News is sad to report the passing of Harold Mayo, a friend to motocross and well known in Florida. He was the parts manager at Sky Powersports in Lake Wales Fl. His son Shawn is a B rider in Florida. Mayo ran a parts tent at races all over Florida, including the recent Mini-Os, and he was a good friend if the Stewart family.
David Vuillemin is doing an ebay jersey auction for a friend who was paralyzed here is the link to the auction. Note: They were supposed to start at $100, not $10. Ezra Lusk will use MR2 helmets in 2002.
Gravedigger! Motonews is not just some plain ol' moto site with results and photos. We expand your horizons! We have taken you to France, Japan, Switzerland, and every race there is to see in the US, now we raise the bar with some noise and horsepower at a Monster Jam. See the Photos.
Tonight Rodrig Thain and Caterina Elliot will get married in California. They met this year when Thain was signing autographs at a shop before Washougal. Both went to Bercy this year and after that they travelled Europe for more races. Mat Mladin is the 4th nominee for the AMA/Speedvision athlete of the year award. The winner will be announced Dec 7 at the AMA banquet in Palm Springs. The other nominees are Chris Carr, Eric Bostrom, and Ricky Carmichael. Also the details of AMA Pro Racing's 2003 Supercross series should be out by then. Business:
WMR Competition Performance
Kicks Major Booty at Gainesville Mini-Os American Honda's Motorcycle Division is deeply saddened to
report the death of Peter
John Fassnacht, Manager of Rider Education. Mr. Fassnacht passed
away Saturday, November 24 of complications
resulting from bacterial meningitis. He was 46
years old. Fassnacht, born and raised in
Ottawa, Canada was a passionate motorcyclist and a
dedicated advocate of motorcycle rider education.
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