2005 SX/MX/AX Teams. Here's the latest, and it still gets updated regularly. Just added: Tamer 2005 finalized.

New human! KW and Dottie have baby #2. Congrats!

Photos: 2004-The Year in Pictures. (So far this just has supercross, 50 pics).

Life: Here is an index of current fund raisers going on, including links to groups helping out after the killer tsunami in Asia. Check out the latest, DV has gear up for auction to support the Cheyne Picard Memorial.

Free offer from Gary Semics: Check out his offer for a free 4-day training course on his site, www.gsmxs.com.

Brien Devillo, amateur rider in Flordia, is in intensive care after a bad fall Wednesday. Read more about it here.

PR: Tamer Motorsports Finalizes 2005 Team.
PR: SoCal Racing Partners with Tamer Motorsports for 2005.
PR: Cycleworkx.com partnering with Tamer Motorsports for 2005.
PR: Casey Hinson Joins The Syndicate.

MXGirls Racing is looking for an Outside Sales Representative. Look here for more detail.

Happy New Year!

Here's a fun Happy New Year card sent in by Kat Spann.

PR: Great Expectations: A Season Preview for the 2004-2005 THQ World Supercross GP/THQ AMA Supercross Series.

MXLarge is reporting Alessi may race MX1 for the first round of the GPs. Read about it here.

RC Video: Here's a Fox racing video of RC tearing it up at Camp Carmichael.

New Poll: Who will win Anaheim 1?

PR: Pastrana back on Michelin tires.

The tragedy with the tsunami in Asia may have affected Maxxis, which just opened a factory in Thailand. Think good thoughts and wish them the best.

Valerie Reed, Jonathan Hyland's widow, is in stable condition. Read more about it here.

PR: Monster Energy to Sponsor Pro Circuit Kawasaki.
PR: Arenacross and Women’s Motocross Association Team up for Amateur Arenacross World Finals.

The David Vuillemin Supercross Coloring and Activity Book has arrived and is available for purchase at http://www.dv12store.com/ . Dealer inquires welcome. Please contact Erica at  DV12Store@aol.com .

Racerhead has Racer X's "Top Ten" list for 2004, with some help from your favorite Mototallkers.

Cool video of Bercy. Go to the whacky French web site Sacchi Bros and click on the Bercy video. Very cool. At 5:20 in, there is the Alessi/Leuret incident, and the meeting in the pits.

Scott Metz and Munn Racing have announced that they will be teaming up for the 2005 AMA Supercross series.  The team plans to begin their Supercross season at the February 5, 2005, round in Indianapolis, IN after making stops at selected regional and national Arenacross races.  Munn Racing, based in Waco, TX, plans to enter Scott on a KTM 250SX in the 250 class.    Scott would like to thank all of the sponsors that have stepped up to make this possible. The support of Munn Racing, KTM, Spy, Nations Title Racing, Fuel Motorsports, EVS, Boyesen Engineering, StrictlyMX.com, IMS, Renthal, Ready Filter, SIXSIXONE, SDG, and Maxima has been invaluable.  Please contact Brian Leib at BL5194@aol.com for further information and sponsorship opportunities.

Tragedy in Morgantown. RX and local media are reporting a shooing and suicide that took the life of KW's mechanic Jonathan Hyland. Read about it here. Best wishes to his family, his team and his friends, and here's hoping for a full recovery for the victims.

PR: Supercross Live! back again for 2004/5. RX's Jason Weigandt replaces Chad Damiani on the webcast, and supercross gears up for the best on-line experience yet. Check out the press release.

The Teams 2005 page has just about every rider spot and which coast for 125 guys. Check out the latest edit. Always remember to hit F5 to refresher browser on this page.

John Kuzo, aka as Bevo Jr, is leaving Scott to work for Spy. Doh!

MXLarge, one of the premier sites for MX news from Europe and the GPs, was bought by our own Geoff Meyer! Congrats! Check it our here...

MotobaseballdudeJr: Long time Motonews hangaround Motodude is proud of his son's baseball. Check it out.

More was added to the Teams 2005 list, and some corrections from emails, Mototalk, and Racerhead. Right now the 125 east/west decisions are being added as info comes in. These sometimes change on short notice though so the list is never perfect.

PR: VTC of FMX on NBC Today.

Cool rumor: Reynard to return on a privateer CR250 from Planet Honda.

Bubba is featured in the St Petersburg Times today. Read "It's Bubba's World."

Cool interview with Jay Marmont at USMotocross.com.

Check out Simon Cudby's "Motocross Exposure" book at the No Fear MX Store!

HIGH STAKES CALENDAR GIRL MODEL SEARCH

There's only one calendar that hangs up in Jeremy McGrath's garage and that's the High Stakes calendar photographed by Ken Faught. The sport's most-popular calendar company has just started a nationwide search to find new faces for the 2006. Our panel of judges are currently looking for 20 young ladies, age 18 years and up, for several upcoming shoots. Please send photos to models@highstakesinc.com . For more information, or to order one of our calendars, visit www.highstakesinc.com.

Model suggestion.. Before sending photos to Ken, better stop by the TFS Media Rig for a preview.

Losing a family member is bad enough, now the Picard family has the bill, including 5 days in ICU. Help a friend if you can.

PR: Troy Lee Designs to sponsor Team WBR/Suzuki/Yoshimura. Note that their riders, Ryan Morais, Richie Owens, and Ryan Sipes, will be coached by David Bailey.

Gary Semics is the trainer for the Samsung Honda Team, Josh Summey and Josh Woods (west), Troy Adams, and Steve Boniface (east). Michael Blose is out injured. Check out Semics' online Training center.

Moto Verte mag cover featuring Bubba.

from an email: The Yamaha Van Beers Racing Team is proud to present their new website. We hope to keep you up to date with the latest results, press releases, rider interviews and exciting racing images. We look forward to your visit. http://www.vanbeersracing.nl/

PR: AMA Motocross Season Highlights DVD Available.

Monster Trucks will be in tne new Detroit Science Center Jan 15, check it out.

Check out this cool video of DV.

PR: Announcing Team Competitive Edge Motocross Park/TheMotoShowParts.com.
PR: Butler Brothers MX and Air Nautiques join forces.

Cool promotion of the nationals:
Pulseworks.tv announces the airing of a Weekend at the Nationals , on Frontier Airlines featuring The Dunlop Tire Where the Snow Meets the Dirt @ Hangtown -  presented by National Promoters Group. A 13 minute behind the scenes rock news story that takes the viewer on a wild ride at what makes “a Weekend at the Nationals” motocross fun for everyone. The program will air on every Frontier flight for the entire month of January to an audience of over 750,000 viewers on over 5,000 flights traveling to 49 cities every day.

Dark days for Stephane Roncada: One of the coolest people in racing has been having a tough time, battling an addiction to pain killers and depression. Transworld has an in depth article about what he has been going through. It's heavy duty.

This is the week to order "The Great History of Supercross," by Xavier Audouard of Moto Verte magazine. You can get free three-day shipping to get it in time for Christmas.

MXPrivateer.net's Clark Stiles had knee surgery this morning to correct a torn pcl and cartilage damage. It was an old injury that was bothering him a lot last year.

RC won Vancouver. He rode on the edge and held it together. Now it's on to Anaheim. Ramsey won the 125 class on the KTM 250F. Read about what happened here.

Top photo pics from Vancouver.

Rocket Rob and Bridgette Buydos! They got married Saturday in Youngstown Ohio.

Photos: Practice and Pits at Vancouver.

KW is switching to Dunlop tires.

Motonews turns 300! Vancouver is the 300th event covered since LCS Racing and "The Factory Spectator" thingy started as an experiment. Our first event was LA SX in 1997, MC's first night n the RM. It was just supposed to be for that season and just for SX, but someone didn't want to stop.

Ryan Clark out for Vancouver SX. Due to a shoulder injury suffered while practicing this week, Team Solitaire/Fly Racing rider Ryan Clark will not be competing in the Vancouver Supercross this weekend in order to let his shoulder recuperate. Team Solitaire is a privately held motorcycle race team based in Phoenix, AZ.  For more infotmation on Team Solitaire visit www.teamsolitaire.com. 

PR: Sean Hamblin/Monster Energy Drink Team Up & Ready To Run For A1!

Butler Brothers Mx is proud to announce the 4th rider on its team for the 2005 Supercross Season.  Doug DeHaan , age 27, from London, Ontario, Canada will contest the entire 2005 THQ AMA Supercross Series aboard a Champions Honda CRF450 in the 250 class.  Doug is the first ever rider to be added to the 2nd year satellite race team aside from the three brothers.  BBMX is very excited to have a rider the caliber of Doug join the team and not only does he bring a great presence to the team on the track, he also brings a great one off.  Doug is known world wide as an all around good guy and great rider and will be a great addition to the team.  

Friend of Motonews Paul Willis got his Day in the Dirt report up on TW's site. Check it out. he says this was his first publication in this century!

Sheena Patterson and her fiancee Justin Maley. Maley is Australian and having an immigration experience from hell. He was in SoCal but right now he is waiting in Canada for a way to get back. He's looking for wisdom if anyone has something for him. Here's his story.

New Poll: Should Chad Reed race supercross with the #1 plate in 2005?

Sad Update: Cheyne Picard passed away from unjuries from an auto accident. Best wishes to his family and friends.

Check out the DV12store!

Travis Preston has a broken collarbone and its not sure if he will make Anaheim.

So did Little Hanny really get into a scuffle with security at Toronto? Yes, and it was one of the funniest stories of the weekend. Read this.

Don't miss Racer X's Toronto Notes. Good stuff.

Pastrana gets his wrist cast off today.

Photos: Rainman's pics from Toronto.

PR: Vuilllemin and Pourcel Shine in Switzerland. Fastest Mototalker's weekend adventure.
PR: Alessi wins his British racing debut at Cardiff SX. Is this the most interesting story in racing or what? These Alessis are all over the place.
PR: Alphado to leave Google. Say it isn't so!
PR: Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg Dominates Vans Triple Crown.
PR: Pirelli tires scores second AX clean sweep this season.

RC won easily at the Toronto SX, Ramsey won the 125 class on a KTM 250F with Kiniry not too far behind on an ECC Honda. Tortelli and Hansen crashed out. LaRocco rode a strong race for second and Ferry was third. Lewis, Voss rode really well but mistakes cost them.

Here are some top pics from Toronto Saturday.

DV worked hard to win Geneva after a crash. JSR led until the end and DV passed for the win.

Mike Alessi won the Cardiff SX, also on a KTM250F. Not a bad weekend for a bike new to indoor racing.

Allen "Flyguy" Picard's son Cheyne was in a serious auto accident and is struggling to survive. Read these two posts on MT about it and keep him in your thoughts.
First post about Cheyne,
Second one.

Photos: Toronto Friday Practice, Pits and more. See more RC, Voss on a #1 bike, Natedawg's KTM 250F, everyone's new graphics, Hamblin's Monster Energy KX, and Wey's new ride too.

PR: Team Motoworld Racing.com SX/MX and Arena-cross Team to use Ready Filter™

The PR that got out about RC's new boot deal was premature, read this.

Sheesh, Bubba has a press conference and all anyone talks about is cars....

Stefy Bau has her own signature M2R helmet! She writes in: “I'm stoked about this deal. It's the first time that a helmet company takes a chance promoting a woman rider. I'm really happy to be associated with M2R and I would do everything possible to push this helmet world wide. It's one of the biggest opportunities for the female side of the sport to show that we matter.”

Look for the Bau replica M2R helmet at your local dealer soon. Retail price is $299.00.  Visit M2R website at www.m2rhelmets.com.

Photos: Toronto Press Day, first pics of Suzuki's 2005 graphics.

Doug DeHaan has joined the world-famous Butler Brothers MX team, based in Florida.

Racing: Quotes from Thursday press conference in Toronto.

PR: Advanstar hires High Profile Public Relations (HPPR).

Toronto track coming together.

RC, Tortelli and WSX champion Heath Voss will be featured in a live 10am (Eastern) press conference Thursday, before the THQ World Supercross GP this weekend in Toronto. Also, the races will be on live at 7pm Eastern Saturday, and after the races you can listen to the press conference.

PR: Times and detail for the Thursday live press conference and SXLive on Saturday.

PR: RC Returns to Supercross at Skydome in Toronto this Weekend.
PR: Tarah Gieger Wins Z1R Helmets WMA Cup.
PR: Holigan Racing announces new Director of Marketing.

The Great History of Supercross is a perfect book for you or someone who needs a nice gift. Order two! Get them from mxbooks.com

-Hard cover glossy paper, 12 by 10" and weighs 3 pounds
-208 pages of History filled with more than 700 photos
-Complete year-by-year championship history
-Close-ups on the top 20 all-time SX performers
-Authored by Xavier Audouard with contributions from Paul Boudreau, Ken Faught, Dick Miller, Steve Bruhn and others.
-Preface by Jeremy McGrath

Urgent Item! The ban on riding on private property in Riverside County is up again, and the meeting day is Dec 1. Read all about it here, and write a nice letter.

Help some cool privateer brothers and get a shirt from BlairMX.com.

PR: CCE Events on TV Include Next-Day Air of Toronto SX.
PR: Ferry In for Toronto and Vancouver THQ World SX GP.
PR: 2005 GNCC Dates and Locations Announced.
PR: Fasst Company Hires Brian Brown.

Tarah Gieger won two big races.. She won the Mini-Os and then rushed off to Texas to win the 2004 AMA Z1R WMA Cup. Read all about it here.

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