A1 Webcast Link (Includes track map and timing and scoring) Direct link to SX audio New Poll!

Jeff Alessi is back in action. Here he is at CMA Pacific Coast Championships held at Hanford raceway. Mike and Jeff won everything.

Tonight on The Moto Show, Doc Bodnar and Elrod will be talking with some record holders!  Mike LaRocco will be closing in on 200 Supercross main event starts in a career that has spanned 16 years and James Stewart, winner of the 125 Supercross at Atlanta will be telling us about his 14th win, which surpassed Jeremy McGrath for most 125 Supercross victories.  We will also be talking with Sarah Voss, wife of Mach 1 Yamaha motocrosser Heath Voss.  She is the Director of Membership for the Women's Auxiliary of Motocross & Supercross which was set up to support the sport of motocross through many charitable endeavors.   Kevin Townsend will be bringing in the Fasstco Product Review Segment and Jamey Grosser will hook you up with the location of the Daytona SX After-Party.

Log on to www.themotoshow.com LIVE, Tuesday at 6:00pm - 7:00pm (PST) to hear all the scoop or you may click on the Archives to listen to all the past shows.  Call in LIVE to talk to your favorite rider or ask questions at (888) 514-2100.

And on Pit Psss Radio, an Arenacross wrapup.

So, the "big" news? It was all about a "big" truck...

Keith Johnson update: Here's the latest on his injuries from Atlanta.

Buddy Antunez said goodbye to Arenacross at the final round last weekend at Kansas City. The Budman closes the most impressive Arenacross career of all time, 6 championships.

We don't spread rumors on the internet.

Rumor Roundup all over again:
True: OK never mind yesterday's bit about Travis Pastrana not in for Daytona. The latest (for today anyway) is that testing in Florida went real well and he is in for Daytona! (250 class.)

Something big is happening Monday...

Rumor Roundup:
False: Pastrana to race Daytona. He said at Minneapolis he would not be ready and is racing St Louis.
False: Andrew Short has a Honda contract offer. He said at Atlanta that was not true. A lot of people are doing silly season talk right now, but until the RC/Bubba/Reed thing settles down, the rest is just talk.
False: Langston out for Daytona due to the incident with Jimmy Wilson. Racer X has reported not the case. Langston is in for Daytona.

Reed won big at Atlanta. Bubba again proved his only competition is the top 250 class's fastest lap times. After some bumping in the first turn of the 250 main, Reed came out just behind Huffman, then took the lead on lap two and checked out. KW had to fight his way to second. Here's what happened, Mototalk version.

Visits: Cernic's Suzuki in Duncansville, Pa, home of the Cernic's Sano Suzuki/M2R/Dunlop/Scott/Moose/Alpinestars DRZ110!

Mini Daytona preview:

-The week starts with the Hurricane GNCC in Palatka, Fl. The quads run Sunday, bike practice Monday, and bikes race Tuesday. Here's the site for the series. Also, Monday will feature a minibike GNCC organized by Rob Buydos. This will be the debut of the 2004 Cernic's Suzuki DRZ110!
-The big Honda display at Daytona is getting bigger and moving to a larger spot, right at Gate 7 at the speedway. They will be putting up an 8,000 sq ft tent and the usual displays of all of Honda's product lines.
-Nicky Hayden's trick RC211V GP bike is being flown in for the Daytona display.
-Miguel DuHamel, Ben Bostrom, and Jake Zemke will debut Honda's new CBR1000RR road rockets.
-While the GNCC quads are practicing in Palatka the day after the Atlanta SX, DMXS is holding its fund raiser for A-T. Click on the banner at the top of the page to check it out.
-PR: AMA Pro Racing registration for Daytona moved

Honda and CCE teamed up to give privateer James Povolny a replacement CR250 after his was stolen at San Francisco. Here's the info. Povolny is also the Warthog Racing program's privateer of the week.

200 !!!

Mike LaRocco is approaching 250 main event #200! His first season was 1990. MC's first was 1993.

PR: Kawasaki's Pit Notes for the Atlanta weekend

Robbie Reynard Update: Here's a post on Mototalk by his sister Cherie. The Reynard's have been too polite to ask for any help, but people close to the family have confirmed they could use a little. The Women's Auxillary of SX/MX is coordinating assistance and already sent his dad some expense money, since he is staying in Minneapolis until Robbie gets out of the hospital. Don't just sit there, send a check!
Send to:
Women's Auxiliary
c/o Pro Circuit Racing
2771 Wardlow Rd.
Corona, CA 92882
(Put Robbie Reynard in the check memo line)

Damien Plotts Update: Plotts had surgery for a broken femur and went back home. You can send some cash to help him out too. Details on his web site.

DMXS has two big events going on for Atlanta SX weekend, one Friday night (web radio show) and the other the Sunday after the SX. Read all about it here.

2004 UV VODKA SUPERCROSS AFTER-PARTY DATE: Saturday, February 28th, 2004 LOCATION: Three Dollar Café 3002 Peachtree Road Atlanta, GA 30305 Taking the show to A-Town… We’re coming to party Dirty South Style! Join Jamey Grosser and other top pro riders at the UV Vodka Supercross After-Party this Saturday night in Atlanta, at Three Dollar Cafe. There will be UV Vodka drink specials all night, along with contests and giveaways. We’re searching for a few good Southern Belles! Make sure you check-out www.sxap.com for update-to-date news, pictures and information regarding the 2004 UV Vodka Supercross After-Parties! For further information contact: info@sxap.com

Check out this guest list for tonight's opening of the Hart & Huntington Tattoo Company (Carey Hart) at the Palms Casino Resort in Vegas: Kid Rock, Tony Hawk, Phillip Seymour Hoffman,Taryn Manning, Michelle Rodriguez, Carey Hart, Jeremy McGrath, Jeremy Shockey (NY Giants), Jaime Pressly, Lance Bass, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, Good Charlotte, Fieldy Arvizu (Korn), Melissa Joan Hart, Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman, Mix Master Mike (Beastie Boys), punk group Candy Ass.

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PR: PR: Metzger races 4-Stroke national in Phoenix. PR: Randy Valade Switches to Suzukis. PR: Josh Hansen Podiums at Minneapolis. PR: KW wins at Minneapolis.

ECC's Rodrig Thain hurt his thumb at Houston and can't ride yet, even though he tried. He should be back by Daytona.

Stefy Bau is racing the GNCC at Palatka next week, and did a hare scrambles at Gatorback as a warmup. She writes in: " This past weekend I had my first race of the year on my CRF250R! Next
weekend I will have the GNCC in Palatka, FL so I decided to get some practice in going to the Hare & Scramble at Gatorback FL. What an experience... I had a blast. The loop was almost 8 miles long and the motocross track was also part of it (my favorite part, of course!). There were a couple of hills that reminded me of Glen Helen!" She won the women's A class.

Photos: 200 Photos from Minneapolis

Racing: 125 Racing at Minneapolis
Racing: 250 Racing at Minneapolis

Still More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Time slot change for ESPN2 SX for Atlanta PR: Mike LaRocco at Minne Apples. PR: Boniface 4th at Minne Apples, best finish yet for the Suzuki RMZ250. PR: Wey OK after Minne Apples , shaken but not stirred.

Randy Valade has been recovering from a sprained ankle and should return at Atlanta.

KW and Bubba won at Minneapolis. Here's a quick review of what happened.

Darcy Lange is the new national Arenacross champion! He clinched the title at Sacramento this weekend. He won 3 out of four of the mains and Jeff Northrup won the other (his first).

Rumor roundup cont'd:
-False: Travis Pastrana racing the 125 class at Daytona. He said at Minneapolis he thought about it because he wanted a shot at Bubba, but he won't be ready. Fans will have to wait for St Louis and see Pastrana in the 250 class there.
-False?: Bubba tested an RM at the Suzuki test track. The rumor was shifted to, 'no that wasn't Bubba, that was Reed.'
-False?: Reed tested an RM at the Suzuki test track. That rumor was shifted to, 'no that wasn't Reed, that was Bubba.'
-False: Brown skips the rest of SXe . He is actually skipping just 2 SX because he is at RC's house doing 'boot camp' for Daytona.

The three hottest riders in US racing all have contracts up in 2004. The silly season rumors, counter rumors, and planted bogus rumors have already started. Reed's people hope to have something on paper by about the end of March. RC's people aren't talkin. Bubba can basically do what he wants, race for who he wants and write his own ticket-plus he can dance.

Let's dance....The most intense behind-the-scenes battle for the hottest three riders out there has begun.

Still More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Ferry is out until the nationals due to surgery. PR: Greg Schnell in Australia for SX Nationals. PR: DuHamel looking for 5th Daytona 200 win. PR: Tire Balls Joins GNCC. PR: Engine Ice available through Parts Canada. PR: Damon Huffman back in WSX points lead.

More Minneapolis news:
-Mike Brown is out, reportedly getting ready for Hangtown instead.
-Billy Laninovich is out according to Racer X.
-Travis Preston is in, on a CRF450.
-Josh Woods was reported out due to a hurt back (uncomfirmed).
-Paul Carpenter is in, according to Racer X.
-Josh Hansen racing since he is outside top 10.

What was it like for Team Solitaire's Ryan Clark at Houston in both classes? Check out his web site for the report.

Rumor roundup:
True: Michael Jordan visits Parts Unlimited in Janesville, Wi. MJ is a big superbike fan and has shown interest in a team. Is that cool or what?
Future Rumors: Bubba to Honda, Reed to Honda, RC to everything, Bubba everywhere, Reed everywhere, then they all stay put. With all three of them having a contract up in 2003, its going to be a busy year for rumors. Expect to hear anything and everything before it's over.

Life: People Photos from Phoenix The world-famous Mnews People Sections are back!
Life: Anaheim 2 People Photos
Life: People Photos from San Diego
Life: Anaheim 3 People Photos
Life: San Francisco People Photos
Life: Houston People Photos

Rumor: The latest rumor has Mike Metzger planning a run at the nationals on a CRF450, and maybe the Vegas finals too.

Still More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: RC and Bubba are both down with the WW Program. Check it out, everyone loves WW! PR: Amateur MX to hit newsstands in 90 days. PR: Amsoil/Chaparral Team's report from Houston. PR: Minibike Nationals part of Hurricane GNCC

Still More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Bubba's All-Star weekend at Houston. Bubba meets stars from the stick-and-ball sports. PR: KW and LaRocco strong at Houston PR: Bubba can tie MC's 125 SX record at Minneapolis PR: Bubba wins Houston PR: Andy Goldfine to AMA Board of Directors PR: Throttlehead.com report from Coalinga Enduro

Houston stuff: Langston is OK, just sore after that getoff in Houston, and Plotts does have a broken femur (wish him well).

WW's web site has info from Houston, Click here to check it out.

Don't click on this... (OK, when you do, click the snow beast once to ready the bat and click again to hit the penquin.)

2004 UV VODKA SUPERCROSS AFTER-PARTY DATE: Saturday, February 21st, 2004 LOCATION: Lone Tree Bar & Grille/Annex 528 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN 55415 Going back to… His hometown… Come hang-out with Jamey Grosser in his hometown, on his Birthday! Join Jamey and other top pro riders at the UV Vodka Supercross After-Party this Saturday night in Minneapolis, at Lone Tree Bar & Grille/Annex. There will be UV Vodka and Red Bull drink specials all night long, along with contests and giveaways. Ladies, make sure you give him his licks! Make sure you check-out www.sxap.com for update-to-date news, pictures and information regarding the 2004 UV Vodka Supercross After-Parties! For further information contact: info@sxap.com

Racing: 125 Racing from Houston
Racing: 250 Racing from Houston
Photos: 240 Photos from Houston!

(Gundy photo)

Pastrana surprised people by showing up at the Indy Trade show pimpin his new goggle sponsor, Smith.

Photos: Langston Crash Sequence from Houston.

Bubba and Reed won Houston. Read all about it here

PR: AMA Pro Racing Comments on SX Penalties.

Photos: San Francisco Racing Action

The Wonder Warthog comic strip is back! That's right, the comic no one asked for is back for 2004 and it's all moto! (That's not WW taking a whiz in Reed's tank is it?)

LANGSTON TIME PENALTY rescinded PICKERINGTON, Ohio (Feb. 13, 2004) -- Upon further review by AMA Pro Racing, the five-second penalty issued to Grant Langston at round 6 of the THQ AMA Supercross Series, Feb. 7, 2004 in San Francisco has been rescinded.

Racing: San Fran SX/Houston Preview notes from CCE

Still More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Ferry back for Houston SX PR: Wonder Warthog's SF SX Report! WW Pays out over $4,000 to Privateers! PR: GNCCs part of Daytona Bike Week

Go ahead and say it, just go ahead...

More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Ryan Clark teams up with Millennium Cycles , also Solitaire is close to adding Millennium rider Matt Barnes. PR: Hamblin Eager to Race in the East. PR: Air Nautiques, Amsoil and Maxxis Sponsoring Loretta's PR: Bubba Seeks Double Title Starting at Houston

Larry Brooks has confirned that AMA Pro Racing has also reversed Grant Langston's points penalty from last weekend, so he won't need to appeal it.

ENCORE RUN FOR INSIDE MOTORCYCLING PRESENTED BY PARTS UNLIMITED

The six-part TV series "Inside Motorcycling presented by Parts Unlimited" has now aired, but for those that might have missed some of the episodes, the complete series starts all over again this week and runs though the end of March. The show runs each Saturday on Spike TV at 10 a.m. (PST & EST). Log on to the show website at www.insidemotorcycling.com to find the dates for each of the six episodes and more details about elements of the show.

2004 UV VODKA SUPERCROSS AFTER-PARTY DATE: Saturday, February 14th, 2004 LOCATION: Bar Houston 534 Texas Avenue Houston, TX 77002 The Super what… The Supercross After-Party, Valentine’s Edition… Come hang-out with Jamey Grosser and other top pro riders at the UV Vodka Supercross After-Party this Saturday night in Houston, at Bar Houston. There will be UV Vodka drink specials all night long, along with contests and giveaways. Dates are definitely not required to attend! Make sure you check-out www.sxap.com for update-to-date news, pictures and information regarding the 2004 UV Vodka Supercross After-Parties! For further information contact: info@sxap.com

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PR: Josh Hansen Getting Ready for East Coast SX, but he will miss Houston. PR: Hepler to make SX Debut in Houston. PR: X Games Qualifying and Asian X Games PR: Team Tiscali-Honda-Martin Chooses Engine Ice for 2004 GPs PR: Jeff Gibson Heads East

Check out this toon, ...and in case you forgot, 'kankles' are 'in.'

Who makes the best SX previews? It's the Houston Chronical! Check out this one they are running this week: Here's the preview

Today is KW's appeal of the minus 10 points at Phoenix. KW and Honda are at AMA Pro Racing in Ohio for the meeting.

This just in..AMA Pro Racing has reversed the KW decision. He gets the 10 points back. More more info, read the post on MT by Steve "I'm not gloating" Bauer. Here's the press release.

Tonight on THE MOTO SHOW, Doc Bodnar and Elrod will be hooking up with this week's Supercross winners, Chad Reed and Nate Ramsey.  Jamie Grosser from MOTO XXX will be update everyone on this weekend's Supercross Party. RJ from www.Sponsorhouse.com will be talking about their unique plan to hook up riders and sponsors. Jeff Cooper from www.RealSportsOnline.com will talk about Lake Elsinore MX Parks Saturday racing and check out the review of the latest aluminum clutch plates from Fasstco. Listeners can call in with their questions - Live! 888-514-2100. Listen in on www.THEMOTOSHOW.com, Tuesday 6:00-7:00 P.M. or listen to the show via archive at your convenience.

Racing: 125 Racing at San Francisco
Racing: 250 Racing at San Francisco

PR: Ramsey and CRF250R Get Their First Win
PR: Close battle for WSX points between Huffman and Langston

DeCal Works owner Ron Joynt made the cover of Shifter Kart Illustrated magazine and has a feature inside. Joynt is currently a top-ranked driver in the S1 class (similar to that of 125 Supercross) in shifter kart racing.  SKI editor Rob Howden says "Ron stands a good shot at winning the S1 title in 2004". Ron also has a deal to wear the new line of SHIFT Karting gear this season. 

Cycle News and the AMA at the international motorcycle show in Chicago help pimp the Lake County Stadium Motocross, which is organized by our own "Sparks" on Mototalk. This year the event is adding a minibike night!

Reed won San Francisco, KW went over the bars, DV and LaRocco were fast. Ramsey broke Tedesco's (and Bridgestone's) win streak. Read what happened here.

Darcy Lange won all 4 mains at the national AX in Guthrie this weekend.

Video: Bubba has the Florida folks all worked up over his stunts at Bithlo (Motocross World) near Orlando. Here's the video. Maybe they should clear the parking lot and let him jump the whole place, fence to fence.

WW explaining his program to Paul Lindsey of Motoworld racing dot com last week.

PR: 4 Questions with the Wonder Warthog!

TW Version: More WW Propaganda over at Transworld.

PR: The FreestyleMX.com team will be jumping at the Daytona 500 this week.
PR: MSR and Throttlehead.com make 1yr agreement.
PR: Engine Ice and Kawi GP team ready for 2004

From Allsport Dynamics' Jeff Brewer: "I would like to congratulate Allsport Dynamics riders Caleb Wyatt for winning the gold medal at the winter x games for the best trick, and Levi Lavalle for winning Gold in the Hillcross, both guys were wearing custom Allsport wrist braces at the time they won their events.  Also we would like to wish a speedy recovery to Brian Deegan."

The first primary sponsor for Wonder Warthog Racing the new non-profit that is all about the privateers, was Engine Ice Hi-Performance Coolant. What did Dave (EIDave) Kimmey get for signing up? Exposure in just one week was:

The WWR launch party attended by dozens of industry representives
Anaheim 3 during an interview that was shown to the audience on the Jumbotron
Pitpass radio
DMXS radio
Weekly WWR press release

High Octane Powersports in Thousand Oaks, CA is test marketing Wonder Warthog Apparel in a real retail environment in support of the Team Warthog program. Visit them if you're close by and see what they have so far. They should also be on-line with some things by next week . Thanks High Octane for supporting Team Warthog!!!!

High Octane Powersports, Inc.
611 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, California, 91360
Phone: 805-230-3185

Butler Racing update: Butler Brothers Mx will be making their debut next weekend for the East coast opener at Houston, TX.  The team title sponsors for this year will be SERIOUS racewear.com and MSR MX and the riders will be the only active three brothers in professional Supercross, Forrest, Karsten & Brandon Butler.  All three riders will be concentrating on the 125 class only for the East coast sx series and have switched to Honda 250f's for their weapons of choice.  The team will also be finishing out the last two west coast rounds along with the season finale' in Vegas and then will contest the entire Outdoor National series as well.  The team encourages all spectators to come by and visit their pits during open pit time where they will be doing a few T-shirt giveaways and also to get a singed poster of their lovely Team Pit girl, Ashley.  The team would also like to thanks all the sponsors that have come on board with them for the 2004 race season:  WMR, SponsorHouse.com, Pro-Taper, ProCircuit, Spy, Gaerne, Six Twelve Sports, Dunlop, Vortex, Regina, Engine Ice, Hansen's Energy, PCS neck support, Racer X, TFS, Throttle Jockey, Works Connection, Motul, Air Ports, CTI, ICW, Kinetic Graphics.  The teams old web sight of Butler Racing Inc.com is in the process of being switched over to the new sight, Butler Brothers Mx.com.  The team appologizes for the time delay and will have the new sight up and running by the East coast opener. 

PR: SF SX tickets and pit passes available at Yamaha Dealers

Life: Interview with MC. "The King" talks about 2004, Phoenix, and what he's doing now.

MC is on the cover of issue 2 of Minimoto magazine, plus a longer version of the interview!

PR: Warthog Racing opens to rave reviews!

OLN will air a documentary on the ISDE on feb 11. Read more about it here.

2004 UV VODKA SUPERCROSS AFTER-PARTY DATE: Saturday, February 7th, 2004 LOCATION: Harry Denton's Rouge 1500 Broadway St San Francisco, CA 94109 Bring your lifejacket… Because were going to be partying by the Bay on Saturday night… Come hang-out with Jamey Grosser and other top pro riders at the UV Vodka Supercross After-Party this Saturday night in San Francisco at Harry Denton's Rouge. There will be UV Vodka drink specials all night long, along with contests and giveaways. Swimsuits optional! Make sure you check-out www.sxap.com for update-to-date news, pictures and information regarding the 2004 UV Vodka Supercross After-Parties!

Life: 4 Q with Damon Huffman, THQ World Suprcross GP points leader .

Photos: 200 Action photos from Anaheim 3

PR: Jesseman is not going to be ready to defend his east SX title due to wrist surgery, here's the info.
PR: Friday practice for San Francisco is cancelled.

New Poll: Who is the sport's top "free agent?"

Racing: 125 Racing at Anaheim 3
Racing: 250 Racing at Anaheim 3
Photos: Special Photo section of the Wonder Warthog's debut at A3!

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PR: SX heads north to San Francisco PR: San Francisco SX After party PR: Tedesco is 5 for 5 PR: JA Race report from Lonestar GNCC PR: 5th Annual Celebrity Golf Classic for Road 2 Recovery PR: Scott Summers returns to GNCC racing

Tonight on The Moto Show, we will be talking with the Anaheim Supercross winners, Kevin Windham and Ivan Tedesco.  On the political front will be Don Amador from the Blue Ribbon Coalition to update the goings on throughout the country.  And Jamie Grosser will be checking in to update everyone on those Supercross after parties and hopefully bring Damon Huffman along!  Listen LIVE on THEMOTOSHOW.COM,  Tuesday from 6-7 pm and call in at (888)514-2100 or you can check out the shows on archive at your convenience.

Larry Ward had surgery on his shoulder today. He had a plate and screws put in his clavicle. The surgeon was Dr Augustine. He will probably miss SX and just get ready for the nationals. He was going to do 125 east on a CRF250.

GNCC Photos: Here's Rainman's stuff from Texas!

Sponsorhouse dot com has a cool season summary going. Check it out here. There is a graph showing all the podiums in 2004 so far by team. Except for Ramsey's two podiums, every podium has been a Bridgestone tire team (Amsoil, Yamaha, Pro Circuit).

Bauer (WWR) and Steve Whitelock discussed the great Wonder Warthog cape caper. Here is what Bauer reported: "Steve Whitelock called and we discussed the cape incident regarding Scott Davis. He was very pragmatic and reasonable about it, telling me to just put it behind us and to not let it happen again. He has been very fair and reasonable with us, and seems like a thoughtful and intelligent man. I hope that he has smooth sailing from here out!" (Hey it's not like he showed a boob or anything...)

More on the great cape caper. Here's Scott Davis talking about it on his site.

Branden Jesseman has a suspected dislocated wrist and is going to see his hand specialist at UPMC Monday.

Business: Letter from Giuseppe Luongo on GPs

Chad Reed is 23 points ahead of KW for the AMA SX series points, and Damon Huffman is just 2 points ahead of Grant Langston for THQ World Supercross GP points. Evans slipped to third in that series after a couple of bad nights. The racing in the 250 class between Reed and KW is just as good if not better than the RC/Reed battles from the end of SX last year. At this point Reed cannot afford to have a bad night, and those 10 points KW lost at Phoenix really matter. Honda's appeal of the "10-pointer" will take place in Ohio Feb 10.

With veterans like Ivan Tedesco, Stephane Roncada and Travis Preston leading the points in the 125 west, the top rookie is Mach 1 Yamaha's Eric Nye in 11th. His best finish so far was a 8th at A3. This week's 125 "laps of glory" went to Kris Keefer, #706 on a KTM, who led part of a 125 heat race at A3.

MC is adding more book signings, and the book is still hot...

More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Smith Wins First GNCC Battle of Texas PR: Cleveland national AX Results PR: Raleigh Regional AX Results (They should have called this on the "RM Cup" PR: Bamburg and Buyten win Cincinnati IFMA

What do you do when you loop out your bike in front of 45,000 people with the spotlight on you? Well, you take a bow and go hang out with yer buds on Mototalk. That's what our man DV did today anyway. Welcome back, bud...

Oh yea! Make plans for the Friday before the Vegas SX finals at the Orleans hotel. Minimoto magazine is putting on the greatest, coolest, most show-businessy mini race ever, right inside the Orleans hotel! Plus there is a pit bike expo. Don't miss this one!

Life: 4Q with Tim Clark about Minimoto and the SX National in April at the Orleans hotel.

The Wonder Warthog story just keeps getting better! During the broadcast of A3, they had a few clips of Scott Davis flying the now-infamous cape! What next? Should Terry Boyd wear it and run across the track?

90 footer on a 1974 CR250? That's the most abuse a CR250 took since TFS tried to clear a tabletop at County Line in Florida 2 years ago... Bobby M says its real, click here

BTW-all you MPN Nationals minibike wanna bees, national #5 is gonna be out there on a newly-reworked Sano Suzuki/Thor/Alpinestars/M2R/Dunlop/Scoot Cernic's 110, That means Fox shock, big swingarm, and new upside down forks, all thanks to Cernics, so that tabletop at Binghamton is on my list...

A loud, energetic crowd got to see KW and Reed put the super back in supercross at A3! The two went at it again, racing closer and better than even last weekend. KW won it when Reed tipped over in the berm before the finish double. LaRocco was totally on the gas and caught the two, but after Reed got back up, he passed for second again. LaRocco got close on the last lap, which prompted Reed to turn and shake his finger at him. Huffman was impressive and stayed ahead of DV for 4th.

Reed points back at LaRocco after the main, and he uses the proper finger. 2004 is all about good manners.

The 125 race was just as good, with Roncada leading Tedesco most of the main. The two even bumped a couple of times, none of them worth any points though. Preston caught them and passed Roncada. Tedesco won his 5th straight. Ramsey went down in the first turn and caught up to 9th.

Wonder Warthog Racing's debut was a blast. Lot of privateers signed up to run a sticker and get their signup back for making the night show. The best part was #851 Scott Davis, who rode his semi in a full-on Warthog jersey with cape! The AMA didn't notice because it was cold and riders went to the gate in jackets. The Warthog had asked was the jersey/cape OK but there was a misunderstanding and the AMA thought he was just asking about a plain jersey with WW on it. Anyhoo, that won't happen again, and a great moment in supercross is in the books! CCE is totally behind the WW program and made the superhero and his sidekick Bauer welcome, and the AMA likes it too, well they did until the Scott Davis thing but they should get over it. Whatever. The arrival of WW made the SX more fun, and put a lot of money back into privateer's pockets. Check out the WWR site for all the latest!

If you have been to a supercross this year, you probably heard Terry Boyd say "'Out of the Ordinary' crispety, crunchety, peanut buttery® one-of-a-kind Butterfinger" or something like that. Yea, yea, go ahead and laugh, but Butterfinger sponsors the holeshot awards, and Nate Adams. Here's a section on Nate Adams on Butterfinger's web site.

Here's a brief report on a busy Friday.

That thing about MC going to work for Honda as a coach-not true. MC goes to Honda and rides the test track and does what he wants, but he's not working there-technically. He even rode Ernie's bike last week, just to, you know, keep it warm.

CCE is planning a special gathering at the show opening Saturday night in honor of Jason Ciarletta.

Life: Here's a review of MX Unleashed! It's the game you have been asking for for years. It's the ATV Fury for MX, and you know what that means...

Life: KW Interview from A3 Press Day. KW compares racing MC and Reed, and talks about his career at a peak right now.
Life: Bubba Interview from A3 Press Day. Bubba talks about reading you people's junk! Also he talks about what he's doing before Houston.

Photos: Check out the "MX Unleashed" scene at the THQ "Editor's Challenge." Don't you want to see a bunch of grownups playing a video game?

Rumor Roundup:
True: Honda has no 250 rider this weekend.
True: Bubba wanted to ride at least part of the weekend at a west SX, and not enter or finish the main. He won't do it because they missed the cutoff to sign up.
False: MC will fill in at Honda at A3. Won't happen.
False: Cycle News writer Steve Cox is all talk with his MX Unleashed smacktalk. He won the Editor's Challenge at A3 press day.
True: Reed finished the 250 main at San Diego with no rear brakes. (Was that even a rumor?) :)

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