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

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 qualifier 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?) :)

PR: Ciarletta Family to Give Back to the Sport with Memorial Fund. The newly-formed Women's Auxillary of SX/MX is facilitating this with the Ciarletta family.

Cool site: Check out Team Solitaire doc com for what happened last weekend at SD.

Rodrig Thain signed with ECC for one year. He rode last weekend as a trial. Actually he was just going to do some practice last weekend, but one thing led to another...

Traction Enterprises, which represents Jesseman, Hamblin, Siebler, and Hepler, has moved from Pennsylvania to California.

Matt Shue update: Matt has surgery on his hip and was released from the hospital Sunday, then his hip popped out again and he had to go back for surgery a second time. Major bummer. His other injuries were his shoulder, one rib, his liver, and lung. Sheesh.

Tomorrow is the first "Editor's Challenge," with the new "MX Unleashed" game, which will put media folks against each other and pros that are set for press dayt, like LaRocco and Preston, probably more. It should be cool, and will we see which Cycle News guy is all talk or not..

Suzuki is using Bridgestones this weekend, same as they did in San Diego. The team has a deal with Michelin, but sheet happens. Actually tire switching is not that uncommon. RC won Minneapolis on Bridgestones 2 seasons ago, and one team that had a deal with Maxxis took them off and ran Dunlops. So, just about every tire company has been a victim of the customer looking for greener grass (or more traction). Michelin is working on a new tire for the team already.

Photos: 100 San Diego Action Photos are Up.

Sean Hamblin is returning this weekend. Not sure on Ernie yet.

Jordan Burns has on his race face...

Life: 4 Q with Jordan Burns, Moto XXX and SX Crossover

PR: Wonder Warthog Racing launch party!

More on Jason Ciarletta: Here is the official word on cause of death, sent to Cycle News by the senior clerk of the San Diego Medical Examiner. " Mr. Ciarletta's cause of death was blunt impact injury of head, and the manner was accidental." Here's an article with more detail from the San Diego Union-Tribune: Click here to read more.

Tonight on DMXS: We have to run a tight ship to get everyone in on the fun tonight so I'll be brief. Out of the gate first will be Bevo Forti who works for Seer Goggles. John Dains will be in the number two hole (no not that number two hole) talking about things he designs that you and I will never understand. The third man, or men we should say, will be Shae Bentley and Ivan Tedesco who are an item now and we'll break that on the show tonight. We are also going to send some good Karma out to our boy Matt Shue who keeps hitting road blocks when it comes to getting healthy along with another privateer Bryar Holcomb . Jerry Bernardo will also give us his chilly take on Winter X...Ear Muff's Kids!! So there you have it, 900 guests in 180 minutes which is like really hard to do or something.

From Doc Bodnar: Due to the tragedy at the San Diego Supercross, tonight's THE MOTO SHOW with Doc Bodnar and Elrod, will be cancelled. We would like to take this time to offer our sincerest condolences to the Ciarletta family for the loss of their son, Jason. Our thoughts and prayers are with them during this time of sorrow.

A lot of people are talking about doing some support for the Ciarletta family. This came from Sharon Richards, who is with OMS Sports (day job) and the Women's Auxillary of SX/MX: "The outpouring of kindness and concern for the Ciarletta Family has been astonishing! There are truly wonderful folks in the Motocross community. The Women's Auxiliary of Motocross & Supercross will gladly facilitate a Memorial Fund for Jason Ciarletta. However, we must first meet with a member of Jason's family to set forth some guidelines, etc. We are trying to arrange a meeting with the family as I write this. As you can imagine, there are many arrangements/decisions that the family will have to make over the course of the next few days – a meeting with us may take a couple of days. As soon as we get more information, we will surely pass it on. Please keep the Ciarletta Family in your prayers."

Jason Ciarletta sticker design.

DeCal Works has agreed to make 500 of these stickers, designed by our own "goonrider," who does those Motonews mag cover on the front page.

The Great Outdoors Awareness Fair in So Cal is raising money for victims of mountain lion attacks. Here is the flyer.

Photos: Photos of the 2004 Crossover Challenge at San Diego. This was the first time the Crossover Challenge was held during Saturday's night program. The winner was Karim Amour, who is the French Mountain bike champion. He was in Fly gear, #12, with "DV" on his jersey. He and DV are longtime friends. (This news came from a French journalist who bothers DV at home.) Jetski champion Victor Sheldon, who usually wins, fell down too many times-ahem!

Race on Saturday, Ad on Monday. Welcome to the digital world. Click here for a large version.

New Movie: Ludo found this link to a new feature film about Baja, "Dust to Glory." Check out the trailer on this site.

THQ had demo CDs of the soon-to-be-hit game "MX Unleashed" at San Diego. They will be at Anaheim 3 so go to their display and get one! They have plenty.

Safety flagging finally getting better?

Racing: 125 Racing at San Diego
Racing: 250 Racing at San Diego

Pichon on his CRF450. (Photo www.mx2k.com)

Mickael Pichon is now back on the track with is new CRF 450cc. He's happy with the engine even if it is for the moment a stock bike and not his race one. His first race with the GP bike will be the French championship opening round in Romagné February 29th. His knee is now OK, he is just working on preventing arm pump. source www.mx2k.com.

Deegan broke his femur at Winter X while doing a 360. Thats going to hurt and take a long time to heal. On the bright side, it probably looked cool for TV.

Bobby Kiniry broke a bone in his foot on Friday at SD. He tried to ride Sat. but it was too sore. He will be out @ 3-6 weeks...enough time to ride the last 2 SX events. Brian Gray broke both bones in his forearm too Saturday.

Randy Lawrence update: From the minibike race at El Cajon Friday night. RL injured a T8 vertebrae and some other stuff like his shoulder, but he's expected to make a full recovery after some time healing in a back brace. Best of luck, bud.

More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: AMA Press Release on Jason Ciarletta PR: Outdoor Life network buys Gravity Games PR: Johnny Marley on the mend

Tragedy at San Diego: Jason Ciarletta, 19, of Riverside, Ca lost his life in a 125 qualifier crash. The sport was stunned by the news. It was the first fatality in 31 years for professional supercross. The incident happened in the Saturday afternoon qualifiers. Ciarletta's bike fell on him and caused fatal injuries. Clear Channel issued a brief statement to the press, then Doc Bodnar read the statement over the webcast just before the press conference.

Here's a San Diego paper's account of it.
Here is another account.

Racing at San Diego was the best of the year and there is much to report-after a day off. Please think good things about Ciarletta. Best wishes to his family and his friends.

[Sorry about the shutdown Sunday. Only our TV star "Hutch" really knows what happened...]

San Diego SX preview: DV wrote a good summary how practice went for him on his site, www.dv12.com. Ferry rode some but his wrist is sore. He is using an Allsport Dynamics wrist brace. Lusk and Chris Gossellar are back.

The southern California mini scene is exciting and fun.

The 2004 Mini 4-Stroke Challenge at El Cajon Friday night went really well. Rider and spectator turnout was strong. Guy Cooper, Pingree, Brian Miller, and much of southern California's very strong mini scene was there, including the whole Sano crew-plus Five-O and Hanebrink. There was a well-lit vendor row and lots of displays of mini goodies. This mini thing just keeps getting stronger and cooler all the time. It's a true movement, and part of the fun is how companies are popping up all over trying all kids of things. Top pros are having fun on minis. MC himself likes to race his 50 and is really into it. It's like watching MX's golden age all over again. Check it out.

OK, the mini MX went well except for Randy Lawrence. He was injured in practice and spent the night in a hospital. No details have been released but people say he will be OK.

Jason Thomas is out this weekend due to a torn ACl from A2. He is getting a cti brace fitted and if that doesn't help him ride good enough, he will need surgery.

There is a mini blowout tonight in San Diego not far from the track. Turnout is expected to be huge. Also, tomorrow the night program will feature the Supercross Crossover.

More from the Motonews mailbag...

PR: Ketchum is Motorsports Division Manager for Spy PR: Crossover Challenge this weekend at San Diego! For the first time ever, this popular race will be held during the night show Saturday-prime time! PR: Team Moto XXX/Fun Bike Center at San Diego PR: John Hoover Joins AMA as COO PR: Reed looking for another San Diego win Supermoto this week on "Inside Motorcycling" PR: Metzger at Winter X PR: GNCC kickoff in Texas PR: AMA Statement on Janklow Sentencing

PR: Hepler and Jesseman injured in testing. (sheesh!)

Life: 4 Q with Bauer about that visit to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

Photos: Women's Auxillary of SXMX
Photos: Take the Tour of Loma Linda Univ. Children's Hosp.

New Poll: How much do you like the new Cycle News all-color format?

More good news for MC and his book "Wide Open". The book has traction and it's hooking up...

Matt Shue Update: Matt is still in the hospital and we're waiting for his release.  He had surgery on sunday to remove the piece of bone in his hip and to repair the socket.  That all went well but he still has the broken clavical, a broken rib (#1), and the laserated liver.  Other than that he's fine and ready to moto except the docs say it'll be about 3-4 months before that happens, I guess we'll see.  Well wishers can send their sympathy to-

UCI Medical Center
Attn- Matt Shue - 3 North RM 3796
101 City Drive South
Orange, CA 92868

(From Nick Spano-Team Owner www.MXPrivateer.net)

"Bauer is probably one of the worst road blocks I have ever seen ," says PU's mini-chesse Lou Lopez, who say the intenet creampuff slowing down traffic at the mini supermoto at Phoenix. Here's a 4Q with Lou.

Tonight on THE MOTO SHOW, Doc Bodnar and Elrod will be hooking up with this week's Supercross winners, Chad Reed and Ivan Tedesco.  Also, Matt Walker will be calling in to tell us how his rehab is coming and when he will be back.  Jamie Grosser from MOTO XXX will be filling us in on his injury and plans for the year.  Dr. Bodnar will be discussing the medications you can use to speed recovery from injuries as well as the"Hats Off" being tested at the upcoming SX races this year .

Listeners can call in with their questions - Live! 888-514-2100. Listen in on www.WorldTalkRadio.com, Tuesday 6:00-7:00 P.M. or listen to the show via archive at your convenience.

Transworld's "Monday Kickstart" at www.transworldmotocross.com is so big it has been labeled "The 800 lb Gorilla." It's so big, it if were a magazine it would give you a red fanny ring and numb legs in the reading room, it's so big, would think the MX mags thay keep up web sites are trying to outdo each other or something!

Team Throttlehead / Kawasaki Team Green / MSR / FMF has signed Matt Leach as the teams chief mechanic.  Matt has turned wrenches for Steve Hatch for several years and his knowledge and expertise will be a valuable asset to the team. 

Doctors at Irvine put Matt Shue's hip back in place and he should be home in about a week, according to Jayride.

PR: Hamblin Injured at A2

PR: Ferry Doing Well

Business: Traction Ent. Agency Adds Jeff Gibson

2004 UV VODKA SUPERCROSS AFTER-PARTY

DATE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24th, 2004
LOCATION: TYPHOON SALOON
1165 GARNET AVE
SAN DIEGO, CA 92109

Better take cover…
Because a storm's rolling into town 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 Diego at Typhoon Saloon. There will be UV Vodka drink specials all night long, along with contests and giveaways. Better take cover! Make sure you check-out www.sxap.com for update-to-date news, pictures and information regarding the 2004 UV Vodka Supercross After-Parties!

Tyler Evan's mechanic at A2 was Suzuki's Tony Berluti (normally working for Tortelli), replacing Shannon Humphreys, who reportedly left for personal reasons at home. Humphreys has been with him since world SX in December.

Racing: 250 Racing at Anaheim 2
Racing: 125 Racing at Anaheim 2

Photos: 230 Action Photos from Phoenix!

AMA Election Results: PR here..

The first half of the 250 main at A2 was one of the best races in a long time. KW led, then DV caught him and tried to make a pass stick, then Reed caught both of them and all three raced together for a while. Result: 1) Reed, 2) KW, 3) DV. Here's a quick summary.

The 125 class was great too. Preston led, then battled with Roncada and Tedesco. Ramsey went down when he ran into Roncada's wheel. 1) Tedesco, 2) Preston, 3) Roncada.

It looks like CCE's new web audio company was a smart idea. A few complaints are on the message boards, but it seems most the problems are solved. CCE made the changes because the were getting hammered on the message boards. You knew this, but everyone reads that stuff.

Josh Demuth is out of AX with an injured leg. Major bummer for the champ. Here's a press release.

Occording to Jayride, the popular Georgia rider Matt Shue has internal injuries (liver and collapsed lung) and a displaced hip, and is in a hospital ICU. He hasn't has surgery yet as of Sunday afternoon. Maybe 6 weeks out. Major bummer. Wish him a speedy recovery.

Johnny Marley was having a strong night at A2, until he broke both his legs on a hard landing. Here's a press release with more detail

Larry Ward just started riding again after that ear infection that affected his balance. He will probably start at Houston when the SX season goes east.

Sat morning last update: This is officially unofficial, but Ferry has a suspected broken navicular from a practice crash at A2. That is the latest at "drive to the track" time Saturday morning. No one reported anything official on Gosselaar, but just from what was reported before, it would be a surprise if he still raced. It sounds like a least a significant concussion.

Americans are not the only ones getting back up to speed in supercross right now. Our own Motodude is covering the Australian Supercross Nationals. Here is a sneak preview.

Hopefully you SX web cast listeners will have a good weekend this time. CCE is going with a new provider that is supposed to be able to handle high-demand bandwidth better.

Practice went OK at Anaheim 2 except for Ferry left the track to get a wrist x-rayed. Chris Gosselaar had a hard fall too and his status for Saturday is not certain.

Anaheim stadium ...tag entertainment / giant RV display: .. inside the Anaheim pro pits this saturday Jan 17th from 2pm until 530 pm..both Mike and Jeff Alessi ( AS WELL AS SEAN HAMBLIN AND TYLER EVANS ) will be there to promote THE ALL NEW tag ent movie "Moto X Kids," and Supercrossed..posters and other promotional items will be given away.

Some Press releases:
MC's Book makes NY Times List
US Open Tickets on Sale Jan 17
Moto X Kids movie in Theaters Jan 31

Travis Pastrana was seen lurking at A2. He just got his posters done, on Suzukis. He may not set the series on fire by doing just a few SX races, but at least he will give the Suzuki pits some more energy and long autograph lines.

Tim Ferry crashed in practice at A2 and is questionable for Saturday. Chris Gosselaar crashed out and we will have to see, but it's unlikely he is in for tomorrow. Ando is back, and Mike Craig is in the 250 class.

Steve Whitelock and Yamaha team manager Jim Perry.

AMA Supercross/Motocross series manager Steve Whitelock received 600 emails about the flap in Phoenix! There is plenty of room to debate the KW decision-why now, why KW, why points, why not do nothing-but the truth of the matter is the factory teams met with Whitelock in December and discussed both rough riding and penalties and making tracks safer (well, easier and hopefully safer) so no one has to go into the Las Vegas finals with replacement riders or none at all. The factories were in agreement that the rough passing needed to stop and understood that the AMA would do more about it this year. So, Phoenix should not have been a surprise, even though there is plenty of it that is open for debate in a sport, like there always is. Whitelock did warn the riders in two riders meetings that rough riding would lead to a penalty.

RX first-string photohound Simon Cudby holding up the magazine's first digital cover, shot with a Canon 1Ds. It looks great. Actually it looks a lot better than most of the previous covers. When you get yours, compare and see. Film is toast!

The Women's Auxillary of SX/MX luncheon was very well attended. Here's a quick report by Erica Vuillemin

CCE held an extra practice for privateers. Here's a press release.

Here is an advance list of the MX1 GP teams (250 class)

Bauer organized the second "Meet and Greet" at the Loma Linda University Children's Center. Riders visiting sick kids were Metzger, Vines, Emig, Short, Hamblin, and Pingree. In case you missed it, here's some of the kids in the hospital getting some moto swag.

Memorial Services for Mark Reynolds are being held in two locations Thursday. Here's the press release.

You animals on the internet don't hold back when chronic webcast problems screw up your supercross show. CCE has been taking a beating, but they know why. Ken Hudgens from CCE just wrote Mototakers to report a new webcast partner Akamai. Read more about it here.

From Doc Bodnar: Tonight on The Moto Show, Kevin Windham and Ivan Tedesco are both on our show.  Kevin won the 250cc class in Phoenix last weekend, and Ivan won the 125cc class for the 2nd week in a row.  We are also having TFS Steve Bruhn (thats me) stop by.      The show is live from 6:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. every Tuesday.  You may listen at http://www.worldtalkradio.com/show.asp?sid=77  or just www.worldtalkradio.com .  If you have a problem hearing the show, click on "Listener Support".  Make sure you are using Internet Explorer or Netscape as your browser and media player.  Mac users can listen too!

Life: How Jamie Little made the cover of FHM.

So far the best read on the AMA's decision to dock KW 10 points is on Cycle News's web site. Steve Whitelock was over there talking to them. Here's the article.

Jamie Little now has her own web site. Check it out!

ESPN's supermodel announcer Jamie Little made the cover of FHM magazine!

The AMA is expected to confirm the 10 points thing with KW this afternoon in a press release. You can bet lots of cel phone minutes are going down the tubes over this one...

Business: OK so they confirmed it, here's the press release on KW/DV.
Business: Timebomb Entertainment: ScottyMac's new company.
Business: New Cobra Motorcycle

Racing: 125 Racing at Phoenix
Racing: 250 Racing at Phoenix

Demuth wins three mains at Rockford AX

Moto XXX Brings Punk Rock To Anaheim!!!
Team Moto XXX owner Jordan Burns and his band Strung Out will be performing at the Grove in Anaheim Ca. Friday January 30th the night before Anaheim 3.(The Grove is located in the Edison Field parking lot) Other special guests to play will be the ever so classic Adolecents and pro skater Steve Caballero's band The Faction. Local OC act Off The Record will open the show. Tickets are available at Ticketmaster and at the Grove box office. Doors open at 7:00pm and this is an all ages show. Let's hope that both Steve and Jordan can keep it up on two wheels January 24th in the upcoming Suzuki Crossover Challenge set to be held during half time at the San Diego round of Supercross.

KW won a controversial Phoenix supercross after a takeout that sent Vuillemin off the track on the first lap. A lot will be said about this one all week. KW had the holeshot in the main and DV made an aggressive move past him in the second turn. In the very next turn, KW came in hot and bumped DV off the track. KW ran off with the win, Reed had a weak start and caught up to second, but he was too far back to catch KW. It was his first win since Dallas 2000. KW defended himself in the press conference, and was questioned by the media and DV's trainer David Bailey, who was pretty upset about it. In a strange move, the AMA docked KW 10 points, according to Bauer who went into the pits after the AMA met with team managers.

So what next?
-Don't miss it on TV.
-Watch Mototalk to see what DV has to say about it.
-Watch David Bailey's site to see what he has to say about it.
-Watch for an AMA press release Monday.
-Watch the debate on is this the kind of thing the AMA needs to be doing, and why now? Isn't rough riding part of supercross, and all of a sudden its supposed to stop?

In the 125 class, Pro Circuit's 4-stroke 250Fs again completely dominated. Tedesco and Roncada both won heats again, and Tedesco is now 2 for 2. Pro Circuit had to work extra hard this year to get the new 250F up to Pro Circuit standards, and so far, Mitch's crew has really proven themselves. They haven't lost a heat, and led almost every lap, maybe all of them! Their teammate Matt Walker crashed out of the main (bummer).

Must read: Here's GuyB's excellent report from Phoenix on TW's site.

Friday was the first Supercross "Fan Fest" at Phoenix. Here's a press release. MC was there signing his new book Wide Open, which is already a big hit and fast seller. The fan fest also goes all day Saturday so check it out.

Also at Phoenix Friday, Korupt Klothing held a way cool mini supermoto with three classes (bikes by Sano and Two Brothers Racing), and a concert, FMX demo featured several riders, including Metzger doing backflips, and street freestyle crazys. It was a wild, fun night. Don't believe anything Steve "road block" Bauer says about his racing though, he's slow. Also racing were Pingree, Metzger, Cooper, Buydos, Vines, Brent Maimone, Lou Lopez from Parts, TFS, and a lot more.

Here are some top photos from Friday...

Scott "Hollywood" Sepkovic is leaving Spy to work with an athlete agency, and Bob Ketchum is going to Spy.

Business: OMS Sport's Mark Reynolds killed by Mtn Lion.

PR: Trooper Helmet from One Industries
PR: 4-Stroke National, Feb 21/22

Eric Sorby, who is racing 125 east for Pro Circuit, will race the 250 class at Anaheim 2.

MC's book is going fast. According to a post on Mototalk, it's already scarce in southern California. MC will be signing books at the Phoenix SX fan fest tomorrow.

Doc Bodnar's In/Out for Phoenix is updated above. Here's a reminder on the importance of rider privacy and all that: Motonews does not use information from riders that stop by the Asterisk Mobile Medical Center until they agree it is OK for Bodnar to release the information. This is to avoid rumors (always a problem with injuries) and to make sure all the riders know they won't read about their stop to the med center unless they say so. In a competitive sport, people naturally won't want to let their rivals know when they are not 100%. If we posted every little thing, rider's wouldn't want to stop by and get treated. This is what we want to avoid. So, if you are a racer and want to see Doc Bodnar, stop by. We are not lurking around the med center taking notes. If someone sees you walk off the track holding your shoulder, that is fair to report. When you get to the med center, its private.

Swap from Transworld MX mag reports that Ferry's mechanic Steve Matthes married his girlfriend Angie Rodriguez in Corona del Mar.

New Poll! How many AMA Supercrosses will Chad Reed win in 2004?

Check out this Luncheon for the women's auxilary, Jan 16th at Anaheim 2 (Friday)

PR: Meet the Samsung/Radio Shack team riders at Phoenix
PR: Jeff Ward to headline Motocycle Hall of Fame museum breakfast at Daytona
PR: Damon Huffman an animal at Anaheim 1
PR: Dirt Diggers signs Steve Lamson

Check out this cool Jessica Patterson shirt! You can get one from JessicaPattersonMX dot com.

The all-new Cycle News is coming out this week. It's all color and printed smaller like a magazine. Don't miss it.

ECC's Johnny Aubert hurt his back at A1 and is switching to the east coast. his replacement will be Stephan DeMartis starting at A2.

Fort Worth Arenacross results from www.arenacross.com

Photos: Here are 230 action photos from Anaheim 1!

Some Mototalk stuff to read:
- Reporting sxgp.com audio problems
- Tedesco wins 125 opener
- Reed going into Phoenix strong
- Ramsey and 250F debut on podium
- McNeil wins his first IFMA

Phoenix After Party:

Date: Saturday, January 10th, 2004
Location: Jackson's on 3rd
245 E Jackson St
Phoenix, AZ 85004

“Who's on 3rd? ” Your better be on Saturday! Come hang-out with Jamey Grosser and other top pro riders at the Phoenix Supercross After-Party at Jackson's on 3rd in Phoenix. There will be UV Vodka drink specials all night long, along with contests and giveaways. Oh, did I forget to mention the ladies? There will be an assortment of ladies on hand that you guys can drool over all night long! Make sure you check-out www.sxap.com for up-to-date news and information regarding the 2004 UV Vodka Supercross After-Parties!

Tonight on MOTO RADIO, Doc Bodnar and Elrod will be interviewing Rob Buydos, the new race announcer for the Motocross Nationals and mini-bike racer extrordinaire. Also, Eddie Casillas, ATC will be giving some training tips and possibly a surprise guest.  Listeners can call in with their questions - Live! 888-514-2100. Listen in on www.WorldTalkRadio.com, Tuesday 6:00-7:00 P.M. or listen to the show via archive at your convenience.

Here's model Natalie Beth meeting RC at Troy in 2002. Right now she is on a "vote for your favorite" page on www.usaglamourgirls.com. Vote here.

Some quick Anaheim notes:

-Yamaha swept the podium, as predicted by Mototalker Cobra12. That guy must know something.
-Anaheim aired next day on ABC, with RC as guest commentator.
-Another sellout according to CCE's press release.
-Kawasaki 250Fs won both heats and the 125 main.
-With no RC (but signing autographs), MC, Bubba, or Pastrana, a lot of people mentioned it felt like something was missing.
-Chad Reed is the new boss in town. It's a little wierd because fans would respond more if they saw him wrestle a championship away from RC. He won't have the chance to show them he can do it since RC is out. That should make for a blockbuster series in 2005, but for now people all we have is "what if?"
-Langston should be OK after a wild getoff in the main. So far the report is he just got bruised up.
-People are already asking if Reed could run the series, just like MC almost did in 1996.
-Erin Bates debut as floor announcer went well.
-Demos were set up for THQ's "MX Unleashed" game, which is coming out in Feb.
-The AMA has a killer new semi.
-Turnout was really good at the Dave and Buster's get together Friday night.

Racing: 125 Racing from Anaheim.

Mike Alessi broke his collarbone again.

Racing: 250 Racing from Anaheim.

The first race with mandated unleaded fuel went by without much mention at all. The predicted death of 2-stroke engines due to the fuel change hasn't happened in the 250 class. In fact, some 250 riders are abandoning 4-strokes. In the 250 main at Anaheim, the only 4-strokes were Huffman, KW, Voss, Thomas, and Stiles. The opposite happened in the 125 class though. There were only a handful of 125 2-strokes, but that is because there are more 250Fs available and the teams are pushing them, not specifically because of unleaded fuel. If there were no unleaded rule, riders would still want 250Fs.

RC, Reed, Jesseman and Langston spoke at the supercross opening press conference at Anaheim.

Photos: Here's some photos from the Press Conference.
Photos: Here's the wild and crazy internet gang at Dave and Busters!

Photos: 150 Photos from the Arnhem SX!

New Poll: Who will lead AMA Supercross after the first three rounds?

New Site: Check out www.uintamoto.com for unique and cool MX memorabilia.

Journalists from Europe are reporting Pichon did sign with Honda for GPs.

Business: Hahm Motorsports/Moto XXX at Anaheim
Business: MC Book Signing at 6 SX's

Racing: Here's CCE's notes package for Anaheim. These come out each week and are a good source of background info (trivia!).

So, Motonews didn't get a re-design this new year's eve. Why? Our starving artist was apparently too busy making these cool trading cards for Racer X. Click on the K-dub card to read more about what gets higher priority that us =ahem!=.

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