Here's a report on the British Motocross Championships, Round 4, by Ray Archer.

Jeeez, get a life Meyer, www.Speedvision.com has a really good article about Tallon Vohland.

Today's wedding is Chris Williams (www.Motoedge.com)  and Korie Hagemann, who are taking the plunge in Wyoming.  Since the photo guy went AWOL, someone will be drawing pictures of the event like those old court sketches.

Got boots?  If not, see Beeker, Racer X's west coast reporter.  Beeker will join Alpinestars as a rep.

DC and Shannon Dolly are getting married tonight!  Somewhere down in the moto-hell known as Morgantown, West by-God Virginia, the two Racer X'rs are taking the plunge.   Congrats!

Tomorrow Chris WIlliams from Cannondale is getting married too, this one in Wyoming.  I hope he can find a replacement photohound, because his scheduled photo guy is spectating from the Sewickley Valley Hospital, NW of Pittsburgh.

The TFS emag's Teams 2000 list has been updated to include what is up with Lusk and Bentley.

Expect to see one or maybe two new Supercross venues in 2001.   PACE has been doing frequent updates called "Wide Open" on www.PACESupercross.com to have some fun and keep you interested in the big show.

Some of the top GP riders are not to pleased with the possibility of the triple-header weekends going to a one-moto format.  The triple headers make great economic sense because the teams can just budget one bog tour instead of three, but going to one-moto will be a significant difference.

You want to see what a web site for a Factory Gastroenterologist would look like, check out Dr Fusco's www.gihealth.com.  All you young folks can see what you have to look forward too!  Dr Fusco checked out the official TFS silencer today.

Our good buddy Chris Tedesco has bumped yours truly from the featured spot on the web site www.MotoXCentral.com since he took his own photos at Budd's.  Doh!  Chris did a great job, check it out and send him a note. 

06/22/00:

"No laptops or cel phones in the hospital, they freak out pacemakers and electronics - hehe"

I won't bore you with the details, but I'm scrambling the electronics at the Sewickley Valley Hospital in PA. Been sick all week. Page updates might need to take a short vacation, but check in anyway in case I get a chance to beat the boredom.

Russ at www.motoradio.com reports on Mototalk that Snoop and co are on the "Big Wednesday Show" on their web site, check it out!

06/21/00:

Let's start another rumor dept:

What's up?  How's the bike?

 

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Things have been pretty slow here at TFS emag headquarters.  The TFS emag 2000, this daily, and MXnationals.com had to get moved off a cranky laptop that just stopped working.   After Budd's, Denny Stephenson and I had to give up waiting for the junker to load up the software to do the on-site race review for www.MXNationals.com. Sorry for the delays, it is nice to again have something that works pretty good.

Roncada celebrates his 1-1 at Budd's.

Most of the moto-universe is having a blast at Mammoth.   Rumors are still flying about MC racing but at Budd's Larry Brooks said he was just there riding.   According to Yamaha's Steve Butler, DV's 125 ride will be a Yamaha of Troy 125.  Of course maybe at the last minute he will show up on the secret Honda 4-stroke Lusk was supposed to ride at Glen Helen.  haha!  

     RC doesn't slow down for this picture next to the Chevy Trucks banner.

06/20/00: Sick day, yuk.

06/19/00:

The big race blowout this weekend is Mammoth, which will keep you updated on www.MammothMotocross.com.

Let's start a rumor dept:

Roncada to ride Yamaha 250 4-stroke in 2001!  -  Maybe. Silly Season should start soon.  One of the  riders most in demand should be Yamaha of Troy's Stephane Roncada.   He has already said he wants to move to 250 Supercross for 2001, but not sure about outdoors.  He has ridden for Phil Alderton's Troy teams in the US since 1997.  Roncada should be a shoe-in for a ride in the Yamaha Factory rig in 2002, unless someone else grabs him first. That leaves 2001 with Yamaha wanting to debut the 250 4-stroke (legal for 125 racing) in the best light, and they will want to show off a blue bike with a #1 on it in east Supercross.  It just makes sense.  Put Roncada on the 250 four-stroke.

Le next Doug Henry?

06/18/00:

RC re-took the points lead at Budd's Creek with a convincing 1-1 sweep of the 250 class that featured a battle for the series lead and a last-lap pass on Tortelli in moto two.   And stop saying RC doesn't smile enough when he wins.  When he went to get his trophy and shake the fizzy he was one happy camper.  It sounds like a cliche but he said the crowd cheering him on on the last lap of moto two when he passed Tortelli was loud and motivating.

 

 

Roncada ripped both motos in the 125 class, Pastrana was 2-2 and riding with a weak ankle.

Lusk didn't race because he hurt his wrist during the week.  He also missed out the the AMA's MXdN poster that was shot Sunday.

The MXdN nominees are: 
Lusk, Carmichael, Windham, LaRocco, Pastrana, Lamson and Vohland.

MC is up at Mammoth this week, but according to Larry Brooks he is just riding.  Vuillemin is racing mammoth, and he will be racing a Yamaha of Troy YZ 125, and YZ 250, and a YZ 426.

06/17/00:

Dang, bring the umbrella to Budd's Creek this weekend.  www.weather.com says storms.

Last year Windham and Vohland won in the mud.  Kelly Smith almost won the second moto but RC caught him.  Considering Smith's awesome ride in the mess at High Point, he should be on your short list of top finishers.  Tortelli did good in the mud last year too, and Vuillemin is Vuillemin.

06/16/00:

Also injured:  Jimmy Wilson, Arenacross fast guy.  He broke his foot at Southwick and this will mess up his qualifying for Loretta's.  Major bummer.  You can send him your best wishes at jimmy383@aol.com.

 

The whole TFS emag Daily (free stuff) and the TFS emag 2000 (members section) are getting completely re-organized.  There will be some broken links and hopefully nothing more until it is done.  The two sites will share a common top border.  Most of the changes aren't that visible.  The re-organization is done to make the whole thing faster to update on this end.  Hopefully it won't get anyone lost when it's results time for roun 5 of the AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championships at Budd's.

 

Special thanks to graphics guy Steve Densmore for making the new top banner.  The one up now is temporary.  The new one will have a different slogan so it doesn't look like I'm messing with our main man MP over at the moto Romper Room.

 

 

06/15/00:

 

Out of Control Department:  French TFS put 120 photos from the French 250 GP at Brou last weekend on www.BlockPass.com.  Check it out!  

MOTODUDE"S Excellent GP Adventure

Our own long-time regular Motodude (Paul Brenchley) has been kicking around Europe speeding on the freeways, hanging with the press, chatting with Ryno and Wyatt Seals, and in general waiting to get the hell out of there so he can get a decent meal.  Here's his excellent report:

06/14/00: It looks like a moto-magazine is feuding with Suzuki.    The feud was confirmed on their web site (the mags, not Suzuki's).  I guess they are just bored. This weekend's national at Budd's will be killer.  RC, Lusk, LaRocco, Lamson (three times), Vohland, and Windham have all won there.  Vuillemin has raced there once, at the USGP last year.  It might rain again.  www.weather.com says scattered thunderstorms for Saturday. (R) Three-time Budd's Creek 125 winner Steve Lamson is just 4 wins away from Carmichael and Barnett's 125 record of 25 wins each. THQ's web site, www.thq.com, ran a short review of the Southwick national, which makes sense since their man RC won.   The site probably gets more hits in a day than all of Motocross gets in a week, so more exposure can't hurt.  Their site has a link back to the official outdoor series web site, www.MXNationals.com. VP Steve Young is Al Gore The just-retired quarterback for the 49ers has been doubling as the Vice President. QB 06/12/00: From Chaparral... Jeremy McGrath and Chaparral Support Rider Dan Berg at Hot Summer Nights Race at Perris Raceway on June 10th....uuuuummmmmmm, Jeremy won.......Dan Berg got alot of attention for coming in 2nd......good to see Jeremy out enjoying himself 06/11/00: Back on track: After getting tired at Hangtown and having a bad mud day at High Point, RC is back on track.   His second moto win at Southwick was one of the most inspired rides this year.  He is third in points though, Tortelli is the new series leader. 06/10/00: DC gets fixed up with a helmet cam.  He is riding Lance Smail's Suzuki. GNCC rider Shane Watts going for it. Weekend Forecast: -Scattered thunderstorms at Southwick, and a hot afternoon for saturday practice. -Brandes is here, and busy undoing rumors. -Web forecast: scattered threats, magazine wars, and fake posts. In case you didn't get enough to read about the Belgian GP, a lot more has been added to the TFS emag 2000 thanks to articles by Meyer and Haudiquert.  06/09/00: A must see!  GM to provide "Connected Car."  Check out how to put yourself in the drivers seat from GM's web site! Also, an emag exclusive, click the Cannondale start button to tour the company's Bethel CT headquarters! 06/08/00: Gotcha! Brandes In The buzz about Brandes leaving racing isn't true.  Why the rumor? As far as TFS emag can tell, someone started a rumor, and when a friend of his asked via e-mail he confirmed when he wrote back and said he was sick of injuries and the people and stuff like that. A couple of days later he wrote a second time and said that was just BS - we should know better, huh? Actually he was just covering for his deal to ride GPs, which was secretly worked out April 1. 06/07/00: People who know are saying the news that Brandes is bailing isn't true. Speedvision.com has more on the June 4 race at Southwick where King, Dowd, and Vuillemin were warming up for Sunday's national there. Our buddy Brad from Mototalk reports the 2001 Yamahas will be posted on www.yamaha-motor.com thursday morning.  BTW, the photo you saw on Mototalk of the 2001 YZ250F four stroke was on www.motorcycledaily.com. www.Speedvision.com ran a preview of Southwick based on the NESC race his weekend at MX338.   06/06/00: Spotted in Southwick pits. Spotted in Yamaha rig.  Hey DC, WTF?  Hook a brotha up! Scott Carter ruled the 125 racing at the NESC Invitational at Southwick. 06/05/00: Bye Brandes Out The buzz about Brandes leaving racing is true.  He is bailing. That's a bummer, he always had big talent.   He won the east EA Sports Supercross opener like it was a trail ride when everyone was fussing over Sellards, Fonseca, Roncada, and Pastrana.  Wish him luck.   06/04/00: Late Edition Dowd and Vuillemin both got in plenty of track time at Southwick today.  Dowd won the +200A class at the NESC race with 1-2.  Vuillemin got adjusted to Southwick and ripped the second moto. For a complete photo report from Southwick, check TFS emag 2000. 06/03/00: Dale Spangler at Smith Powersports (goggles) did a race report from High Point, which was about as goggle unfriendly as a race can get.  Here is the link. Hey, how did Kelly Smith's goggles get that clean after a mud moto? Here is a killer article about Southwick on the www.moto338.com web site.  Check out "Where a Milk Shake is a Frappe."   The article is a bit dated (1995), but it's cool anyway.  TFS Trivia:   Before Motonews, TFS or anything like that, I was a at Southwick in 1995.  My current bike (CR 250) was in the national, but the pilot was by buddy Ricky Palmer, not me.  He didn't qualify due to first turn pileups, but the bike still has the AMA stickies on it! If you are anywhere close to Southwick this Sunday, June 4, check out the NESC race.  Plenty of pros should be on hand to get ready for the June 11 national. 06/02/00: Stefy Bau is still having ankle problems from that crash back in San Diego.  She is going back to Italy and may have to have surgery.  She may not make it back for Budd's Creek. Jim Kimball from the AMA sent in four cool interviews:  Lee McCollum, David Vuillemin, Chris Gosselaar, and Shayne King.   All are on the TFS emag 2000. There is no National this weekend, but TFS emag 2000 will jet off to Southwick a week early to see who will be there practicing for the June 11 AMA/Chevy Trucks U.S. Motocross Championships round 4.  Vuillemin is going early to learn the track and set his bike up, "It will be fun," was his message to TFS World Headquarters in Pittsburgh.  Pat Muras and the Yamaha rig are already there. Another web site to surf:  Larry Lawrence is writing for www.moto1.net. Check out the race coverage. You can add www.pacesupercross.com to your daily web stops.   Even with the 2000 series over, they just started a daily update called Wide Open.    Their Freestyle series starts in late July. Still more photos were added to Sunday's High Point national TFS emag 2000 report.  06/01/00: Amy doing TV. Amy doing Good Our buddy Kevin Brown of Mazda, to whom we are much indebted for bring Amy Hayes to the races last year, reports that Amy's career is taking off.  Kevin says she is starting to do ring announcing for boxing on ESPN and HBO. www.MXNationals.com has a new section that features the work from photohounds.  The first one has four awesome digital shots from Ryan Mahoney of www.Photocross.net.   This Supercross program from French TFS Dominique Sourie features all digital photos.  Check out his stuff at www.BlockPass.com, and also check out the French Motorcycle Federation web site at www.ffmoto.org. They have a report (in French) about "Le Cobra" kicking Le Butt at High Point. Check out "The Big Wednesday Show"  on www.Motoradio.com.   You can hear interviews from Sunday's race at High Point!  Also let them know what you think of the deal on Mototalk, they would like to hear from you. Check out this killer photo by Chris Tedesco Randy Lawrence Update According to our volunteer mountain bike racing correspondent Steve G, MC's wrench dislocated his shoulder a few time recently, including once while pushing MC's bike to the line at Glen Helen.  He had surgery, and will miss most, if not all of his mountain bike racing this season. The first motorcycle: Most sources claim that the first motorcycle was built by Gottlieb Daimler, an assistant to Nicholaus Otto (who invented the Otto cycle, a kind of engine). In 1885, Daimler added a gasoline motor to a wooden bicycle, replacing the pedals. Daimler's motorbike was propelled by an engine, but it was not the first motor-driven cycle. Actually, the first motorbike was built seventeen years earlier in 1868. It was not powered by a gasoline engine, but by a steam engine. Its builder was Sylvester Roper. His steam-powered bike did not catch on, but it anticipated many modern motorbike features, including the twisting-handgrip throttle control. History of the motorcycle: http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcmuseum/firstbike.html (So who says you don't get good stuff on this web site!?) 05/31/00: What keeps Lamy's engine cool? At the High Point National held on Sunday May 28th, the Works Connection/DGY/Troy Lee Designs/Factory Honda of Steve Lamson used Engine Ice Hi-Performance Coolant in the deep muddy conditions to finish in fourth overall and maintain the series points lead. >>>MORE Geoff Meyer writes about last weekend's 125 GP.