Info on Gainesville Mini-Os | Loretta's Results and Photos, or www.mxsports.co
Motonews is off today for Des Moines for round 1 of Arenacross!
Honda has announced new watercraft with EPA-approved 4-stroke motors, check out the press release and photos.
Heidi Henry makes the MTV FMX show! Here's the press release.
New Logo! This excellent new logo is by King Jr, aka Breck Bonnell, of Des Moines, Iowa.
New Poll! Who is France's best rider? Take the Poll. Destry Abbott won the AMA National Hare & Hound final round at Lucerne Valley in Ca. Abbott already had clinched the title at the previous round. He has a web site to tell you about it, www.destryabbott.com, and when he's web surfing he checks in right here on Mototalk.
French TFS did this cover photo for an the FMX, Trial and BMX event in the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, December 1st. Check out the cool Arenacross series preview on Racer X's site done buy our own Jeremy Riesenberg. http://www.racerxill.com/AXpreview01_02.cfm
Honda's Johnny Campbell is ready to take on the Baja once again. He has four straight wins, and can break the recond if he does it again. Here's the press release. Press Release: Yamaha
Restructures
Dustin Miller and Trevor Vines (pictured) traded wins at the IFMA freestyle at St Louis last weekend. Our extreme photohound Ray Gundy was there! Here's some photos. The Photos section also has photos from the 4th annual Stade de France Supercross. This was the first one that was not part of a world championship series. That series is now history.
1 yr old Saleah Casey is ready for Anaheim.
The only guy to ever win a Supercross at Stade de France, David Vuillemin, who won again last weekend, and the winner of the French 125 race, Stephan Demartis.
One of this year's best motos was the second women's moto at Loretta's. Here Stefy Bau and Jessica Patterson are locked in an intense battle for the lead. Patterson would DNF with a broken leg, and Bau would win the title. More Patterson photos are up here: Press Releases:
Tim Ferry runs a dump truck. He's building a new track at their home in Dade City, Fl.
Here's our own Engine Ice Dave! He's in Florida too. Maybe the big MX teams should move their race shops to Florida.
New Mototalker Rob Walters, who is a techie for DBR magazine in the UK.
This looks like a Mototalker too. David Pingree and Amber Sipe got married yesterday in Fallbrook Ca. Marc Estabrooks did a report on how the Canadian Fox riders did at the US Open, here's the link. Estabrooks also does the cool Factory MX toon in Racer X.
Correction from the Teams 2002 list on the News page: Escondido Cycles will be a Suzuki team. Brandes, Craig, Reif, and Josh Woods are the team.
Sondra, Byron McMackin from the band Pennywise, and Carey Hart hanging out at the US Open. The Teams 2002 page is updated. Check out who Darcy Lange is riding for, and who is homeless. According to the rumor mill, Plano Honda is going with Pro-Grip gear.
As expected, Nick Wey did sign with Moto XXX for 2002. Also they are talking to mechanic Steve Matthis and may add him too. The is also talk of the team changing its name from "Moto XXX" to "M3." They may even have both painted on the truck. Moto XXX is also working hard to finish the video Moto XXX 5 before Dec 1. Kawasaki's team is back on track after missing the US Open due to injuries. Lusk sat out of training a couple of days when he hurt a rib, but he has been riding again and is 100%. Roncada is back on a bike and will race the Bercy Supercross Nov 9-11. Motonews is going! Speaking of Kawasaki, Chevy Trucks is happy with their involvement in SX/MX and is behind the greeenies for the long run.
Wey may be relieved to finally have silly season over with, but its not over for Kelly Smith and Matt Walker. According to the rumor mill, there is trouble with their Planet Yamaha deal, but its too early to say for sure. Factory Connection has signed Shawn Ulikowski at Travis Preston's mechanic for 2002.
Today Nick Wey may finalize his ride for 2002. The new manager of Team Green is Reid Nordin, who was previously off road manager. He replaces Ron Heben who went to KTM. The Ohio gang is proud that Gavin Gracyk is racing the first three Arenacrosses. Check out the discussion on www.pitracer.com. The Budman will be racing the east Supercross series, according to an interview in www.racerxill.com. He will also be covering the AX opener in des Moines next weekend for Racer X.
So who's the latest to think about a racing comeback? Mike Metzger! He did a video with MC last week, and it must have gotten him inspired. He is talking to people about racing SX in 2002 and starting to train for it. Powerade will sponsor Clear Channel's SX/AX, and FMX events. Here's the press release. The annual AMA Awards Banquet is in Palm Springs this year, here's the press release. Here's a press release about a new indoor racing facility in Indiana. Branden Jesseman's mechanic in 2002 will be James Coy, who was Billy Payne's mechanic in 2001 at Plano and in 2000 at PC. He was also Sheak's mechanic at PC in 1999. The 19th Supercross at Bercy is November 9-11. US riders set to go are: Jeremy McGrath, Mike Brown, Broc Sellards, Ernesto Fonseca, Jason Thomas, Kyle Lewis, and Casey Johnson (250s), and Justin Buckelew, David Pingree, Mike Gosselaar and Billy Laninovich. Here's the press release. MC raised $6,400 at the US Open for the Clear Channel Relif fund, here's the press release. Here's an update from the FIM and the MX schedule for 2002, so far.
Mototalkers witnessed races all over the globe last weekend. We got reports of a large turnout at the red Bud Grass Race (www.redbudmx.com) LaRocco beats Stanton, according to wwshoots. Suzuki's won the RM Cup races (Steve G), Reed beats Travis in Australia (MXGEOFF), and Vuillemin beats Pichon at Stade de France (French TFS). DV has won every Stade de France Supercross, but this was the first one thas wasn't part of the now defunct FIM World Supercross Championships. Ezra Lusk, who missed the Open because of a rib, is back on a bike a little and Roncada will be back on one soon.
Our own excellent gang on Mototalk raised enough cash to send Cole Boutwell and his family to the US Open, and on top of that Answer supplied three gear bags full of goodies (above) and got Cole hooked up with Bridgestone tires and a lot of other sponsors! Here's a note on the gear snagged off Racerhead "Answer Racing/ProTaper wants to personally thank all those who supported and donated items to give to Cole Boutwell at the US Open in Vegas. It was amazing to see the excitement and surprise in Cole's face when presented with 3 enormous gearbags jam packed with a ton of goodies. We loaded Cole and his sister Kaisey up with everything from race gear to T-shirts, goggles, graphics, handlebars, lubricants, sunglasses, shoes and so much more! Cole and his family were truly thankful for all the cool stuff and the tremendous out pouring of support from the industry. Cole and family represent what this sport is all about, family and having a great time doing what we all love, moto! A special thanks goes out to: Amy/Bridgestone, Mike Collier Jr./Twisted Threads, Dominic Gayton/N-Style, John Grise/Arnette, Sweet Lou Lopez/Sunstar, Kris Martin/T&K Printing & Active, Phil/Progressive Motorcycle Safety, Nick/Spy, Jim Ricci/Silkolene & Tsubaki, Irish Saunders/Hoosier Tires, Rick Smith/Mechanix Wear, Erron Sorensen/Dr. Martens, Spectro Oils, Tony Stewart/Home Depot #20 and Pam Zam/DC Shoes."
Before Motonews.com, there was LCSRacing.com. Before that, there was a bike shop in Garland Texas called LCS Racing. The L stands for Lucky. This is Lucky.
A new Supercross sponsor for next year will be Powerade. Powerade banners and tuff bloc covers were out at the US Open. One of MC's sponsors, Mazda, wasn't on MC's bike or truck at the Open. That doesn't mean they are out for sure next year. There is still a chance they will pull something together.
Freestyle tricks just keep getting better! Here Mad Mike does a new one where he walks on the ceiling of an arena and throws a bike over his head backwards.
KTM has a full crew for US racing in 2002. In the back row are Grant Langston, David Pingree, Brock Sellards, Steve Boniface, Billy Laninovich, and team manager Ron Heben. In the front row are the mechanics and truck driver.
Cycle News will be announcing their Rider of the Year soon.
Kenny Bartram at the US Open freestyle exhibition. Here's some US Open tidbits: The US Open web cast had about 10,000 listeners. Combining the pros and amateurs, the US Open had participants from 41 states. The amateur Arenacross finals Sunday was one of the best improvements. It looked like a lot of fun and brought more people to the open for Friday and Saturday's racing. Mike Brown will be on the cover of the next Team Green News.
This year's Day in the Dirt race will be Nov 23, the day after Thanksgiving at LACR. Check out this cool old-school MX site! www.red-racer.com Here's a big photo stash of David Vuillemin
riding in France. http://www.blockpass.com/temp/David/DavidVuillemin.htm
Photos from both nights of the Engine Ice 125cc Amateur's Cup at the Open are up. This class had the best racing of the weekend! Click here for the first night.
Also added, more White Bothers 4-Stroke race photos.
Photos from both nights of the KTM peewee race at the Open are up. The race featured the winners of the 15 SFX-produced Supercrosses, so the competition was intense! Click here for the first night.
TWMX's Brian Staben won the prestigious Maxxis/BBR editor's race Sunday at the US Open as part of Sunday's Amateur World Championships.
RC wins it! In a remarkable performance in his first professional race on a Honda, RC won both nights at the world's richest motorcycle race. MC had bad luck all weekend, and had his share of bumps and falls. Even so, he made a charge in the second nights main from last to second that was worth the $30,000 he got for second overall.
The KTM peewee race will feature the winners of each round of the KTM Mini Supercross Challenge.
MC's bike features flag graphics and a cool new red, white and blue Renthal crossbar pad.
McCarty, Emig, and Albee having a grand day at the MGM.
On the eve of the US Open, Honda confirms in a press release that RC is in fact racing! (But you knew that already)
Jeff Emig is the guest on tonight web radio show by the worst magazine on Earth, at www.practicetrack.net. 9pm-12am EST. Check out www.timmyferry.com for a video of Ferry and Jason Thomas surfing. Honda hired Eric Kehoe as motocross team manager. Dunlop hired Broc Glover as senior manager, off road motorcycle racing. Check out our own Geoff Meyer's new web site for GP motocross, http://www.motocrossgrandprix.com/summary/Summary.htm
Here are the trophies for the Maxxis BBR Editor's Challenge that is held Sunday at the US Open. (You get the glass thing, not the tire!). Kevin Kelly at Rider Apparel did the trophies. Read more about the race here. Today's rumor on Pastrana to Thor is deal won't happen, and Lusk will switch to Thor instead! Also, our esteemed Daily News sponsor Engine Ice just made a BIG distribution deal, which will be announced soon!
Mad Mike holds up his Works Connection aluminum bike stand, good stuff! Get one from www.worksconnection.com. Branden Jesseman's mechanic for 2002 will be James Coy. Everyone's favorite PR news source Dorito (Dorina Groves) is getting married. She is engaged to Shane Clarke, owner of a performance race shop as well as contender for the 2002 AMA 750cc Supersport Championship.
Rumors! It was a busy day for rumors, here's a quick summary: RC broken femur, false. More stuff: Jason Thomas is in for the Bercy Supercross. He will be overseas for 4 races and stay a month. Daniel Blair, #921, wants to race a YZ250F next year in west SX and nats. If you need a rider, email him at dmblair921@yahoo.com.
According to Roncada's trainer Alan Gerkey, Ronron will miss the US Open due to the cut he got at KROC.
Here's the pileup, just before that big elevator jump. Roncada is already up and walking off the track. About 4 or 5 bikes were involved. One round of photos from KROC are up, more later. Fred Andrews won the GNCC in Ohio, and Rodney Smith won the title!
Bubba and Micky Kessler at KROC. Bubba won everything, Roncada got hurt, check Mototalk. Bubba and Roncada will put on a show in the last day of the Kawasaki Race of Champions at Englishtown's Raceway Park. Turnout was really good Saturday, with up and comers Gavin Gracyk, Kyle Chisholm, Nick Adams, Jason Lawrence, Nick Evannou, Steve Mertens and many more going fast. Steve Lamson won a plus-25 class, and Barry Carsten plus 30. Mertens will ride for Husqvarna in 2002. Drew Kain, one of KTM's racers for the Engine Ice 125cc Amateur's Cup at the US Open, won three classes at Branson, 250 Mod, Stock and Open non-pro.
What's the real story with RC and the US Open? Stop listening to the doubters and read this, and don't miss this race! The most likely place Lusk will get gear after the US Open is No Fear. Rumors bout No Fear losing Pastrana are heating up/cooling off. Mach 1 Motorsports has Craig Decker on a YZ250F for 2002. Check the revised teams 2002 list here. The list also has updates on who has Thor gear.
Art Eckman, who was almost dropped from ESPN for 2001 until a bunch of folks on the web got behind him, will be back for 2002. New Poll! Who is your favorite rider for the US Open's White Brother's 4-Stroke race?
THQ U.S Open 250cc Official Odds: Contest! You can win a free membership to Sponsorhouse.com, Five will be given away. These are the contests to win a Sponsorhouse.com membership: 1. www.SxDirt.com Logo contest
There are three new features on the US Open Preview section; 1) McGrath
confirmed, and will raise money for disaster relief, New rumor, unconfirmed: The US Open is Lusk's last race in Fox gear.
Bombardier, makers of engines for all kinds of fun things, is also an aircraft company that took a hit after Sept 11, here's an article. Maybe we should give up and change the spelling to "motorcross!" Here's a business section article that talks about new video titles like MX Rider, which features GPs.
RC is racing the US Open, spread the word. What changed? Ask him yourself at the MGM next week. Sebastien Tortelli had his shoudler surgery in France, it lasted 3 1/2 hrs and everything is attached where it should be. He may miss the first EA Sport Supercross at Anaheim. He is expected to ride again about then, with his first race Feb 2002. Ben Riddle is also having his leg surgery today, wish him luck! Special note to the Ben Riddle fan club, it's not a rumor. US Open Odds! Here is an independant "Green Sheet," by Engine Ice. Note: these are NOT odds released by the US Open/MGM.
More Rumors! Find out more about what happened with Nick Wey and the McGrath Racing thing, and other stuff you won't read anywhere else (yet). Click here for Rumor Bomb II.
Here's the trophy for the US Open's Engine Ice 125cc Amatuer's Cup.
(Meyer photo) Team France won the 2001 MXdN! The team of Demaria, Seguy, and Mototalker David Vuillemin finished ahead of Begium after Smets had a bad 3rd moto. This was France's first MXdN win. The win is significant for Vuillemin because he wasn't happy about not being on France's team last year. This year he said he wasn't interested but then took Pichon's place after a disagreement over a fine caused him to pull out. Everts was impressive, winning two motos. Australia's Michael Byrne broke a wrist. Chad Reed, who will be racing in the US next year for YOT, was also impressive winning one moto. For details go to www.motogp.com. Check out Kawasaki's complete 2002 off-road line in the photos section, click here. Travis Pastrana will raffle his US Open helmet to aid victims of the disaster. Tickets are $10. Read more here.
This set of RC's MXdN graphics will be auctioned off for the Clear Channel Sept 11 Relief Fund. Go to www.racerxill.com and go to Racerhead to get the details.
This fake photo of a jet about to hit the WTC is all over the web. It is definately a fake. Here's a link to a de-bunker that did a good job of it, About dot com. Would you like to pick a name for your military operation? Easy, just click here.
Anyway, just like the other shirts, they are $15.00, with $1.50 from each shirt
sold, going to the Red Cross Relief Fund.
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