It is hard to describe this as anything other than a PR disaster for Yamaha. For some time, speculation on the Internet and in the pits has run rampant that James Stewart was unhappy with his JGRMX/Toyota/Yamaha race bike, and Pirelli tires, and wanted to switch to a Suzuki  … More
Jeremy talks to Jim Holley about James Stewart and the JGR/Yamaha team
On Sunday afternoon, May 6, less than 24 hours after the Monster Energy AMA Supercross finale in Las Vegas, Joe Gibbs Racing Motocross have “mutually agreed to release [James] Stewart from his contract for all racing and media relations responsibilities that were assumed by him at the beginning of the 2012 racing season,” according to a brief 58-word press release issued by JGRMX.
Stewart, whose only public comments over the past six weeks have been  … More
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., won his fourth Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, race tonight in front of a sold-out crowd of 39,509 at Sam Boyd Stadium. After leading wire-to-wire, GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia, of Ochlocknee, Ga., won the final stop of the Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class Championship. Barcia’s teammate Eli Tomac, of Cortez, Colo., also led all 15 laps of the Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Main Event, winning his fifth race of the season.
MotoConcepts’ Mike Alessi, of Hilliard, Fla.,    … More
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey of Belle Plaine, Minn., captured the third Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, win of the season tonight at Rice-Eccles Stadium in front of 40,548 fans. En route to winning his fourth Main Event of the year, GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac clinched the first Western Regional Supercross Lites Class Championship of his career.
Toyota/Yamaha/JGRMX’s Davi Millsaps started perfectly, winning the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award with Dungey on his back wheel  … More