… High desert winds forced the 4 hour delay of the qualifying races for the USGP at Glen Helen and would come back on race day Sunday to wreak havoc on the later laps of the MX2 class.
The Vet Invitational class, for riders aged 40-50+ was won by former Yamaha factory rider Doug “Dr D” Dubach. His biggest rivals were number one plate holder Mats Nilsson. Jet Ski champion Victor Sheldon, Ty Davis, New Zealander Darryl King (brother of former 500cc World Champion Shane) and KTM honcho Kurt Nicoll all showed fantastic speed for middle aged men … Details
The FIM Motocross World Championship collective goes straight from USA to France where the seventh round of the series will take place this weekend. While home riders Xavier Boog and Sebastien Pourcel struggle in a Tony Cairoli dominated MX1 class, France has a strong presence in the MX2 courtesy of leader Marvin Musquin and third placed since the USGP Steven Frossard.Â
Winning at Glen Helen, Cairoli built on his Championship lead while Max Nagl remained in second place. Clement Desalle instead is now third from David Philippaerts and Ken De Dycker. Home rider Xavier Boog is the best placed Frenchman with a current seventh place while Sebastien Pourcel is 13th right ahead of countryman Boissiere … Details
With nearly a week gone by to ingest everything we took in at the USGP at Glen Helen, it’s time to share some random thoughts and imagery from a race that almost didn’t happen.
There were loads of good battles in each class – whether it was Townley and Alessi, or Cairoli and Alessi, or Desalle and everyone else – but in the MX2 class, the best battles were between the Brit Shaun Simpson (#11 above) and Britain-based American rider Zach Osborne (following behind here). Up to this point, Osborne was having a rather forgettable GP season while Simpson was working on being one of the …Â Details
Travis Pastrana is the most popular figure in freestyle motocross. No other has done so much for this young and dangerous sport. He first got on a motorbike at the tender age of three. Over 20 years riding he’s brought himself and his bike to the brink of the feasible. However, this was not enough. Victories in rally sport and mad dangerous action stunts followed.