Did the Best Just Get Better?
There’s no two ways around it. I’m a road racer. I’ve always dreamed of being an uber-fast motocross rider, throwing flat whips and having great style and speed (if I could only ride a dirt bike like I can a street bike)… But it’s just not in the cards. At least not with as little as I ride off-road these days. It’s been a good seven or eight months since I’ve purposely taken flight on anything with two wheels, thus when I realized I had to fill in for our normal moto guys at the 2010 Honda CRF250R press intro, let’s say I was a tad gun shy. That was until I actually rode the bike: Flat-out couldn’t have picked a better machine to make my sudo-MX comeback on. But while it’s all good that my slow self got back to riding and liked the Honda, we brought our hired gun, former professional-level SX rider Matty Armstrong to really put it through the paces and breakdown how the CRF250 performs in the hands of someone who knows what they are doing. And while I typically don’t give this away up front, what the heck… The verdict: “Best 250F I’ve ever ridden!†were some of the first words out of his mouth after only a few laps on the new Honda. And it just kept getting better…  Details & Pictures
LOS ANGELES – Ashley Fiolek wears a pink bracelet on her right wrist that reads in Latin possunt quia le posse videntur.
English translation: To be able because you are able.
To the 18-year-old Fiolek it means riding fast in the noisy, chaotic sport of motocross, despite being deaf.
“We never treated Ashley different,†said her father, Jim. “To us she’s just a normal kid who can’t hear.â€
Normal, except she dominates in the dirt. Since turning pro last year, the 5-foot-2, 105-pound rider from St. Augustine, Fla., has won …Â Details
The MotorcycleUSA.com has agreed to be the event sponsor for the 102 Holeshot Awards at the Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn Ranch presented by Amsoil in Hurricane Mills, TN. The holeshot awards will be given in the form of $100 gift certificates from Motorcycle-Superstore.com.
“It’s all about the riders,” claims Ken Hutchison,VP MotorcycleUSA.com.
“The support we provide in promotion and coverage of the Loretta Lynn’s Nationals along with the Holeshot awards is pretty minor compared to the long hours of practice and racing it takes for these riders to qualify for this race. We’re excited to be able to contribute.”
The Air Nautiques/AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships presented by Amsoil at Loretta Lynn Ranch is the premier amateur motocross event in the world and …Â Details
Reed Continues Dominance with Victory in Washougal
Dungey Captures Second Straight, Ties for 250 Class Points Lead
WASHOUGAL, Wash. (July 25, 2009) – With sunny skies above, the world’s best motocross competitors invaded the Pacific Northwest and Washougal MX Park for the Motosport.com Motocross National Presented by Yamaha and Scott USA, round eight of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship. Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Australia, took his third win of the 2009 in the 450 Class. Suzuki teammate Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., won his second consecutive race and moved into a tie atop the 250 Class points standings. Honda of Houston’s Jessica Patterson, of Tallahassee, Fla., took her first win of the season in the WMX Class.
After returning to the series from a two-year hiatus…Â Details