“There was no other damage to the knee beyond the broken kneecap,” said Team Manager Roger DeCoster. “The outlook is better than expected as we thought he was out for the year. It appears now that there’s a good chance he will be able to get back out there racing before the end of this season.”…Â Details & Picture
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Crash Video Motorcycle Motorcross – Wipeout Of The Week 10/06/09 – Guy Cooper
WORTHAM, Texas (June 6, 2009) – After grabbing his first career victory in the premier 450 Class just one week ago, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Mike Alessi, of Victorville, Calif., cruised to a 1-1 sweep of the day’s motos to earn the overall victory at the Flagstar Bank Motocross National from Freestone Raceway, round three of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship. Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., grabbed the win in the 250 Class.
Alessi grabbed the holeshot in both moto one and moto two and never looked back, quickly gapping the field and winning by double-digit margins in each. The current points leader extended his advantage in the standings to 31 points over his rivals and has claimed early control of the championship chase.
“I knew it was going to be…Â Details
The limiting of motorcycles with a displacement of 450 cc forces the long term dominator of the Dakar Rally to withdraw
Following the announcement at a press conference on June 4, 2009 of the French “ASO†– the organisers of the “South American Dakar“ that from 2010, only motorcycles with a maximum displacement of 450 cc will be permitted to compete, KTM, after eight consecutive victories, has decided to immediately accept the consequences and announces its withdrawal from the “Dakarâ€. The company will no longer be represented at the rally in South America either with an official factory team or a KTM-supported team. At the same time, KTM underlines that the company remains committed to rally sport and will now concentrate its efforts on the world championship and other important rallies. The organiser’s short term change to the rules, designed to end the dominance of KTM, and which comes without any advance warning, hits the KTM factory hard… Details