Motorcycle Champs Will Return Again For 2009 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb And So Is Super Stock Car Legend Clint Vahsholtz.
Colorado Springs, February 7, 2009—Motorcyle racing at the 87th running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on July 19 in Colorado Springs is some of the legendary event’s most exciting stuff for the thousands of fans who will jam spaces along the road to the summit of the 14,000-foot peak.
And so it will be again for 2007 Champion and 2008 runnerup Mike Ell of Raymore, Missouri, who will be back again on his Yamaha Banshee in the Motorcycle Quad 500 Class to seek the top spot in the rarified air on Pikes Peak…Â More info
James Stewart extended his early domination of the supercross season with his fifth consecutive win Saturday night in Anaheim.
As light rain fell on Angel Stadium, Stewart crossed the finish line nearly four seconds ahead of archrival Chad Reed to win the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series race in front of 43,812.
But Reed, the reigning series champion, continued to hold a three-point lead over Stewart in this year’s title standings.
“The track got so slippery that you just had to be smart,” Stewart said.
After Stewart and Reed lined up next to each other for the start of the 20-lap main event…Â More info
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Like elephants, motorcycles have their common burial grounds where they go to die. Unlike elephants, parts off these dead bikes come back to keep their compatriots alive.
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In Denver, the motorcycle graveyard is located just west off Santa Fe Blvd. at Union. It is called Steele’s Cycles. The address is 2025 W. Union Ave.
Steele’s sells a bit of everything. Their showroom holds about 80 bikes of all sorts, from cruisers to dirt bikes with a good share of sport bikes. Accessories and other parts are stored inside as well, and then there is the outside.
Outside you’ll find the carcasses of hundreds of motorcycles of all makes and models. If you’re looking for a frame, or a fork, or …Â More info
The short, redheaded, freckled-faced kid looks more like a candidate to carry your groceries to the car at Publix than for superstardom, but that’s what Ricky Carmichael is: His nickname is “GOAT,” as in Greatest Of All Time, which in the world of motocross motorcycle racing he may well be. He’s the only rider in the AMA motocross history to have an undefeated season — and he did it twice.
Carmichael — a 29-year-old native of Clearwater who lives with wife Ursula and their twins near Tallahassee — has been busy making the transition from racing on two wheels to four. This afternoon, he’ll be behind the wheel of the Kevin Harvick-owned Monster Energy Chevrolet, starting 23rd in the 43-car grid for the Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200, the ARCA race that officially kicks off the oval track portion of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway… More info