Native son Chris Carr came within a half-motorcycle length from a storybook ending to his triumphant return to Sacramento. With friends, family and old racing buddies cheering him on from the stands, Carr led for much of the Sacramento Mile until Bryan Smith was able to get by on the final lap to edge him out for the victory by 0.042 seconds. Carr, born and raised in nearby Stockton, had won the last AMA Sacramento Mile 12 years ago and almost repeated the performance to a packed house at Cal Expo.
“My whole career, I’ve always said second place (stinks),” Carr said to the standing-room only crowd from the podium. “Now you know how I feel.”   … More
We update you on all the action from the exciting fourth and final day at X Games 17 in beautiful Southern California.With the streets of downtown Los Angeles packed with screaming fans, we check in on RallyCross and then head up and over rocks, mud, and logs to a progressive new event, Enduro X
The U.S. House has approved legislation by a vote of 421-2 to exempt kids’ off-highway vehicles (OHVs) from the lead law that essentially bans the sale of those machines at the end of the year, the American Motorcyclist Association reports.
On Aug. 1, Reps. Mary Mack Bono (R-Calif.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) introduced H.R. 2715 to grant the exemption. The measure earned House approval later in the day and now goes to the Senate for consideration.
The Senate is considering similar legislation  … More