Archive for the ‘Off-Road & Dirt Track’ Category
The obscure motocross discipline of Enduro X got prime-time spotlight at the close of X Games 17 Sunday, and true to its billing, the new event proved a suitably bone-crunching affair entirely worthy of X involvement.
“It’s pretty clear Enduro X is here to stay,” said X Games host Sal Masekela.
The sport’s biggest hero, Taddy Blazusiak of Poland, came-from-behind to win his first X Games gold medal after surviving an unplanned trip to the last chance qualifier in order to gain entrance to the main event. That was one more grueling race than he wanted  … Pictures and more
Sixty-one year old motorsport legend Nobuhiro ‘Monster’ Tajima, almost certainly the oldest world class athlete competing in any sport today, won his sixth consecutive Pikes Peak International Hill Climb on Sunday, at the same time as breaking the long standing 10 minute barrier for the course which rises 1.5 kilometers from start to oxygen-starved finish. Nissan’s electric LEAF established a new electric car record for the course and Ducati’s “four bikes in 1” Multistrada defended its 2010 win with a new record too  … Pictures and more
In a remarkable story, young Carlin Dunne of Santa Barbara exploded a stereotype about motorcycle dealership owners after taking pole position in his rookie year at Pikes Peak, and then blitzing the course in a new record time to take the win . . . Ducati’s second in a row. Here is Ducati’s press release from earlier today.
Carlin Dunne won the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb today on the Ducati Multistrada 1200, setting an all time  … More