Although Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Josh Creamer took a decided 1-2 victory at the Dirt Days National at the Loretta Lynn Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Defending Series Champion, Rockstar Makita Suzuki’s Dustin Wimmer took home his second series championship, despite a fourth place overall finish in the final round of the series. Honda’s Joe Byrd took home second and Warnert Can-Am’s John Natalie took third on the podium.
Wimmer overcame a mid-season shoulder injury that would have knocked most riders out of the series altogether. “It feels great,” Wimmer said. “It was a really hard year for the team with me getting injured the fourth race in. I had to …Â Details
GRASS VALLEY, CA AUGUST 15, 2009 Kevin Yoder took the green flag in the final round of the Nor Cal Rock Racing competition on Saturday August 15th with a win on his mind, but with the Season Series Title clinched. The final results of the day gave Kevin Yoder his 2nd straight Nor Cal Rock Racing Season Title, while taking home a second place win for the Prairie City final event. Kevins Flip – Kevin Yoder at Prairie City off road park (Sacramento Ca.) Rock Race 8-15-09 Final round – came in second
FORTY-SEVEN TEAMS GEARING UP TO RACE DOWN GRAND AVENUE ONTO 5TH STREET
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ — On September 26 there will be at least two streets in Los Angeles free from the usual gridlocked traffic. Grand Avenue and 5th Street in Downtown will be reconfigured into wide-open raceways as the Red Bull Soapbox Race screeches into town. The wacky event will feature a field of 47 hand-made soapbox racers, driven by men and women daring enough to brave steep drops, a 90 degree turn and scary speeds in pursuit of achieving glory. But this race is far from your stereotypical childhood derby, and these are no ordinary vehicles! Angelenos can keep their eyes peeled for a giant nose, a bunk bed, a time-traveling DeLorean, Pac-Man, an Aztec temple and more zooming down Grand Ave and taking a sharp turn onto 5th Street next to Pershing Square Park.
After reviewing around 200 applications, the 47 most creative teams were selected to race their human-powered vehicles down the course. While these teams definitely feel the need for speed – they can reach close to 40mph in their racers – they will need more than just velocity to win. Judging is based on three criteria: speed, creativity and showmanship, so expect to see a healthy slice of style added to soapboxes’ blur-inducing speed …Â Details
The ATV racing season was fully underway. It was Round 4 of 13 to be held in the Grand National Cross Country series, last April 4th and 5th, and I couldn’t believe I was finally going to witness this most spectacular form of quad racing in the sport ATV world. I have many times wished to be among those courageous enough to attack the coveted holeshot at the many MX tracks I’ve been at up here in Canada. Here, I wouldn’t even fathom the idea of going just once around this monstrous track. I was glad to be a mere spectator of this amazing display of courage that was this grueling 3-hour race at the famed Big Buck track, where all classes, meaning hundreds of riders and race machines of many types, invade the huge track littered with just about any kind of obstacle you can think of, all at the same time!
Only 30 seconds separates every class start, which makes for the most spectacular race starts one can ever witness. The call to fire-up is given and the instant response to it rumbles …Â Details & lots of Pictures