Masters of Dirt by Monster Energy ensured that every one of the over 25 000 fans in Vienna this weekend, were kept on their edge of their seat for every segment of the new show.
The first-ever Synchro Tandem backflips went down a treat; with two motorcycles, both with a rider AND passenger on board, performing side-by-side backflips. Rocky and Antonio’s successful premier attempt of the Tandem body-switch had to be seen to be believed!
Monster Energy’s 14 year old FMX star Matej Cesak split wins with BMX’er Tobi Merz in the new ‘Rookie Showdown’ segment. Edgar ‘ET’ Torronteras won 3 of the 4 ‘Best Whip’ events from Marc Pinol as they pushed the limits of gravity to burst a huge balloon hanging 15m above the ground – with their rear wheels!
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Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen won his second Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, of the season before 69,785 fans at the Georgia Dome. Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Martin Davalos captured the first Eastern Regional 250SX Class win of his career.
Smartop/Motoconcepts Racing’s Mike Alessi earned the Nuclear Cowboyz Holeshot Award with Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto and Yoshimura Suzuki’s James Stewart following in second and third respectively. Stewart quickly moved into first place on the opening lap as Red Bull KTM’s Ken Roczen took over third. Stewart, who came into tonight’s race on a two-race win streak, crashed in a turn moments after taking over the lead position and remounted in last place … More
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Dragrace between Hildo, the owner & builder, of a 25 year old Harley Ratbike Chopper and the owner of a 170hp+ Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade. This man has considerable experience racing circuits but this ain’t no circuit!
He was sure this race would be a piece of cake against this rolling piece of Harley crap, then things turned bad… Enjoy!!
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In the last six or seven years, I have managed to be a very good boy and have gotten no traffic tickets, none. And by bragging about that to a few people instead of clamming up, I knew I was asking for it. Last April I got it, riding up the 110 freeway in L.A. on my way to Corsa Motoclassica on a shiny new FJR1300.
I’ve always thought the best defense in traffic is a strong offense, and usually travel slightly faster than most of the automobiles, which are of course always travelling faster than the speed limit whenever they’re able to. That’s what I was doing in … More
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