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Ten FIM World Championships, 101 Grand Prix victories, and a multitude of Motocross of Nations triumphs. The only rider to win FIM world titles for all four Japanese manufacturers. The son of a four-time world champion.
If there is such a thing as “motocross royalty,” Stefan Everts is the man who would be king. Part of a lineage of storied Belgian motocross champions with surnames like DeCoster, Robert, Geboers, Rahier, and Jobe, Stefan Everts is arguably the the greatest of them all … More
Yamaha loves its racers. From dirt to pavement, Yamaha understands its past champions played a major role in putting the Tuning Fork brand on the racing map. So when the company holds its year-end champions celebration, it’s kind of a big deal.
This year Yamaha’s Bob Starr and Racing Director Keith McCarty paid tribute to two of its biggest racing stars, three-time and first American Grand Prix champion, Kenny Roberts, and four-time 250cc motocross champion Gary Jones, by honoring them with lifetime achievement awards. Roberts, in typical King Kenny fashion, made a dramatic entrance by … More
Kenny Roberts arrives at Yamaha Motor Corp. USA headquarters on the infamous TZ750 flat-tracker to accept a lifetime achievement award.
The Stoked News story and video of King Kenny and the TZ Flat-Tracker at the 1975 Indy Mile
The Women’s Motocross Championship will increase to an eight-round series in 2014 that will see the women racers competing in conjunction with some of the premier amateur motocross events through out the country. In 2013, there were three WMX rounds and, in the past, were usually held in conjunction with the outdoor National MX Pro series.
The opening round of the WMX Series will take place during the Ricky Carmichael Amateur Supercross at Daytona, March 9-10. After that, the series will head to Wortham, Texas, and the Freestone Spring Classic on March 22, then travel to … More