The world of dirt biking–or motocross–is vast and varied, and includes a cadre of 24 riders who last month embarked on an eight-day, 1,500-mile marathon journey from the U.S.-Mexico border to Land’s End at Cabo San Lucas, which is on the tip of Mexico’s Baja Peninsula. It was not a race, but a test of will as they zigzagged across Baja California, enduring heat, cold, fear, fatigue, failure, camouflaged gunmen, jumping cactus, venomous snakes, secret trails, night riding, and ultimately, triumph. They call it the Rip to Cabo. Check out a photo gallery by Kevin Ward and more of what they encountered   … Here
MX Sports Pro Racing has announced that professional women’s motocross racing will again be featured at the 2013 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing. WMX racing will be hosted at three select rounds next summer, with the Hangtown Motocross Classic (Sacramento, Calif.), the High Point National (Mt. Morris, Pa.) and Moto-X 338 National (Southwick, Mass.) selected to compose what will be officially known as the Women’s Pro Motocross Triple Crown.
“The number of 2013 events featuring women’s pro motocross has been reduced from past years due to operational demands associated with both the live events and the television and internet broadcasts for the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship,” said Roy Janson, Director of Competition for MX Sports Pro Racing. “This limits  … More
Wild Wally Palmer rips his Christini around the EnduroCross course in Las Vegas during practice and his hot lap. The rock section was brutal and claimed even the best riders in the sport.