What is it like to witness a virtuosic riding performance by rising stars Eli Tomac or Ken Roczen? When Ricky Carmichael or Andrew Short rip apart their private tracks, what are the rest of us missing? What continues to feed the competitive fires inside multi-time champions like Chad Reed or Ryan Dungey? How is it that Kurt Caselli is comfortable going over 100mph on two wheels through the unchartered desert? Is it competitive drive or pure natural talent that allows Taddy Blazusiak to decimate his competition? How does Taylor Robert navigate his way through a dream-like, Jurassic-sized motocross track built within a vineyard?
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An icon, legend and pioneer of American motorsports journalism passed away Friday morning. Chris Economaki was 91.
Economaki was inextricably linked to National Speed Sport News, in its original guise, for more than 75 years. He began selling copies of the paper at age 14 and his famous Editor’s Notebook started roughly at the same time, in 1934.
Economaki’s paper sales as a teenager earned him  … More
Ryan Dungey, Blake Baggett, and Justin Barcia arrived more than a week ahead of the 2012 Monster Energy Motocross of Nations to get in a day of practice at the famed Lommel circuit in Belgium.
One of the shortcomings of land speed racing is the amount of actual “seat time†one gets on the salt. Granted, those from Southern California can get in multiple events at El Mirage on the shorter mud lake, but I’m talking about those whose main destination is the Bonneville Salt Flats, the “Big Daddy†of LSR.
Preparation can take months, sometimes years, before putting it all together to make an attempt at history. Then you have to decide which sanction to run under, what type of record, and which set of rules best applies to you and your machine. Speed Week and SCTA put on the largest attended event each year, with 400 to 500 cars and bikes entered each season, sometimes  … More