MECHANICSVILLE, Md. (June 16, 2012) – Southern Maryland’s Budds Creek MX Park hosted the fifth round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing, on Saturday, as each of the series’ points leaders added to his respective championship advantage. Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., raced to his third consecutive 450 Class win with a third straight 1-1 moto sweep. In the 250 Class, Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki’s Blake Baggett, of Grand Terrace, Calif., secured his second victory of the season thanks to a triumphant effort in the second moto.
In the opening 450 Class moto  … More
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How one couple went 3,500 miles in a Morgan 3 Wheeler coast to coast
(Britain’s Morgan Motor Co. still builds cars much as it did a century ago — by hand, with wood and metal frames. To promote the revived Morgan 3 Wheeler — a open-air, $40,000 tricycle based on a 1911 design but powered by a modern 80-hp V-Twin engine — company chief and grandson of the founder Charles Morgan, along with his wife Kiera drove a Morgan 3 Wheeler across America last month in the Gumball 3000 rally. This is their story of open roads, gawkers and Death Valley droptop driving. — Ed.)Â
The experiment was to prove that a Morgan 3 Wheeler can cross the United States with ease, a journey of some 3,500 miles in all. To follow a process I take a Morgan 3 Wheeler after final inspection, just as it would leave the factory before being sent to a dealer or a customer. This is deliberate — I do not want to drive a specially prepared car … Pictures and more
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The 2012 Red Bull Romaniacs Enduro Rally, four grueling days of off-road motorcycle racing through the Romanian mountains, is not for the faint of heart…even if amateur competitors do occasionally stop to take a picture mid-race to commemorate the occasion. The Pros are all business though, negotiating fallen trees, rocks, mud, and steep hill climbs and descents. Two days into the 2012 rally, Husaberg Rider Graham Jarvis is holding steady at the top of the timesheet. The British rider kept in front of second place finisher Andreas Lettenbichler on both Day 1 and Day 2. KTM’s Chris Birch held third after Day 1 but fell to seventh on Day 2 and teammate Jonny Walker, winner of the recent Red Bull Hare Scramble  … More
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