Team USA celebrated its 21st MXoN victory in Denver on Sunday with Team Belgium and Team Germany with KTM’s Max Nagl, picking up the minor places
The KTM factory riders had mixed fortunes at the Motocross of Nations in Thunder Creek in Colorado at the weekend, with Germany’s Max Nagl emerging the top rider of the group, helping to push Team Germany onto the podium in third overall.
Max Nagl: It was amazing to be on the podium and its the first time for us since 1985 and that’s a long time. The last years have been really tough but now we had three top riders. I was quite happy with my riding. The speed was there and I had the same lap times as the big guys. I had a crash in the second moto and I hurt my hip but I’m happy that I wasn’t injured although for sure it will be sore for the next couple of days.
Strong showing from Tony Cairoli
Tony Cairoli, riding the 350 SX-F also put on a good show for Italy and helped to propel the team to fifth overall behind  … Details
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LAKEWOOD (USA), 25 September 2010 – The 64th edition of the Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations started with the MX1, MX2 and Open class qualifying races and it was Team USA who got the first spot at the end of the day. Germany was second ahead of Puerto Rico, while Belgium and France finished fourth and fifth respectively.
The winners of the qualifying heats were Tony Cairoli for Team Italy in MX1, Trey Canard for Team USA in MX2 and other American Andrew Short in the Open class.
Right before qualifying started, all the teams were presented at the start of the Thunder Valley track and the international crowd gave them a warm welcome unveiling to be a confidence booster for the three eventual winners of the day.
MX1
After being the first one to choosing the starting gate … Details
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Best in the Desert’s 2010 Vegas to Reno race marked the one-year point in my motorcycle racing career. Over the last year I have raced about 10 races between District 37 and BITD, and I came into this year’s race with a much different game plan, and a different bike. Instead of the KTM 525 I raced last year I opted for my KTM 950 Super Enduro. What I could remember of last year was a lot of wide-open stretches that my 525 struggled on. Another change of game plan would be to try and pace myself. Last year about 150 miles into day one I wrecked pretty bad. I’m not completely sure what happened (a concussion will do that to you), but this year I opted for the slow and steady pace. For some reason these plans always work until that flag drops and the race starts. For Ironman Experts the race started with the sun still below the horizon and basically a fog hanging in the air from the 45 minutes worth of bikes ahead of me. I stuck to my plan and backed the pace off when visibility was zero. By the first pit I had made just … Details
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The 2011 Daytona 200 Motorcycle Week will have a radical new look from season’s past as Daytona International Speedway splits its two biggest races into back-to-back weekend events.
In recent years, the Daytona Supercross and Daytona 200 have been staged on consecutive days over the final days of ‘Cycle Week, either Saturday and Sunday, or Friday and Saturday.
Now those two major motorcycle events will be held on different weekends during the traditional Bike Week time frame.
The first weekend of activity will focus solely on  … Details
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