PICKERINGTON, Ohio — The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) congratulates Team USA, which raced to victory against the world’s top junior riders at the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, Aug. 22-24, in Dardon Gueugnon, France. The event included motocross prodigies from 34 nations competing for both individual and team FIM World Championships.
American rider Jake Pinhancos took the victory in the 65cc class, Josh Mosiman was the top 85cc rider, finishing 11th overall, and Joey Savatgy placed second overall in the highly competitive 125cc class. Teams were ranked based on the finishing positions of their highest-placed rider in each class, with the lowest score winning. Team USA dominated  … Details
Ben Spies claimed his first MotoGP pole position on home ground by beating Jorge Lorenzo and Nicky Hayden at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
On the weekend that he was announced as a factory Yamaha rider for 2011, current Tech 3 man Spies initially jumped to pole with a 1m40.465s a quarter of an hour from the end.
Works rider Lorenzo failed to beat him by 0.012sec – but both were usurped when Ducati’s local hero Hayden put in a 1m40.336s lap seven minutes later …Â Details
Team USA raced to mx victory against the world’s top junior riders at the FIM Junior Motocross World Championship, Aug. 22-24, in Dardon Gueugnon, France.
The motorcycle racing event included motocross prodigies from 34 nations competing for both individual and team FIM World Championships.
American rider Jake Pinhancos took the victory in the 65cc class, Josh Mosiman was the top 85cc rider, finishing 11th overall, and Joey Savatgy placed second overall in the highly competitive 125cc class.
Teams were ranked based on the finishing positions of their highest-placed rider in each class, with the lowest score winning.
Team USA dominated the field with … Details