WORTHAM, Texas (June 6, 2009) – After grabbing his first career victory in the premier 450 Class just one week ago, Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Mike Alessi, of Victorville, Calif., cruised to a 1-1 sweep of the day’s motos to earn the overall victory at the Flagstar Bank Motocross National from Freestone Raceway, round three of the 2009 Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship. Rockstar/Makita/Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., grabbed the win in the 250 Class.
Alessi grabbed the holeshot in both moto one and moto two and never looked back, quickly gapping the field and winning by double-digit margins in each. The current points leader extended his advantage in the standings to 31 points over his rivals and has claimed early control of the championship chase.
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The eye-catching design left every rider with an opinion and even brought new riders into the Victory camp.
When Victory Motorcycles unveiled their new touring model, the Vision ,it immediately rode away with accolades from a leading riding magazine.
Now the slipstreamed touring motorcycle has been recognized as the top touring motorcycle in the country by the Robb Report in its 21st annual “Best of the Best†issue.
Victory Motorcycles won the awarding for it’s limited edition 10th Anniversary Vision Tour bike…Â Details
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The limiting of motorcycles with a displacement of 450 cc forces the long term dominator of the Dakar Rally to withdraw
Following the announcement at a press conference on June 4, 2009 of the French “ASO†– the organisers of the “South American Dakar“ that from 2010, only motorcycles with a maximum displacement of 450 cc will be permitted to compete, KTM, after eight consecutive victories, has decided to immediately accept the consequences and announces its withdrawal from the “Dakarâ€. The company will no longer be represented at the rally in South America either with an official factory team or a KTM-supported team. At the same time, KTM underlines that the company remains committed to rally sport and will now concentrate its efforts on the world championship and other important rallies. The organiser’s short term change to the rules, designed to end the dominance of KTM, and which comes without any advance warning, hits the KTM factory hard… Details
Jesse James, the daredevil reality TV star who is wed to actress Sandra Bullock, is constantly stretching the limits of possibility by taking risks that could him kill him if the smallest detail go wrong. But there is no stopping Jesse, who is now getting ready for his new TV show ‘Jesse James is a Dead Man’, in which he is sure to take risk-taking to the next level. How does Sandra allow him to put his life in jeopardy? … Details