Kurt Nicoll Interview

 This week’s Torq Moto Podcast Show driven by Talon sees yet another big hitter of 80’s and 90’s British motocross joining US - DocWob and ‘Jeffro’ Perrett. Kurt Nicoll calls into Torq Moto HQ for a candid chat on his brilliant MX career, with this being the first of a two-part interview. Nicoll’s MX racing career has been a fascinating one, and he’s still very much involved with the sport. Now residing in California running his ‘Champion MX California Vacations’ business to great effect offering dirt bike experiences on some iconic tracks. In this first episode, the trio go back to the very beginning and discusses how Nicoll got started in the sport, which was always likely to happen with his dad Dave being a MXGP racer. He talks about how he found himself on a 500cc bike at an early age and never really looked back. Something he doesn’t like to do too much, but in this case, we prompted him and it was a bit of an eye-opener! There are several moments like that during the interview when he really opens up on his career and you’ll get to see the real Kurt Nicoll and not the one that was 'there for business’ back in the day as he puts it. From coming back from a badly broken leg that nearly finished his career before it really had a chance to flourish to discussing those ‘Bridesmaid’ moments where he came so close to winning that elusive world title multiple times and his healthy rivalry with Dave Thorpe.

McAdoo out for rest of Supercross with broken scapula

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Further testing this week revealed broken scapula and partial muscle tear.

Image: Octopi Media.

Following further testing this week, Cameron McAdoo has announced he will miss the rest of the 2024 Monster Energy Supercross season due to a broken scapula and partial tear of a muscle in his shoulder.

McAdoo crashed with Logan Leitzel in qualifying for the Nashville Supercross and still made the main event but was unable to finish the race.

The initial plan was to see if he could still ride this week to make a determination for this weekend’s Philadelphia Supercross, but testing revealed damage that was too much to continue racing through.

“After getting some X-Rays and MRIs this week, we figured out that I ended up breaking my scapula and I have a partial tear on one of the muscles in my shoulder,” said McAdoo. “The good news is that nothing requires surgery. All the ligaments in my shoulder are good. That was one of the biggest concerns for me. That’s the positive of it. Unfortunately, this is going to be the end of my Supercross season.

“As tough of a pill that is to swallow for me, it was such a good year for me too. I was in the points lead, in the points hunt, fighting for race wins. We really enjoyed ourselves and I feel like we made a lot of improvements. We’re going to hang our head high. I’m really excited to go race outdoors. I’m really excited to go race the SMX series and just have the opportunity to do more racing this summer. I can’t wait to be back out there in a few weeks.”

McAdoo went into the Nashville Supercross as the points leader in the 250SX East Championship by four points over Tom Vialle. Following his DNF, McAdoo is currently 16 points behind Vialle which suddenly made the title a longshot with two rounds to go. He made it four laps in the main event before pulling off but had initially crashed on the first lap of the race with teammate Levi Kitchen which put them both way behind the field.

"I Spent $500,000 of My Own Money." | Malcolm Stewart Interview

 
Malcolm Stewart sat down with Vital MX at Nashville to talk about early career expectations, betting on himself, filling his brother's shoes, can he still win, and much more.

Evan Ferry....Say What?

SuperCross Entertainment Goes Down...Roczen Out!

Ken Roczen out of 2024 Monster Energy Supercross, confirms injuries...

Ken Roczen has just revealed the extent of the injuries that he sustained at round 14 of 2024 Monster Energy Supercross, Nashville, and the fact that he will be unable to partake in the remaining rounds of the series. Roczen's spectacular crash in Tennessee has been seen around the world. Unfortunately, he did not escape unscathed. The statement below covers the extent of his injuries.

"After further evaluation it looks like I will be out for a little bit. It turns out I broke my tib plateau, my foot and my toe. No surgery is required as of right now but we are still gathering some information and further evaluation. That's really all I have for now. Bye bye SX24 [sic]. You were pretty cool! My fans and partners, you guys make it super fun and it's a joy coming to the races and get that support you guys give us."

Like last year, Roczen concludes the Monster Energy Supercross season with one triumph to his name. Sixth is the position that he occupies in the championship standings with three rounds to run. Aaron Plessinger, the rider in seventh, is also inactive, so there is a chance that '94' will maintain position.

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Jett Lawrence...Cooper Webb...Eli Tomac all used the Works Connection Pro Launch Device in Nashville. Results matter.

Pro Launch from WC....The Pros Choice!

"Pros says if you want to score more hole shots follow the lead of the factory boys. The HRC and Star Yamaha teams can use what they want and they choose the Works Connection Pro Launch device" If its good enough for Jett its good enough for you. Put one on your shopping list.

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Jett Lawrence – "I hate losing"

He was serious all day, the normally carefree Jett Lawrence had a job to do, but once he delivered another win under pressure, Lawrence explained just how much he hated losing after a classy ride in Nashville to run down Eli Tomac for the win.

Don’t mis-read Jett Lawrence when he’s joking around. Underneath that playful nature is a Carmichael level killer. He fired in Nashville.

Jett said: ““I hate losing, so that bit of a losing streak really sucked. But [I’m] really pumped to come out and get it done here, especially with the Slash and Gibson [designed] gear. Those people are awesome to us, so I have to say a big shout out to them; I reckon it helped a lot.

“I felt good out there [and] hit my marks. A big [bummer] for Kenny, I didn’t get to fully see [Roczen’s crash] because of all the smoke, but it looked like it was pretty bad, so I hope he’s okay or has a speedy recovery from that. But… this [win] is leading in the good direction, so hopefully we keep it going.”

Jett added in the press conference: “The bike’s been handling great and I’ve been feeling good the last few weekends, it’s just I haven’t been putting it together and haven’t been putting myself in good positions.”

Even rival Webb admitted Jett was just too good: “I think for me, honestly, I saw today from practice, I think Jett had a point to prove and he did that. You know, to me he was to me the best all day.” 

Point proven.

See the heads up riding from Jett to run down Tomac for the second week in a row:

2024 WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP

NO MYSTERY! YOU DON’T NEED SHERLOCK HOLMES TO SOLVE THE RIDDLE

You don’t need Sherlock Holmes to tell you that a two-stroke is a vastly superior motocross racing engine to a four-stroke. On a per-cubic-centimeter basis, it makes 40 percent more power and does it with less weight, fewer moving parts, less cost and without the need for much in the way of technical support. The two-stroke is the ultimate powerplant for a motocross machine.

Carson Brown (1) came to Glen Helen as the odds-on favorite to win the Open Pro class.  And, after his first moto rout of the competition, his victory seemed assured, but it wasn’t to be. Carson gave it everything he had to pass Justin Hoeft in the second moto, but came up short.

In fact, the two-stroke was so superior to the four-stroke when it made its first mark on racing back in 1966 that it wiped the four-stroke off of the racetracks of the world. And, the two-stroke would most likely wipe the four-strokes off the face of the earth today—if the bureaucrats, fat cats, money changers, pencil pushers, professional alibiers and downright liars weren’t in charge of the direction of the sport of motocross.

The ultimate expression of two-strokedom celebrated its 15th year of existance at Glen Helne raceway this past Saturday. What follows are the pro results and some of Debbi Tamietti’s 1000 photos and able help from Trevor Nelson and Kyoshi Becker.

Sexton OK

Red Bull KTM Chase Sexton had a violent crash early in the Main Event in Nashville. He came up short on the double on the start straight and went over the bars into the corner. He was down for a bit before exiting the track on his own accord.

And positive news for @chasesexton, he’s now been cleared of injury after exiting the 450SX Main Event in Nashville.

KTM gave a quick update on Instagram about Sexton’s condition and it looks like he checked out without any injuries and should be available to race next weekend in Philadelphia.

KTM also said that a rock cracked the throttle body, causing the throttle to stick, which made him crash. This news was first reported by Jason Weigandt, the singer of the Creed two stroke deal.

Shock body malfunction caused Roczen to hit the deck

Further evaluation needed for Roczen after Nashville crash

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After a violent crash ended Ken Roczen’s main event in Nashville, the Progressive Ecstar Suzuki team stated he suffered bruising in his knee, ankle and toes. Roczen has now further stated that he will get MRIs done on Monday and is unsure of his current timetable to return to racing.

The crash happened on the eighth lap of the main event when Roczen was right behind race leader Eli Tomac. When landing a big triple before the whoops, Roczen’s bike began smoking. Roczen was able to make it all the way through the whoops before ejecting over the end of the whoops to the flat ground.

“I thought bull riding would be more fun,” said Roczen. “Getting some MRIs on Monday. Knee, ankle and toes got all of it. What a bummer. It was shaping up to be a good battle. But once again you can’t take an ol’ German oak out just like that. We’ll be back. I just don’t know when yet.”

The root cause for the crash and why the bike was smoking was due to a shock malfunction. The team stated it was a component failure, and Roczen further clarified what happened.

“We are doing some investigation as my shock body only had about three hours on it and we have never seen it malfunction like that,” said Roczen. “It wasn’t a seal or anything. The bottom cap/housing or whatever you want to call it completely exploded.”

Further updates will be made available after Roczen has received more evaluation tomorrow. Roczen is currently sixth in 450SX standings with three races left to go, but it seems likely he might not be ready for round 15 in Philadelphia next week.