Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 1:56PM Video highlights from the 2019 RevLimiter Extreme Enduro where Cody Webb took victory ahead of Wade Young and Mario Roman. Cold Texas winter weather made the RevLimiter tougher than usual.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 1:54PM
Team HRC and Tim Gajser started off the 2019 MXGP world championships with a second overall at the picturesque Villa La Angostura track in Patagonia-Argentina. With a packed crowd showing their appreciation, Gajser led part of the second race as he looked on course for an overall victory. In the end, he had to settle for a pair of second place finishes, but it was an extremely impressive opening round for the Slovenian rider who has won at this track twice before.
Rounding the first turn outside the top five in moto one left Gajser with plenty to do, but he eventually settled into a rhythm and began to pick off riders one by one as the laps ticked off. With just five laps remaining he eventually made the pass on Romain Febvre for second and set about trying to track down Antonio Cairoli. Unfortunately time ran out before he could really mount a challenge and he crossed the line just over five seconds behind.
In the second race, Gajser was millimetres away from claiming the holeshot but he soon passed for the lead and set about trying to escape from the chasing pack. Unfortunately he couldn’t find his rhythm straight away and Febvre passed him early on. With Cairoli just behind, the three engaged in a great battle which eventually saw Cairoli move into the lead with Gajser close behind. The two quickly pulled away and although the #243 gave it everything he had, he missed out on the overall victory by under three seconds. It was still a podium performance though and one that sets him up nicely for round two in a few weeks’ time.
It was also a solid first round for fellow Team HRC rider Brian Bogers, who is easing himself back into this competitive MXGP class, after missing almost the entire 2018 season with injury. Bogers is hoping to get up to race pace as quickly as possible and felt that today was positive step towards that goal as he achieved two top 20 finishes.
With the next round of the series being at Matterley Basin, on March 23/24, Bogers has a couple of weeks now to build upon this solid showing and prepare himself for England and for what is another one of the best tracks in the calendar.
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I’m really happy to start the season strongly with a podium, and to feel really good on the track. In the first race I didn’t get the best of starts and it took me a couple of laps to find a good rhythm and to find the nice lines but once I did that, I passed a lot of the guys in front of me and finished in second. That was a great way to start the season off. Then in second moto, it was even better as I almost took the holeshot and I led for a lap but I was riding tight and not enjoying my riding so Romain (Febvre) and Toni (Cairoli) passed me. After this, I found my rhythm and found the flow around the track and was able to move into second and just start enjoying riding again. Two second places is a good start to the season and I’m really looking forward to the next races. A big thanks to the whole team around me, who help me out and put together this amazing CRF450RW.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 1:51PM 
Enduring a technical problem in qualifying at Argentina’s opening round of the 2019 MXGP World Championship wasn’t a concern for Antonio Cairoli, as he bounced back on Sunday for two race victories and the overall.
The issue ultimately forced him to retire from Saturday’s heat race, granting him 28th gate pick for both of Sunday’s outings. Despite the poor gate choice, the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing rider managed to string together two strong starts before sealing victory.
“I’m really happy about this race because we unfortunately had a problem yesterday and on this track the start is really important because there is not much difference between the riders and the lap-times,” the nine-time world champion explained.
“I did my best to get to the front both times and it worked – I was in the top ten and could manage to work my way through. It was a nice race and nice event. So many fans, it is like being in Italy for me!”
The Italian ace was joined on the podium by Tim Gajser (Honda HRC) and Jeremy van Horebeek (Honda SR Motoblouz). The next stop on the MXGP calendar is scheduled for 24 March at Matterley basin in Great Britain.
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 1:16PM Watching Monster Energy Supercross is fun but nothing beats getting out there yourself and racing. Six to Sixty it doesn't matter winning first place brings a big smile to your face. Here's a shot of Bret Eckert smiling with his first place trophy he won after five hard fought motos in Arizona.
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 12:04PM
Red Bull KTM Factory rider Antonio Cairoli has made the perfect start to World title number 10 as he scored 1-1 results in cold condition at the GP of Argentina. The Italian legend, who failed to impress on Saturday looked in total control as he caught and passed the early leaders and controlled both races.
Second overall was Tim Gajser with 2-2 scores and Jeremy Van Horebeek was third with 6-3 scores.
Gajser and Febvre away quickly, followed by Searle, Van Horebeek, Simpson, Cairoli, Liever, Monticelli, Anstie and Tonus. Desalle and Paulin down hard in the first corner and Lieber down in the first lap.
A nice little battle between Gajser and Febve as Febvre takes the lead from the HRC rider, but then Gajser takes it back. Just like yesterday’s qualification race, 2016 all over again.
The two swapped the lead for some time, before Febvre took command. Cairoli into third place and goes after the two younger riders up front. Van Horebeek also past Searle, who hasn’t ridden up front in a long time and must be feeling the pressure.
Cairoli closing down on Gajser and after two laps its Febvre by more than a second over Gajser, Cairoli, Van Horebeek, Searle, Monticelli, Simpson, Anstie, Jasikonis, Tonus and Nagl (not bad from the German as his knee came out of the socket in the opening moto retirement).
Anstie passed Simpson for seventh place. Four laps and the top three are getting closer together as Gajser looked for a way past the leader, and Cairoli watched like a hawk from behind.
Van Horebeek in fourth and 10 seconds behind and Searle continued to hold onto fifth place, a brilliant return to the front.
Cairoli shows his hand, passing both Febvre and Gajser in a magnificent move. All three were locked together for a moment and it had MXGP madness written all over it.
Gajser went past Febvre for second, and Desalle is riding like a legend in 11th place after his first corner accident. Paulin is in 12th place, also impressive.
A nice british freight train as Searle leads Anstie and Simpson in fifth, sixth and seventh place. Paulin moved past Desalle and they are both in the top ten on lap seven, eight and ninth.
Desalle back past Paulin and also Jasikonis and onto Simpson for seventh spot. Paulin also went past the Husky rider. Desalle into seventh and Anstie is his next challenge. Paulin also went past Simpson, but the Brit wasn’t having it and moved back into 8th place.
Searle hanging in there to keep Anstie behind him as the two British rider’s battle each other.
After 11 laps the lead by Cairoli was just four seconds, followed by Gajser, Febvre, Van Horebeek, Searle, Anstie, Desalle, Paulin, Simpson and Jasikonis.
Anstie moved past Searle and both riders started feeling the heat from Desalle and Paulin, who were on a roll as they rode through the pack. Febvre down hard and out of the race as the marshalls carry him off the track.
After 15 laps it was Cairoli, Gajser, Van Horebeek, Anstie, Searle, Paulin, Desalle, Jasikonis, Simpson and Tonus.
Cairoli wins the moto and the GP, Gajser finishes second and second overall and Van Horebeek third in the moto and third overall
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1. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), 50 points; 2. Tim Gajser (SLO, HON), 44 p.; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, HON), 35 p.; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, KAW), 33 p.; 5. Gautier Paulin (FRA, YAM), 32 p.; 6. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, HUS), 26 p.; 7. Tommy Searle (GBR, KAW), 22 p.; 8. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), 22 p.; 9. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, YAM), 21 p.; 10. Pauls Jonass (LAT, HUS), 21 p.; 11. Julien Lieber (BEL, KAW), 21 p.; 12. Romain Febvre (FRA, YAM), 20 p.; 13. Max Anstie (GBR, KTM), 18 p.; 14. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, KAW), 17 p.; 15. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), 13 p.; 16. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, YAM), 11 p.; 17. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), 11 p.; 18. Brian Bogers (NED, HON), 9 p.; 19. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), 7 p.; 20. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), 4 p.; 21. Joaquin Poli (ARG, HON), 3 p.; 22. Juan Pablo Luzzardi (ARG, KTM), 1 p.; 23. Jetro Salazar (PER, HON), 1 p.; 24. Victor Garrido (ARG, HON), 0 p.; 25. Hector Assuncao (BRA, HON), 0 p.; 26. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), 0 p.; 27. Marcos Antezana (BOL, HON), 0 p.; 28. Francisco Urrutia (URU, KTM), 0 p.; |
Sunday, March 3, 2019 at 11:58AM First 250SX East/West Showdown victory of 2019 season to Cianciarulo.
Red Bull KTM Factory Racing’s Cooper Webb has stretched his lead in the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, series after storming to victory in Atlanta.
Webb captured his fifth win of the nine contested this season, growing his points advantage to 13 as the season moves into its second half.
A decisive hole-shot placed Webb at the head of the pack in the 20-minute main event and he was never headed, withstanding challenges from Blake Baggett (Rocky Mountain ATV/MC KTM) and teammate Marvin Musquin in a wire-to-wire win.
Baggett made his way by Musquin following 13 laps – assisted by a mistake in the sand by the Frenchman – and only 2.141s separated the trio across the line. It marked the second all-KTM podium sweep of the season, while the rider currently second in the standings, Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) finished fourth.
Rookie Aaron Plessinger (Monster Energy Yamaha) put forward his best performance of the season in placing fifth, with Australia’s Chad Reed (JGRMX Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing) finishing in 13th position this weekend.
In the first 250SX East/West Showdown of the season, Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki’s current West Coast leader Adam Cianciarulo was assertive on his way to victory, topping Dylan Ferrandis (Monster Energy Yamalube Star Racing Yamaha) and early leader Austin Forker (Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki).
The 2019 season will now travel to Daytona International Speedway in Florida for round 10, which will be another 250SX East round on the schedule.
Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 4:24PM
Monster Energy Yamaha rider Romain Febvre returned to the winners circle for the first time in a long time as he made the most of a mechanical problem by slow starting Antonio Cairoli and a crash infested race by early leader Tim Gajser.
Gajser holeshot from Lieber, Lupino, Febvre and Jonass, Cairoli back in 20th place. Van Horebeek past Jonass, and Nagl Anstie, Bogers and Tonus round out the top ten. Gajser just gone as he pulled away from Lieber, as Jonass and Anstie all over Van Horebeek.
Gajser three seconds ahead of Lieber, and Cairoli up to 14th place. Simpson 17th, Coldenhoff 23rd and Bobryshev struggling with his injured wrist in last.
Desalle joined Jonass and Anstie, and the Belgian quickly into 8th place. Nagl still riding well in sixth place, and Paulin up to 11th place. Anstie also gets Jonass to drop the former MX2 champion back to ninth place, just ahead of Tonus, who had Paulin on his back wheel. MXGP isn’t letting down again with battles all over the place. Cairoli up to 12th place.
Cairoli bike problems as he stopped on the track and struggling to get his bike going again. A bad start to his challenge for his 10th title and a poor gate pick tomorrow for the legend.
Here we are back in 2016 as Gajser leads a hard charging Febvre, the Frenchman closed right up on the HRC rider. Febvre clocked the quickest lap of the race. Lieber still a solid third, with Gajser making some small mistakes as Febvre closed right up.
While Gajser and Febvre lead, a Belgian freight train of Lieber, Van Horebeek and Desalle follow. Ridiculous how many top riders are riding around outside the top ten with Tonus 11th, Searle 12th, Jasikonis 13th, Jonass 14th, Seewer 15th, Simpson 18th and Coldenhoff 19th.
After seven laps it was Gajser, Febvre, Lieber, Van Horebeek, Desalle, Nagl, Anstie, Paulin, Tonus and Lupino.
Gajser goes down and handed the lead to Febvre, fortunately for the former MX2 and MXGP champion his lead was so big only Febvre got him. Anstie into sixth place as he passed Nagl, and Paulin struggling a little in seventh place.
Gajser down again, this time on a jump, and this time a handful of riders did pass. After 10 laps it was Febvre, Lieber, Van Horebeek, Desalle, Anstie, Nagl, Paulin and Gajser.
Febvre wins it from Lieber and Van Horebeek.
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1. Romain Febvre (FRA, Yamaha), 24:21.194; 2. Julien Lieber (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:04.306; 3. Jeremy Van Horebeek (BEL, Honda), +0:06.536; 4. Clement Desalle (BEL, Kawasaki), +0:10.377; 5. Max Anstie (GBR, KTM), +0:13.962; 6. Maximilian Nagl (GER, KTM), +0:14.612; 7. Gautier Paulin (FRA, Yamaha), +0:17.028; 8. Arnaud Tonus (SUI, Yamaha), +0:24.790; 9. Tim Gajser (SLO, Honda), +0:27.141; 10. Arminas Jasikonis (LTU, Husqvarna), +0:36.354; 11. Tommy Searle (GBR, Kawasaki), +0:39.076; 12. Alessandro Lupino (ITA, Kawasaki), +0:42.852; 13. Jeremy Seewer (SUI, Yamaha), +0:44.508; 14. Jordi Tixier (FRA, KTM), +0:45.569; 15. Shaun Simpson (GBR, KTM), +0:46.909; 16. Ivo Monticelli (ITA, KTM), +0:53.753; 17. Glenn Coldenhoff (NED, KTM), +0:55.594; 18. Pauls Jonass (LAT, Husqvarna), +0:57.127; 19. Jose Butron (ESP, KTM), +0:57.340; 20. Jetro Salazar (PER, Honda), +1:08.190; 21. Brian Bogers (NED, Honda), +1:11.323; 22. Joaquin Poli (ARG, Honda), +1:21.559; 23. Hector Assuncao (BRA, Honda), +1:29.833; 24. Marcos Antezana (BOL, Honda), +1:32.660; 25. Juan Pablo Luzzardi (ARG, KTM), -1 lap(s); 26. Victor Garrido (ARG, Honda), -1 lap(s); 27. Francisco Urrutia (URU, KTM), -5 lap(s); 28. Antonio Cairoli (ITA, KTM), -9 lap(s); 29. Evgeny Bobryshev (RUS, Kawasaki), -11 lap(s); |
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Friday, February 22, 2019 at 4:36PM Desalle and Lieber to pilot factory-prepared KX450–SR.
The Monster Energy Kawasaki Racing Team has officially introduced its squad for the 2019 MXGP World Championship, which is set to kick off at Neuquen in Argentina on 3 March.
Marking its 26th season of competition in the world championship, the team retains the same line-up as 2018, including Belgian Clement Desalle, who has won at least one GP every year since joining KRT in 2016, and will be team leader for the fourth-consecutive season after securing the third in the series standings last year.
Clement’s fellow countryman Julien Lieber will be his teammate for the second year running, and both will campaign the new Kawasaki KX450–SR which they’ve developed jointly throughout the winter together with team and factory support.
The squad will make its first appearance of the 2019 season on 24 February in the French International motocross at Lacapelle Marival, and a few days later will fly to Villa La Angostura in the Patagonia region of Argentina for the MXGP opener.
Friday, February 22, 2019 at 4:32PM Fan-favourite winds up 11th at the seventh round in Texas.
Chad Reed has expressed his disappointment in finishing 11th at the weekend’s seventh stop of the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship in Arlington, Texas.
The JGRMX Yoshimura Suzuki Factory Racing rider had put together a string of improving top 10 performances in recent weeks, however the Australian fan-favourite admittedly didn’t have the pace to contend with the front-runners on Saturday.
Reed, a two-time AMA Supercross champion, now sits ninth in the points standings as the series heads to Detroit this weekend for round eight of the 17-stop tour.
“It was a tough weekend,” Reed stated. “The speed wasn’t there for some reason – I’m disappointed in my performance. I know that I’m better than 11th place. We will work on some things this week and then hopefully come out swinging in Detroit.”
Arlington’s thriller was taken out by new points leader Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), who made a pass on Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) in the final turn to secure victory by a mere0.028s.
Friday, February 22, 2019 at 4:29PM
Motivating heat race win for the Team Honda HRC rider.
In his return season from serious injury, Cole Seely has expressed satisfaction in his progress after a stellar showing at Arlington’s seventh round of the 2019 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship last weekend.
The Team Honda HRC talent earned a motivating heat race win before going onto lodge a strong performance in the main, rebounding from a lacklustre start to ultimately cross the line in sixth.
“I’d say the day went pretty well,” Seely commented. “Overall, I’m pretty happy with everything from qualifying all the way down to the main event. Times were really close in qualifying, which is cool because it shows there’s a lot of talent in the class but it also means if you’re a tenth off, you’re way back.
“I was happy to qualify in the top five, and in the heat race it obviously felt good to lead some laps and win the thing; it was also cool that Kenny won his heat, so we sort of shared that I guess. The main went pretty smoothly. I got off to a pretty bad start, but I was able to make some passes right away – like five guys in the first lap.
“I managed to eventually get into sixth and ride there for most of the race. I didn’t really get too tired at the end, but after three rough weekends and seeing things finally coming together, I didn’t want to push the issue too hard. For most of the race, the top six were running a similar pace, and it felt good to actually have sight of the leaders.”
The number 14 is currently positioned eighth in the championship standings as the AMA Supercross series heads to Detroit this Saturday night. The main was won by new points leader Cooper Webb (Red Bull KTM Factory Racing), who made a pass on Ken Roczen (Team Honda HRC) in the final turn to secure victory by 0.028s.
