39th TransBorgaro Vet

Old Boys, Still Fast (Andras Hegyi)

Earlier this month, the 39th TransBorgaro Vet race was held at Borgaro Torinese, a municipality near Turin in the northeast of Italy. This vintage motocross race has become more and more famous, with several American motocross stars traveling there to compete every year. Also on hand were former motocross and enduro world champions, and other off-road big names took part in. This year TransBorgaro was held in a brand-new venue, but its scenario and schedule were the same: races in three different categories and a then family cup. 

In the '70s Class, the biggest name was the “Golden Boy” himself, six-time AMA National Motocross Champion Broc Glover. The Californian, 57 and still in race trim, was a pre-race favorite, and he did not disappoint. The field had 39 racers from the seventies, and Glover, who works for Dunlop as an off-road senior manager, won both motos. The first time out, Glover won by 10 seconds; in the second moto, he got 21 seconds ahead of everyone else. Glover debuted at the TransBorgaro in 2014 and since then he has been undefeated, taking four consecutive victories.

Another American star, 61-year-old Chuck Sun, counts as an old-timer at the TransBorgaro. The 1980 AMA 500cc National Champion finished fourth overall, with 3-5 moto finishes. 

The '80s Class had 34 racers, and the winner was Italy’s Paolo Caramello, who hails from Turin. Caramello, who raced in the 250cc Grand Prix circuit in the 1980s, took 2-1 moto finishes. The most famous member of the field was Micky Dymond, but the two-time AMA 125cc National Champion was only able to go 3-3 for third. The 52-year-old was racing with cracked ribs from just before the TransBorgaro.

The strongest field was the '90s Class, which had 39 riders, among them Americans John Dowd, Robbie Reynard, and Doug Dubach plus two Italian World Champions, Alex Puzar and David Philippaerts. The winner was the “Junk Yard Dog,” the 52-year-old Dowd, the 1998 AMA 125cc East Supercross Champion. The ageless Dowd got 1-2 moto finishes, while the 40-year-old Robbie Reynard was fourth overall, collecting 6-4 moto finishes. Dubach, Puzar, and Philippaerts had no good luck. The 54-year-old Dubach finished third in the first moto but was forced to pull off in the second because of a technical issue. The 2008 MX1 World Champion, Philippaerts had the same schedule. In the first moto, he was fourth; in the second, mechanical troubles forced him to retire. Together with his brother Deny Philippaerts, a former motocrosser who at present is an enduro rider, they won the Family Cup competition.

Two-time FIM World Champion Puzar had a disappointing day. His 49th birthday was the day of the TransBorgaro, and “Crazy Horse” wanted to win. He managed to do it in the first moto, but in the second one he fell and finished only 15th, good for sixth overall.

Danish rider Brian Jorgensen also rode and made the podium, as well as this film.

A little Smack from KR

Ken Roczen – Big Talk

Ken Roczen isn’t liking all the attention Marvin Musquin is getting, as you can see from his comments below. Not sure I agree with Kenny, everyone has an opinion, and not everyone is correct with their opinion, but it’s still their opinion. Makes for a great A1 no matter what happens. The Euros vs the Americans, once again.

Musquin Again!

Marvelous Marvin wins

Marvin Musquin rolled through Geneve with the Saturday night victory to go with his Friday success.

SX OPEN Finale

1 25 MUSQUIN Marvin REDBULL KTM KTM FRA
2 21 ANDERSON Jason HUSQVARNA ROCKSTAR Husqvarna USA
3 10 BRAYTON Justin HONDA MOTO CONCEPT Honda USA
4 85 SOUBEYRAS Cedric MC Chateauneuf les Martigues Suzuki FRA
5 137 ESCOFFIER Adrien Moto Club Pertuis Durance Lubéron Husqvarna FRA
6 871 IZOIRD Fabien Moto club Sommierois Honda FRA
7 911 TIXIER Jordi BOSS KTM FRA
8 6 RAMETTE Thomas Moto Club Brienon Suzuki FRA
9 941 PELLEGRINI Angelo Suzuki ITA
10 3 AUBIN Nicolas Ouville Moto Club Suzuki FRA

Marvin Wins Another SX

Geneve SX – Musquin wins Friday

Red Bull KTM Factory rider Marvin Musquin has won the opening night of the Geneve Supercross. The Frenchman led home American riders Jason Anderson and Justin Brayton. Anderson led the opening two laps, before Musquin took the lead and was never headed again.

Main Event – Results

1 25 MUSQUIN Marvin REDBULL KTM KTM FRA 00:10:07.391 17 34.394
2 21 ANDERSON Jason HUSQVARNA ROCKSTAR Husqvarna USA 00:10:11.425 17 34.647 4.034
3 10 BRAYTON Justin HONDA MOTO CONCEPT Honda USA 00:10:26.400 17 35.683 19.009
4 85 SOUBEYRAS Cedric MC Chateauneuf les Martigues Suzuki FRA 00:10:41.195 17 36.182 33.804
5 6 RAMETTE Thomas Moto Club Brienon Suzuki FRA 00:10:43.463 17 37.023 36.072
6 911 TIXIER Jordi BOSS KTM FRA 00:10:44.015 17 36.845 36.624
7 121 BOOG Xavier Moto Club des 3 Lys Honda FRA 00:10:09.889 16 36.924 1 Tr.
8 871 IZOIRD Fabien Moto club Sommierois Honda FRA 00:10:10.630 16 36.570 1 Tr.
9 5 COULON Cyrille Moto Club des Hautes Vallées Suzuki FRA 00:10:11.064 16 37.071 1 Tr.
10 137 ESCOFFIER Adrien Moto Club Pertuis Durance Lubéron Husqvarna FRA 00:10:17.061 16

This Is An Amusement Park

Dougie Lampkin’s Last Joyride in an abandoned theme park

Dougie Lampkin has taught us to do wheelies and to ride on a single wheel for 60 kilometres and for an hour and a half. He has won the trial championship twelve times and always finds a way to astonish and be the central figure of new challenges. This time he relives a place dedicated to fun and games, an abandoned playground in Milan, with his technique along his creativity made up of cutting-edge tricks.

It's Not Moto but It's Very Cool!

 Anyone who has ever skied or snowboarded Jackson Hole knows just how nerve-racking it can be to send it into the infamous Corbet's Couloir, even in the best of conditions. Doing it in icy conditions on mountain bikes is nothing short of insane, and that's exactly what we did. Corbet's Couloir is one of the most legendary and challenging ski runs in the world. This spring, Cam McCaul and Casey Brown attempted the first ever Mountain Bike descent of the double black diamond ski run. There's a litany of other adjectives you could prescribe to the lines McCaul and Brown threw down - Sketchy, heavy, and borderline suicidal all come to mind - but ultimately, the end result was jaw-dropping. // From TGR's 2017 ski film Rogue Elements, presented by REI

Dungey "Homegrown"

The Minnesota moto superstar gets back to the basics in a hidden motocross paradise.

Hard work and dedication: Two words that often come to mind when you speak of a legend in any sport. In the world of motocross, Ryan Dungey is certainly one of those legends. But Dungey's work ethic isn't just something that only comes from within, it's something he grew up around.

Whether Dungey knew it growing up, the culture in the Midwest had a huge impact on the legend that he eventually grew to be. Something like agriculture, while it wasn't something that affected him day-to-day, it's part of the fabric that is midwest living. The hard work, dedication and patience that it takes to successfully grow crops, is similar to that of which Dungey showed throughout his career.

The "normal" path to the top of the motocross ranks typically involves being scouted by professional teams from a very young age. The teams then give their full support throughout the young star's amateur career and have a bike waiting for them when it comes time to step up to the pro ranks. Dungey's wasn't that, but that didn't stop him from getting to the top and cementing his name in the history books.

The "Midwest work ethic" is something that the Dungey's exercised in a big way on the journey through the amateur ranks as Dungey didn't begin turning the heads of professional teams until late in his amateur career. One thing is for sure, the dedication it took them to continuously dump thousands of hours and frankly thousands of dollars into chasing the dream of being a champion at the highest level of motocross is remarkable.

Vet Racing Around the World

Clean Sweeps Across Veteran's & Women's Motocross Classes

Wednesday, 29 November 2017,

NOVEMBER 29, 2017: Like old soldiers, it seems, motocross stars of yesteryear also do not grow old and weary.

Laurence Binyon's poem "For the Fallen", perhaps known to many who hear it each year on Anzac Day as the Ode of Remembrance, immortalised the words " Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn" and those words could well be used to describe the many "old soldiers of motocross" who battled at the 2017 New Zealand Veterans' and Women's Motocross Championships near Eltham at the weekend.

While there was a slight hint of weariness about the riders at the end of the annual two-day event, that really came as no surprise, considering that these men, many of them aged over 50, had raced with such speed, aggression and stamina, not to mention skill.

Five races per class over the two days would be enough to shatter many riders half their age.

There were many stand-out individuals, with Yamaha stalwart Tony Cooksley (Yamaha YZ250) impressing with his unbeaten run of five wins over the weekend, easily winning the most senior of grades, the over-60 years' all-capacities class.

That Cooksley dominated with such ease showcased the world class form of the man who had, just three weeks earlier, finished third overall in his over-60s class at the Veterans' World Championships in Southern California.

The 61-year-old concrete cutting business owner had that weekend finished close behind Canadian Pete DeGraff and former US factory Honda rider Chuck Sun in the big annual event at Glen Helen, San Bernadino.

Others to finish the weekend in Taranaki unbeaten included Aucklander Gaudenz Gisler, who easily won the 55-59 years' class; New Plymouth's Mitch Rowe, who won the 50-54 years' class; Whakatane's Darren Capill, who scored five wins from five starts in the 45-49 years' class; Hawera's Daryl Hurley, who was unbeaten in the 40-44 years' class; Inglewood's Larry Blair, who dominated with a string of five wins in the 35-39 years' class and Hawera's Steven Craig, who took the title with a clean sweep in the 30-34 years' class.

The 49-year-old Capill (Yamaha YZ450F), who works as a supervisor at Fonterra, didn't race the vets' nationals last year and so was naturally thrilled to win the 45-49 years' title this year, his last chance to win it before he moves to the next age category in 2018.

He had also previously won the 45-49 years' title when he last contested the nationals, at Opunake in 2015.

Meanwhile, on the female side of the programme, Opunake's Taylar Rampton came out on top, winning the senior women's class by just three points from Rotorua's Letitia Alabaster.

Tauranga's Shelby Catley won the junior women's 12-16 years' grade title by a similarly tight margin, out-scoring Te Awamutu's defending champion Rachael Archer by just one point.

Hawera's Nicholl Marshall was untouchable in clean-sweeping the veteran women's class.

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Motonomad III: Riders of the Andes

From the Atacama desert of Chile, the epic salt lakes of Bolivia to the rugged snow peaks of Argentina, Motonomad III is a high altitude, action packed journey between three mates from Australia! Featuring Adam Riemann, Mark Portbury and Chris Hollis.