MTA 2 Stroke National Pro Class Results
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Saturday, April 15, 2017 at 5:55PM Two Stroke RM Spotted at Glen Helen
Friday, April 14, 2017 at 9:20PM SPY PHOTOS : ALUMINUM FRAMED SUZUKI RM250 TWO-STROKE
Could this be a new beginning of two-stroke production machines for Suzuki ? We hope so ! With how hot the two-stroke market is currently Suzuki would for sure sell every unit imported into the US. The bike looks pretty close to a production unit with the use of all stock parts.
MX And Family A Perfect Mix
Friday, April 14, 2017 at 6:10PM On the right track: Motocross is a family affair for area riders
On a damp and muddy Sunday morning, hundreds of people congregate at Fiddler Creek Motocross track to watch racers speed around corners and soar over jumps. Some come to race, some to watch friends and relatives, but they are all family.
Denise and Liam Philpotts have been involved in motocross for almost 20 years. Originally getting their start in England, the couple is an integral part of the Fiddler Creek MX track in Homer, Neb. Racing is part of the family tradition for the Philpotts’, as not only are Liam and Denise involved, but also their sons Brandon and Kieran.
Family is not just about blood in this sport, as Denise says.
“If you speak to any motocrosser they will tell you about the “motocross family.” We are
all truly one big family at the track. Lifetime bonds and friendships are formed over the season. We will all come together to help each other out, from lending parts to making sure other riders get their bikes, a quick fix to race, to lending out entire bikes to complete their motos. When a rider gets injured we are there for the families, to make sure their family member gets treated without worrying about anything else. We bond over bonfires, food, and lots of laughter after practice sessions and track prep.”
Many racers spend time at the track and travel with one another as the season progresses from March to October.
These bonds lead to a lifetime of friendship, said Kieran.
“I have made some of my best friends at the track. It’s kind of like we are just one big family at the track and nobody wants to see another rider get hurt. I got my first bike when I was around four and I only really started racing when I moved to America, but some of my best memories have been made while I was racing. Fiddler Creek Mx Park is my home track and it was one of the first tracks I had ever ridden at. My family and I have always been a part of that track and brought many friends into racing because of the track. The fact that it’s local just helps so much. We make new friends all the time and just become an even bigger family, but as soon as you get on the track, everyone drops those smiles and gets serious.”
And while the riders may be serious during the race, when the checkered flag comes down, they go back to being part of one big family.
USGP Returns Sept 3
Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 1:59PM New Venue for Sept. 3 USGP Announced
By Jason Weigandt
Last year’s Charlotte, North Carolina, MXGP of the Americas is no more, but during the press conference announcing a new tie up between MX Sports (promoters of Lucas Oil Pro Motocross and sister company to Racer X) and Youthstream (promoters of the FIM World Motocross Championship) there was said to be a replacement venue coming soon, and it would be located in the American Southeast.
Today, that new USGP venue became official via a Youthstream press release, and it’s the popular Gatorback Cycle Park in Gainesville, Florida. Gatorback hosted AMA National motocross races from 1983-1997, and has hosted the Thor Winter Olympics (aka The Mini Os) on Thanksgiving weekend for over 40 years.
The new race will be dubbed the Monster Energy MXGP of USA and will take place on September 3, the weekend after Lucas Oil Pro Motocross concludes in Indiana. It will serve as the 17th round of the 19-round Grand Prix circuit. Previously, the series had concluded in the U.S. with another USGP at Glen Helen, but that race is no more, and Grand Prix teams have expressed a desire to end the series back on their home continent.
David Luongo, Youthstream Vice-President and Head of Operations, stated: “We are very excited to come back in the United States of America for the Monster Energy MXGP of USA. Gatorback is one of the most historical tracks out there, the venue is beautiful and the MXGP fans in America will have the opportunity to watch the best motocross riders in the world to race on a classic U.S. track which will be very exciting for everybody. I really want to thank MX Sports and the AMA that helped a lot to make this event to happen and also Mr. Kern, the owner of Gatorback facility, to take this opportunity to bring back the MXGP World Championship in USA.”
"We are excited that Youthstream and MX Sports are working together to bring the Monster Energy MXGP of the USA to Gatorback Cycle Park this fall,” says Wyn Kern of Unlimited Sports MX, which operates Gatorback. “We are going to give motocross fans the rare opportunity to see the best racers from AMA Pro Motocross line up against the best riders from the FIM’s MXGP World Championships, on a classic American motocross track. Add the fact that Unlimited Sports MX will host national-caliber amateur racing on this same Labor Day Weekend and Gatorback Cycle Park is going to be the capitol of the entire motocross world come the first of September."
Davey Coombs, President of MX Sports Pro Racing (and Racer X Editor-in-Chief), stated: “This is very exciting for American motocross, and also for MX Sports, finally having a chance to work with Youthstream to build a successful new race together here in the U.S. Our fans, not to mention most of the top riders, have long been familiar with what a great motocross track Wyn Kern and the Unlimited Sports MX crew has at Gatorback Cycle Park, so there is a lot of buzz already building about bringing the best professional motocross riders in the world here once again for a new MXGP in the USA.”
Plans for 160 acre motocross park to open near Boise this summer
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at 11:36AM
What may look like a big dirt lot is a blank canvas for Andrew and Andrea Anderson. It's the future home of the new ARC, or Anderson Racing Compound, a public motocross park and training center for all ages and skill levels.
"We are going to have multiple tracks. We're going to have junior motocross tracks. We're going to have little teeny tracks so the guys on the little peewees can go bump around and start learning. We will have a little bit more advanced stuff for the kids that are a little bit bigger," explained Andrew Anderson.
With 160 newly purchased acres to work with just east of Boise off Simco Road, the Anderson's have plans for a vintage track, a track for UTV's and ATV's, a round track, and even a flat track.
The plans are ambitious, but like many ideas, it started off very simply, after Andrew's daughter found the same love for motocross that her dad had as a kid.
"The first thing I did was start looking where in our community can I take her and train her, where can we go and put those hours in," said Andrew. "The more I looked, I couldn't find anything."
So, Andrew started looking for a couple of acres to put a track on, and once word started to spread, Andrew said he met an entirely new community of riders he didn't know existed who were lacking a place to call their own. That's when then ARC was born.
"We really want this to be a place where it doesn't matter if you are a professional needing to come put in some laps for a race that is coming up, or you're the family that just loves getting out and playing in the dirt. There will be something for everyone out at the park," said Andrew.
They said they want the communities input to make it a place that everyone can enjoy. To let them know what you would like to see just click here and give them a call, or send them a message.
"We might not be able to fill every want, need, and desire of our community, but we are going to be able to fulfill a lot of them," said Andrew.
While it may just look like a dirt lot, to the Anderson's it's a dream come true.
"We're still a ways away from knowing the final picture of what the arc will look like, but it's going to be great," said Andrew.
The Anderson's hope to have at least a few tracks open by the beginning of summer.
Danny Laporte interview
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 4:21PM Danny Laporte
With a list of victories that place him as one of the greatest American racers of all time, Danny Laporte is very much a rider with a great history in the sport. The 1979 500cc AMA motocross champ, 1992 world 250cc champ, and 1981 MXdN winner, with Team USA, Laporte is a rider who knew how to win in all conditions. He also finished second in the 1992 Dakar rally, when it was really a lot tougher than it now is.
Now working with FMF in America, Danny keeps involved in the sport, continues to ride all over the world, either with friends or in classic events. He is as passionate about the sport now as he ever was, and recently visited the Grand Prix of Mexico, where his fellow countryman, Thomas Covington took victory, riding with an FMF pipe.
We caught up with Danny and asked him about his visit to Mexico, and his thoughts on motocross and supercross tracks.
MXlarge: Danny, first tell me, why did you travel to Mexico for the GP. I am pretty sure you have been a few times or not?
Laporte: Yes, we have been to all three in Mexico. We go riding in Mexico a lot, more the retired type of guys, ex pro guys, or old friends. We like the pace in Mexico, its kick back, and really relaxed. Leon is a really nice region, and a bunch of really nice cities in the area. Obviously, we (FMF) sponsor the GP series, and it’s a great chance to not have to fly all the way to Europe and still get to see a GP. It is very relaxed at these fly-away races. If you go to a race in Europe everyone is there, so it’s hard to talk to people, but in Mexico, they have that big tent that fields the paddock, and it’s really easy to talk to the people we have to deal with. It’s like a big family and people have more time and that is a good reason to go there on the business side of things. We don’t want to get in the way in the big races in Europe.
MXlarge: It can be a tough couple of months for the GP riders with those four fly-away racing starting the series, can’t it?
Laporte: For the guys being on the road that long, with the week break between Argentina and Mexico, it’s a long couple of weeks, flying to Europe and back. Those are long flights from Europe.
MXlarge: You got a bit lucky, having an American win in Mexico, and also an FMF sponsored rider. What is that like for you, being a six time GP winner, an America, and you are watching this young kid, Covington standing on the podium with the American national anthem playing?
Laporte: I mean, it’s great. He won two years ago there, and then comes back and wins it again. For us it’s cool, because we sponsor the team, and it’s really fun. We had to bring some mufflers into Mexico, and getting stuff through the border isn’t always easy. Going through customs with product isn’t easy. It was nice, because we felt like we were part of the deal. Seeing an American win, I enjoy it a lot. I mean the tracks are so diverse in Europe. For Thomas, he didn’t really know the tracks and he is starting to learn them better. The track in Mexico, it might look easy on television, but it’s so hard to ride. You never know what you will get. The dirt in Mexico is like clay and they rip it really a lot, then water it, then the riders practice on it, then when the clay dries, the ruts get really deep and they are like concrete. The ruts are like big waves ready to brake and they go right up to your radiator shrouds, and then you have to jump and land, and try and get into one of these ruts to go through the corner. You can’t make a mistake otherwise you go down. You can see the riders tip toe their way around the track. It’s not forgiving like Argentina where you blow a line and you can still get through the corner, in Mexico you had to really ride like on a rail.
MXLarge: When you used to race, obviously, all the track were natural terrain tracks. I guess America was similar, but did you ever have any tracks like that one in Mexico back when you raced?
Laporte: Funny you should ask that, because we were joking it’s a lot like Saddleback. Its black hard clay, you know in California we had a lot of tracks like that, even Carlsbad. They never ripped Carlsbad, but they ripped Saddleback, and when they did that you had big lumps of clay like a football, you could hardly ride through them in practice. So, Mexico is similar to some tracks in California and Thomas would have been the king of Saddleback. I don’t know where he got those skills from, he came from back east, maybe they have that Georgian clay and its hard pack. A lot of tracks in Europe are like concrete and they hardly touch the tracks. Payerne in Switzerland, they used to have the cows on it, and then open it for the Grand Prix every year, then the cows would be back on it again after the racing ended.
MXlarge: Speaking about that. I have only been here 25 years, but I remember when I first got here, you would go to tracks for a GP and the water damage from winter would still be on the tracks when the riders did the first practice. Long lanes of water damage and the riders would just get on with it. That has changed, now hasn’t it? I am also guessing when you raced in America the tracks were not prepared like they are now. Carlsbad, Saddleback, those tracks were also pretty rough. Now they are really groomed and look very pretty, but are maybe easier to ride?
Laporte: I think the GP tracks have become a little like America tracks, triples, whoop sections, rhythm sections. I like to see a little air, but sometimes it’s over done. The strange side is that supercross are designed to the millimetre, the jumps, the whoops, the step-ups, it’s all done perfectly, built on a computer and all the riders get these track designs and it isn’t spontaneous anymore. Everyone can do the same thing and when you get to a track, they already know what the track will be and what they are going to do. I think it makes racing worse. That is why I love endurecross, because its unpredictable. Everyone is riding the same stuff.
MXlarge: I am not really a fan of supercross, because to me, a non-racer, it all looks the same, every single week. Stadiums look the same. Maybe some tracks like San Diego in 1986. That track was so flat, and the racing was awesome.
Laporte: Absolutely, and what happens when you build a track like what we have now, there is a sweet spot, and if you get out of that, you lose time, so it’s very much following the leader. So how do you get around a guy, that is why we see guys taking guys out in turns. Sometimes it makes the racing worse. They got carried away with the jumps. People want to see a good race and you race on the ground. The way they build these tracks it forces you to follow. That is why I don’t like supercross, because it’s dangerous. I mean putting a 500cc bike in supercross, it’s dangerous.
MXlarge: In supercross, it seems like the riders at times don’t have time to think. I mean I am not a racer and was never a racer, but it seems like that to me as a fan.
Laporte: It’s very hard, and it’s a matter of time that a guy gets hurt like that. Coming down on faces of jumps. I mean outdoors Tomac also got hurt outdoors. The racing isn’t as good as it used to be, because the tracks are now sent to the teams and everyone knows what they get and it seems like the riders and teams are determining how the track will be. I guess it happened back in the day with riders talking to the track builder, and getting a track they wanted. I know through from 1985 until the 90s when they started giving the track designs to everybody.
Fly Racing GNCC Run Down
Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 3:32PM Reed Speaks...Self Serving BS!
Monday, April 10, 2017 at 9:08PM Reed speaks out about controversial Dungey incident
Australian great details the situation after finishing P9 in Seattle.
Source: Supplied.
Two-time Monster Energy AMA Supercross champion Chad Reed has settled his differences with defending title-holder Ryan Dungey during a conversation held in Seattle on Saturday, remaining adamant that he didn’t purposely hold Dungey up in St. Louis.
Reed was fined $5000 ($6500 AUD) and docked five points after baulking Dungey in round 13, however he’s declared that he does not accept the penalty of series race director John Gallagher and is considering taking further action.
The Monster Energy/Yamalube/Chaparral/Yamaha Financial Services/Yamaha rider spoke in-depth about the controversial incident post-race over the weekend after finishing ninth in the main event. He was affected by a rear brake problem during the final, forced to pit in the mechanics area for repairs on his way to a top 10.
“For me, I think the penalty, I don’t accept it,” Reed stated. “I don’t know that this is the end of it and I feel like at some point, somebody has to make a stance. There’s an individual that’s made calls that, in my opinion, are always aimed at me. Like the black-flag, 100 percent unsustainable, never is going to happen again. He called it malicious, he called it retaliation… why did Zach Osborne not get DQ’d from Indy? Correct me if I’m wrong, but that’s 100 percent retaliation. Nothing happened.
“I have 200-plus main events and of those, I’ve been involved good and bad with lappers. Sometimes they work with you, sometimes they work against you. Our sport has been decades and decades of comments from commentators or riders – all of the above – about them impeding your progress. The lap-times don’t lie. He did 53s the whole time he was behind me and then dropped into the 54s, 55s the whole time he was behind the Millsaps/Barcia battle, so on paper he lost more time from them, but they didn’t receive fines. It’s not acceptable and I don’t accept it. I think it’s time that someone takes a stance and makes it right.”
Reed said he saw the blue flags waving as Dungey approached, but opted to focus on his way progression on a circuit that he said was difficult to purposely move out of the way without losing major time. Since St. Louis he his primary focus has been not to become a lapped rider again.
“Obviously I seen [the blue flags],” he explained. “The initiation of it, I seen them and I looked to my left… Carlos [Rivera] was going crazy, pretty much trying to hit me with the pit-board, so for me, I took a look and he wasn’t to my left and I was just thinking, like he was right on me. When I basically figured it out, then I looked to my right and he wasn’t on me – he was like four or five bike-lengths back. I kind just put my head down and tried to continue to make progress with my own personal race.
“In particular, it was a very one-lined race-track and there wasn’t a whole lot of… it wasn’t like you could move off the racing line and not give up a whole lot of time. It wasn’t a friendly track to be a lapper and very few times I’ve been a lapper. I never want to be there. I think the bigger picture is that I was pissed off that I was back there and this week I focused on never being back there again.
“I don’t have a problem with Ryan, I really don’t, and there’s no issue with Ryan and I. We talked today and the conversation was the extent of the build-up, the frustration. But the frustration that I had with him, even in our conversation, it was kind of mutually agreed that I wasn’t trying to jack him. I never swerved, I never tried to pass him back and, you know, I think it got massively blown out of proportion.
“We had a little beef going and I just think that his world was closing in on him… for me I never took any of that personally, because I’ve been there. You’ve been around and you’ve seen it all – I’ve made comments that I don’t agree with today or if you could take them back or say them differently, you would. That’s really it and that was the extent of our conversation. He appologised for a few things and that’s it.
“I honestly didn’t do anything to jack his race, other than to continue to race forward and do my own race. If you reverse the role and 100 percent it’s rolling out and the way it’s happening, I think I would probably make the same comments that he did. I’ve been there in that exact position and, like I said, I don’t have beef with him, I’m not mad at him and I completely understand it. I think our conversation today made it clear to me what I believed and what I thought to be true.”
Reed labelled his season so far ‘pathetic’ with a best result of second in Phoenix being the high point, but an average finishing position of 10.9 as the series winds down. He’s currently ranked 10th in the championship standings.
“It’s been pathetic,” said Reed. “It’s been one of the most frustrating… actually, I think the most frustrating ever. You know, when you look at the big picture it was a great off-season for me and I honestly entered Anaheim thinking and believing that I had a shot at winning races and being on the podium week after week. It’s been everything but that. I don’t know, you kinda want the current run to end and you want that breakthrough ride, because there’s been a lot of Sundays and Mondays that haven’t been that fun. You kinda know what the problem is, but you just keep your head down and keep trying to truck away.”