Wednesday, May 22, 2024 at 8:08PM Here's a couple of guys that have been to a few Hangtown races. Danny Turner has logged a few laps and Bruce Young has been there sinnce the beginning with the DDNMC.
Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 7:42PM 
The Marseillaise rang out for Romain Febvre on the podium of the seventh round of the FIM World MXGP Motocross Championship at St Jean d’Angely before post-race penalties lower down the leaderboard sadly denied the Kawasaki rider overall victory.
After his brave victory in a rain-affected Saturday Qualifying as he gritted his teeth against the pain from a thumb injury sustained during the morning practice the Frenchman was less optimistic of further success on Sunday morning as blue skies greeted teams, riders and fans and the drier track worked in favour of his rivals. But, calling on his reserves of determination and willpower together with the unsurpassed power of the KX450-SR, he took a clear holeshot in the first GP moto and, although he surrendered the lead to a tough block-pass on the opening lap, he dug deep to stalk the new leader until the closing stages when the constant discomfort and pain took its toll and he had to accept third three laps from the finish. Rain returned during the interval between motos and, after his second clearcut holeshot of the day, he opened up a three-second lead already on the opening lap, extending his advantage to seven seconds by mid-moto in the slippery conditions.
Victory in moto, and in the overall GP classification, seemed assured until an incident four laps from the finish when an errant backmarker blatantly ignored the blue flags – which warn lapped riders of the imminent arrival of the leaders – and ran Febvre off the track, throwing up a bow-wave which filled the Frenchman’s goggles with water. His vision blurred and his lead slashed the Kawasaki race leader had to surrender the lead halfway round the final lap but was still greeted by the ecstatic home crowd as overall GP winner and his “success” was even honored ten minutes later at the official podium ceremony before an amendment of placings lower down the leaderboard of race two impacted the overall GP placings to reverse the podium in favour of another rider. Officially runner-up on the day after the revision the Kawasaki Racing Team MXGP rider retains his third placing in the championship standings and has, despite the amendment which handed the series leader three additional points, now sits just twenty-three from the pace.
Romain Febvre: “I worked really hard to be able to race today but the pain in my thumb was still quite high this morning and I surprised even myself in the first race to finish third as I had to ride through a lot of pain; I did a really good job but I knew before the start I would not be able to hold on for the entire race. But when it started to rain again I said to the team ‘this is what I need’. I was riding great after I took another holeshot and was riding a perfect race; I could ride my own race to manage my gap to second, but with four laps to go I had a really bad time with one lapped rider whose actions meant I had to roll two jumps. That was just not fair and my goggles got filled with water too. When I came to the finish I couldn’t understand why the fans were cheering at first because I thought I had missed the overall after Jeffrey passed me on the last lap, but then someone told me Tim had fallen off. It was so great to share this victory on the podium with the fans; they stood out in the rain for me yesterday and again in race two today. Thank you to every one of you for your support. But then, after the podium celebration, came the disappointment.”
Febvre then posted the following message on social media: I don’t know what to say… At the end I didn’t win the GP. After the podium, tv interview, celebrations… We came to the press conference and somebody from MXGP told us that 2 riders has been penalized in the top five so I don’t win the GP but Tim Gajser wins. In one way, I get it because rules are rules. But something has to change quick, probably people. How can you wait that long, FIM? And why did no one from the FIM come to us to explain it? No one. Nothing like this would have happened in MotoGP… So it means they’re more professional, better and quicker. But it is also FIM, so, I guess it’s our people?!”.
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7:03PM With conditions tricky and wet, taking a good start was important and Romain Febvre made sure he done that. The French rider who hurt his wrist in free practice was third after the first corner but was very aggressive and made sure he was leading after turn two.
Febvre then pulled away at the front to dominate the qualifying race. Prado was second and looking comfortable but Gajser who didn’t get the best of starts made quick passes and caught Prado to pass him for second.
Seewer who is looking much better this weekend on his Kawasaki also passed Prado to get into third – the MXGP championship is now tied at the top between Prado and Gajser!
Herlings took a decent start but got tangled up with Pauls Jonass and had to come from way back – he was able to get back up to seventh but then made a mistake on the final lap dropping down to tenth losing vital points.
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7:32AM Assessing Triumph Racing's first season in Supercross
Motoonline.com Post Kellen Brauer
One season now complete for the new manufacturer on US soil.
Entering Monster Energy Supercross for the first time in the brand’s history, Triumph Racing saw their rider Jalek Swoll finish seventh in the 250SX East Regional Championship. With the element of unknown coming into the season, it was an overall strong debut season for Triumph on American soil that has set them up well moving forward.
Swoll’s final performance on Supercross in 2024 delivered a P9 result in the Dave Coombs Sr. 250SX East/West Showdown. Swoll was the fourth highest finishing 250SX East rider on the night which pushed him closer to a top five overall result on the season, but he ended up falling just short.
“The big picture was to finish the year strong and healthy, and we go into the outdoor season feeling 100%,” said Swoll. “We missed out on some bigger points scoring finishes this season, but it’s been a good first year with the team and the Triumph TF 250-X.”
There were certainly plenty of question marks entering the season on just how Triumph would perform. It’s rare that a new motorcycle manufacturer enters Supercross, but it’s even rarer when that manufacturer had done almost no racing with a dirt bike at all prior.
The only racing the bike had even done before Swoll went racing at the Detroit Supercross in early February was just offseason races completed by the factory team in Europe as riders Camden McLellan and Mikkel Haarup prepared for the kickoff of their MX2 World Motocross Championship. Having such limited experience with the machine in race trim at all, Triumph Racing felt they ticked off plenty of boxes already in 2024.
“Our aim for the Supercross season was top five, and we were just nine points away from that,” said Triumph Racing team principal Bobby Hewitt. “It was Jalek’s best year in the series and we’ve shown the world we’ve got a good bike, a good team and good program. We now go into the outdoor season leading the way as we’re tied on points with everyone!”
Swoll and the team will lament some missed opportunities as he battled for podium results on many occasions this year. But for an untested bike on Supercross, Swoll proved it to be plenty competitive. He even had to deal with some fractures in his back following a crash in Arlington and still continuously found himself battling at the sharp end of the field.
The team even had to deal with the mutual departure of their second rider Evan Ferry who was only able to compete in one race for the team. While dealing with that situation along with an injury for their test rider Ivan Tedesco, it certainly wasn’t easy for the new program. Regardless, they still never suffered a mechanical issue that pulled them out of a main event and Swoll even told MotoOnline earlier this year that he’s been happy with the progress of the bike in a short span.
“What an amazing first season for our Supercross team!” said Triumph’s head of off-road programs Ian Kimber. “They have done an incredible job of showing what the Triumph TF 250-X can do against the world’s best competition. Jalek adapted to the bike very quickly and showed some incredible speed and determination to get us close to a position where we’re fighting for podiums, not to mention so many strong starts out of the gate with a number of holeshots.”
Now the team gets to turn their attention to AMA Pro Motocross where they already have some footwork laid as their MX2 team has six rounds of their season already done. On top of that, they also have Joey Savatgy finally able to debut for the team as Savatgy was ineligible to race 250SX for them having pointed out of the class.
Savatgy and Swoll could make a bit of an underrated powerhouse team rolling into AMA Pro Motocross where both riders come in with race winning experience on their resume. For now, the team can look back and be satisfied with the foundation they have laid knowing a lot of the hard work is already done.
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7:28AM Glen Helen held their first annual "Stop Watch National" race on Thursday, May 16th, just over a week before the 2024 Pro Motocross series kicks off at Pala. The race had a $10,000 Pro Purse, paid out to the top 10. It drew in a healthy crowd of spectators and a long list of AMA Pro riders, getting ready for the big show next weekend. Broc Tickle, Juilen Beaumer, Dante Olivera, Mateo Olivera, Ryder DiFrancesco, Pierce Brown, Marshal Weltin, Robbie Wageman, Jerry Robin, Josh Mosiman, Derek Kelley, CJ Bernard, Cole Martinez, Parker Ross and more showed up to race. MXA test rider Josh Mosiman is preparing to race the Pala, Hangtown and RedBud Nationals, plus one Canadian National this summer and today was a great warm-up.
