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Fox Racing, Bell Helmets Among Companies Sold to Strategic Value Partners for $1.125 Billion

by Slaw Dog

For the second time since 2022, Fox Racing will have new owners, as Fox Racing and Bell Helmets—along with other brands such as Giro, Bushnell, Stone Glacier, Camelback, Sims and more—were sold to private equity firm Strategic Value Partners. 

In a deal announced earlier this week, Revelyst, “a collective of world-class maker brands that design and manufacture performance gear and precision technologies and a segment of Vista Outdoor Inc.,” entered into an agreement under which SVP-managed funds will acquire Revelyst in an all-cash transaction based on an enterprise value of $1.125 billion. 

In 2022, Vista Outdoor acquired Fox from Altamont Capital, a San Francisco-based private investment firm, for $540 million.

David Geenberg, Head of North American Corporate Investments at SVP, said, “We look forward to working with Eric Nyman and the rest of the team leading this world-class outdoor gear and technology business. For almost a year, we closely followed Revelyst’s progress with this complex transaction. During that time, Revelyst has gained share through a difficult period for consumer spending thanks to the strength of its leadership, its employees and efforts like GEAR UP. With this investment, we plan to put SVP’s full operating resources and network behind Revelyst to help accelerate the success of this market leader.”

“We are excited to partner with SVP and believe this acquisition is a positive step for Revelyst’s future,” said Revelyst CEO Eric Nyman. “As I reflect on the last year, I am incredibly appreciative of our management team, our employees and our maker community for getting us here. We couldn’t have done this without everyone’s contribution. I believe the best is yet to come for Revelyst and for our customers, suppliers and retail partners. This partnership with SVP is going to make us a stronger company and afford us more opportunities to innovate and deliver top-tier products to outdoor enthusiasts while enhancing our market leadership in the outdoor recreation industry.”

Dean Wilson on Top in Australia Supercross

Australian Supercross champion Dean Wilson of Scotland, has easily won the opening round of the Australian Supercross Championship, held at Redcliffe in Queensland, Australia. The Brit went 1-1, winning for main events, and making it something of an AMA domination, second was Joey Savatgy with 2-2 with Australian, Luke Clout finishing in third place with 3-3 scores.

Wilson was on it all night long, being quickest in qualification, then winning his heat race and finally cracking the top step of the podium in the two main events. Round two of the 2024 championship will be held today at the same Redcliffe venue.

Tim Gajser - MXoN Victory

‘Second place doesn’t sit well’ – Tomac on MXoN result

Stands up for Team USA in extraordinary Matterley Basin effort.

Image: Octopi Media.

Team USA’s Eli Tomac admits that ‘second place doesn’t sit well’ after finishing runner-up behind Australia in the 2024 Motocross of Nations (MXoN), despite being called into the team at the 11th hour alongside Cooper Webb and Aaron Plessinger, and challenging for the MXGP class victory on Sunday.

Tomac was extraordinary in his return to the Nations, claiming P2 on track in race one (MXGP/MX2) and then backing that result up with third in the final encounter (MXGP/Open), which he led through the first half of the race.

It was a fitting performance from the 31-year-old, who has already announced that he will retire from full-time competition at the end of next season, and one that saw him effectively lead Webb and Plessinger to the overall podium in convincing fashion. The opportunity to challenge the MXGP World Championship was a welcome one for Tomac, finishing second in the individual classification behind multi-time world champion Tim Gajser.

“We put in a strong effort, that’s all I’ve gotta say,” Tomac said. “Unfortunately, a little short there, but everyone was consistent and nobody by any means blew it – we did very well in that way. The track was very challenging… I think for what it was, we were very strong – just a little short.

“It was last minute, but as racers we know. That’s why we came here and we showed up, and we raced. I wouldn’t have come if I was not going to be able to give my 100 percent effort, so yeah, second place doesn’t sit well.”

Tomac’s most recent apperance with the United States team was at RedBud in 2022, where he led the team to victory alongside Chase Sexton and Justin Cooper. Next year’s MXoN will return to America, with Ironman Raceway to host the 2025 edition next October.

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Team USA put protest in against Hunter Lawrence at MXoN

While team Australia were celebrating the MXoN the USA were protesting Hunter Lawrence for wiping his gate amongst miscommunication about whether he was allowed to wipe the grate or not. But it shows just how badly the USA wanted to win!

Renthals Paul Perebijinos, who was involved in the protest for the US said to Steve Matthes: “The big question that we had, and we had a meeting with the FIM before the weekend started to go over rules, and we did that as a team. We filmed the entire meeting because we wanted to have documentation of the questions he asked.

“Believe it or not, I was the person that asked the question about wiping the grate and wiping the gate. Because this was an issue that we kind of asked about after we saw the gates being wiped at Red Bud and never got a real clear answer, so we brought it up again and they basically said, you cannot wipe anything.

“So going to the final moto, we noticed two people wiping gates and it was Jorge Prado and Hunter Lawrence. So we had it on film, because we were filming as gates were bring loaded every since time because we wanted to be prepared. We’re not trying to call somebody a cheater but we are trying to make sure nobody is trying to gain an advantage over us.

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“We kind of actioned that protest in the middle of the moto before it was over, we were already getting video prepared, ready to action that protest and it was against Hunter Lawrence. We are not trying to accuse Hunter of cheating, he asked the question himself because he, like us, is trying to gain an advantage he can within the rules. And he asked the question, can I wipe my grid? And they told him he could, so why wouldn’t he? When was wiping it he was under the impression he was doing no wrong, when we saw him wiping it we were under the impresion that he was doing some wrong.

“It didn’t feel great afterwards, the protest was taking a while and there was already a podium celebration… ultimately nothing changed, it was a misinterpretation of a rule that really isn’t specifically addressed. I think some rule will show up about that in the future. I think it needs to be addressed in the rulebook.”

Get the full interview and more detail on the issue with Steve Matthes and Paul Perebijinos below: