Works Connection Production Run

When you have a family business everyone pitches in to get product out. One of the Phipps twins hard at work.

Barcia at Millsaps Training Facility

No mud here, Barcia getting ready for outdoors and looking very spry.

MX Fox Team Rider?

Jorge Prado injured!

Currently second in the MXGP World Championship standings, the Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing rider will miss round seven of the 2022 FIM Motocross World Championship, the Grand Prix of Italy, following a practice crash last week.

• Dislocated shoulder put back into place without any further damage.
• Prado hopeful that he’ll be able to race at the following MXGP round.
• Currently sits in second in the premier-class championship standings.

Jorge Prado sustained a dislocated shoulder in a small crash and, although his shoulder was repositioned without sustaining any further damage, a lack of strength has ruled him out of Maggiora. The injury is set to be re-evaluated in the days prior to Grand Prix of Sardegna, which will be run on May 15.

Jorge Prado: “I crashed in practice last week. It was not a very big crash, but I dislocated my shoulder. A shoulder specialist put it back in as quickly as possible and I am thankful for that. I’m working very hard right now, just to make sure that I can get back as soon as possible. Hopefully I will be at Riola Sardo, as long as everything goes well. That would be a big achievement for me! It is a pity that I cannot ride this weekend – I am second in the championship and in the fight for the title. Maggiora is a track that I like as well! I hope that I can put my GASGAS back on track in Sardegna.”

Red Bull GASGAS Factory Racing will be represented by Mattia Guadagnini and Simon Langenfelder on home turf this weekend. On behalf of everyone at GASGAS Factory Racing, we wish Jorge a speedy recovery and can’t wait to see him back in action on his MC 450F.

Bubba's View

James Stewart comments on the SX finals

It’s all coming down to the final 3 rounds!

Webb...Down to the Wire!

Webb needing ‘to throw everything’ at 450SX title this Saturday

Post: Troy Guenther

Gap now nine points to Tomac ahead of final three 2023 450SX rounds.

Image: Octopi Media.

450SX contender Cooper Webb has outlined the necessity ‘to rebound and throw everything at this championship next week in Nashville’ after losing points to title-rival Eli Tomac in the tough conditions at MetLife Stadium.

Early indications from East Rutherford would suggest Webb had a good opportunity to reduce the deficit at round 14 after Tomac suffered a heavy fall in Q2.

Webb later went on to finish second in heat one, while Tomac was fourth in the following qualifier, before the skies opened and drenched the track as the main events were delayed due to thunderstorms in the area.

Once 450SX finally got underway, Webb methodically picked his way through the ruts in the technical 18-lap affair, landing a fifth-place finish by race’s end, three spots back from Tomac in P2 meaning he is now nine points from the red plate.

“What a crazy turn of events with the insane weather tonight, making racing conditions extremely tough,” Webb recalled. “Not the way I’d hoped tonight would go as my goal was to close in on the championship and not lose points.

“We at least made it out in one piece and given the horrible racing conditions, I guess fifth overall wasn’t too bad. I need to rebound and throw everything at this championship next week in Nashville.”

2023 has proved to be a thrilling 450SX title fight, with the momentum shifting between Tomac, Webb and Chase Sexton (Team Honda HRC) at times throughout the season.

However, Webb has been off the podium in the last three races and will be looking to bounce back with a third victory of the season this Saturday at Nashville as round 15 of the Monster Energy Supercross Championship takes place at Nissan Stadium.

Toni Bou Rebounds For A Win On Day Two Of TrialGP Of Spain

After the disappointment of finishing second yesterday, defending champion Toni Bou was back on top on day two of the TrialGP of Spain – round one of the 2023 Hertz FIM Trial World Championship.

But Bou found he could not fully shake off the challenge of his compatriot Jaime Busto who claimed Saturday’s win and the Spanish pairing head to round two in Portugal next weekend tied on points.

On a dry and dusty day in the north-west of Spain, a number of sections were changed overnight to increase the severity and the final scores reflected this with sixteen-time champion Bou parting with fourteen marks – one more than he lost on Saturday – and Busto’s total of seventeen a full ten marks more than his winning total incurred on day one.

The toughest hazard was the reworked section three thanks to the introduction of a double rock step with a short run-up. Bou scored two maximums here and although Busto recorded one of only two successful clean attempts alongside Aniol Gelabert, it was the big slabs of sections nine and ten where Bou pulled clear.

“I’m very happy with the weekend and with the victory,” Bou said. “In today’s race, I found felt better. I still have some discomfort in my arm, but we were able to fight at an impressive level. It is a victory that is very valuable because our rivals didn’t make it easy at all. Now it’s time to recover well after the weekend. We are tied on points with Jaime overall and we have seen that he is at a very high level, and both races have been very close. We will have to be strong in Portugal, but the first thing now is to recover and get back to 100% fitness.”.

Trailing Bou by nine after the opening twelve sections, Jaime Busto responded with a sensational second-lap total of one but it was too little, too late to reel in the record-breaking champion.

“It’s been a really great weekend for me. I didn’t expect it to be this good,” Busto reflected. “Yesterday I got the win, and it was amazing from section one and I felt incredible on the bike. I was able to make it happen on day one and this was a perfect way to start the season. Unfortunately today I made a mistake in one of the sections and as it was a low-scoring trial, it was impossible to recover from that. I pushed until the end and I was able to pull some points back so that’s good. I had an amazing feeling. Let’s hope when we go to Portugal I can repeat my form from day one.”

For the second day in a row, home riders dominated the premier positions with veteran Adam Raga taking third on a distant thirty-two – two ahead of yesterday’s third-placed rider Gabriel Marcelli – with Jorge Casales completing the top-five on a score of fifty-five.

Britain’s Toby Martyn withdrew following a crash on the opening lap which it is hoped he stages a speedy recovery from.

The focus now switches to Gouveia in Portugal on 21-23 April.

Lawerence Brothers Go Head to Head

In-form Lawrence brothers look ahead to Showdown

 Competition Post: Troy Guenther

250SX red plate-holders preview East Rutherford Supercross this Saturday.

Image: Octopi Media.

The in-form Lawrence brothers are primed for the first 250SX East/West Showdown of the season, each holding a comfortable points lead in their respective regions ahead of what is shaping up to be an anticipated battle between the pair.

For 250SX East leader Lawrence, he holds a 45-point advantage and has the opportunity to capture his first Supercross title this Saturday, if he can leave East Rutherford with a points advantage great than 52.

The Team Honda HRC rider has tasted 250SX Showdown success previously, winning last season in Atlanta, and is looking forward to entering the first such event this season with a healthy championship buffer.

“Both of us want to win, but at the same time I think it is kind of cool because we both have a pretty healthy points lead, that we can’t really, obviously touch-wood and within reason, mess it up,” Hunter Lawrence said.

“I think I’m 45 points and Jett is 26, so it’s a good position to be in I think, everyone can kind of let their hair down and go put on a good show and have some fun racing.”

Following Atlanta last Saturday, the number 96 has won six out of the seven 250SX East races contested this year, while younger brother Jett has been victorious in five from six 2023 250SX West rounds, his latest success coming at the region’s most recent outing at Glendale’s Triple Crown.

While Hunter’s closest challenger in terms of the 250SX East championship is Haiden Deegan (Monster Energy Yamaha Star Racing), Jett’s points lead is 26 ahead of RJ Hampshire (Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing) with the chance to achieve his first 250SX Showdown victory this Saturday.

“We both have a fairly healthy points lead, like Hunter said, so I think it is kind of really going out there and racing like any other race really,” Jett Lawrence explained. “I don’t think we are going to do anything stupid to where we are going to try and take each other out or risking ourself, but I mean if we are 1-2 and I’m in second and the pass is there, I’m going to take it, and vice-versa.

“We are not going to do anything crazy stupid out of our way. Our main goal is to obviously be 1-2 at the end of the day. So it’s just whoever is feeling it that day really. At this point, we don’t know. Just have to wait really [laughs].”

Agassiz MX Track...One Beautiful Spot!

2023 World Two Stroke Championship

The 2023 Wiseco World Two-Stroke Championships, presented by FastHouse, once again delivered intense racing action. Glen Helen was packed with racers, young and old, along with many spectators who came to enjoy the sights and sounds of the two-stroke roaring up and down the hills of the Glen Helen National track. The Pro class was stacked competition as usual, with tons of Pros hungry to get their slice of the $25,000 in prize money that was spread between the premier Open Pro class and the Pasha 125 Open Pro, Pasha Over-30 and Pasha Over-50 classes. In the end, Carson Brown took the win in the Open Pro class and Ryan Morais took the win in the Pasha 125 Open class.