Motocross

BTX Motorcycles – Junior Race Team riders and support riders finished well in the final round of the Yamaha Victorian Junior Motocross Titles over the weekend of 11 -12 June 2005 at the Horsham Motocross Track in Victoria.

The team riders and support riders all finished within the top ten of their respective classes.

Troy Seraceno, Simon Cox, Harrison Saunders, Steven Bennett Luke Smith, Danny Ockwell, Brody Leitch, Ross Brown and Jack Simpson were present to wave the KTM flag.

Horsham saw some of the heaviest rain in months on Friday afternoon and night and the track was deep mud and the pits awash on Saturday morning. The promoter quickly altered the program of racing to allow the A grade riders on the bigger bikes to race whist everybody hoped that they had seen the last of the rain for the next two days so the riders could race.

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (June 14, 2005) – AMA Pro Racing announced today the remaining television schedule for the 2005 AMA Motocross Championship presented by FMF.

The championship will be telecast on OLN, currently available in over 63 million homes. Specializing in the coverage of action sports, OLN is known for its coverage of the Tour de France, the Dakar Rally and the AMA Supermoto Championship. Former AMA Motocross and AMA Supercross Champion David Bailey will provide commentary joined by Erin Bates, Robbie Floyd and others.

The 250 class will typically air on the Saturday following race day, with the 125s on the following Thursday.

Carmichael shooting for his sixth straight at Southern Maryland track

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (June 14, 2005) – Grant Langston admitted that even he was surprised to be back in title contention after scoring zero points in the second round of the AMA Motocross Championship presented by FMF, but as the series moves to round four in Budds Creek, Md., on June 19, the gritty South African finds himself second in the 125 standings to rival Mike Brown and with new hope for winning back the championship.

While Langston and Brown are set for another showdown in the 125s, Ricky Carmichael is off to another great start in the 250 series. Even though he lost a moto for the first time in nearly two years last week in Massachusetts, the five-time 250 champ just keeps winning in spite of a much ballyhooed challenge from Kawasaki’s young star James Stewart, which so far hasn’t fully materialized. Yamaha’s Chad Reed, however, is keeping Carmichael honest by beating the reigning champ in moto one last week.

The progression and improvement continued for the “Husky Chix Racing Team

Red Bull Champ KTM rider Tyla Rattray will miss the remainder of the MX2 FIM World Championship after an MRI scan yesterday in Belgium revealed that he has torn his ACL in his right knee.

The Grand Prix of Flanders winner will go under the knife tomorrow (Wednesday) in Belgium and will have to rest for three weeks before starting a three to four month rehab period. The ligament had been torn in two, the lateral ligaments had also been stretched and the MRI showed damage to the meniscus and cartilage.
The news is a further blow to the Champ squad who have already lost Marc de Reuver for the campaign when the Dutchman snapped all three ligaments during a pre-season international race. They now field one rider in the form of Britain’s Carl Nunn although KTM are working on a contingency plan.

RURAL VALLEY -- Shane Beacon hadn't yet learned how to ride a bicycle when he wanted his first dirt bike. His father, Dave Beacon, simply told him he had to learn how to ride a bicycle without training wheels first, thinking that should delay that request for a while.

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Steve Ramon took fourth place for Team Red Bull KTM at Agueda and the Grand Prix of Portugal this afternoon, round three of seventeen in the FIM MX1 World Championship.

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The Belgian notched results of ninth and fourth to place fourth overall and miss out on the podium by just one point. His team-mate and Spanish GP winner Ben Townley had a difficult day after collisions with other riders limited his chances of a good result.

The track was very wet and swampy for the first motos until the rain subsided and the Portuguese dirt began to dry. The course was technical and bumpy and the single racing line made overtaking a tough prospect.

Nearly 18'000 people turned up to watch the big International Motocross at the weekend at Hawkstone Park. They were not to be disappointed and certainly got their monies worth, as the sun shone down on the Shropshire circuit the World's best riders were putting on some awesome displays of riding.

Rinaldi Yamaha rider Cedric Melotte was the star of the weekend, the Belgium who has dropped down into the MX2 class completely dominated the MX2 races and showed his fellow MX2 riders that he means business in 2005. Not only did he take the win in both MX2 races but he also took an impressive 3rd position in the Super Final class against the mighty 450's.

Fans of MTV, custom cars and motocross will all have something to be excited about when they visit Moto XXX in the supercross and motocross pits in 2005. West Coast Customs (WCC)—the shop behind MTV’s “Pimp My Ride

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (Dec. 15, 2004) -- AMA Pro Racing announced today that its much anticipated Motocross DVD highlighting the 2004 season is now available for order on www.amamotocross.com. Covering every moto of every race from the 2004 season, the DVD is 90 minutes of extreme racing action including some incredible passes and crashes not shown in the TV broadcasts.