PICKERINGTON, Ohio (February 8, 2006) – Yamaha’s Chad Reed will be going for a rare four-peat in the San Diego Supercross this Saturday, Feb. 11 at Qualcomm Stadium. Reed has yet to score a victory in the first five rounds of this year’s Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series, but last year used his San Diego Supercross victory to launch a strong second half of the season charge that saw him make a serious bid for the championship. Reed, a 24-year-old Australian, came up just short of catching Ricky Carmichael, but this time around he hopes to win back the AMA Supercross title he last held in 2004.
By simon, 15 February, 2006
AURORA, Ill. (February 8, 2006) – Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series returns to San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium this Saturday, February 11.
* This is the 23rd time the gate will drop at San Diego.
* First race held October 25, 1980, Mike Bell won on a Yamaha.
* David Vuillemin is the only first time winner at San Diego (2000).
* Suzuki has won at 16 different venues all across the country since ’74, but they have never won in San Diego.
* With Carmichael’s win last week he now has 8 wins at Anaheim. That ties McGrath’s record.
By simon, 15 February, 2006
Last year the masters of freestyle motocross thrilled more than 150,000 Australians on their capital city and Outback tours. Now the world's top riders are back to excite fans with their death defying two wheel bike antics on the biggest regional FMX tour ever conducted anywhere in the
world.
The Crusty Demons East Coast Carnage Tour will rev up in Hobart on the 18th of March and finish in Cairns, mid-June, with 12 extreme shows in between. Tickets go on sale from Monday through www.crusty.com for the show that promises to be 3 hours of action packed, mind blowing, death defying insanity from the finest freestyle riders on the planet.
By simon, 15 February, 2006
After all three Unbound Energy/Moto XXX Supercross riders struggled off and on through the first rounds of the AMA Supercross series, the team got things stabilized and headed in the right direction at the 3rd and final Anaheim race last weekend.
Timmy Ferry led the way with a great performance Saturday night. Due to the aforementioned struggles, he found himself having to qualify into the night show for the first time in many years. That proved to be a simple task, and he came out blazing in his heat race. He just missed qualifying there, but had no problem doing so in the semi final. He got a mid-pack start in the main event, but bobbled in a rhythm section on the first lap, letting several riders pass. Faced with the challenge of working his way up from the back, “Red Dog
By simon, 15 February, 2006
Seven-Time Supercross Champion McGrath Lines up for Final Race of Season
AURORA, Ill. (February 7, 2006) – Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael put himself in an enviable position Saturday night when he collected his third Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series win of the season and extended his points lead from two to 13 over Yamaha’s Chad Reed. This Saturday night, racing returns to San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium for the 23rd year and seven-time supercross champion Jeremy McGrath McGrath will race his final race of the 2005-’06 season.
MEDIA DAY: TEAM HONDA’S JEREMY McGRATH WILL BE ON HAND TO DO INTERVIEWS THURSDAY FROM NOON-2.
By simon, 15 February, 2006
Factory KTM rider Jean-Claude Mousse narrowly missed out on victory at the 1st running of the Le Touquet Pas-de-Calais Enduropale staged on the beach at Le Touquet on Sunday February 5th where the former two-time Le Touquet Enduro winner ended the three-hour race just one minute and 15 seconds behind eventual race winner Tomotei Potisek.
Mounted aboard his KTM 525 Mousse was one of 1000 riders that took to the start of the new look event and after three hours of close racing action around the 15.5km long circuit the French rider stood on the second step of the podium. Despite his best efforts to win the event, Mousse proved once again to be one of the world’s very best beach racers aboard his factory KTM.
By simon, 6 February, 2006
It was an action packed evening for the Husqvarna Racing team at the first round of the Ssangyong Australian Supermoto Championship run under lights last night in Sydney, with the Husqvarna Racing team obtaining podium positions in both the S2 and the Women’s Classes.
In his debut supermoto event, Adam Cini stormed the competition, not only qualifying for the evening’s races on pole in the S1class but also qualifying in 2nd position behind team mate Troy Herfoss in the S2 class. Cini took out the first S1 race of the evening, and also had an exceptional evening onboard his Husqvarna SMR 450 in the S2 class, with third and a fourth in the two races held to complete the round in 3rd position behind Stuart Bennett and Rodney Taplin.
By simon, 6 February, 2006
Langston Leads 13 0f 15 Laps En Route to Victory
ANAHEIM, Calif. (February 4, 2006) – In front of the third sold-out crowd at Angel Stadium this season, Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael, of Tallahassee, Fla., won his third Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross race. Reigning AMA Supercross Lites champion Grant Langston, of Clemont, Fla., won the third and final race at Angel Stadium.
After winning the $1,500 Progressive Direct Holeshot Award, Honda’s Kyle Lewis, of Henderson, Nev., crashed on the opening lap. Carmichael pulled into the lead on lap 1, as Kawasaki’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., started in last place due to a first turn crash.
By simon, 5 February, 2006
Sellards and Johnson are tied going into final stop
Jim Neese Wins AMA Arenacross Lites Main
AURORA, Ill., (Feb. 4, 2006) Jeff Northrop passed Kevin Johnson in the final turn to win his first AMA Arenacross main event. Kevin Johnson had a great start winning the $500 Weekend Worrier Hole Shot award and led for all but the last 30 feet. Johnson stalled his Team Faith Yamaha in the final turn. Along the way he scored the fastest lap time of the weekend. Brock Sellards had to put in overtime by going through the semi finals to get to the main event thus putting him on the back row for the start. Chad Johnson was ahead of Sellards in the early going before getting loose in the whoops and dropping to 7th. Johnson worked his way back to 3rd by the end of the race. Sellards finished 2nd, putting the points in a dead heat going in to the last round in Denver.
By simon, 5 February, 2006
After the quitest of supercross years, KTM plans to hit back with a menacing US import when SUPERCROSS MASTERS 2006 kicks off at Adelaide’s Wayville Showground on Staurday night, February 11.
Leading AMA priveteer TIMMY WEIGAND has signed to ride the Austrian-built flyers for the full Australian year. And h intends running both classes.
Weigand made a name for himself early last year, qualifying for the first five US supercross finals – including a sixth placing at the fabled Anaheim round before being sidelined with a hand injury.
But his results were not concluded. Weigand flew to Western Australia and won their motocross double – King of the Cross and then the Manjimup 15000.