RJ Says – Winning and Losing

Feb 22, 2012 by

Ricky Johnson is a seven time AMA Supercross / Motocross Champion. This is his blog.

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Mugen Will Compete in the 2012 Isle of Man TT Zero

Feb 22, 2012 by

As of today, famed Honda tuning house Mugen will be tackling a new kind of project: the 2012 TT Zero. Announcing and confirming their entry into the Isle of Man TT’s electric motorcycle race, Mugen will be showcasing not only the company’s lesser-known motorcycle tuning chops, but also its hand at prepping electric vehicles for racing duty. Found in 1973 by Hirotoshi Honda (son to Honda founder Soichiro Honda), Mugen has previously made its name mostly on …

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Checa gets going as second day is completed

Feb 22, 2012 by

Carlos ChecaUnder sunny skies in Australia the best lap times dropped significantly again as Carlos Checa (Althea Racing) picked up the pace and put in a 1 minute 32.2 second lap. The World Champion got down to more work on his overall race set-up today and it paid off, despite an early health scare that he quickly recovered from.

Said Checa, “I did not have a good night last night, suffering from indigestion, and I lost time in the morning. We continued with our plan later in the day and we found a good set-up with front suspension, which I like probably better than our standard. We took more time than normal to confirm that the feeling was right and we did the job today that we planned yesterday.”

Tom Sykes was the second fastest rider, by a tenth, as he once again put in consistent laps on his Kawasaki Racing Team official bike. Max Biaggi (Aprilia Racing) stepped up his pace today and was himself only a tenth behind Sykes. Eugene Laverty (Aprilia Racing) and Joan Lascorz (Kawasaki Racing Team) set identical lap times of 1’32.5, with Lascorz putting all the set-up data he has compiled over these two days to good use right at the end.

BMW Motorrad Motorsport riders Leon Haslam and Marco Melandri were sixth and seventh fastest today, as their new look technical team continues to gel together.

Sylvain Guintoli (Effenbert Liberty Racing) did not post any times as he has a nasty bout of flu, while David Salom’s crash from yesterday proved to be more irritating for the Pedercini Kawasaki rider than was first thought, as he hurt his right wrist, possibly fracturing his scaphoid. He will try to run again on the final day of the tests.

Local man Dave Johnson had to put a stock engine into his BMW today after his race engine developed a problem, but still improved his best time to a 1’34.7. One more day of unofficial testing remains.

Day 2 Best Times: 1. Carlos Checa 1’32.1; 2. Tom Sykes 1’32.2; 3. Max Biaggi 1’32.3; 4. Eugene Laverty 1’32.5; 5. Joan Lascorz 1’32.5; 6. Leon Haslam 1’32.6; 7. Marco Melandri 1’33.0; 8. Jakub Smrz 1’33.2; 9. Maxime Berger 1’33.3; 10. Ayrton Badovini 1’33.6; 11. Davide Giugliano 1’33.7; 12. Michel Fabrizio 1’33.9; 13. Leon Camier 1’33.9; 14. David Johnson 1’34.7; 15. David Salom 1’34.9; 16. Lorenzo Zanetti 1’35.2; John Hopkins (absent with injury); Sylvain Guintoli (no time)

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The 411 with Marvin Musquin

Feb 21, 2012 by

Multi-time World Motocross MX2 Champion, Marvin Musquin, answers your Facebook and Twitter questions in “The 411.” Follow Red Bull / KTM’s supercross star as he competes in the the Monster Energy Supercross Lites West region.

If you have any questions for the next “The 411″ just follow us on Facebook or Twitter.

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A Week with Sergio Layos

Feb 21, 2012 by

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Massive crash for Chad Reed in Dallas

Feb 21, 2012 by

Chad Reed suffered a huge crash in Dallas at the weekend after getting it wrong in the whoop section while [...]

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Breaking News: Trey Canard to Miss Remaining Rounds of the 2011 Supercross Season

Feb 20, 2012 by

American Honda announced today that Trey Canard will miss the remaining three rounds of the 2011 Supercross Championship after injuring his leg in a practice crash. Canard and the American Honda Racing team were at Competitive Edge MX Park in Hesperia, CA, making preparations for the upcoming Motocross season when the incident happened.
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MCN-MGP: Estoril MotoGP gets go ahead for 2012

Feb 20, 2012 by

Estoril will feature on the 2012 MotoGP world championship calendar after negotiations with rights owners Dorna were successfully concluded earlier this week. The Portuguese Grand Prix, scheduled to take place on May 6, had been in serious doubt with …

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KTM Sales up 22.4% in 2011 Thanks to India

Feb 20, 2012 by

If you want a quick synopsis of how the European motorcycle brands performed in 2011, they killed it. BMW, Ducati, Triumph, and now KTM have all reported double-digit sales growth figures for 2011, a stark contrast to the still struggling sales of Harley-Davidson, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki, and Yamaha.  Reporting a 22.4% sales increase last year, KTM made a cool ?20.7 million in the process of selling its 81,200 units in 2011 (KTM sold 66,327 units in …

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WMX Rider Insight: Jackie Ives

Feb 19, 2012 by

In only her second season as a professional Motocross racer, Jackie Ives is currently sitting in 16th position for the WMX point standings through the first four rounds of the 2010 AMA Woman’s Motocross Championship Series.


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You might think ‘How cool is it to be racing professional motocross all over the USA!’ But it’s a lot harder and a lot more work than you might think! Not all racers get the big bucks and the factory rides like James Stewart, Ryan Dungey, and Chad Reed. As a matter of fact, most of the woman racers in the USA have to work quite hard during the week just to make it to the race track!

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MCN-MGP: Jorge Lorenzo surprised at slow CRT pace

Feb 19, 2012 by

Former world champion Jorge Lorenzo is the latest high profile rider to express concerns about the huge gulf in lap times between the factory 1000cc prototypes and new CRT machinery. The Spaniard got his first experience of riding on track with the ne…

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The rookie class of 2012 has a French flavour | 2012 F1 season preview

Feb 19, 2012 by

Having had no French drivers in the last two F1 seasons there are three in the rookie class of 2012 – plus Australia’s Daniel Ricciardo.

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RJ Says: Phoenix Supercross 2012 thoughts, Los Angeles Supercross preview

Feb 19, 2012 by

 

First off, I want to congratulate KTM, Roger De Coster, and Ryan Dungey for KTM’s first Supercross Class main event win. It’s huge. I know of all the work they have done in the past few years in developing winning machines, teams, and more. Look at what they did with Stefan Everts and Pit Beirer in developing the 350 SX model – two world championships so far with Antonio Cairoli.

KTM in America has been working on the new 450 that Ryan races. It’s a new effort, on a new bike. For Ryan Dungey, his win last Saturday in Phoenix goes a long way in many areas, but I feel the most important is that it adds confidence to the team and Ryan.

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Italtrans tops Moto2

Feb 18, 2012 by

The third and final day of testing at the Andalusian circuit was held under sunny and warm weather (…

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Tarah Gieger and TLD extend racing relationship for 2011

Feb 18, 2012 by

Troy Lee Designs / Lucas Oil / Honda is happy to announce that Tarah Gieger is racing under the tent for the 2011 WMA Series.


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Tarah's out here in California preparing for the nationals already and she's looking stronger than ever!

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Caterham needed a ?supported? driver, says Trulli | F1 Fanatic round-up

Feb 18, 2012 by

In the round-up: Trulli says Caterham picked Petrov for money, while Petrov denies he is a ‘pay driver’.

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2012 Jerez Moto2 And Moto3 Test Day 1 Times: Luthi Leads Kalexes In Moto2, Kent On Top In Moto3

Feb 18, 2012 by

After a brief few days of rest, the Moto2 and Moto3 riders returned to action, this time heading further south to Jerez after last week's test at Valencia. At the end of the first day, unofficial timing saw Thomas Luthi fastest in the Moto2 class, while Danny Kent took the unofficial honors in Moto3.

The trek south helped with the track conditions, with the temperatures climbing a good deal above those at Valencia, despite a chilly start to the day which left most of the riders confined to their garages until well after 10:30am. Once testing got underway, the order established at Valencia was once again reaffirmed, with the Kalexes proving to be the bike to beat in Moto2, with a smattering of other fast riders on Suters and FTRs joining the fray. The day saw Thom Luthi officially on top, ahead of the Italtrans bikes of Claudio Corti and Takaaki Nakagami, while the Marc VDS riders Mika Kallio and Scott Redding were on the pace of Nakagami. Andrea Iannone was just a fraction off Redding's pace on the FTR Speed Up, while former Spanish champion Angel Rodriquez set the joint 7th fastest time, along with Alex de Angelis and Bradley Smith. Marc Marquez was once again absent, the Catalunya CX rider still not 100% recovered from his eye injury sustained at Sepang last year.

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Super X 2011 ? Where?d everbody go?

Feb 17, 2012 by

Super X 2011 Well it’s that time of year again. The Australian Super X series starts this weekend with the opening round in Melbourne. The series is lacking the usual promise of top US riders taking on some of the best in Australia. No mention of the main draw card of the previous series with [...]

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2012 Valencia Moto2 And Moto3 Test Day 2 Times: Redding Smashes Moto2 Lap Record, Cortese Fastest Moto3

Feb 17, 2012 by

Testing continued today for the Moto2 and Moto3 classes at Valencia, with the temperatures proving a little more cooperative than Wednesday, helped along by the watery February sun. The morning chill remained, though, leaving the teams stuck inside the garages for much of the morning, the action only really getting underway around 11am. 

A little more temperature and an extra day of testing saw Scott Redding step the pace up even further: the Marc VDS rider was already under the official Moto2 race lap record on Wednsday, and on Thursday, he took another nine tenths of a second off his best time, smashing Toni Elias' pole record from back in 2010. Redding had company from Andrea Iannone on the second day of testing, with the Speed Master rider lapping the Valencia track just two tenths slower on his FTR Speed Up, and three tenths quicker than Claudio Corti on the Italtrans Kalex.

Where Kalex had dominated the show on Wednesday, the top of the timesheets was much more of a mixture: while Kalex had 5 bikes in the top 10, FTR had their Speed Up machine in 2nd, with Andrea Iannone aboard, while Corsi and Angel Rodriguez took 5th and 8th respectively for the British chassis build. Bradley Smith put his Tech 3 bike into 6th, nine tenths behind the Kalex of Redding.

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Notes: de Silvestro roars into Baltimore

Feb 17, 2012 by

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The competition is getting hotter

Feb 16, 2012 by

Over 9,000 spectators braved the -15 degree temperatures in Ufa for the 2012 FIM Ice Speedway Gladia…

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Supercross: Villopoto leads

Feb 16, 2012 by

Defending Supercross Class Champion Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., brings a six-point lead into …

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RJ Says – Speed or Consistency?

Feb 15, 2012 by

After the Anaheim II Supercross, it?s looking like a four man race for the coveted title of 2012 AMA Supercross Series Champion.

With everybody still healthy and strong, this is shaping up to be one of the most competitive years in Supercross ever. Most seasons in the past the title has come down to one or two guys – but right now there is a major the contrast in the consistency of Chad Reed and Ryan Dungey versus the brutal speed of Ryan Villopoto and James Stewart.

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WMX Rider Insight: Sayaka Kaneshiro

Feb 15, 2012 by

At the 13th annual ‘A Day in the Dirt’ I got a chance to talk with Sayaka “Teriyaki Sauce” Kaneshiro, WMX Pro #15

How was your racing today?

It was good, I thought we had a practice first, I went out and it was actually a race. I was just racing and riding around, I felt like … WOW!


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What did you think of the event overall?

It was to difficult racing for me, because I didn’t ride my pace. I rode about 6th place, less than I wanted to. I got the same number as last year, I just tried to do my best.

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MX Adventures – Supercross Racers go Pink

Feb 15, 2012 by

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Supercross will undergo a ‘Pink’ transformation this weekend in Anaheim to show their support and help promote Breast Cancer Awareness, including contributions to the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in Orange County.

Expect to see a lot of masculine Supercross guys wearing pink riding gear, or somehow sporting the color to show their support for this great cause. Also it is a Valentines weekend, so many of the guys are getting all kinds of lady love …

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WSBK: John Hopkins Breaks Hand at Phillip Island Test

Feb 14, 2012 by

Bad fortune continues to follow John Hopkins, as the Anglo-American rider broke his hand today during a high-speed crash at the Phillip Island World Superbike test. Again breaking his right hand, Hopkins tweeted the following after the incident: “Well I’m absolutely devastated to announce that after a high speed crash I’ve broke a bone in my R/ hand ! Severity is yet to be determined.” Hopper would continue, saying that he would fly back to …

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Not Homologated: Ducati 1199 Panigale & MV Agusta F3

Feb 14, 2012 by

UPDATE: On 2/10/2012, the FIM released an updated homologation list, which includes the 2012 Ducati 1199 Panigale S for racing in the World Superstock 1000 Cup. The regulations for the 2012 World Superbike Championship are out, and two names are noticeably not present from the homologation lists for World Superbike and World Supersport: the Ducati 1199 Panigale and the MV Agusta F3. That’s right, the two biggest motorcycles to debut in 2012 have not yet …

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2012 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship a stand out success

Feb 14, 2012 by

While it was Poland’s Taddy Blazusiak – KTM who sealed the 2012 FIM SuperEnduro World Championship, …

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Krasnikov leaps to the top

Feb 14, 2012 by

2012 FIM Ice Speedway Gladiators World Championship Final 2, Ufa, Sunday 12th FebruaryAny doubts t…

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Behind the scenes: Team USA for 2010 Motocross of Nations – together for the first time

Feb 13, 2012 by

I was back out at Pala Raceway for something very special. I had already been there for four days for the Finale of the 2010 AMA MX season and the Awards Banquet.

But, as I mentioned, this was something special – the first official get together of Team USA for the 2010 Motocross of Nations. Team Manager Roger De Coster, racers Ryan Dungey, Andrew Short, Trey Canard, and all the support staff needed for an effort like this.


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I felt very privileged to be invited to such an event. I soon came to realize that the most unique and moving part of the day was seeing the look of real happiness, the feeling of true honor, and the comraderie for each person involved, as ‘The Team’ came together for the first time. It was contagious. They seem to be a real ‘team’ already, working together well, and have great things to say about each other. Again, it was contagious!

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Stanmore Motocross Club to re-open

Feb 13, 2012 by

Funds which were intended to be used to develop the Stapylton motocross facility will now be used to make improvements to the existing motocross track Stanmore. The improvements will be primarily noise protection measures. Stanmore MX should be able to re-open until construction isready to start although no dates have been given at this time.

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Long Ruts on Straights

Feb 13, 2012 by

Nothing reminds me of motocross more than a rutted up, fast, flowing track.  This is the pinnacle obstacle that separates the men from the boys.  If you watched Southwick this past weekend, then you saw the insane ruts in the moist New England sand.  Most beginners find themselves nervous approaching long ruts and often end [...]

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Nicky Hayden To Have Surgery On Injured Shoulder

Feb 13, 2012 by

After struggling at the MotoGP test in Sepang with a lack of strength in the shoulder he injured during winter training, Nicky Hayden is to undergo shoulder surgery to try to examine and correct the damage sustained. In a press release issued by Ducati on Sunday evening, the American announced that the damage suffered in his shoulder was worse than at first thought, and riding at the tests in Malaysia had highlighted the problems in his shoulder. After flying straight to the office of specialist Dr Ting in California, a preliminary examination showed up damage to the cartilage in his shoulder and muscles in his back, and the decision was taken to have surgery to examine the precise extent of the damage, and attempt to fix the problem.

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AMA Supercross heads to San Diego

Feb 12, 2012 by

Defending Monster Energy Supercross Champion Ryan Villopoto won his 17th-Carreer Supercross Class wi…

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Stanmore Motocross Club to re-open

Feb 11, 2012 by

Funds which were intended to be used to develop the Stapylton motocross facility will now be used to make improvements to the existing motocross track Stanmore. The improvements will be primarily noise protection measures. Stanmore MX should be able to re-open until construction isready to start although no dates have been given at this time.

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2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, an FIM World Championship – Oakland Recap, Anaheim 2 Preview

Feb 11, 2012 by

Updated 2:30pm! Last Saturday night, the Oakland round of the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series showed that this season may be another one for the ages. James Stewart became the fourth rider in four rounds to win the premier Supercross Class, while Eli Tomac became the first repeat winner of the 250 Lites Class for 2012.

Stewart?s win was his first since April of 2011, and it did not come easily. Off the start, Chad Reed had an excellent jump, grabbed the holsehot and immediately opened a small gap over Andrew Short and Josh Hansen. Stewart, Ryan Villopoto, and Ryan Dungey all had mid pack starts, and spent the first few laps fighting their way through the field in order to battle for the lead. And battle they did.


 Last week’s race in Oakland – photos, results, points and more

Anaheim 2 2011 Results, points and photos! (Remember who won?)


The Anaheim 2 Supercross race track – Thursday afternoon

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My Motocross School is back, bigger and better than ever

Feb 10, 2012 by

Many people have called, texted, Facebooked, Tweeted, Skyped, e-mailed and stalked me, asking when the "Amanda MX School" would return.
And since I'm here to give all the fans of Supercross.com, and the sport of Motocross, as much as possible, I'm here to announce that the Amanda MX School is back! Bigger and better than ever! [...]

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RJ Says: Phoenix Supercross 2012 thoughts, Los Angeles Supercross preview

Feb 10, 2012 by

 

First off, I want to congratulate KTM, Roger De Coster, and Ryan Dungey for KTM’s first Supercross Class main event win. It’s huge. I know of all the work they have done in the past few years in developing winning machines, teams, and more. Look at what they did with Stefan Everts and Pit Beirer in developing the 350 SX model – two world championships so far with Antonio Cairoli.

KTM in America has been working on the new 450 that Ryan races. It’s a new effort, on a new bike. For Ryan Dungey, his win last Saturday in Phoenix goes a long way in many areas, but I feel the most important is that it adds confidence to the team and Ryan.

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Brian Deegan Takes On Monster Jam

Feb 10, 2012 by

Check out this video update of Brian Deegan’s first Monster Jam debut in the Metal Mulisha Monster Truck…

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