The miserable impasse between AMA Pro Road Racing and the professional road racing community is steadily worsening. This is very unsettling. Not because it is affecting any of the other racing disciplines, but because it belies a deep-rooted management flaw at AMA Pro Racing.
The behavior of AMA Pro Racing toward the road race community looks [...]
Entries from August 24th, 2008
DMG/AMA Pro Racing equal goat rodeo?
August 24th, 2008 · No Comments · Racing
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Terrific vintage racing video from 2008 Nostalgia Scramble
August 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Vintage
Here’s some top-notch racing action from the 2008 Nostalgia Scramble at Kendal, Cumbria, England last weekend. The rider in yellow is 67-year-old Terry Challinor. Found via RacerX and artist Rob Kinsey.
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Risking irrelevance – pro MX vs women’s gymnastics
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments · Racing
The idea of raising the minimum age limit for Pro Motocross is being discussed a lot in the media and by the fans, particularly since an underage Jason Lawrence got into a bit of legal trouble. New outdoor MX director Davey Coombs has publicly stated his opinion that an 18-year-old age limit would be a [...]
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Ducati ownership changes
August 10th, 2008 · No Comments · Industry
Back in February I did a little profile on Ducati based on an article in Cycle News. You may recall that Harley-Davidson made a run at buying Ducati late last year, but the move was quashed by the investment group Investindustrial, which owned a significant, but not controlling, portion of Ducati stock.
H-D has since satisfied [...]
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FIM vs DMG – the battle for world domination
August 8th, 2008 · No Comments · Politics of Riding, Racing
Two things of note this past week in the world of motocross (three, I guess, but I’m not all that interested in who hired Chad Reed — it was obvious someone would) – Youthstream opens U.S. office in southern California, and CycleNews publishes an interview with FIM president Vito Ippolito confirming the FIM’s intentions to [...]
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Google Blogger version of MuddyWatersMX
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I just created a Google/Blogger version of MuddyWatersMX. It’s an abbreviated version, just teasers really, with links back here. I created it because several of the blogs where I like to post comments (including Sarah Smile and EternalTwoStroke) are hosted on Blogger, and when I post it’s easiest to use my GoogleID, which is just [...]
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EternalTwoStroke blog a nice change of pace
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Racing
If you’re at all interested in the modern MX scene take a break from the mind-boggling drivel that passes for writing in the two-wheeled internet world and visit EternalTwoStroke.com. I meant to post this a couple of weeks ago when I found it but I forgot.
I was searching around for some decent two-wheeled blogs to [...]
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Tribute to motorcyle pioneer Don Jones
August 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Profiles in Riding, Vintage
Motorcycle pioneer Don Jones passed away this past week. Terry Good, of MXWorksBikes.com, has posted this very nice Don Jones tribute page with a variety of personal photos that Don sent him several years ago.
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freecaster.tv to show 2009 FIM MX GPs live
August 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Events, Racing
I saw this announcement FIM Motocross and Supermoto Live Online in ‘09 on RacerXIll.com today. I haven’t really kept up with the World GP scene and so wasn’t aware that freecaster.tv already have video highlights of all the GPs on online. According to the release:
The FIM Motocross World Championship promoter Youthstream and the online broadcaster [...]
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Impact sports increase bone density in aging athletes
August 2nd, 2008 · No Comments · Fitness and Health
This 2007 article from Medical News Today, Impact Sports Increase Bone Strength In Senior Athletes, reports on a study conducted on 298 athletes at the 2005 Senior Olympics in Pittsburgh. Findings were reported at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
The study used a health-history questionnaire and ultrasound Bone Mass Density [...]
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