Update 1/30/2012: My friend Reese just notified me the Washougal ’80 pics are no longer online. He said he’s put up some Inter-AM and early Trans-AM pics instead. Got a great email from motocross historian, CZ aficionado, and all-round good guy Reese Dengler. Reese attended the very first AMA MX National at Washougal, WA in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Racing'
Project Two50 on SuperHunky
July 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Racing, Two-Stroke
Matthew Cuddy of SuperHunky.com posted a great interview with Team Project Two 50 members John Nicholas, Mike Leavitt, and Todd Leavitt. In case you don’t know, launching a privateer effort into the AMA Lucas Oil Outdoor Motocross Championships is a daunting proposition – especially if you’ve never done it before. Especially if you’re developing a [...]
Tags: ProjectTwo50·SuperHunky
Motocross head injury study launched
July 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Fitness and Health, Racing
Announcement at RacerX Online regarding a new cooperative program between Mayo Clinic of Rochester, MN and Spring Creek MX Park in Millville, MN to study motocross injuries – specifically concussion. For more detail read the entire post at the link above, but here is an excerpt: In an unprecedented move Spring Creek MX Park, home [...]
Tags: concussion·crash·MayoClinic·motocross
SwanMX Lone Star Series Round 1
July 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Racing
As I have done for the past few months, I worked track safety at Swan MX Park this past weekend for Round 1 of the Texas Lone Star Series. The weather for Saturday practice and Sunday’s MX race was awesome. But those “scattered t-storms” predicted for Saturday caught up with us about 4:00pm and put [...]
MX Action two-stroke vs four-stroke
July 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Racing, Technology, Two-Stroke
MXA wrecking crew rides, races, and compares Yamaha YZ250 and YZ250F.
RIP Lake Whitney Motocross Park
July 7th, 2010 · 10 Comments · Politics of Riding, Racing
It appears that storied Lake Whitney Cycle Park — the site of numerous National, International, and amateur motocross events since 1972 — has finally succumbed to economic pressures after years on life support. This report is unconfirmed and based on this RacerX article. I also found this post from June 2006 and this LinkedIn profile [...]
This is jumping jumps
May 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Racing
This is jumping jumps. It’s not motocross. Don’t confuse the two. If you want to jump jumps, fine. Go to it. This is cool, too. Focus on it. Try to be the best at it. But don’t get on the track and pretend you’re a racer. You’re not. You’ll just be a 2x loser, not [...]
MX spode – looking good while losing
May 28th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Racing
What has happened to being ashamed of losing? This past weekend I worked track safety at the local MX park for an amateur race. I’ve done this a couple of times now, just to see what’s happening in the world of grass roots modern MX. It’s a little sad, really. The local amateur ranks have [...]
Alpinestars Integrated Protective Gear
April 25th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Racing, Reviews, Safety
Recently I had a brief email exchange with Ken Smith, editor of Australia-based VMX Magazine regarding the problems neck brace wearers have integrating other forms of protective gear. As Ken pointed out, everything from the bottom profile of your helmet to the shape of your chest protector/body armor can affect the way the neck brace [...]
Tags: AlpineStars·bodyarmor·crash·gear·protection
Project Two50 needs your support
April 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Events, Racing, Two-Stroke
John Nicholas of Project Two50 is working hard with his team to prepare a top-notch two-stroke 250cc bike to compete in six of the AMA outdoor Motocross Nationals this year. Because the team got a late start on the project they missed the budget planning process for lots of potential sponsors, so they’re looking for [...]
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