I saw a little announcement at Motocross Action Magazine titled HRPSports is Accepting Resumes. HRP. The lightning bolt. Immediately I recalled hearing Bob Hannah say during some interview that his wife Terri was running HRP again. I also thought about the Jimmy Weinert Training Facility and the Jimmy Weinert Racing team that’s competing in both [...]
Entries Tagged as 'motocross'
Washougal 1980
July 21st, 2010 · 2 Comments · Racing, Vintage
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 [...]
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 [...]
Public Service Announcement on spinal injury
May 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Fitness and Health, Profiles in Riding, Safety
Here’s the spinal cord injury Public Service Announcement that Steve Bauer posted on Facebook. Click here or click the image to view. It’s an MP4 (Quicktime) video file.
Tags: DannyChandler·DavidBailey·ErnestoFonseca·motocross·RickyJames
How to start a big-bore two-stroke
May 15th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Two-Stroke, Vintage, Workbench
This video was put together by some AZ vintage riders — Bill Ramsey of The Motorcycle Accessory Shop made the video, based on a technique he learned from Mark Smith. I struggle to start my old big-bore CZs, and have repeatedly ripped the buckles off my cool vintage Hi-Point MX boots. Not cool. Maybe this [...]
