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YOSHIMURA-BACKED TEAMS BATTLE FOR SOLID RESULTS AT ARLINGTON SUPERCROSS
CHINO, CA (February 21, 2012) – Yoshimura-backed teams overcame adversity to score solid results at the seventh round of the 2012 AMA/FIM Supercross Championship Series in Arlington, TX on Saturday. The Honda Racing teams, Yoshimura Suzuki team and Rockstar Energy Racing Suzuki team used their Yoshimura products to the fullest to come out on top [...]
Full StoryMonster Energy Supercross Notes Package – Atlanta, Georgia Dome
Supercross Class: Atlanta Stats
The first race was held on March 5 1977, and Bob Hannah won on a Yamaha
This will be the 34th time the gate will drop for a Supercross Class race in Atlanta
Yamaha won their first race in Atlanta at Fulton County stadium
In 1992, Yamaha’s Damon Bradshaw won the last Supercross Class race [...]
Team Eleven10 Mods Pairs Up With Dubya USA for 2012 Supercross/Motocross Season
Orange, Calif. – February 22, 2012 – Eleven10 Mods is the latest team to enlist the race-proven strength and performance of Dubya USA’s Talon/Excel wheelsets. Eleven10 Mods riders Alex Martin, Phil Nicoletti and Jeff Gibson will be using Dubya USA products throughout the 2012 Supercross and Motocross seasons.
Dubya products will also now be available through [...]
ProTrac 4×4 Suspension Kit
This is the ProTrac™ Suspension Kit for the Slash® 4×4. Pro-Line‘s new ProTrac™ Suspension kit for the Slash® 4×4 is an easy to install kit that greatly increases forward acceleration, corner speed, consistency and drivability. Pro-Line revolutionized the 2WD Slash® with the original ProTrac™ Suspension kit and now the same advantages are available for your [...]
Full StoryYamaha YZ250F Giveaway
Yamaha Motor Corporation is offering one lucky Supercross fan the chance to win a modified 2012 YZ250 F with accessories from some of the very best in the business like GYTR, FMF, Lightspeed, One Industries and Braking just to name a few.
Major changes were made to the 2012 YZ 250 F to make it better [...]
Bowers Takes Home Two More Wins in Reno
Irvine, Calif. – Babbitt’s Monster Energy Amsoil Kawasaki’s Tyler Bowers arrived at Livestock Events Center in Reno, Nev., looking to get a lock on the AMA Arenacross Class championship. Bowers did all he could to wrap up the title early by winning both nights, but came up just shy and now holds a 24-point lead. [...]
Full StoryBowers Has Championship in His Sights as AMA Arenacross Series Season Concludes in Minneapolis
Western Regional Arenacross Lites Champion Will Also be Crowned
AURORA, Ill. (February 21, 2012) – The AMA Arenacross Series season has seen the world’s best arenacross riders wage war inside the country’s most popular arenas since October. Now, following 11 rounds of intense bar-to-bar competition, a pair of champions will be crowned on Saturday night inside [...]
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto Makes it Three in a Row in Dallas
Irvine, Calif. (February 21, 2012) – In front of more than fifty-thousand screaming fans inside Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto scored his third-consecutive win of the season at Round 7 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross season, an FIM World Championship. His teammate Jake Weimer rode strong all night to [...]
Full StoryCole Seely Fills In for Injured Trey Canard at Team Honda Muscle Milk Racing
Torrance, CA: Team Honda Muscle Milk announces today that current Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/Honda Supercross Lites rider Cole Seely will fill in for injured Team Honda Muscle Milk rider Trey Canard at select Supercross races beginning with the coming Atlanta round next weekend.
Seely started the 2012 Lites West title chase with a bang, scoring a [...]
Best Buy Returns to the Global RallyCross Championship
Minneapolis, MN, February 21, 2012 – Best Buy Racing will return to the Global RallyCross Championship in 2012 with a two car team partnering with Olsbergs Motor Sport Evolution (OMSE) for an all out assault to bring the GRC title and X Games 18 Gold back to Minneapolis. Headlining the Best Buy team will be [...]
Full StoryChad Reed out for remainder of AMA Supercross Season
Carlsbad, California – In a devastating blow for TwoTwo Motorsports Chad Reed, injuries sustained at last weekend’s Dallas round of the AMA Supercross, have forced him to retire from the remainder of the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship.
Reed suffered a horrific crash while challenging for the race lead on Lap 7 [...]
Dave Despain Named 2012 Mexican 1000 Grand Marshall
February 16, 2012: In celebration of his love affair with off-road motorsports and the exotic Baja peninsula, the National Off Road Racing Association (NORRA) today announced that television star and racing journalist Dave Despain will be honored as the official Grand Marshall for the upcoming NORRA Mexican 1000 Rally. Scheduled for April 28-May 2, this [...]
Full StoryROCKSTAR ENERGY RACING TEAMS COME THROUGH AFTER BAD LUCK AT ARLINGTON SUPERCROSS
Rockstar Energy’s Blake Wharton cards fourth in first Supercross Lites East round
ARLINGTON, TX (February 20, 2012) – The Rockstar Energy Racing teams turned in some impressive yet hair-raising performances at round seven of the AMA/FIM Supercross Series at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, TX, on Saturday night. The track was a tight, technical one, and it [...]
Honda Tops the Opening Round of the Lites East Class
Torrance, CA: Round seven of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series took place this weekend in Arlington, TX. Nearly 54,000 fans filled Cowboys Stadium to watch not only the seventh round of the series, but also the opening round of the Lites East class. GEICO Honda’s Justin Barcia, who is also [...]
Full StoryVillopoto Carries Three-Race Winning Streak and Championship Lead into Monster Energy Supercross Stop from Atlanta
Barcia Sets Tone for Eastern Regional Supercross Lites Class
AURORA, Ill. (February 20, 2011) – Since opening the 2012 Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season with four different winners in four races, only one rider has stood atop the podium for the past three weeks. Reigning Monster Energy Supercross Champion Ryan Villopoto has [...]
YOSHIMURA SUZUKI RACING AVOIDS CATASTROPHE TO PULL OFF AN EIGHTH-PLACE FINISH IN ARLINGTON
ARLINGTON, TX (February 19, 2012) – Team Yoshimura Suzuki was proud to bring home a safe and solid top-10 finish in round seven of the 2012 AMA/FIM Supercross Series at Cowboy Stadium in Arlington, TX, on Saturday night. Australian Brett Metcalfe realized that discretion was the better part of valor after what could have been [...]
Full StoryMoose Racing On The Podium Over the Weekend
Over the weekend, Moose Racing riders put together several impressive results, from the AMA Arenacross Series to the AMA National Enduro Series, along with the AMA Supercross Series.
On the West Coast, Moose Racing’s Tyler Bowers seemed untouchable all weekend with back-to-back wins at Livestock Events Center in Reno, Nev. With his two wins, he inched [...]
INRODUCING MOTOSTOCK PHOTOGRAPHY – Easy Access to the Images You Need for Websites, Advertising, Marketing and Editorial Work
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (February 18, 2012) — MotoStock Photography is the powersports industry’s new one-stop shop to locate imagery that covers the full spectrum of genres–street, dirt, ATV, snowmobile, racing and moto lifestyle–for websites, advertising, marketing and editorial.
MotoStock is a division of powersports-specific marketing firm PutterPowerMedia. Its vast collection of pictures are culled from agency principal, [...]
Red Bull Take KTM riders dominate Starcross Mantova
The only KTM factory rider not active on the track was Max Nagl, who is working on his fitness following two back surgeries.
The team’s Italian maestro Tony Cairoli was in his element in front of his loyal Italian fans, taking the MX1 glory ahead of Evgeny Bobryshev of Russia and his old rival Italy’s David [...]
Stewart takes 6th in Arlington
Over 50,000 spectators lined the seat rows of the Dallas Stadium in Arlington, Texas for the seventh round of the AMA Supercross series – also an FIM World Championship – and saw JGRMX’s James Stewart recover from a collision with team-mate Davi Millsaps early in the main event to cross the finish line in sixth [...]
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