AMA Names 2009 U.S. ISDE Trophy Team
The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is pleased to announce the riders who will contest the 84th International Six Days Enduro for the U.S. World Trophy Team. Returning to take on the world this Oct. 12-17 in Figueira da Foz, Portugal, are the riders who rode to a third-place team finish on Team USA at last [...]
Abbott aces King of the Desert National H&H
After two rounds of disappointing results, five-time and defending AMA National Hare & Hound Champion Destry Abbott emerged the winner of round three, the King of the Desert National presented by Roadrunner Off-road Racing and Threat Racing at the Superstition Mountains Off Highway Vehicle Area west of El Centro, California.
But victory could just as easily [...]
Sean Reddish on the Future of Hare Scrambles
It may have been a relatively quiet one, but last weekend marked the start of a new era of Hare Scrambles racing – at least on the West Coast. Some big changes went down a few months ago in the world of off-road racing, starting with the World Off Road Championship Series (WORCS) picking up [...]
Nathan Woods’ ISDE Suzuki RM-Z450
It was a unique feeling to be riding Nathan Woods’ specially equipped and prepped ISDE Suzuki RM-Z450 in the dry and dusty California desert at the same time that Woods himself was blitzing dry and dusty special tests in Greece. Naturally, for that simultaneous timing to work, it meant that Suzuki had built two identical [...]
ProMoto.TV – AMA Western National Hare Scrambles Rnd. 1
Check out video from round one of the AMA Western National Hare Scrambles Series presented by Tusk. KTM’s Brenden Ritzman took the win at Rynoland in Anza, California over a stacked field of off-road riders including Ricky Dietrich, Kyle Summers, Robby Bell, Kendall Norman, Nick Brozovich and Brian Garrahan.
Check out the video here – ProMoto.TV.
David Knight: Coming back for more
Having achieved just about everything there is to achieve in off-road motorcycle sport, David Knight is returning to the World Enduro Championship with new ambitions, renewed motivation and is looking forward to what he describes as one of the most exciting and challenging seasons of his career so far. In an exclusive interview, he tells [...]
Kamo, Pearson Win BITD Laughlin Hare Scrambles
After leading for much of the first half of the Best In The Desert Laughlin Hare Scrambles in Laughlin, Nevada, on March 7, Gary Sutherlin crashed his Zip-Ty Racing Husqvarna TC 450, allowing David Pearson, of the Shock Doctor/Muscle Milk/KTM Factory Off-Road Racing Team, to scoot past and turn the bike over to partner David [...]
Whibley Whips Maxxis General GNCC
The Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series welcomed strategic, bar-to-bar racing back to the forefront at the Maxxis General GNCC in Georgia, but by the time the battle was over, GEICO/JG Racing Monster Kawasaki’s Paul Whibley emerged as the last man standing. His teammate Jimmy Jarrett took second to give the team a historic 1-2 [...]
Fastest 5 Minutes in Motorsports
KTM’s Mike Brown put on a come-from-behind performance to win his very first World Off-Road Championship Series race in Adelanto, California. The victory, along with his fifth-place finish at round one, moves “Brownie” into the 2009 point’s lead.
Check out some sick footage of the race – ::: 2009 WORCS round 2 :::.
Mullins Wins GNCC Opener
In a wide-open Can-Am Grand National Cross Country Series, FMF Suzuki’s Charlie Mullins made the first statement by taking a dominant wire-to-wire win at the Parts Unlimited River Ranch GNCC in Florida. After nabbing the $250 MotorcycleUSA.com Holeshot, Mullins put in a perfect day on a rough, sandy race track, with GEICO Monster Kawasaki’s Paul [...]
