03/05/09 - 16:28
A sold out, standing-room only crowd of 39,506 packed into Sam Boyd Stadium for the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season finale in Las Vegas. While all eyes were on the heated rivalry between San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., and Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, of Tampa, Fla., rookie Ryan Villopoto, of Poulsbo, Wash., stole the show with...
01/05/09 - 17:29
Through 16 races, 11 states, and 14 cities, the most intense and closely contested Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, season in history draws to an exciting conclusion this weekend at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas. The world’s fastest riders and fierce rivals, Team San Manuel Yamaha’s James Stewart and Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Chad Reed, will battle it out one final time fo...
30/04/09 - 15:55
Red Bull KTM rider Shaun Simpson has undergone surgery after breaking bones in his left leg during a training accident in Holland.Simpson, currently fifth in the points standings in the FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship, suffered the injuries at the Ersel practice facility.He was taken to hospital in Eeklo in Belgium where he underwent a procedure after suffering fractures of the tibia and fibu...
30/04/09 - 10:54
The 12th round of the FIM Motocross World Championship will stop by Lommel for the popular Grand Prix of Belgium on August 2. The event enjoys a solid support from the local authorities, including the municipality of Lommel and the governments of Limburg and Flanders. An official presentation was made last Wednesday at the Lommel race track, the venue of the eagerly awaited GP. Organizers Eric Geb...
28/04/09 - 15:56
Former champion Steve Ramon is to miss up to three months of the FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship after being diagnosed with a fractured vertebrae in his back.The Teka Suzuki rider fractured the C7 vertebrae when he crashed during the first race of the Grand Prix of Benelux at Valkenswaard.The 29-year-old competed in the second race at the Dutch circuit but scans showed a break of the facet jo...
29/04/09 - 10:40
The thrilling and often times tense battle for the 2009 Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, title came to a head this past Saturday as the tour returned to Salt Lake City’s Rice Eccles Stadium.The penultimate race of the season offered a wild card due to rain showers throughout race day, which produced a somewhat tricky racing surface. As the AMA Supercross class main event ...
26/04/09 - 21:52
The chase for the MX1 and MX2 World titles becomes more and more interesting with the fourth meeting in Benelux establishing new GP winners in the likes of Jonathan Barragan (MX1) and Rui Goncalves (MX2). Though Championship leaders Cairoli (MX1) and Paulin (MX2) are still on top of the respective categories.The second round of the FIM Veterans’ World Cup was won by Nilsson as Iven continues to to...
26/04/09 - 17:28
2nd day at the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Basel with the ultimate fight for World Championship points. Only Fredrik Johansson could not ride, cause of his injury from Graz. But both crash guys from Friday, William van den Putte and Vivian Gantner were able to ride. In a most packing final World Champ Remi Bizouard grabbed the victory on this day. Flip machine Podmol was only a few points behind ahead o...
26/04/09 - 11:17
San Manual Yamaha’s James Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., won his 11th Monster Energy® AMA Supercross, a FIM World Championship, race at Rice-Eccles Stadium before 40,612 fans. Rockstar/Makita Suzuki’s Ryan Dungey, of Belle Plaine, Minn., capped off the Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites class season with the championship. In tonight’s Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites class main event, GEIC...
26/04/09 - 16:44
Sandy Valkenswaard delivered great emotions today through two qualifying heats opening round four of the FIM Motocross World Championship. Nagl took his maiden MX1 pole while Aubin made up for a difficult beginning of the season winning the MX2 qualifying.In the second round of the FIM Veterans’ World Cup Nilsson took victory in heat one.MX1A crash at the opening lap took out a handful of riders i...