RANDOM RADNESS #14

Motocross Action has the most documented collection of photos in the sport as their photogs have been capturing everything motocross since MXA’s inception in 1973. These photos have been kept locked up inside MXA’s palatial towers (except for the ones that were pilfered). It was time to break into the historic archive of photos that have been captured over our 48-year history. Out of the millions of photos MXA has in its archive only a fraction of those have been seen by the public. Only a few hundred photos were needed per issue of MXA, but our guys snapped thousands of photos each month that were just stored never to be seen. We finally thought we should share these unseen photos of the past and present. We also thought that other fans of the sport needed a platform for them to share their Rad photos as well. With that, MXA’s Random Radness was born.

This week’s gallery is sponsored by Helix Racing Products. They truly have some serious random rad products. Check them out!

Ryan Dungey and James Stewart racing at the 2015 Red Bull Straight Rhythm. 

Chad Reed winning the 2012 Anaheim Supercross.

A black and white photo from the MXA archives of Troy Lee back in the day. 

Tony Cairoli brought team Italy to the MXDN win in his last year racing. 

MXA test riders dueling out the Twisted Development KX500 and CR500 two-strokes. 

Jody and Jeff Ward on the Saddleback starting line. 

Justin Hill in 2019 at the JGR team photoshoot. 

The back of an old Xtreme t-shirt. 

British racer Rob Herring after he broke his leg at a GP. 

Broc Tickle at the Monster Energy Cup 2017. 

Father-son love. 

Is that a moose on the track?

Trey Canard carving through the sand. 

Ricky Carmichael getting the start in 2000. 

Trick Dyno Port cone pipe. 

A pile of Vertex pistons. 

Mike LaRocco in a non-moto setting. 

Buddy Antunez racing the US Open in 1999 with Broc Sellards in the background. 

1989 ATK electric start 604 ad.

2019 MXA 250 four-stroke shootout lineup. 

1993 MXA 125 two-stroke shootout.

Mike Craig with son Christian Craig. 

Malcolm Stewart back in 2012 on the J-Star KTM team as he tries to rip off his broken fork guard. 

Jeremy McGrath’s Troy Lee Designs 100 bill painted Bell helmet. 

Josh Hill riding on Catalina Island in 2010. 

Jean-Michel Bayle in 1993 racing a Superbike.

Davi Millsaps racing the Glen Helen National in 2008. 

Brian Deegan racing the 1998 Las Vegas Supercross in Stiffie gear. 

The owner of Fox Shox, Bob Fox, was a physicist by training. He loved motocross and started making his own racing shocks. He eventually started a shock company that become a huge success. 

MXGP racer Billy Liles racing a CR500. 

Al Baker ad in the pages of MXA. 

MXA’s Josh Mosiman test riding Jo Shimoda’s Pro Circuit KX250. 

MXA testing the 1989 Honda CR125.