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USGP: EVEN WITHOUT ITS FIRST-RANK STARS, THE AMERICANS TAKE MOST OF THE PODIUM POSITIONS

The top two steps on the 250 podium were taken by Americans Jessy Nelson (center) and Shane McElrath (to his right). Don’t you think Troy Lee is glad that he sent his team to the USGP?

The 450 podium was Josh Grant, Romain Febvre and Cooper Webb.

USGP RESULTS: 450 CLASS
1. Romain Febvre (Yam)…1-2
2. Josh Grant (Kaw)…3-1
3. Cooper Webb (Yam)…2-3
4. Dean Wilson (KTM)…7-4
5. Glenn Coldenhoff (Suz)…6-6
6. Evgeny Bobryshev (Hon)…9-5
7. Gautier Paulin (Hon)…8-8
8. Jeremy Van Horebeek (Yam)…12-7
9. Tommy Searle (KTM)…13-9
10. Jason Anderson (Hus)…4-27
Other notables: 11. Davi Millsaps; 12. Jose Butron; 13. Tony Cairoli; 14. Tyla Rattray; 16. Marvin Musquin; 19. Ben Townley; 26. Sean Lipanovich; 32. Max Nagl; 33. Cody Cooper; 34. Shaun Simpson

USGP RESULTS: 250 CLASS
1. Jessy Nelson (KTM)…1-1
2. Shane McElrath (KTM)…3-2
3. Valentin Guillod (Yam)…5-3
4. Tim Gajser (Hon)…6-4
5. Max Anstie (Kaw)…4-8
6. Chris Alldredge (Kaw)…2-13
7. Jeremy Seewer (Suz)…8-5
8. Harri Kullas (Hus)…7-7
9. Pauls Jonass (KTM)…10-6
10. Benoit Paturel (Yam)…13-9
Other notables: 11. Petar Petrov; 13. Thomas Covington; 14. Brian Bogers; 15. Julien Lieber; 20. Brent Van doninck; 24. Brian Hsu

FINAL FIM 450 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
(After 18 of 18 rounds)
1. Romain Febvre…735
2. Gautier Paulin…592
3. Evgeny Bobryshev…567
4. Shaun Simpson…481
5. Jeremy Van Horebeek…449
6. Max Nagl…442
7. Tony Cairoli…432
8. Glenn Coldenhoff…423
9. Todd Waters…354
10. Clement Desalle…331

FINAL FIM 250 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS
(After 18 of 18 rounds)
1. Tim Gajser…589
2. Pauls Jonass…564
3. Max Anstie…537
4. Valentin Guillod…511
5. Jeremy Seewer…496
6. Julien Lieber…430
7. Jeffrey Herlings…423
8. Jordi Tixier…393
9. Benoit Paturel…376
10. Petar Petrov…324

JUST CALL HIM RV4.2

Ryan Villopoto’s Corona Del Mar house is on the market for $4,200,000. The 3037 square-foot home has 3 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a den, balcony and is on a corner lot. The roof top deck at the rear of the house is a marvelous entertainment area with views of city lights and the Pacific Ocean. Also, you will find a well-organized 2-car attached garage with an 11-foot ceiling, custom cabinets and epoxy floor.

The foyer comes complete with Bambi and her mom.

The custom cabinets in the two-car garage make it perfect for your Ferrari, gym or National Championship jersies.

Inside Ryan’s walk-in closet.

THE NEWEST HONDA IS THE ARNOLD PALMER OF TRACK CARS

The Honda sidewinder track car is half car and half motorcycle.

Honda’s answer to track cars like the Ariel Atom and BAC Mono is the Project 2&4, which employs a motorcycle engine in a very lightweight chassis. Honda’s Project 2&4 is powered by the RC213V motorcycle engine. The engine is a 999 cc V-4 four-stroke unit that puts out 215 horsepower at 13,000 rpm. The transmission is provided by a six-speed DCT gearbox. Overall length is 119 inches, width is 71 inches and height is 39 inches. The weight of 890 pounds. It is styled to look like Honda’s classic RA272 Formula 1 car (which won the 1965 Mexican Grand Prix, driven by American Richie Ginther). The design is a sidewinder-style with the driver offset to the left in a sketchy looking position. It can carry a passenger by removing a cover on the right side of the body work. Project 2&4 was conceived by Honda’s motorcycle design studio in Asaka, Japan. It is unlikelyt hat this car will ever see production.

ONE RACE LEFT IN THE 2015 GP SEASON

Romain Febvre will come to the USGP looking to win his eighth 450 GP this season.

WHO’S WON WHAT, WHEN THEY DID IT AND  WHERE
Date             Venue                      450                                    250
Feb. 28……Qatar………………….Max Nagl……………..Jeffrey Herlings
March 8..…Thailand…………….Ryan Villopoto………Jeffrey Herlings
March 29…Argentina………..…Max Nagl……………..Dylan Ferrandis
April 19……Italy…………………..Max Nagl………………Tim Gajser
April 26……Holland……………..Gautier Paulin…….…Jeffrey Herlings
May 10…….Spain…………….……Tony Cairoli………..…Valentin Guillod
May 24…….England………………Tony Cairoli……………Valentin Guillod
May 31….…France…………….….Romain Febvre……….Jeffrey Herlings
June 14……Italy……………………Romain Febvre……….Tim Gajser
June 21…..Germany……………..Romain Febvre……….Tim Gajser
July 5………Sweden…..………….Romain Febvre……….Tim Gajser
July 12…….Latvia……..………….Glenn Coldenhoff……Max Anstie
July 26……Czech Rep…………..Romain Febvre………..Valentin Guillod
Aug. 2……..Belgium………………Shaun Simpson………..Max Anstie
Aug. 23……Italy…………………..Romain Febve………….Max Anstie
Aug. 30……Holland……….……Shaun Simpson………..Tim Gajser
Sept. 13….Mexico……………….Romain Febvre……….Thomas Covington
Sept. 20…Glen Helen…………..Romain Febvre……….Jessy Nelson
450 Champion…Romain Febvre (Hus)
250 Champion…Tim Gajser (Hon)

THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAY BOYS: TREY 25, EDDIE 72, KYLE 45

Sept. 17…Trey Canard 1990
Sept. 17…Danny Smith 1979
Sept. 17…Chad Johnson
Sept. 18…Juha Salminen

Sept. 18…Tarah Gieger 1985
Sept. 19…Chris Hultner
Sept. 19…Mike Taylor
Sept. 19…Billy Liles

Sept. 20…Eddie Mulder 1943
Sept. 20…Dillan Epstein 1994
Sept. 22…Josh Woods 1982

Sept. 22…Warren Reid
Sept. 23…Antonio Cairoli 1985
Sept. 23…Kyle Lewis 1970
Sept. 23…Alan Olson 1944
Sept. 23…Tim Olson

Sept. 24…Mitch Payton
Sept. 24…Frank Hoppen

WHAT’S LEFT TO DO? WHERE TO BE & WHEN TO BE THERE

The REM Octobercross is one week before the 2015 World Veteran Championship.

2015 WORLD OFFROAD CHAMPIONSHIP (WORCS)
Sept. 27 ……………………..…Glen Helen, CA

2015 MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS
Sept. 27………………………..Ernee, France

2015 RED BULL STRAIGHT RHYTHM
Oct. 10………………………..…Pomona, CA

2015 MONSTER ENERGY CUP
Oct. 17………………………..…Las Vegas, NV

2015 REM OCTOBERCROSS
Oct. 31………………………..…Glen Helen, CA

2015 AUSTRALIAN SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Oct. 10…………………………..Bathurst, NSW
Oct. 17……………………………Jimboomba, QLD
Oct. 31……………………………Wayville, SA
Nov. 21…………………………..Sunshine Coast, QLD
Nov. 28…………………………..Homebush, NSW
Dec. 5……………………………..Sunshine, Vic

2015 WORLD VETERAN MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Nov. 7-8……………………….Glen Helen, CA

 

CHRISTOPHE POURCEL OUT OF USGP

Knowing that no one would believe him, Christophe Pourcel included photo evidence and his CT scan as proof that he can’t race the USGP on Sunday.

DAVI MILLSAPS IN FOR THE USGP

Davi Millspas is excited to run his old 118 number from his 125 National days at the USGP.

JON ORTNER’S MYSTERY PAINTING

Famous artist and former AMA Pro Jon Ortner sent us a sneak peek at his latest work in progress, but he wouldn’t tell us who the painting was of. For more info on Jon’s business and artwork go to www.weatheredwalls.com

CHAPARRAL PARKING LOT SALE ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 3

A REALLY COOL FMF AD WITH TEAM USA

Team USA — Justin Barcia, Jeremy Martin and Cooper Webb.

LEST WE FORGET! EVERY AMA 500 NATIONAL CHAMPION (1971-1993)

1971 …Mark Blackwell (Hus)
1972 …Brad Lackey (Kaw)

1973 …Pierre Karsmakers (Yam)
1974 …Jimmy Weinert (Yam)

1975 …Jimmy Weinert (Kaw)
1976 …Kent Howerton (Hus)

1977 …Marty Smith (Hon)
1978 …Rick Burgett (Yam)
1979 …Danny LaPorte (Suz)
1980 …Chuck Sun (Hon)

1981 …Broc Glover (Yam)
1982 …Darrell Schultz (Suz)
1983 …Broc Glover (Yam)

1984 …David Bailey (Hon)
1985 …Broc Glover (Yam)
1986 …David Bailey (Hon)
1987 …Rick Johnson (Hon)
1988 …Rick Johnson (Hon)

1989 …Jeff Ward (Kaw)
1990 …Jeff Ward (Kaw)
1991 …Jean-Michel Bayle (Hon)
1992 …Mike Kiedrowski (Kaw)

1993 …Mike LaRocco (Kaw)

 

MXA AD OF THE WEEK: “THE THING WITH TWO HEADS”

This schlock movie starred Ray Milland and Los Angeles Ram Rosey Grier.

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“RUN WHAT YA BRUNG” OTHG TWO-STROKE RACE ON SEPT. 19

All two-stroke race participants will be entered into a drawing to win a new 6D Helmet courtesy of the Sierra OTHG and 6D Helmets. The entry fee will only be $25.00. Camping is free. The race will be at the Marysville MMX Sandtrack on Saturday, September 19.

2015 MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS ON SEPTEMBER 27

2016 AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

Next year, starting on January 9, 2016, there will be two Anaheims and two San Diegos, but only one Atlanta.

2016 AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP
Jan. 9…………………….Anaheim, CA
Jan. 16………………….San Diego, CA
Jan. 23………………….Anaheim, CA
Jan. 30………………….Oakland, CA
Feb. 6……………………Glendale, AZ
Feb. 13………………….San Diego, CA
Feb. 20………………….Arlington, TX
Feb. 27………………….Atlanta, GA
March 5………………….Daytona, FL
March 12………………..Toronto, CAN
March 19………………..Detroit, MI
April 2………………..….Santa Clara, CA
April 9………………..….Indianapolis, IN
April 16………………….St. Louis, MO
April 23………………….Foxboro, MA
April 30………………….East Rutherford, NJ
May 7…………………….Las Vegas, NV

2016 FIM WORLD MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

One thing we can promise for the 2016 GP season is that this race schedule will be changed a couple times. How do we know? Italy is only on there one time. The 2016 series starts in Qatar, goes to South Africa and then to Argentina. What? No moon?

2016 FIM MOTOCROSS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
Feb. 27……………………..Losail, Qatar
Mar. 20…………………….Johannesburg, South Africa
April 10…………………….Neuquen, Argentina
April 24…………………….TBA, Italy
May 1……………………….Valkenswaard, Holland
May 15…………………….Teutschenthal, Germany
May 22……………………..Matterly Basin, Great Britain
June 5………………………St Jean d’Angely, France
June 12…………………….Lommel, Belgium
June 26…………………….Kegums, Latvia
July 3……………………….Uddevalla, Sweden
July 10……………………..TBA
July 24………………………Loket, Czech Republic
Aug. 7……………………….Frauenfeld, Switzerland
Aug. 14……………………..Assen, Holland
Aug. 28……………………..TBA
Sept. 4……………………….Leon, Mexico
Sept.11………………………Glen Helen, USA
Sept. 25……………………..Motocross des Nations…Maggiora, Italy

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2015 MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS TEAMS

When Italy named it’s 2015 Motocross des Nations team, everybody in the sport just stood back in silence. No Cairoli. No Phillipaerts. No Guarneri. No Lupino. Instead the Italian team will be Samuele Bernardini (24th in 250 GP points), Michele Cervellin (11th in EMX 250 points) and Ivo Monticelli (19th in 250 GP points). However, every team has issues. AMA Champion Ryan Dungey refused to race the MXDN this year. Kevin Strijbos, Clement Desalle and Ken DeDycker are all injured for Belgium. Ken Roczen says he won’t race on the German team because he wants to heal up from minor surgery on August 31. Luckily for Germany, Max Nagl has recovered from his broken ankle and is back racing. Arnaud Tonus is signed up for the Swiss team, but hasn’t raced much in 2015 because of a lingering illness (they already named an alternate to take his place just in case). Davy Pootjes has been replaced on the Dutch MXDN team by Nick Kouwenberg. Ken De Dycker, who has spent most of the 2015 season injured, will replaced Kevin Strijbos on Team Belgium. No matter how you look at it, it’s hard to imagine a Motocross des Nations without Cairoli, Dungey, Desalle, Stribos or Roczen, but get used to it. Here are the teams named so far.

USA

Justin Barcia
Jeremy Martin
Cooper Webb

HOLLAND

Brian Bogers
Nick Kouwenberg
Glenn Coldenhoff

FRANCE

Gautier Paulin
Marvin Musquin
Romain Febvre

GERMANY

Max Nagl
Henry Jacobi
Dennis Ullrich

GREAT BRITAIN

Shaun Simpson
Max Antie
Dean Wilson

IRELAND

Graeme Irwin
Martin Barr
Stuart Edmonds

NEW ZEALAND

Ben Townley
Kayne Lamont
Cody Cooper

AUSTRALIA

Todd Waters
Jay Wilson
Dean Ferris

JAPAN

Makoto Ogata
Toshiki Tomita
Yohei Kojima

BRAZIL

Thales Vilardi
Fabinho Santos
Jean Ramos

SWITZERLAND

Valentin Guillod
Jeremy Seewer
Arnaud Tonus (or Andy Baumgartner)

FINLAND

Jere Haavisto
Miro Sihvonen
Valtteri Malin

SPAIN

Jose Butron
Ander Valentin
Jorge Zaragoza

BELGIUM

Jeremy Van Horebeek
Julien Lieber
Ken De Dycker

CZECH REPUBLIC

Jaromir Romancik
Filip Neugebauer
Martin Michek

LITHUANIA

Nerijus Rukstela
Vytautas Bucas
Arminas Jasikonis

PUERTO RICO

Juan Reyes
Michael Leib
Jason Astudillo

LATVIA

Davis Ivanovs
Pauls Jonass
Matiss Karro

DENMARK

Nikolaj Larsen
Thomas Kjer Olsen
Stefan Kjer Olsen

PORTUGAL

Rui Goncalves
Sandro Peixe
Hugo Basaula

SWEDEN

Filip Bengtsson
Alvin Ostlund
Jesper Jonsson

ESTONIA

Tanel Leok
Harri Kullas
Gert Krestinov

ITALY

Samuele Bernardini
Michele Cervellin
Ivo Monticelli

RUSSIA

Evgeny Bobryshev
Vsevolod Brylyakov
Ivan Baranov

VENEZUELA

Carlos Badiali
Hector Rodriquez
Lorenzo Locurcio

POLAND

Kukasz Lonka
Gabriel Chetnicki
Tomasz Wysocki

SLOVENIA

Klemen Gercar
Peter Irt
Tim Gajser

SLOVAKIA

Martin Kohut
Richard Sikyna
Tomas Simko

LUXEMBOURG

Eric Tabouraing
Danile Casoli
Bjorn Frank

AUSTRIA

Lukas Neurauter
Pascal Rauchenecker
Gunter Schmidinger

GREECE

Panagiotis Kouzis
Ionnis Touratzidis
Dimitrios Kontoletas

CROATIA

Marko Leljak
Matija Kelava
Matej Jaros

NORWAY

Henrik Wahl
Magne Klingsheim
Lasse Christofferson

UKRAINE

Roman Morozov
Dymtro Asmanov
Volodymir Tarsov

MOROCCO

Abdelhalim Soulimani
Said El Mejjad
Houmame Gabari

Photos by Dan Alamangos, Yamaha, Pro Circuit, Ray Archer, Suzuki, Daryl Ecklund, Jody Weisel, John Basher, KTM, John Ker, Massimo Zanzani and MXA