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"People would ask him what those two crazy Australians were testing, and Jody would say, “They are testing plastic components—on other riders’ bikes.”
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As the World Vet gets closer, the Glen Helen specialist start coming out of the wood work—that will be especially true when "Saturday at the Glen" moves to the National track in the next two weekends
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Glen Helen only has two seasons, "Hot" and "Windy," but last weekend brought in something that no one was prepared for. It is called "Fall" and in SoCal it doesn't normally show up until "Winter"
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Mosiman and Temmerman take the gold, Tamietti ironmans the heat, Kurt actually loses a race & it's not hot if you just keep riding, it is the stopping is that wilts you
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While we all wait for the 2023 AMA Nationals to generate some genuine excitement, we can at least take solace that some one not named Lawrence got to win something
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We have updated news on the Goldsby crash and while it's not exactly good news, it sounds better than it looked. Plus, Chris Goldsby clears up a case of mistaken identity
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The Pros are saving themselves for the Pala National in two weeks, but the regulars never miss a race
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And so does the sun, but there is more rain forecast for the coming week—the new reality in SoCal is that the government can now turn the Drought Control Board into the Flood Control Board
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Nothing is going to bring Honda, Kawasaki or Suzuki two-strokes back to life. Face it, they are dead! We’ve wasted 15 years bemoaning their disappearance—appreciate what we have
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The clock may not be ticking at your local track, but at Glen Helen all eyes are focused on the 2022 World Vet Championship in 10 days. "Saturday at the Glen" is the best place to feel the speed
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One of the best uses for a shopping mall that we have seen in decades
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Mike Alessi has been unbeatable in Pasha 125 Pro races over the years, but even the longest streaks have to come to an end some day
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Taking the word of a weatherman about whether you should show up at a race the next day is the best way to miss an epic race...just do it you big baby!
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The Jett J1 channeled the original Scott plastic boot, but married it to the all-leather Alpinestars Super Victory boot to produce a plastic boot that weighed less and had fewer parts
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Glen Helen doesn't have round beach sand, it has granite rocks that have tumbled down from the mountains surrounding Glen Helen during the winter rains to stand-in for real sand
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They said it would be 100 degrees, but it wasn't & believe us there is a big difference between 95 and 100, but not much difference between 100 and 105
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Glen Helen has two full-size racetracks, three Supercross tracks, an offroad truck track & a Stacyc track, so sometimes you gotta travel
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The kids race their pee-wees, Junior wring out his 125 smoker, dad can get some throttle therapy on his 450...and, don't worry, "Saturday at the Glen" hasn't forgotten grandpa
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But, if the sport was only about the winners it would be, not only a very small sport, but a pretty boring one at that
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Although the TV weather forecasters said it would be 71 degrees, breezy and and partly cloudy on Saturday, they were wrong
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When Supercross comes to town, there are cadres of riders who think that going riding themselves would be "good for the sport"—meet one such group
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We don't know where you're at or what the temperature is there, but at Glen Helen it was 75, sunny and race ready
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When offered the opportunity to race a classic 1962 Watson roadster at the 2021 Monterey Motorsports Reunion, Ernie Becker asked former and current MXA wrecking crew members Gary Jones and Dan Alamangos to go with him
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Last week's long sand section is gone—in its place is a longer, faster and tougher sand section
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And although at the REM Motocross at Glen Helen that means coming into the race track through the Glen Helen Pavillion. Consider it a chance to see parts of Glen Helen you never knew existed
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MXA brings out the heavy metal for the guys who toil in the trenches to play on
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You many have already heard about past stars Gary Jones and Bob Rutten, but you will be hearing about Hunter Yoder and Talon Hawkins in the future
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REM comes down from their hill, while the Glen Helen National track comes down with its big hill
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And strangely enough, REM is where the last bastion of the "Saddleback Specialists" that are still racing can be found
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Last week it rained on Glen Helen the night before the REM race, this week it rained at Glen Helen just as practice started, but everyone had fun anyway
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