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2013 MTA WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP: BIG PAYDAYS, BIG HILLS, BIGGER BUMPS & A CLOCK THAT COULDN’T TELL TIME VERY WELL

Sean Collier made a couple grand, had lots of fun and held off the MXA team. It’s worth mentioning that Sean was a MXA photo rider many moons ago (around 2005). Photos by Mark Chilson and Dan Alamangos With a massive show of support for the old way of doing motocross, a large contingent of two-stroke riders descended on Glen Helen Raceway for the 2013 World Two-Stroke Motocross Championship. With $9500 in purse money up for grabs and a free Husqvarna motorcycle to the winner of the 125 Pro class, the Pr…

MOTOCROSS ACTION’S MID-WEEK REPORT BY JOHN BASHER (12/12/12)

PHOTO OF THE WEEK     The man, the apprentice and, KTM hopes, the machine that will pilot the Austrian company to its first 450 Supercross title. Behold the 2013 KTM 450SXF Factory Edition. KTM will sell 555 of the bike in the U.S. and 150 units in Europe. MXA VIDEO INTERVIEW: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION WITH DECOSTER & DUNGEY MOTOCROSS ON THE MAIN STAGE: BBR BOYS ON THE HISTORY CHANNEL     Duane Brown and his brothers, of the famed BBR Motorsports in Washington, met with an …

SEBASTIEN TORTELLI’S OPEN LETTER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE MEXICAN GP… THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DEBACLE

Dust was the issue on Saturday, but Sunday’s dust was limited to a few select areas.    Photo: Ray Archer “Here I am back from Mexico after a difficult and controversial GP. After all that has been said and done it is important for me to give you my perspective and clarify some points. As you know, there are always two sides to a story so here is mine.” LET’S GO BACK ?About 3 years ago I met Nico Espana, event promoter of SX, MX and freestyle. The idea then came to create the “World Celeb…

GP RIDERS BOYCOTT MEXICO QUALIFYING! LUONGO’S CIRCUS COMES TO A GRINDING HALT

Clement Desalle makes his own Mexican sand storm in practice…which is all he rode. In what is not a first time occurrence, the Grand Prix circus got a major black eye in Guadalajara, Mexico, when the GP riders refused to line up for the Mexican Grand Prix Saturday qualifiers ? claiming that the track was ill-prepared, dusty and the jump faces were poorly designed. Michael Leib and Max Anstie were the only two GP regulars to race the qualifiers ? because Leib is a fill-in rider and his team manager, St…

MOTOCROSS ACTION’S MID-WEEK REPORT: (05/14/10)

MOTOCROSS ACTION MID-WEEK REPORT By John Basher PHOTO OF THE WEEK     This past week I spotted Chad Reed preparing for to defend his number one plate in the Lucas Oil AMA Nationals. Only ten days until the Nationals begin! QUESTIONS THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE MAGAZINE: GRANT LANGSTON Grant is always a great guy to […]