Jodys Box

I get e-mails that start, “Since you are an industry mogul, you should do something about....” You can fill in the blank with what they want me to fix
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When you think of all the motocross heroes, these names don't pop into your head, but they should
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What makes sports stars worthy of adulation is that they can do what most mortal men can't. They live on the edge of what the rest of us cringe away from.
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15 cool rules that would make the sport bigger than NASCAR and provide the fans with a thrill a minute—not that the Dunlop Tire Roll wasn't exciting
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How the single most famous obstacle in motocross history happened & it changed American motocross by happenstance
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I hate knee braces! They clank when I walk, make we feel like Frankenstein’s monster rampaging through a Bavarian village and irritate my legs. But, without the knee braces I wouldn’t clank, I would creak
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There is no doubt that the constant barrage of AMA rules that favored four-strokes over two-strokes were wooden spikes in the heart of inexpensive racing
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Oh, to be unspoiled again. If only I could return to the halcyon days when I didn’t know anything about the good life. Speed and its rewards changed what motocross was all about for me
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You can't relive the past, but you can visit — go find your old scrapbook now!
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What I learned about making motorcycle movies from Erik Estrada while doing CHiPs
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There is nothing about modern motocross that comes close to all the cool stuff we wore and used in 1972
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What it was like to be a motocrosser back in the Good Old Days
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Every struggling racer should find somebody to hate. If It has to be your girlfriend, so be it
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Alas, cruelty also knows no limit when it comes to dealings with your racing buddies
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"I never worry about the feelings of the men who make the bikes — I assume that they are intelligent enough to know whether their bike is good or bad — I’m just confirming their worst fears."
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"I’m just like you. I may be slower, faster, fatter, thinner, taller or limp on the left instead of the right, but if you race motocross you are just like me. Okay, maybe not."
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Jody on two-strokes: "It is not my job to tell you what's good for you (well, actually it is, but it's not your job to listen to me)
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And, just because I raced a bike made in Czechoslovakia didn’t mean that I had pinko leanings, but don't tell that to a Texan either
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When you lend out as many tie-downs and tools as I have, you know that as soon as they leave your hand, there is a signpost up ahead, and the next stop is the Twilight Zone
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The brutal acceleration of a highly tuned four-cylinder two-stroke made my eyes water at top speed (and, in my case, some of it was tears)
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You too could be standing in the pits amid all of the factory machines, wearing pants with a custom patch on the butt and, unfortunately, a tattoo of the last clothing company you rode for on your bicep?
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Jody pontificates on clear lenses, laminated tear-offs, chest protectors, suspension gurus, the perfect glove, bent handlebars and motor-home races
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That’s the way of life in motocross racing. They come and they go. You spend every weekend for five years with a guy and then one day he doesn’t show up
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"You learn as much from being wrong as you do from being right." Thanks, Ed!
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When you break something, it is a visible injury (thanks to an X-ray), and it is fixable. Every crash that caused a scar was just an irritating delay in getting back to racing
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The winningest team in the sport is a family run affair that has a history for doing things their way
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Let’s not confuse fame, bravery and heroics with what we do. We race—not just the elite few, but all of us
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"When I do it right, which isn’t very often, the race is a blur. I don’t mean a blur as in obscured by speed (because given my current speed that would be silly), but blurred by the fog of war
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One man's story of finding the ultimate job
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