RANDOM MOTOCROSS RADNESS THROUGH TIME

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 Phoneix Handlebars. They truly have some serious random rad products. Check them out!

Mike Alessi’s XPR built 134cc YZ125 powerplant. This thing ripped!

Mike Brown in 1995 on a Honda of Troy CR125. 

Ricky Carmichael and wrench Mike Gosselaar in 2003.

Wilcomoto 500cc two-stroke. 

Mike Craig. 

The trick fork tubes on Mike Alessi’s YZ330. 

Kevin Windham’s Geico Honda CRF450. 

Mike Genova getting in a cat nap at the 2019 Anaheim 2 Supercross.

Rare photo at Pro Circuit with Jody, Jimmy Payton and Mike :Schnikey” Tomlin.

Justin Barcia running it in on Dean Wilson at the 2020 Arlington Supercross. 

Mike LaRocco in 2017 when he was the team manager for the Geico Honda team at Oakland Supercross.

Malcolm Smith ad with Mike Bell.

Justin Hill throwing down a scrub at Washougal. 

Josh Grant side by side with his dad. 

Chad Reed at the 2016 Daytona Supercross. 

Jake Weimer floating through the air at the 2017 Oakland Supercross. 

Aaron Plessinger at speed at Southwick. 

Ricky Johnson when he launched his trophy truck at half-time at the San Diego Supercross. 

Casey Johnson back in 2000 on a Yamaha of Troy bike. 

Jeff Stanton with the very rare blue number one plate.

Twin Air filters being made. 

Cowboy Dean Wilson at the 2019 Nashville Supercross. 

Kevin Windham 2000 on a factory Honda CR250. 

Johnny O’Mara in 1989 on a Suzuki RM250. 

The Tomac’s. 

Ricky Johnson won MXA’s Rider of the Year and got a free truck out of the deal.

250 National start in 1990 with Johnny O’Mara (9), Damon Bradshaw (8), Jeff Stanton (1), Doug Dubach (7), and Ray Sommo (34). 

John Dowd with the number 1 plate in 1998. 

Rad photo of these four riders at Washougal in 2016. 

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