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.

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Blake Wharton 2010.

Doug Henry racing Supermoto of a factory Yamaha. 

Ricky Carmichael’s factory CR250. 

Ben Schiermeyer must have had to trim his beard for the mask.

James Stewart and Ken Roczen race during Red Bull Straight Rhythm in Pomona, CA, USA on October 10, 2015.

Damon Bradshaw returned to racing in 1995  after a two year hiatus running the number 114. 

A muddy 450 start at the 2020 Loretta Lynn 2 National round.

Benny Bloss eats sand at the 2020 Daytona Supercross. 

Josh Hanson whipping his Pro Circuit KX250F in 2010. 

What a GasGas motocross model used to look like.

Ryan Hughes racing the 2000 MXDN on a factory CR250. 

Classic O’Neal ad. 

Broc Glover leading a USGP.

James Stewart and Stephane Roncada battling it out. 

John Dowd in 1995. 

Bob Hannah and Pierre Karsmaker battle in 1976.

Shae Bentley with the number 1 plate in 2001.

David Bailey (11) and Broc Glover (14) battling in 1985 at the USGP in Carlsbad Raceway. 

Broc Tickle having a bad day at the races. 

Jeremy McGrath on a Pro Circuit Peak Honda in 1991. 

Broc Helper in his hey-day on a factory YZ250F. 

1987 BENELLI 125BX.

Benny Bloss’ KTM 450SXF got bent up after a bad crash at the opening A1 round in 2018.

Bob Hannah modeling some JT racing gear. 

Ben Townley’s factory KTM 250SXF from when he raced the MXGP’s in Europe.

A BMW motocross model in action.

Big crash for Chase Sexton at Redbud in 2020.   

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