RANDOM RADNESS #3

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 Phoenix Handlebars. If you are into Rad things check them out!

Guy Cooper back in 1992 on a factory Suzuki RM250.

The legendary French rider, Jean-Michel Bayle in his prime. 

Cooper Webb at speed at the “Wick.”

Jeffrey Herling after his World Championship win. 

Jeff Emig in his amateur days. 

Jeff Matiasevich in 1992 wearing XTreme gear. 

Fan-favorite Gared Steinke lined up at Southwick last weekend. 

Glenn Coldenhoff cooling down at the 2016 USGP at Glen Helen.

Dennis Stapleton moto surfing his KTM 450SXF. 

Jimmy Weinert and Roger Decoster battling it out in 1975.

Jason Lawrence’s 2009 Boost Mobile YZ450F. 

James Stewart and Kevin Windham battling it out in 2012. 

Sorry ladies, he is taken. 

Now long-time trainer for the Star Racing Yamaha team, Gareth Swanepoel used to be a great racer himself. Here he is on the RockStar Yamaha team. 

Doug Duback in 1987. 

Teamwork makes the dream work. 

Dean Wilson back in 2008 during his amateur days. 

“Look mom, one hand!” 

David Bailey. 

Bob Hannah posing with the crowd after a race. 

Remember Ashley Fiolek the fast woman racer who rode for factory Honda?

Inside the 2008 YZ450F muffler. 

2001 Honda CR500. 

This is inside a Husqvarna automatic transmission. It didn’t require splitting the cases to remove it.

The shock of a 1990 KTM 125SX prototype that never saw production. For the whole story click here. 

Rj Hampshire getting the most out of his factory Husky FC250. 

Ryan Villopoto hole shotting Mike Alessi (800), Trey Canard (41) and Justin Barcia (51). 

Ron Lechien was a fan favorite. 

These are awesome!

Jason must have been too “Fried” and thought this was his moto gear. 

Josh Hanson throwing a whip off the San Diego Supercross triple in 2012. 

Alex Ray part racer part mechanic?

Roger DeCoster in the machine shop developing products for the race team. 

Behind the Southwick gate. 

RIP Tyler “One Punch” Evans. 

Troy Lee back in the day when he was just getting started painting helmets.

Robbie Maddison during New Years in 2008 in Vegas getting ready to jump off the Arc de Triomphe at the Paris Las Vegas.

Travis Pastrana after the 2005 Anaheim 1 mudfest. He finished 10th in the main event. 

Tim Ferry back in 1997 aboard a factory Suzuki RM125. 

A young and serious Ricky Johnson. 

Mike LaRocco in the limelight at the 2004 Las Vegas Supercross. 

Justin Bogle throwing some style in 2012 on his Geico Honda. 

If you have photos that you would like to be featured, please send them to [email protected]. These photos will not be photo credited. By submitting your photos for Random Radness you agree to release all ownership rights to the images and copy them to MXA.