RANDOM MOTOCROSS |51|  RADNESS 

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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A line up of four-strokes behind a starting gate in 1985. The first rider on the right is Johnny O’Mara.

When Ryan Villopoto race the MXGP series back in 2015. Here Ryan and Tony Cairoli congratulated each other. The nine-time World Champ, Tony Cairoli, is now racing in America. 

Scott Sheak in 1993 on a privateer KX125.

When Jason Anderson won the AMA 450 Supercross title in 2018. 

AXO boots back in 1985 cost a cool $135 bucks. 

Ricky Carmichael at the 2002 Anaheim Supercross adjusting his factory Honda CR250 bars. 

The 2015 Glen Helen National start with Justin Barcia grabbing the holeshot. 

Larry Brooks testing MXA’s 1993 Kawasaki KX250. 

Cole Seely stretching it through the whoops at the Honda test track in 2012. 

Micky Dymond (6),  Broc Glover (44) and Ron Lechien (4) racing at the LA Coliseum.

A Jody flashback photo while he was filling up his race bike at Saddleback Park. Note the HRP Flak Jersey with the BioFoam shoulder pads built in.

Kevin Windham in 1996 racing his factory Yamaha YZ125.

James Stewart sliding it in at A1 in 2012. 

1987 MXA 250 two-stoke shootout. 

2022 MXA 450 shootout bikes. 

Damon Bradshaw at Hangtown racing the National in 1996 on a Yamaha YZ250.

Jimmy Button doing a Can-Can in 1996 on his PJ1 YZ250.

Imagine putting this twin-cylinder smoker engine inside your YZ250 chassis.

Would be a fast mailman.

Jeff Emig at his home in 1996. 

Reed, Stewart and Windham in 2009. 

Greg Albertyn racing a National in 1996 on his factory Suzuki RM250.

The 1997 MXDN winning Belgium team of Stefan Everts (left), Joel Smets (center) and Marnicq Bervoets (right). You can see Steve Lamson in the far left corner. 

Chad Reed racing the Anaheim Supercross on a Yamaha of Troy YZ250.

Kevin Windham with style points. 

Brock Sellards racing SX in 2002 on a factory KTM 125SX.