RANDOM RADNESS #19

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.

Jeff Stanton racing at Daytona Supercross. 

Cliff Palmer in 1993 racing the Nationals on a KTM 250SX.

Davi Millsaps on his factory CRF450.

Ezra Lusk in 1993 on an RM250. That year Erza raced three 250 Supercross races and placed in the top seven each time.

Jason Lawrence in warp speed.

Mike Alessi looks a bit big in this picture for a 50cc machine.

Mike LaRocco in 1993 at the Budds Creek USGP repping the MSR USA gear.

Travis Preston in 2008 on a factory Kawasaki KX450F.

Tatsuyuki Motoki’s Honda RC250M from back in 1995.

Damon Huffman back in 1998 on a factory KX250. 

Damon Bradshaw in 1997 on a Manchester Honda CR250. 

Imagine riding this ATK 700cc two-stroke. 

Jeff Leisk racing in 1989.

Here is Vlastimil Valek’s Jawa 250MX .

The short-lived Vertemati MX500.

Shane McElrath sliding through a muddy corner at the Loretta Lynn Dude ranch in 2020. 

Tim Ferry’s 2000 YZ250.

Shane McElrath’s 2018 KTM 250SX that he raced at the Red Bull Straight Rhythm.

Tim Hart racing with a Bell helmet that doesn’t need goggles to keep his vision clear.

How is this even possible? It’s possible because Tim Gajser is at the controls.

Back when it all started for Jeff Ward. 

Ken Roczen’s swing arm ready for action at the 2021 Orlando Supercross. 

RIP JGR. 

B-e-a-utiful. 

Mike Larocco trying to pass Ricky Carmichael at the 2005 Anaheim season opener. 

Chad Reed’s factory YZ450F getting new steering tube races. 

Holy grips. 

Andy Jefferson on a Pro Circuit Husky. 

The early years of Jeff Emig’s racing days.

Bevo Forti and Jeff Stanton in Paris with a street vendor. 

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