MOTOCROSS ACTION’S WEEKEND NEWS ROUND-UP
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BEHIND THE SCENES AT HONDA’S GRAND PRIX TEAM PHOTO SHOOT
WEEKEND RACE ROUND-UP: WARM, COLD, INDOORS & OUTDOORS
Blake Baggett.
SAN DIEGO SUPERCROSS RESULTS: 450 CLASS
1. Trey Canard
2. Ken Roczen
3. Ryan Dungey
4. Chad Reed
5. Eli Tomac
6. Cole Seely
7. Blake Baggett
8. Andrew Short
9. Broc Tickle
10. Jason Anderson
Cooper Webb.
SAN DIEGO SUPERCROSS RESULTS: 250 WEST CLASS
1. Cooper Webb
2. Shane McElrath
3. Tyler Bowers
4. Josh Hansen
5. Alex Martin
6. Zach Osborne
7. Zach Bell
8. Jessy Nelson
9. Tommy Hahn
10. Chris Alldredge
Kevin Strijbos.
HAWKSTONE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: 450 CLASS
1. Kevin Strijbos (1-1)
2. Clement Desalle (2.-2.)
3. Glenn Coldenhoff (4-3)
4. Shaun Simpson (3-4)
5. Dean Ferris (6-5)
6. Ashley Wilde (7-6)
7. Tanel Leok (5-9)
8. Martin Barr (11-8)
9. Arminas Jasikonis (13-7)
10. Jamie Law (10-10)
Jordi Tixier.
HAWKSTONE INTERNATIONAL RESULTS: 250 CLASS
1. Jordi Tixier (1-1)
2. Aleksandr Tonkov (2.-2.)
3. Ben Watson (3-3)
4. Steven Lenoir (4-5)
5. Petar Petrov (10-4)
6. Neville Bradshaw (7-6)
7. Liam Knight (6-7)
8. Rob Davidson (8-8)
9. Jake Millward (9-11)
10. Jarno Derks (9-10)
David Philippaerts.
ITALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: 450 CLASS
1. David Philippaerts
2. Max Nagl
3. Jeremy van Horebeek
4. Romain Febvre
5. Antonio Cairoli
6. Tommy Searle
7. Davide Guarneri
8. Kristian Whatley
9. Todd Waters
10. Nathan Watson
Max Nagl.
ITALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS: ELITE CLASS
1. Max Nagl
2. Tommy Searle
3. David Philippaerts
4. Romain Febvre
5. Antonio Cairoli
6. Todd Waters
7. Tim Gajser
8. Benoit Paturel
9. Jose Butron
10. Davide Guarneri
BRITISH ARENACROSS RESULTS: GLASGOW
1. Cyrille Coulon
2. Thomas Ramette
3. Florent Richier
4. Angelo Pellegrini
5. Adam Chatfield
6. Loic Rombaut
7. Greg Crater
8. Romain Biela
9. Adrien Lopes
10. Ashley Greedy
2015 DANISH SUPERCROSS: HOMEGROWN EURO STARS
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TYLER BOWERS ON HIS STEP-THROUGH KX250F
CHAD REED SETTLES HIS PRIVATE TRACK BATTLE WITH PASCO COUNTY
We don’t see any neighbors.
According to the Tampa Tribune: Two years after Pasco County sued Chad Reed — after he thwarted their attempt to revoke his conditional use permit by transferring ownership of the property to a trust for his two children. The country won a court injunction in 2013 that forced Reed to stop racing dirt bikes and go-karts on the compound, with the exception of a 4-acre track that was approved and permitted in 2004. Reed vowed to appeal, but instead went to mediation to settle the case.
The settlement requires Reed to monitor all of the racing activity with time-stamp video and to keep the records for at least a month. “So if we get a complaint, we can investigate,” said the county authorities. “That would enable us to determine if the number of riders was accurate, if the hours were appropriate. One of the issues we had was that we’d get complaints, but by the time we got out there we couldn’t observe it.”
SUPERCROSS AT A GLANCE: 4 WINNERS IN 6 RACES
Trey Canard won in Oakland convincingly, but is tied with his Honda teammate Eli Tomac for third in points.
Date Venue 450 250
Jan. 3…..Anaheim I…………Ken Roczen…….Jessy Nelson
Jan. 10…Phoenix…………….Eli Tomac……….Cooper Webb
Jan. 17…Anaheim II…………Ken Roczen…….Cooper Webb
Jan. 24…Oakland……………Trey Canard……Malcolm Stewart
Jan. 31…..Anaheim III………Ryan Dungey…..Cooper Webb
Feb. 7…..San Diego……………Trey Canard……Cooper Webb
Feb. 14…Dallas
Feb. 21…Atlanta
Feb. 28…Atlanta
Mar. 7…Daytona
Mar. 14…..Indy
Mar. 21…Detroit
Mar. 28…St. Louis
Apr. 11…..Houston
Apr. 18….Santa Clara
Apr. 25. ..New York
May 2……Las Vegas
450 Points leader…Ryan Dungey (KTM)
250 West points leader…Cooper Webb (Yam)
THIS WEEK’S BIRTHDAY BOYS: TONY D’S B-DAY
Feb. 5…Julien Bill 1983
Feb. 5…Bryan Johnson
Feb. 5…Jimmy Lamastus 1979
Feb. 5…Emily Orr
Feb. 6…Tony DiStefano 1957
Feb. 6…Travis Preston 1978
Feb. 8…Daryl Hurley 1976
Feb. 8…Rich Taylor 1968
Feb. 8…Dusty Klatt 1985
Feb. 9…Jaime Lilly
Feb. 10…Russell Bobbitt
Feb. 10…Dave Feeney
Feb. 10…Evan Laughridge
Feb. 10…Jeremy Chaussee 1977
Feb. 10…Rodney Smith
Feb. 11…Geoff Fox
Feb. 11…Livia Lancelot 1988
Feb. 11…Sebastien Pourcel 1985
Feb. 11…Kristin White Anderson
Feb. 12…Mike LaRocco 1971
Feb. 12…Lisa Akin Wagner
Feb. 13…Gavin Gracyk 1984
Feb. 13…Jeromy Buehl 1973
Feb. 13…Mickael Pichon 1976
Feb. 13…Chris Wheeler
Feb. 13…Glenn Coldenhoff 1991
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TOP TEN IN SUPERCROSS POINTS: HEADING INTO DALLAS
Ryan Dungey’s lost 2 points to Roczen in san Diego, but still has a 9 point lead.
2015 AMA 450 SUPERCROSS POINTS STANDINGS
(After 6 of 17 races)
1. Ryan Dungey…127
2. Ken Roczen…118
3. Trey Canard…109
4. Eli Tomac…100
5. Jason Anderson…85
6. Cole Seely…82
7. Chad Reed…75
8. Justin Barcia…71
10. Andrew Short…66
2015 AMA 250 WEST SUPERCROSS POINTS STANDINGS
(After 6 of 9 races)
1. Copper Webb…136
2. Jessy Nelson…106
3. Tyler Bowers…104
4. Zach Osborne…102
5. Shane McElrath…86
6. Aaron Plessinger…81
7. Justin Hill…79
8. Josh Hansen…79
9. Alex Martin…75
10. Malcolm Stewart…69
USED, ABUSED IT, TESTED IT: ARC FORGED MEMLON ALUMINUM LEVERS
ARC levers have been used by Ryan Villopoto, Eli Tomac, Jake Weimer, Wil Hahn, Blake Baggett and Adam Cianciarulo. ARC has risen to fame for its composite, unbreakable, folding Memlon levers, but for riders who don’t want nylon-style levers (which includes Blake Baggett), they have redesigned their forged aluminum levers to mimic the Memlon shape.
VERDICT: Factory teams will not run a product unless they have 100% faith in it and ARC levers are on more factory bikes than any other lever. One of the coolest parts is the reach adjuster which is simple and effective. A thumb screw, with a crosshatch head, locks into a ridge on the lever to adjust the position of the lever. Very inventive. The aluminum levers feel just like the composite levers. For MXA’s tastes the composite levers have the advantage of being unbreakable.
This a close-up of the simple reach adjuster.
DIGITS: $64.95 (forged aluminum), $69.95 (Memlon composite) — www.arclevers.com or (714) 543-0362.
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FIVE-RACE AHRMA SOUTHWEST SERIES STARTS ON FEB. 21-22 AT CAHUILLA
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2015 WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP COMING ON SATURDAY, APRIL 4
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WORLD MINI GRAND PRIX AT GLEN HELEN—APRIL 14-18
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MEMORIES OF THE WAY WE WERE
Are you old enough to remember twin shocks? How about Arnaco shocks? Do you know was 2ND stood for?
DALLAS SUPERCROSS TV SCHEDULE
All times are Eastern. There are 13 races on Fox Sports 1 (including Daytona), 3 races on Fox Sports 2 and one on Fox.
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OTHER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS MIKE ALESSI COULD RACE
Mike Alessi (800) has the whole world as his oyster in 2015.
2015 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 29……..……Horsham, Vic
April 12……..……..Appin, NSW
April 26 …….…..…Broadford, Vic
May 17 ………….….Murray Bridge, SA
May 31………..…….Coolum, Qld
July 5 ……………….Raymond Terrace, NSW
July 19 ………..……Shepparton, Vic
August 2 …….….…Nowra, NSW
August 23 …………Toowoomba, Qld
August 30 ……..….Coolum, Qld
2015 BRITISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 15…Hilton Park
April 4…Lyng
May 3…Canada Heights
June 7…Hawkstone Park
June 28…Blaxhall Circuit
July 19…Foxhill
Aug. 23…FatCat Moto Parc
Sept. 6…Preston Docks
2015 CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
May 31…Whispering Pines
June 7…The Wastelands
June 14…Wild Rose
June 21…Moto Valley Raceway
July 12…Gopher Dunes
July 19…Sand Del Lee
July 26…Deschambault
Aug. 2…Riverglade
Aug. 9…Motocross Ulverton,
Aug. 16…Walton Raceway
2015 DUTCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Mar. 15…Gemert
Mar. 29…Halle
May 14…Rhenen
July 19…Markelo
Sept. 13…Varsseveld
Sept. 20…Oss
Oct. 11…Mill
2015 BELGIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 22…Moerbeke-Waas
April 12…Mons
June 7…Kester-Gooik
Aug. 23…Orp le Grand
Sept. 6…Pierreux
2015 FRENCH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 1…St Jean d’Angely
March 15…Sommieres
March 22…Gueugnon
April 5…Romagne
May 3…Plomion
June 7…Gaillac Toulza
2015 GERMAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
April 12…Furstlich Drehna
May 03…Jauer
June 07…Bielstein
June 28…Aichwald
July 19…Tensfeld
Aug. 09…Ried
Aug. 23…Lichtenvoorde
Sept. 06…Gaildorf
2015 ITALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Feb. 1…Riola Sardo
Feb. 8…Castiglione del Lago
Feb. 15…Ottobiano
2015 SPANISH NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Feb. 22…Malpartida de Caceres
March 22…Valverde Del Camino
April 12…Bellpuig
May 3…Calatayud
June 7…La Baneza
Oct. 4…Talavera
Oct. 25…Albaida
Photos: John Basher, John Ker, Honda, KTM, Geico Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki
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