All Entries in the "Newsbits" Category
Team Arredondo Tackles the Tecate SCORE Baja 500
2013 SCORE Desert Series Round 2 of 3: The 45th Tecate SCORE Baja 500 By Dominic Clark ENSENADA, BC, MEXICO, JUNE 1-2, 2013 After a total of 502 miles, Francisco Arredondo was first in the Over 30 class and fifth-overall motorcycle at the 45th running of the Tecate SCORE Baja 500, which was round two [...]
SX Champion Ken Roczen Throws Out First Pitch at Padres Game
Monster Energy Supercross PETCO Park Courtesy of Feld Motor Sports Photo by Gerald Geronimo Video courtesy of Supercross LIVE! SAN DIEGO, CA, MAY 29, 2013 Recently crowned Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, Western Regional 250SX-class champion Ken Roczen took part in the “first pitch” ceremonies for the San Diego Padres vs. Seattle [...]
Mother Nature Dominates First-Round Qualifier as Larsen Hits the Comeback Trail
U.S. National Championship Series Qualifier 1: Big Time Speedway By Scott Read Photo by Michael Kirby RANCHO CORDOVA, CA, MAY 17, 2013 On a morning when the United States speedway motorcycle racing community was looking forward to perusing the results of last night’s first-round qualifier for the U.S. National Championship Series, there was only one [...]
Snapshots from the Bob Laidlaw Birthday Bash
Bob Laidlaw Birthday Bash Laidlaw Harley-Davidson Photos and Captions by Howie Zechner BALDWIN PARK, CA, APR. 6, 2013 Industry Racing sponsor Laidlaw’s Harley-Davidson held a wild birthday bash for it’s founder Bob Laidlaw. The dealership, located at1919 Puente Avenue in Baldwin Park, California, 91706 (laidlawharley.com), just five miles from the Industry Hills Expo Center, was [...]
RoadRace Factory’s J.D. Beach Posts Top-Five Result in Daytona 200
GEICO Motorcycle AMA Pro Road Racing Series Round 1: Daytona 200 at Daytona International Speedway Courtesy of RoadRace Factory Photos by GeoCrash Photography DAYTONA BEACH, FL, MAR. 16, 2013 RoadRace Factory/ Red Bull rider J.D. Beach showed up at the season opener ready to pick up where he left off last season. In his Daytona [...]
Can-Am ATV and Side-by-Side Racer Josh Frederick Suffers Serious Injury
WORCS World Off-Road Championship Series Round 3: Crazy Horse Courtesy of Can-Am LAKE HAVASU CITY, AZ, MAR. 17, 2013 Motoworks/ Can-Am Pro racer Josh Frederick suffered a serious back injury in a crash that occurred during the Pro ATV race on Sunday at the third WORCS (World Off-Road Championship Series) round, in Lake Havasu City, [...]
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Breakfast at Daytona a Success
Yamaha AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Breakfast Daytona 500 Club at Daytona International Speedway Courtesy of the American Motorcyclist Association DAYTONA BEACH, FL, MAR. 15, 2013 The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame thanks its supporters, sponsors and “Mr. Daytona” himself, Scott Russell, for helping make the 25th annual Yamaha AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Breakfast [...]
Bowers Leads AMSOIL AX into Texas
AMSOIL Arenacross Series
Round 5: Cedar Park Center
CEDAR PARK, TX, JAN. 31, 2013
The new AMSOIL Arenacross, featuring Ricky Carmichael’s Road to Supercross, heads to Texas this weekend with two nights of racing in Cedar Park, located minutes outside of Austin, and the series’ second visit to the Cedar Park Center. After capturing his fifth overall victory of the season last weekend in Tulsa, Oklahoma [...]
BRP Racers Sweep 4X4 Quad Podium at Dakar 2013
Dakar Rally
SANTIAGO, CHILE, JAN. 25, 2013
BRP’s Can-Am ATVs swept the 4×4 podium in the 2013 Dakar Rally, the annual off-road endurance race that this year covered 8,500 kilometers in South America. Poised with their Can-Am Renegade X Xc vehicles, the triumphant Latin American pilots became figures of national pride as they shared the first, second and third [...]
AMA Hall of Fame Open House and Awards Banquet Honor the Best of 2012
AMA Hall of Fame Open House
AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum
AMA Championship Banquet
Aladdin Event & Conference Center
PICKERINGTON, OH, JAN. 18, 2013
COLUMBUS, OH, JAN. 19, 2013
On Friday, January 18, 2013, hundreds of 2012 AMA Champions and their families gathered at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum to savor the accomplishments of motorcycling’s greatest racers and heroes. The champions were in town for the 2012 AMA Championship Banquet [...]
Snapshots from the Progressive International Motorcycle Show
Progressive International Motorcycle Show
Long Beach Convention Center
LONG BEACH, CA, DEC. 7-9, 2012
The Progressive International Motorcycle Show rolled into Long Beach with so much to see and experience that three days didn’t seem enough for this event. Outside the Convention Center, the XDL Street Jam show lit their tires on fire. The demo rides were not to be missed, as Yamaha, Victory, Harley-Davidson and Can-Am [...]
Snapshots from Cindy Rutherford’s “Celebration of Life”
Cindy Rutherford’s “Celebration of Life”
Century Motorcycles
SAN PEDRO, CA, DEC. 9, 2012
The motorcycle community came together in droves for Cindy Rutherford’s “Celebration of Life.” This woman, who once said, “I’m just a pit tootsie,” made such a wonderful impression on all those who knew her from the racetracks and on all those she helped at her store, Century Motorcycles in San Pedro, California [...]
SX Champ Dungey Rides El Toro Loco at Hometown ’Dome
Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam
Minneapolis Metrodome
MINNEAPOLIS, MN, DEC. 1, 2012
Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey of Belle Plaine, Minnesota, traded in his two wheels for four as he strapped himself into the 1,500-horsepower El Toro Loco Monster Jam truck at the Minneapolis Metrodome, where the Advance Auto Parts Monster Jam took place Saturday night [...]
Villopoto Nominated for 78th Annual MTR Western Sports Star Of The Year Award
Monster Energy Supercross Championship
AURORA, IL, DEC. 4, 2012
Following his second consecutive Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship, title, Ryan Villopoto was nominated for the MTR Western Sports Star Of The Year award, Seattle’s oldest and most prestigious sports award. To commemorate Villopoto’s achievements [...]
Argubright and Off-Road Support Help Out at L.A.-to-Barstow-to-Vegas Dual Sport Ride
L.A.-to-Barstow-to-Vegas Dual Sport Ride
PALMDALE and BARSTOW, CA, and LAS VEGAS, NV, NOV. 23-24, 2012
Jacob Argubright and Off-Road Support spent the Thanksgiving Weekend giving back to the District 37 community at the annual L.A.-to-Barstow-to-Vegas Dual Sport Ride. Electing to provide trackside support in lieu of physically riding the event, Argubright and the team successfully kept more than 100 riders on [...]
South of the Border MX Riders Win Seven Championships at Thor Winter Olympics
Thor Winter National Olympics
Gatorback Cycle Park
ALACHUA, FL, NOV. 24, 2012
South of the Border MX Training Complex riders won an incredible seven championships at the 2012 Thor Winter National Olympics. SOBMX riders also scored 23 top-five finishes and 38 top 10s! Cooper Webb led the way with six National titles in the A and A Pro Sport classes, sweeping all of the 250cc classes [...]
