Author Archives : "b.j. smith"

AMA Supercross East Coast Race – Dirt Rider Magazine

The AMA Supercross series hasn’t kicked off on the East Coast in more than 10 years. Back in the late 1990s the opener was in Orlando, Florida, round two was in Minneapolis, of all places, and Anaheim, California, was the third stop. Anaheim is still round three, but it’s also the location for rounds one [...]
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Team BBMX Racing – Dirt Rider Magazine

Forrest Butler isn’t quite sure where the last four years went, and he definitely doesn’t understand how he’s been able to keep making it work every day. Still, each weekend his DNA Energy Drink/BTOSports.com/BBMX semi manages to roll into the pits for another round and drop awning right next to the very men he idolizes-other [...]
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Mike Kidd Is “BooKoo” For Arenacross – Dirt Rider Magazine

Travis Bannister Calling All Riders When starting any type of new program there are so many things that need to happen to make the machine run that figuring out where to begin is often the most difficult step. After securing backing and sponsorship, the next step was to lock down the talent-riders, that is. Kidd [...]
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Ricky Carmichael – Best Bargain In Dirtbike Motocross?

Is Ricky Carmichael the best bargain ever in motocross? When a company pays a rider for exposure and race wins and said rider wins nearly every race he enters, what more could the company ask for and can it possibly pay him enough money to settle the score? As proven by the New York Yankees, [...]
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One-Hit Wonders – Supercross – Dirt Rider Magazine

Ricky Carmichael’s Motocross Matchup This is a list of 10 riders who won a single premier-class supercross main event in their career. No, neither Ricky Ryan nor Mike Craig made the list, but before you throw this magazine into the fireplace hear us out. Of the 511 supercross main events run from 1974-the year the [...]
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Racing In A Storm – Dirt Rider Magazine

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The Nations Of MX – Fan Photo Tour

B.J. Smith goes to every AMA outdoor motocross race. Don’t envy him though-B.J. produces the AMA outdoor television coverage, so his time is spent working. But at the 2007 MXoN, B.J. finally got a chance to be a fan-and what a great event to be a fan at. Here’s B.J.’s photo tour of an amazing [...]
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