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Romaniacs, Wyoming Enduro, and More Last Dog Standing // The Weekly Dirt: June 20, 2012

This week, we touch down in Romania, Wyoming and SoCal inside the Weekly Dirt.
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Budds Creek Round 5 Race Report

At the fifth round of the 2012 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship at Budds Creek in Mechanicsville, Md., DNA Energy Drink / Jeff Ward Racing rider Josh Grant scored a 10-5 to finish seventh overall in the 450 class leading the chargefor his team during the Budds Creek National on Saturday. His teammate KyleChisholm finished [...]
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Roczen Earns Career Best 250 Motocross Finish – 2nd Overall at Budds Creek

Mechanicsville, MD – Red Bull/KTM Factory rider Ken Roczen earned his career best 250 Motocross class finish with a 2nd place overall result at the sixth round of the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship Series held at Budds Creek MX Park. Roczen pulled the start he needed in the first moto by earning the holeshot [...]
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Mike Lafferty Earns his 70th Career Win at the Inyan Kara National Enduro

Upton, WY – Factory Husaberg rider Mike Lafferty won his 70th career win after finishing 1st at the sixth round of the AMA National Enduro Series. Lafferty came out swinging strong at the sixth round to collect the first three special test wins aboard his Husaberg TE250. He continued to hold a solid pace through [...]
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Bobbitt Earns 2nd at Inyan Kara National Enduro

Upton, WY – Factory FMF/KTM rider Russell Bobbitt earned an impressive 2nd place overall result at the sixth round of the AMA National Enduro Series put together by the Inyan Kara Motorcycle Club. The course conditions were quite dusty given the dry weather and created a problem for many riders as they fell upon lappers [...]
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JDR-J-Star-KTM Race Report – Budds Creek

Mechanicsville, MD – JDR/J-Star/KTM rider Malcolm Stewart earned 16th overall after bouncing back from a last place result in the first moto to an 11th place finish in the second moto in the 250 Motocross class at the fifth round of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship held at Budds Creek MX Park. Stewart [...]
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Husqvarna’s Cory Graffunder Extends His Western Hare Scrambles Points Lead

Corona, CA – June 18, 2012 – Husqvarna’s Cory Graffunder returned to the podium this weekend with a second overall at the Funky Chicken AMA National Hare Scrambles. The finish earned him valuable points towards the championship, and with one round left Cory is in prime position to take his first AMA Western Hare Scrambles [...]
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Spectacular hot-summer finish of the 2012 Red BullRomaniacs

Sibiu, Romania, June 17th, 2012 – The last day of the 2012 Red Bull Romaniacs took off with an extra hour of sleep: in a last minute decision, the organizing team around Martin “Freijn” Freinademetz granted the riders an easier and relaxed start into what would become theirlast and toughest day. The level of difficulty [...]
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Red Bull Romaniacs Offroad Day THREE 2012 – Results

Sibiu, Romania, June 16th, 2012 – At 5.55 in the morning, deep down in a steep valley, the Red Bull Romaniacs Offroad Day Three took off. It was a cold morning, most riders were still stiff and in pain from the previous day and the warming sun seemed to be light-years away. While everyone was [...]
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Red Bull Romaniacs Offroad Day TWO 2012 – Results

Sibiu, Romania, June 15th, 2012 – As promised by organizers and track managers, Offroad Day 2 gave the field of riders first glimpses of the pain ahead of them. The pressure, carefully moderated for each class, is now progressively increasing and will, as Graham Jarvis puts it, “Separate the boys from the men”. When hitting [...]
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Red Bull Budds Creek National Motocross Race Highlights Video

Get the highlights from both motos in the 250 and 450 classes at Budds Creek. Ken Roczen goes after his first win of the season, but must contend with the likes of Justin Barcia and Blake Baggett. Meanwhile in the 450 class, Ryan Dungey tries to pick up where he left off last week, and [...]
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2013 Bike Spy Photos

Check out spy photos of the 2013 MX bikes from the first round of the 2012 Japan MX Nationals.
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Nine Days Left on Penton Film Funding Campaign

FULLERTON, CALIF. (June 14, 2012) - The John Penton Story may be coming to life this summer. Using the innovative “crowd funding” website Kickstarter.com, the producers at Pipeline Digital Media are trying to raise $275,000 to begin production of the film this summer. Grammy Award-winning artist and motorcycle enthusiast Lyle Lovett has graciously agreed to [...]
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Bike Week Radio Show Kicks Off June 17th With Jeff Ward And Ricky Johnson

San Diego, CA – June 14, 2012 – Wherever you are this Sunday morning, make sure to tune in to XX1090am, or listen online via www.bikeweekradioshow.com to catch the inaugural Bike Week Radio Show! Hosts Broc Glover and Bobby Wooldridge will welcome call-ins from motorcycling legends Jeff Ward and Ricky Johnson on June 17, along [...]
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Blais Racing Services ISDE Qualifier Report

ISDE Qualifier, Idaho June 2nd/3rd, 2012 By: Sam Bangert After pounding whoops for so long, I decided to try something new. The Fulfer Family told me about the ISDE qualifier up in Idaho City. Even though I wouldn’t be able to qualify because of my age (14), I still wanted to check it out for [...]
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