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2014 Honda Models Announced

Honda has just released information on their 2014 motocross bikes, and the big news is the major changes to the 250F. Now looking very much like the 450, the new 250F has a frame that is designed to carry to engine lower and thus lower the bike’s center of gravity. The exhaust went to twin [...]
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The Neck Brace Web Component

Intro and compiled by Pete Peterson After the Dirt Rider feature story “The Neck Brace” (May 2013 issue) was completed it was shared with several companies and individuals and they were given the chance to make an official comment, whether to agree, challenge, expand upon, or offer different theories. The participants where asked not to [...]
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What Really Happened: Dallas Supercross

Photos by Pete Peterson Round seven of the 2013 supercross season means the start of the 250F East series, but the track looked like it didn’t get the memo. The layout inside Cowboys Stadium was hard packed and tricky, with a lot of crashes all day and night. The conditions favored smoothness over aggressiveness where [...]
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Chuck Sun – Raiders of the Archives

This Raiders of the Archives photo shows Chuck Sun on his privateer Husqvarna 250 in 1977 during the Trans USA series. He ran the number 21 and coincidentally was 21 years old, and having a great year
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Jeff Emig – Raiders of the Archives

This photo is from Loretta Lynn’s in 1987 as Jeff Emig and Damon Bradshaw pick up their bikes for just one of the times they came together in the 125B Stock class. Of the three motos, they collided into each other and went down at least twice. Emig went 2, 2, DNF for 11th overall and Bradshaw went 1, 1, 10 for second overall. You’ve heard him announce supercross and motocross on TV for years, but we got Jeff Emig
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Damon Bradshaw – Raiders of the Archives

This photo captures Bradshaw in his last year racing motocross and supercross, 1997, at one of the Los Angeles races (there were 2 that year). He finished 9th at the first race and 16th at the second and ended the supercross championship in 8th.
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Scott Plessinger – Raiders of the Archives

Scott Plessinger was a four-time national champion with two GNCC titles (1994 and 1995) and two National Hare Scrambles titles (1989 and 1992). This photo captures him in 1994 at the Lynnville Hare Scramble in Indiana.
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