Rumors began swirling this afternoon that one of the five guys with a real chance at the current Monster Energy/AMA Supercross Championship, Honda’s Trey Canard, was injured while outdoor testing out at Competitive Edge MX Park in Hesperia, California.Unfortunately, those rumors turned out to be true. Read Steve Cox’s full story and stay updated on [...]
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The city of Vancouver has quite a few connections with the USA. It’s considered a sister city to Los Angeles, BC Place stadium (home of the Vancouver Supercross) is designed after the Pontiac Silverdome and Minneapolis Metrodome (all of which were done by architectural firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), etc. The city’s old nickname from [...]
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The more things change, the more they stay the same—or so they say. Last year’s Toronto Supercross was all Ricky Carmichael on his brand-new Suzuki RM250. Of course, none of the other top guys showed up. This year, though, Carmichael, James Stewart and Chad Reed all showed up, and they all showed up on four-strokes, [...]
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Round one of the AMP’D Mobile World Supercross GP Series in Toronto was a dream race for James Stewart. But round two quickly turned into a nightmare for everybody else.Kyle Lewis grabbed the holeshot, followed closely Stewart, who quickly moved by into the lead. Unfortunately, after a couple of riders got together in the first [...]
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The anticipation of the Anaheim opener could have faded with so many of the top racers going to Canada to start the series, but somehow, it didn’t. Instead, people were wondering before the race if Ricky Carmichael or Chad Reed would be able to step it up and beat James Stewart, who dominated the Canadian [...]
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In the middle of this week, we headed out to Tommy Harrison’s supercross track and found Josh Grant and Brett Metcalfe, both being trained and coached by Ryan Hughes, doing some serious laps. Grant, in particular, looked like a new man on the track, going noticeably faster than he was even last year during the [...]
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Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, has witnessed some legendary supercross races over the years, starting with the legendary 1986 David Bailey/Rick Johnson battle (which Bailey won), to Jeremy McGrath’s first 250cc win in 1993, and even the 2001 McGrath/Ricky Carmichael battle (which McGrath won—his last AMA Supercross win to date).Well, as far as the 45,000 [...]
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Round two of the Amp’d Mobile/AMA Supercross Series in Phoenix, Arizona, was a night of relative surprises. Following the Anaheim opener, the AMA made a judgment call to tame the tracks down somewhat, after all three of the best supercross racers in the world—James Stewart, Ricky Carmichael and Chad Reed—fell multiple times in practice and [...]
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So far this season, Ricky Carmichael and James Stewart have seemed to be inseparable. It seems like, more often than not, you can find both Fox-backed Floridians occupying approximately the same space on the track during the 250cc main event. Last week, it was Carmichael who came out on top of a battle with Stewart [...]
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Dj vu. That about sums it up. Just two weeks ago, we were at Anaheim Stadium in southern California to watch the launch of the 2006 AMP’D Mobile/AMA Supercross Series. Many of the same fans were in attendance, but the track had changed significantly. The first round was widely criticized for having a track that [...]
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Round two of the Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series saw a new winner, which was significant. It was also significant because Phoenix saw the first in what may be considered a new generation of supercross tracks.After Anaheim I, many of the riders were up in arms that the track was poorly built, and the AMA [...]
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Rain, rain go away…Or not.In this day and age, mud races are sparse, with the only full-on mud race in recent memory being last year’s Anaheim opener. But the average just went up, as for the second year in a row, it rained on a supercross in “sunny” California in San Francisco’s SBC Park.We sat [...]
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And so it begins…Ricky Carmichael is the most doggedly consistent rider on the circuit. The last two Supercross titles that he won, he won with podium finishes every single weekend of the series. In 2004, with RC out of the series, Chad Reed was on the podium every weekend on his way to the title. [...]
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Starts have been a problem for Makita Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael lately. But that wasn’t the problem in San Diego. The problem there was Team Kawasaki’s James Stewart.Carmichael grabbed the holeshot, but Stewart was on his tail from the outset.”I’m super, super pumped about the holeshot,” RC said. “It’s been a while. It’s been ridiculous for [...]
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Historically speaking, everyone should’ve known that what happened at the Anaheim III Supercross was likely to happen this year. But it seems that every year, someone is going to beat Ricky Carmichael, according to the pundits. What happened at Anaheim III isn’t new. Year after year, RC remains consistent, on the podium, winning when he [...]
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The new Fox Youth Raptor Proframe takes
HILLSDALE, Mich., (Feb. 28, 2013) – Cobra
HILLSDALE, Mich., (Feb. 28, 2013) – Cobra
A video recap of the Pro Taper
