Santa Clarita, Ca- 4/20/10– Wiley Watson of Red Tide pictures & theORC.com sent out this video on Timmy Weigand. If your a fan and you’ve been following what’s going on. Watch it. It brings us all up to speed. I’ve known Timmy since early 2006 from the WORCS races. He’s a great guy and I think everyone will join me in wishing him a speedy recoveery. Read the rest of this entry »
Sit down with Timmy Weigand
April 30th, 2010Rockstar Ready For USGP At Glen Helen
April 20th, 2010Team Rockstar Teka Suzuki Set For May 30th
April 19, 2010 – Glen Helen Raceway, CA – Fresh off a moto win at the Grand Prix of Lombardia, Team Rockstar Teka Suzuki World MX1 has confirmed they will be bringing racers Clement Desalle and Steve Ramon to Southern California to compete at the USGP at Glen Helen on May 30th. Headed by legendary Belgian racer Eric Geboers, Team Suzuki is celebrating 50 years of racing heritage in 2010 and having an American-based sponsor makes this event doubly important.
“We have just entered into a very important partnership with Rockstar Energy Drink and having a race in the U.S. is just perfect,” explains Geboers. Nicknamed “The Kid” during his own racing days, Geboers gained fame as the first man to win championships in the 125cc, 250cc and 500cc classes. He also knows the track at Glen Helen having won the 500cc USGP at Glen Helen in 1990. “I think it is great that FIM-sanctioned MX is spread out all over the world, and the USA is very important in both the motorcycle business and media.” Read the rest of this entry »
Motocross legend David Bailey teams up with Youthstream for USGP at Glen Helen
April 20th, 2010April 16, 2010 – Glen Helen Raceway, CA – In preparation for the United States Grand Prix at Glen Helen, set to take place on May 30 weekend, series promoter Youthstream and motocross legend David Bailey have reached an agreement which will see the 2-time USGP winner play an active role in the event.
Bailey won at Unadilla in 1983 (250cc) and at Carlsbad in 1985 (500cc). He now enjoys a successful career as a TV commentator and he will be involved in promoting the USGP at Glen Helen and providing color commentary on the television broadcast along with Youthstream TV Commentator Paul Malin, a former GP winner himself. Read the rest of this entry »
HUSQVARNA ENDURO EFFORT REWARDED
April 20th, 2010FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PLEASE.
HUSQVARNA ENDURO EFFORT REWARDED
Kearney In Contention At GNCC & Meo Wins World Round
April 16, 2010 – Woodcliff Lake, NJ – Husqvarna’s worldwide enduro racing effort is off to a great start as Team Husqvarna’s AMA woods specialist Glenn Kearney was back in action at Round #4 of the Grand National Cross Country series while Antoine Meo was busy winning the opening round of the FIM Maxxis Enduro World Championship in Spain. Read the rest of this entry »
GNCC Top Gun comes West to WORCS Bikes
April 16th, 2010Strang Goes WORCS
Team Suzuki Off Road’s Josh Strang is in California this week, testing and training with Team Manager Mike Webb and Rodney Smith. The purpose of Strang’s visit to the Golden State?
“Josh is going to ride the Adelanto round of the WORCS Series,” says Team Manager Mike Webb. Read the rest of this entry »
Sold Out Crowds Expected for Lucas Oil Off Road Racing’s Return to Surprise, AZ
April 16th, 2010Corona, Ca. (April 15, 2010) – This weekend, April 17th and 18th, the Lucas Off Road Racing Series returns to Speedworld in Surprise, Arizona for rounds 3&4 of the short course off road racing series. The biggest stars in the sport are prepared to take on Speedworld with its fast, technical, mile long course and signature “mogul” section. While Surprise is quickly becoming a popular home to short course off road racing, the facility has expanded its seating areas in anticipation of another raucous, capacity crowd. This event will be the first of three Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series weekends filmed for national broadcast on CBS Sports.
The season opener saw motocross legend Ricky Johnson stake his claim on the 2010 Pro 2 Unlimited field with back to back wins on the tight Las Vegas track. Now, Rob MacCachren, who finished second to Johnson on both days in Las Vegas, will lead the charge to slow down Johnson’s dominance along with Bryce Menzies, Jeremy McGrath, Todd LeDuc and what looks to be the largest Pro 2 Unlimited field ever. Read the rest of this entry »
H&M’s Haagsma joins Monster Energy
April 14th, 2010Bakersfield, CA: 4/6/2010- Monster Energy announced the addition of H&M Motorsport’s ATV pilot- Davi Haagsma to their athlete sponsored list this week. Haagsma, who hails from Bakersfield, Ca will sport the Monster Green Claw on the Kawasaki KFX450 this year in the prestigious AMA ATV MX series as he takes on his first full blown Pro-Am season along with Mike Carfro (MCR Racing) on the Honda in the WORCS series out west. Read the rest of this entry »
WORCS NEWSLETTER APRIL
April 14th, 2010Letter from Sean Reddish
The WORCS anniversary tour is almost 1/3 over and it has been exciting to date. Taylor Robert is undefeated as a pro wining the last round of 2009 and the first of 2010 all that even with a blown ACL on the third lap at Speed World, Special “K” Kurt Caselli let everyone know he was back in the deep sand of Primm and Dietrich found his moto speed for Havasu and never really looked Read the rest of this entry »
JCR/Honda unleashes the unstoppable Honda CRF450X on the deserts of California and comes away with double wins!
April 14th, 2010JCR/Honda racers took over at the 2010 Rovers M.C. AMA D-37’s two days of racing.
Saturday’s race featured JCR/Honda racer Colton Udall aboard his number 510 Honda CRF450X. Following a string of 2010 wins including the SCORE Baja 250 and last weekend’s Hilltoppers Big 6 GP, Colton had his sights set on winning the 2010 Rovers M.C. AMA D-37 Desert Scramble. The Read the rest of this entry »
RJ Can’t Wait For USGP At Glen Helen
April 14th, 20101986 USGP Champ Looks Forward To A Great Race On May 30th
April 9, 2010 – Glen Helen Raceway, CA – Ricky Johnson, the 7-time AMA National Champion, should be a familiar name to motocross fans both young and old. He was also a member of 4 winning Motocross des Nations teams, but he still counts his 1986 Carlsbad USGP win as one of the highlights of his career. Since an injury-enforced retirement from professional motocross in the 1990s, he has remained involved as a trainer, promoter and business owner, however he says he remains a fan, first and foremost! Read the rest of this entry »