The greatest motocross race of the year is less than a month away and once again this years event looks like it is going to be a huge affair. World Supercross champions, World Motocross champions and AMA National champions all on the line for the Red Bull Motocross of Nations. Here is the official entry list for the 2008 Red Bull Motocross of Nations. Read more...
28/08/2008Geoff Meyer
Reed versus McGrath - Australian Supercross
Australia will play host to a battle of champions, as seven-time AMA champion Jeremy McGrath jets ‘down under’ to take on current world number one Chad Reed in the final two rounds of Super X, the all-new Australasian Supercross Championship. McGrath will pull on the legendary #2 jersey for a bar-to-bar battle with current World Supercross Champion, Reed. Read more...
28/08/2008
MXlarge video - Sebastien Pourcel wide open
Our friends at www.Freecaster.com have put together a very cool video of Frenchman Sebastien Pourcel. Of course yesterday we got the word that Pourcel will race the new Kawasaki fuel injected 450 at the Grand Prix of Ireland this weekend and now we have the video of him testing the bike. Thanks to Freecaster for the impressive footage. Read more...
28/08/2008Geoff Meyer
Philippaerts and Coppins braced for season finale
Yamaha Monster Motocross Team prepare for an intense culmination to the 2008 FIM MX1-GP World Championship with the first of the three final Grand Prix taking place in three weeks this weekend just outside the city of Dublin. Series leader David Philippaerts holds a 7 point advantage over world champ Steve Ramon with team-mate Josh Coppins 35 points from the lead in third spot with a total of 150 still to be won. Read more...
27/08/2008Yamaha
Pourcel set to race the all new fuel injected KX450F
GPKR’s Sébastien Pourcel is set to inject even more excitement into the last three MX1 GPs as he’ll make his debut race on the awesome 2009 Fuel Injection KX450F at the Irish GP in Dublin. Grand Prix Kawasaki Racing’s Sébastien Pourcel has been sensational in this year’s FIM MX1 Motocross World Championship as the 23–year-old Frenchman has taken more pole positions than any other rider. Read more...
27/08/2008KPR
Grand Prix of Ireland - The Final Countdown
The 13th meeting in the World Championship calendar sees the series’ collective head up north to Dublin, the capital of the Republic of Ireland. David Philippaerts took back the MX1 Championship lead with Steve Ramon slipping down to second after Loket. In the MX2 class the exciting challenge in between team mates Tyla Rattray and Tommy Searle continues with the South African still leading by 20 points. Read more...
27/08/2008Daniele Rizzi
Ken de Dycker wins in Belgium
Teka Suzuki rider Ken De Dycker won an International race in Belgium last weekend. De Dycker scored 1-1-4 results for the overall victory, leading home David Philippaerts who went 2-3-1 and Steve Ramon who scored 3-2-2 results. Several other GP riders were included in the field with Joel Roelants fourth overall, Bas Verhoeven fifth. Kevin Strijbos working hard to recover his race condition was 8th overall. Read more...
26/08/2008Geoff Meyer
Boniface and CAS part ways
It has been announced that Billy Mackenzie will be the sole CAS Honda pilot for the remainder of the 2008 season, as the team looks to focus its efforts on the Scotsman in readiness for its World Championship attack in 2009. Following Mike Brown's return to America earlier this year, Steve Boniface boarded the second CAS Honda CRF450R at the Grand Prix of Germany, and was employed on a race-by-race basis. Read more...
26/08/2008CAS Honda
Motocross News - Team France, and team changes....
A lot of changes expected for the 2009 season. Kevin Strijbos has admited that he will sign with the Martin Honda team for 2009, and while we already have news on the Molson team stopping at the end of this year, it is not offical yet, but the Pourcel team will be moving to the full factory team. If you believe rumors Jonathan Barragan is going Yamaha next year. Read more...
26/08/2008Geoff Meyer
AMA riders prepare for Red Bull Motocross of Nations
Five AMA riders continued their preperation for the 2008 Red Bull Motocross of Nations with good results at last weekend round of the AMA Nationals. Team USA rider James Stewart earned his 11th overall victory of the 2008 AMA Toyota Motocross Championship. The 2008 AMA Motocross Champion also won his 21st and 22nd motos to keep his hopes of a perfect season intact with one round remaining. Read more...
25/08/2008Geoff Meyer