The second round of the AMA National Hare Scrambles was held in Hollister, CA and the conditions were dry, dusty and hard packed.

Ohio resident Robbie Jenks jumped off the line in the top group and battled with Nathan Woods and Ricky Dietrich throughout the entire three hour and fifteen minute race until the rain started to come down. The 12-mile loop mainly consisting of fire roads started getting more and more treacherous as lapped-traffic became thicker and Jenks got caught behind them.

A great effort was put forth by Robbie and he finished his day in third.

AMA National Hare Scrambles Results (Top 3)

St. Louis (February 18, 2006) – Yamaha’s Chad Reed, of Dade City, Fla., put himself back into the championship hunt with his first victory of the season tonight before a crowd of 52,022 at the Edward Jones Dome. Honda’s Davi Millsaps, of Cairo, Ga., won the opening round of the Eastern Region AMA Supercross Lites.

Honda’s Jacob Saylor, of Knoxville, Tenn., won the Progressive Direct Holeshot Award to start the 20-lap main event. Suzuki’s Ivan Tedesco shot to the early lead as front runners James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael struggled with bad starts. Kawasaki’s Stewart, of Haines City, Fla., was held up in the first turn and found himself back in 12th place. Carmichael, of Tallahassee, Fla., found his fate much worse after a first turn crash caused apparent damage to his Suzuki that forced him to not finish the race.

AURORA, Ill. (February 15, 2006) – Suzuki’s Ricky Carmichael led 18 of the 20 laps in Saturday night’s Amp’d Mobile World Supercross GP/Amp’d Mobile AMA Supercross Series main event at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium before Kawasaki ace James Stewart passed him and rode off to his third AMA Supercross win of the season. This weekend, Carmichael, of Tallahassee, Fla., makes the commute to St. Louis’ Edward Jones Dome to even the score at the stadium where he is tied at three win with seven-time supercross champion Jeremy McGrath. Watch the race unfold on CBS Sports Sunday, February 19 at 12:30 p.m. EST.

KTM’s strong commitment to off-road riding and racing will again be expanded in 2006 as we proudly announce the KTM Off-Road Series Bonus Program.

In addition to KTM customer support offered trackside at many of the events, the KTM Off-Road Series Bonus is further support for our loyal KTM riders who compete in the following series: GNCC, WORCS, AMA National Enduro and AMA National Hare & Hound Series.

The Series Bonus will be paid to the registered owner who contests the entire series on a 2005 or newer KTM model.

GNCC and WORCS 2006 Series Class Championship
(Year End Class Standings)

Husqvarna Australia’s Troy Herfoss will be Husqvarna’s number one rider in the AMA Supermoto Championship for 2006.

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Release from Team GP Husqvarna
Team GP Husqvarna, the factory-backed U.S. Supermoto team is proud to announce its 2006 Season Team line-up. GP Husqvarna welcomes back the sensational, young Australian rider, Troy Herfoss. Herfoss astonished the AMA field in 2005 as a virtual unknown, upsetting the ranks in his very first AMA race, taking second place in the Supermoto Unlimited class, to which he followed up with Wins and Pole Positions later in the season.

With a second place and two heat wins Stefan Everts claimed victory for the third consecutive time in the Starcross di Mantova race in Italy. Riding in perfect harmony with his new aluminum framed Yamaha YZ450FM, the nine times world champion from Belgium opened the 2006 motocross season in the best possible way.

In the first heat Everts had to give in to Sebastian Tortelli, the French MX250 world champion of 1998 who returned from the US to campaign the 2006 MX1 world championship. In the other two heats Tortelli experienced bike trouble and could not prevent Everts claiming the other two heat wins. Other then Tortelli in the first heat there were no other riders to really challenge Everts. Unfortunately this also the case for Stefan's teammate Cédric Melotte who was not yet able to go all the way, due to a wrist injury that needs more time to heal.

Closest title chase in the history of AMA National Arenacross goes down to the final night in Denver, Johnson tops Brock Sellards by one point for title

AURORA, Ill., (Feb. 13, 2006) – Two high-risk moves set Yamaha-backed Chad Johnson apart from his rival Brock Sellards (Thor/Honda/TUF Racing) this past Friday and Saturday night in Denver. An aggressive pass on Friday night that sent Sellards off the track and a ‘roll-of-the-dice’ pass on three top racers – Team Faith/Yamaha’s Kevin Johnson, Sellards’ teammate Jeff Northrop and Suzuki mounted Zach Ames – on Saturday were the moves it took for Johnson to capture the overall Toyota AMA National Arenacross Series title.

Husqvarna Racing’s Adam Cini battled the trying conditions of the sandy Hervey Bay track to steer his Husqvarna into second place at the first round of the Queensland Shell Advance Sunshine State Motocross Series.

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Cini riding the number one plated Husqvarna Racing TC 450 in the Pro Open Class was determined to finish the first round of the season on the podium and set up a solid start to the championship.

A tough day at the office for Cini, saw him fight his way back to second position by lap four of the first 20min leg, and create a gap on Stephen Smith to finish the race in second position behind Ford Dale.

DANIEL REARDON is the toast of Adelaide as he led a rare Open/Lites cleansweep for Kawasaki at the opening round of SUPERCROSS MASTERS at Wayville Showground, Saturday night.

The 20-year-old Queensland slammed down his first-ever Supercross Open victory -- it was his first appearance in the Open division -- and joined Lites class winner MITCHELL HOAD in the Kawasaki celebrations.

Reardon, who is not defending his 2005 Lites crown, now finds himself ahead of all the major contenders in the Open division which again incorporates the AUSTRALIAN SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP.

Reardon took top spot on the podium with a strong-finishing victory in moto 3 of the Opens... relegating Motorex KTM's TIMMY WEIGAND who took a perfect score through the first two moto finals only to encounter disaster in his third ride of the night.

Local hero Bobby Fitch wins Lites Main

AURORA, Ill., (February 11, 2006) Zach Ames shot off the gate to win the $500 Weekend Warrior hole shot award but would soon yield to Rockstar Suzuki rider Greg Schnell. Sellards tucked in behind Schnell and followed for several laps. Sellards passed Schnell near the halfway mark thus doing everything in his power to win the championship. It was then up to Yamaha’s Chad Johnson to finish third or better to secure the title. Chad was running sixth on lap 12 and put a championship pass on Zach Ames, Jeff Northrop and Kevin Johnson in the same turn to put him in third and clinch the title. By winning the title Chad Johnson was awarded a 2006 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck and $25,000.