World Motocross Championship
In Germany, Mickael Pichon wrapped up the 2002 250cc Motocross World
Championship. The Suzuki-riding Frenchman clinched his seventh Grand Prix
victory in a row. Australia's Andrew McFarlane is currently 8th in the
Championship, having earned a further 10 points towards his campaign on the
weekend. Visit www.motograndprix.com for more information.
By simon, 19 August, 2002
Supermoto
Round 2 of the 2002 FIM Supermoto World Championship takes place at
Valkenswaard in the Netherlands this weekend. Read a preview of the second
round of this exciting Championship at www.ma.org.au/news
By simon, 19 August, 2002
Round 4, ADB Thumper Nationals
It was a clean sweep for Craig Anderson at Wonthaggi, Victoria, yesterday,
winning all three Pro Open races in Round 4 of the 2002 ADB Thumper
Nationals. Anderson now leads by 54 points with two Rounds to go. In the
Pro Lites, Troy Carroll maintained his strong lead by winning two of three
races. In the Motul Women's Cup, Tamara Fern won all three races but
By simon, 19 August, 2002
Ricky Carmichael is the 2002 AMA 250cc National Champion!
250 class: Ricky Carmichael won the overall, the 250 championship, and the
eighth national championship of his career today. RC has dominated 2002,
winning 21 out of 26 events so far this year. 11 main events in supercross,
and 10 straight overalls in outdoor motocross. 20 straight moto wins! Ricky
has now won 2 titles this year, the AMA/EA Sports 250 Supercross Series,
and the AMA/Chevy Trucks 250 U. S. Motocross Series.
Second overall went to Ezra Lusk with finishes of 4/3, and Sebastien
Tortelli was third overall with a 3/4.
By simon, 16 August, 2002
from rec.motorcycles.dirt by Rick Ramsey
KTM has a dealer show in the Denver area. They've been demoing new 03 bikes at various tracks. Brain Penney was test riding a new KTM (model?) and broke the triple clamp on a 70' jump yesterday. He broke his hand and got a puncture wound in his neck.
KTM people looked at triple clamps on several models and found stress cracks. These triple clamps are new this year for the new larger diameter forks. KTM has recalled all 03 bikes.
By simon, 12 August, 2002
Finally got my Helmet cam going. Check out some footage here http://www.dirtbike.ws/simon/XR650Water.avi - Note - 5.8mb Download, no sound (yet).
By simon, 12 August, 2002
Photos from recent Belgium Motocross Grand Prix =96 see Aussies Kim=
Ashkenazi=20
and Andrew McFarlane in action at http://www.ma.org.au/photos
By simon, 5 August, 2002
The 2002 Maxxis Tyres Australian Motocross Championship will be shown on
Foxtel on Tuesday nights commencing August 6. See all the action from
7.30 on Fox Sports 2; or, if you?re with Optus, Optus 2.
By simon, 5 August, 2002
From www.motocrossactionmag.com
Reports have now been confirmed that Jeremy McGrath has in fact signed a letter of intent with Factory KTM. One of the biggest surprises of the silly season, McGrath can now call the orange team his home. MC felt that a switch of teams might re-launch his career after falling victim to Ricky Carmichael the past two Supercross seasons. It is reported that McGrath has signed a four-year deal with the Austrian factory team, two years riding Supercross and the last two years doing R & D testing. Jeremy also had offers from Kawasaki, Yamaha, and Suzuki, with Yamaha and Suzuki truly stepping up to the plate. However, the main reason McGrath chose KTM was because his lap times on the 2003 prototype 250 were two seconds a lap faster than any other bike he rode.
By simon, 3 August, 2002
Backflips all over!