Every good race bike needs a good name, and Jeff Greene affectionately calls his Honda CRF 450 Old Bessie. A decade old, the supermoto bike has been through a lot, and she’s had plenty of facelifts to stay competitive. “The carbs and wiring harness are the only original things on the bike, other than the [...]
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International Six Days Enduro veteran Ben Smith talks about injury, Team USA, and having fun. Twenty-five year old Ben Smith raced his first enduro when he was just fifteen years old. Racers were required to have a driver’s license already, but Ben managed to slip into the entry field, anyway. Ten years later, Ben is [...]
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Roadracer Dana Wilson gave up roadracing for 20 years, only to come back as a competitor, volunteer, mentor and world-class scrutineer. Life is about choices. Dana Wilson learned that lesson well when he had to decide between a college education and pursuing roadracing. College won, and Wilson’s budding career in roadracing was cut short. Fast [...]
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Over the past 18 years, Jase Lewis has been a motocross and woods racer. Now he’s looking for GNCC success. GNCC racer Jase Lewis is in it for the long haul. He has been an AMA member for 18 years, excels at long woods races, and refuses to let injury slow him down. Like many [...]
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At 15, Mackenzie Ancien has already moved up to roadracing 600s. We think you should keep an eye on this young talent. If you saw Mackenzie Ancien around her hometown of Portland, Oregon, you might think she was the average 15-year-old. She plays soccer with SC Portland, likes zebras and is a Spongebob addict. No [...]
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Cole Crowley‘s racing resume reads like that of someone who has been competing for decades: flat track, hill climb, hare scrambles, and roadracing are all on there. The list of Cole’s race wins and championships stretches nearly three pages…single-spaced. Those credentials are impressive for anyone, let alone a 17-year-old. Then again, Cole didn’t really have [...]
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Back in February I wrote about Supercross and how that series is really foreign territory for me. On the opposite end of the spectrum is AMA Pro Road Racing, and this past weekend I returned to my home track of Road Atlanta for the Big Kahuna Atlanta. My history with Road Atlanta goes back a [...]
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Matlock Racing finished second at the SCORE San Felipe 250 in March 2012, but Wes Miller says the desert racing champs will be winners at the Baja 500. For most racers, finishing second in a grueling desert race like the SCORE San Felipe 250 would be something worth bragging about. Instead, Wes Miller—one-third of Matlock [...]
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At 19, Tyler Hamrick is well on his way to a pro career in quad racing. After two championships in 2011, he’s a top pro-am competitor. Tyler Hamrick is a superstitious racer: if he wins a race in a particular pair of goggles, he’ll keep wearing them, dirt and all, until he absolutely has to [...]
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Motocross racer Thomas Fauver gives a new definition to participating in local racing. Thanks to his time in the Army, this rider from Leesville, Louisiana, has done local racing all over Europe. Fauver inherited the family passion for hobbies with horsepower. “My dad taught me how to ride when I was nine,” he says. “We [...]
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