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The High School Motocross Program is starting a new chapter in the Covington/Hammond area starting on Tuesday night, May 20th. There will be a meeting with Mac Edmonston, coaches, participants and parents at 6:00pm at CCR MX track. This is for 7th-12th graders only who have their own MX bikes and gear. Come ready to register and ride.

The Louisiana High School Motocross Program kicks off on Sat. March 22nd, 10-2 at the G2G track in Prairieville with registration, orientation and tryouts for the coming year. Applicants will need to bring bike, full race gear a sponsoring adult and a copy of their most recent report card. For more info click here.

Editor/reporter/photographer Roy Jenkins was hospitalized Feb 19th for 4 days due to an injury incurred while practicing on his race bike. He suffered a fractured pelvis and dis-located hip. He is expected to be out 6-8 weeks.

Mississippi star Johnny Moore leads all racers with victories in 4 different classes in round 2 of the Miss/Lou/Al Challenge Cup Series held  at Wildwood MX in Kentwood, LA. All pictures are up here. Race report with results are here.

Congratulations to Louisiana native Kevin Windham for winning the Houston Supercross on Feb 16th, 2008! This puts the local Pro firmly into 2nd place behind Chad Reed and in front of Tim Ferry. Click here for more info about AMA pro MX racing.

The 7th year anniversary issue of Holeshot magazine features the Mississippi state championship race, the Albuquerque Vintage Race, big Texas races, interviews, training tips and a "lights out" picture of Kevin Windham. For more info on Holeshot Magazine click here.

Pictures are now up from Round 1 of the HOL Winter Series race at Wildwood MX in Kentwood, LA. Click here for pix of Sunday's race.

Check out our sponsor page, which has recently been updated.

Our Bible Promises are now finished. Click here to read them according to topic.

People of the Year in South Central Gulf Coast MX racing. Click Here to read our choices in "Through My Lens."

Newly discovered video footage of board track racing in America in the 1920's! Click here to view.

Who has the fastest state? Alabama has been invited into the Miss/Lou Challenge this year to find out. This will be three very big races! First round at LAMX in Wagerville, AL on Jan 26th & 27th, 2nd round at Wildwood MX on Feb. 9th & 10th. The final round (re-scheduled from Jan 20) is at Golden Pine MX on Feb 23rd & 24th.

Performance Cycles rider Hunter Hilton again makes the news by being chosen the Motocross Champion Olympiad at the Mini O's as well as taking 2nd in both 65 (7-9) Stock and Mod classes.

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Former race photographer Kyle Jenkins graduated from Marine Corps boot camp on November 21, 2007 at Parris Island, SC. View pictures of 1st Battalion, Charlie company graduation ceremony and other images from the Marine Corps training depot here. He is now in advanced Infantry Training in North Carolina.

Cycle World of Houma unveiled it's new 2008 Motocross Racing Team at this year's Motocross night. Click here to read more. Former pro MX champion Mike Craig was on hand to promote his school and will help train the CWH team.

New photos added click here for "A" pix and here for "B" pix. Over 20 parent/volunteer/leaders and 49 racer/campers helped make this year's G2G MX Camp a rousing success. Obstacle course, race bike set-up and basics, small group instruction, team competitions, paintball, worship and music, leadership and Biblical principles instruction and lots of track time defined the Fall 2007 Camp in Prairieville, LA. For free downloadable pictures or to purchase photos online click here. For more info go to www.G2Gmotox.com.

Cool temperatures and turnout highlighted the final race of the season at Golden Pine Raceway in Prentiss, MS on Nov. 4th. Track owner Randy Rector was like a kid who found a long-lost toy when he took to the track on borrowed bikes and raced in several motos, winning a couple. "A" pictures here.  Click here for Results The next time they race will be the HOL Winter Series and Miss/Lou Challenge Cup the weekend of Jan. 19th.

A Louisiana team has been formed to contest the prestigious Baja 1000 race. Ed Comer, Hoot Parker and a secret ringer will head out to Mexico this week to get things ready. This will fulfill a life-long dream for the riders.

Competition Cycle Ranch hosted a Halloween Bash race that was a huge success just north of Hammond, LA on October 27th. Over 250 entrants enjoyed costumes, pit bike races, pumpkin races, trick-or-treating, free jambalaya (thanks to D&G Cycles) and great racing on the newly re-designed track. There was even a vintage class that had Honda Elsinore's from as early as 1974 competing.

On October 21st the G2G Vintage Racing Team scored again at the big Vintage Race Celebration in Birmingham, Alabama at Barber Motorsports Park. Mac Edmonston won the 250 Sportsman Expert class. Glen Romero won the +40 Sportsman Intermediate class and Roy Jenkins scored 3rd in the 125 Sportsman Intermediate class. This is the last AHRMA race of the season and featured swap meets, cross-country, road-racing, trials and motocross. This is also the home of the finest motorcycle museum in the world. "A" pictures are here. "B" pictures are here.

The Gulf Coast Series Championship round 13 and XXX Interlinx.com series round 6 was held on October 14, 2007 at Wildwood MX in Kentwood, LA pitting Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana riders. "A" pictures here. B pictures next week.

The 1st annual Mississippi State Championship was a great success at Golden Pine Raceway in Prentiss, MS. With over 300 entries, 27 #1 Plates were awarded, some came as far away as Oregon. Results are up here. The "A" pix are now up here. Read Roy's Race Report with interviews here.

The G2G vintage racing team travelled to Albuquerque, NM to take on the west coast guys on September 14-16th at Sandia Motor Speedway. Mac Edmonston won his very first road races on the Orazio MT125R and Roy Jenkins won his first MX moto in 39 years on the Orazio Elsinore 125. Aaron Connors continued to pad his points lead in the 250 Novice class on his 79 Yamaha. View the "A" pix here. Read the race report here.

Hunter Hilton was the top finisher from LA at the AMA National Championship this year. Congratulations Hunter!

Competition Cycle Ranch's Grand Opening was successful despite the low turnout as many people sat home and watched the bad weather pass nearby on radar. Devin Blair and Chris St. Pierre made impressive debuts in the Intermediate class. Roger Warm crashed on the finish line jump and broke a hand and femur. Surgery was successful and he should return home Monday. Track owner Robbie Burgess remains in the hospital with an unknown illness. Sue and Nick Burgess and family pulled it off.

The U.S. MX team beat the world again at the annual Motocross Des' Nations event. This year's event was held at Redbud MX in Maryland on American soil with 50,000 - 85,000 people watching. Ryan Villopoto scored a couple holeshots on his Kawasaki 250f over the 450's and checked out. Ricky Carmichael crashed, started in last (39th) and rode up to 3rd. Tim Ferry crashed, started in last and rode up to 4th. Click here for more discussion.

The Pros raced in the south for the first time in 10 years when the AMA held a pro national at Freestone raceway in Wortham, Texas on Labor day weekend. Amateurs raced Friday, Pit bikes Saturday night, Pros Sunday and Vintage race on Monday. A pictures here. B pictures here.

Gravity Alley MX raced in Breaux Bridge Saturday, Aug 18th. A good turnout, some hot racing and another strong showing by the "Red Raiders" of the Honda of Lafayette team made it a fun night. "A" pictures are up here. "B" pictures are here.

Race photographer going into the Marines. After a long decision process, my son Kyle Jenkins, my right hand man and photographer, has joined the Marines and will head to boot camp at Paris Island, South Carolina on August 27th. Our prayers are with you and your comrades at arms!

Holeshot MX under new management. Here's the background on Robbie and Sue Burgess: Robbie's Dad, Mike Burgess was one of the pioneers of Dirt Bike racing in south La. and was one of the first to import race-ready dirt bikes. He started Competition Cycles in Metairie back around 1970. He was instrumental in starting Enduro and MX and developing riders and bikes (mostly Huskies, Pentons, DKW's, Rokon's, etc.)

So Robbie grew up in the sport and when he stopped racing expert class back in the late seventies/early eighties, he opened a track in Gulfport, MS. Through the years he and Sue have operated several including "Hillbilly Hills", Fernwood, Liberty, Gonzales and Arenacross races in MS & LA. He pioneered some successful series including the Winter Series of previous years.

They went out of business a couple years ago and have been taking care of family issues. They have recently come back to re-open a popular local track - Holeshot MX in Loranger, LA.

Dairyland MX in Amite, LA had it's grand opening race to a light turnout August 12th. Racers enjoyed a multi-dimensional, challenging MX/SX track designed and built by former National champ Mark Barnett in triple digit, record heat. The "A" pictures are up here. "B" pictures here. Race report with results is here.

A good turnout and dry night made the Saturday night race at Gravity Alley MX in Breaux Bridge successful. "A" pictures are here. "B" pictures are here. Top 5 results here.

The AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days 2007 is now in the books and boy what an experience! Thursday night was the ceremony at the Hall of Fame Musuem for Malcolm Smith and Jeremy McGrath. Friday night was the roast of 3 time National Champ Tony Distefano. Then the racing kicked off with Trials, Motocross, Road Racing and Flat Tracking attracting racers from all over North America. The LA G2G Vintage team took home 3 2nd overall's in Motocross: Aaron Connors, Glenn Romero and Bobby Handy. View the "A" Pix here. See the "B" pix here.

Mac Edmonston and the  High School Motocross Team raised money to take the team to the NMA National Amateur Championship in Ponca City, OK by holding a Hare Scrambles on the mighty MS river just south of Baton Rouge on July 15th. Although delayed by lighting, this grueling 6 hour event went on through the rains, giving the High Schoolers valuable experience in working and holding races. Englishman Paul Broome won the "Iron Man" award. Broome, no stranger to tough races, placed 13th in the prestigious Paris to Dakar International rally. For the "A" pictures click here. For the "B" pictures click here. For more info and results go to www.G2Gmotox.com.

A good crowd, fast racers from several states and a perfect track made for a great race weekend at Wildwood Motocross track in Kentwood, LA. But dangerous thunderstorms interrupted the second moto after only 4 races. Pictures are here. Complete race results here.

Pictures are up from the G2G Men's MX Leadership camp. Mike Burgess educated us on the history of competition dirt bikes as he saw it and participated in the early days. We got lots of track time and a good worship service. It was a time for men to draw away from their responsibilities and draw near to God and each other. They relaxed and rode the track.

View pictures from a day of practice at Hwy. 70 MX (formerly Z-man's) in Paincourtville, LA. This little track flows really well and the racers loved it. View the rider portraits here, and view the track pix here. These were taken on Saturday, June 16.

Former LA pro MX racer Bobby Handy competed in his first vintage race. He took first place in the 250GP expert class and second in the 40+ expert class. Aaron Conners took 1st in the 40+ novice and 2nd in the 250GP novice. Potts Thomas scored 3rd place in the 50+ class. The race was held in Casey, IL. Next up for this local contingent is Crossville, TN on July 6-8th.

Pictures are now up from the Golden Pine and Wildwood MX Ponca qualifier races at our new photo website.

Pictures are now up from Gravity Alley MX night race in Breaux Bridge on June 2nd. This is a new photo website where you can purchase pictures.

The Memorial Day weekend at Wildwood MX was great. Race Report is up now. Pictures are up now.

Read the interview with former Pro Supercrosser Jeff Sardella, trainer with the Louisiana High School Motocross Program. Click here.

Read the Interview with Pro MX rider Ryan Grantom who is spending time at Holeshot MX this summer, giving lessons.

MX Legends take a lap at High Point Raceway at round 2 of the Pro AMA Outdoor National. View the video here.

Pro Outdoor MX has finally begun! RC jumps in the first round at Hangtown to battle Bubba Stewart. Ben Towley comes from across the big pond to surprise Villoppoto, who also gets tangled up with Jason Lawrence. See the report & video here.

Holeshot MX in Loranger held their first night race on May 19th. Top 5 results HERE.

Pix from the May 13th Ponca Qualifier are now up. Golden Pine MX in Prentiss, MS held their final race until the fall when they are planning a MS state championship. They may hold a practice once or twice this summer if the rain hits right. Stay posted by checking their website at GoldenPineraceway.com.

Race report is now up for Diamond Don's 5th annual Vintage Motocross National. It was held the last weekend in March in Jefferson, TX. This year's honorees were 1982 250cc and 500cc World Champions Danny LaPorte and Brad Lackey. This was a nationally sanctioned AHRMA series race. Local rider Mac Edmonston scored a 1st, 2nd and a 3rd in Expert classes aboard Billy Orazio tuned vintage Honda Elsinore's. Potts Thomas, Aaron Conner and Glenn McGovern also scored top 3 finishes in their classes. Besides the Japanese bikes, other vintage era manufacturers represented were: Penton, Husquvarna, Can-Am, Maico, Bultaco, BSA, Ossa,Triumph and others. View pix.

Our extensive Rider Directory has been updated again. Every rider who has raced in our area is listed by class and number.

Saturday night, May 5th pictures are now up from Gravity Alley MX in Breaux Bridge, LA.

Pictures are up from the April 29th race at Holeshot Motocross Track in Loranger, La.

The Loretta Qualifier at Golden Pine MX race report is now up. Read the stories from Sunday's race and the interviews with results here. To read the interview with rookie Supercross racer Kyle Gills and his Dad go here.

Need encouragement? Lost your momentum? Want some fuel for your soul? Here are some keys to success: Watch this...

Local Senior racer Bob Calhoun posted some old race reports and pictures from the 70's. View here...

Congratulations to the following racers who are making the "BIG" jump in marriage this Spring: Gabe & Melissa Aitken; Shay & Kayla Racca; Skipper Thibodeaux and Karen Airhart; Drew Landry and Ashley Huguet.

Pictures are up from Dirt Bike Mike and Randy Rector's Loretta Qualifier at Golden Pines in Prentiss, MS on April 14 & 15th. Click here. Big thanks to Tracey Mock, Aycee Martin and Safeway scaffolding for the spacious 3 story tower scaffold.

The High School Motocross program continues to build steam with a scrimmage Saturday against the "Champions" Bible study group from Covington. For more info on the HSMX program go to G2Gmotox.com. Click here to view pix.

Pictures are up from the March 11 race at Holeshot Motocross Park in Loranger, LA.

Now you can read the Sunday action of the LL qualifier at Breaux Bridge on March 4. Click here.

Gravity Alley MX in Breaux Bridge held the biggest annual motocross race in LA on March 3rd & 4th. Beautiful cool and clear weather, a pristine track and racers from as far away as Hawaii made this a race to remember. This was a qualifying race for the National Amateur Championship held annually at Loretta Lynn's ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee the first weekend in August. For  (REVISED 3/8) results and report here. click here. Pix are here. 

Sunday's Feb 25th race at Golden Pine MX was one of the biggest in Mississippi in recent history! It was the final round of the 2007 Winter Series, AND!!! the final round (of 2) of the Miss/La challenge cup race... AND!!! a tune-up race for the upcoming Loretta Lynn National Championship qualifier coming up in March! Randy Rector and his crew did an outstanding job on their very first race! The track? Think Wildwood MX only longer and with more elevation changes. Competition? Think LL qualifier with hotshoes from MO, AL, TN, MS and LA. Results are here. Pix are posted here. The race report is linked here.

Round 4 of the Winter Series continued at Down South MX in New Iberia on Sunday, Feb. 18th. Crisp, cool temperatures and piercing bright sun made this a day to remember as riders sharpened their skills, gained series points and enhanced their reputations before the LL qualifiers start next month. View the pix. Read the final results here. Race report coming soon. 

The weather cooperated for a great day of racing at round 3 of the Honda of Lafayette Winter Series at Gravity Alley MX on Super Bowl Sunday. The track was rough and the gates crowded. See the pix here. Results are here. Story is here. Click here to read interviews with Honda of Lafayette owner Mike Roberts, 250 Expert winner Zach Lawler, 85 (12-15) winner Lance Vincent and others.

Round 2 of the 2007 Winter Series was held at River's Edge MX on Jan. 28th. It started out muddy, but the strong north wind and bright sun dried out the track quickly. There were a few pile-ups and surprises. Pix are now up. Read Roy's Race Report with results.

Riders from across the south gathered on the battlefield of Wildwood Motocross in Kentwood on Jan 14th for the first round of the Miss/Lou challenge cup race and the first round of the 2007 Winter Series. Full gates, high talent levels and a fast track conspired to open the new year with a bang. See the pix here. Race results here. Race Report now up.

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Brett Bourg makes a big statement by winning the Schoolboy class over Jeremy Domingue, Mitch Gourney and Damon Arceneaux, as well as the 85 Open over Lance Vincent. He even hung with money rider Dustin Manuel during the combined Money/125 INT/250 INT class race at REMX. Read the interview here.

The Marine Corps and Gatorland MX Park gathered "Toys for Tots" at their December 3 race in Bourg, LA. This new track outside of Houma is friendly, yet challenging. View the pictures here. See the results here. For more info go to www.gatorlandmxpark.com

View results from the November 25th race at River's Edge MX in Giesmar, LA.

It was a light turnout for the November 19th race at Gravity Alley in Breaux Bridge, but that didn't stop some new faces and some fast faces from coming out to compete. Pix here...

Thursday night, November 16th was Motocross night at Cycle World of Houma. One guy won a CRF150. Many took home one of 50 prize packages. Vendor reps were on hand to answer questions, pro MX races were shown on the wall, items in the giant showroom were discounted and there was lots of free food. Gatorland, Down South and Wildwood MX track owners were there, too. Thanks Glenn Dietrich & staff! For pictures go here. For more info go to cycleworldofhouma.com.

Pictures are up here for the G2G MotoX camp, held the weekend of November 11-12. Racing instructors provided Motocross Training; chaplains held ministry programs and a worship Service; campers competed on teams in the paintball wars and obstacle course while camping out under the beautiful oak trees. 32 campers enjoyed hours of riding and the track was challenging and fun. I believe this was the best camp yet! Team Green rider Johnny Moore even showed up to do some testing on his new ride. For more info...

Beautiful weather and a sweeeeet track made for some fine racing at Gravity Alley in Breaux Bridge this week. Honda of Lafayette race team dominated the podiums in the big bike classes. Look at the pictures here.  Results here.

Congratulations to local racer Trenton Suire! He just won the 2006 South Texas Night Series in the Schoolboy & 125 B class. Great Job Trent!

Congratulations to local local racer Nate Martin. He just moved back down from Billings, Montana and is leading the Gulf Coast Series in two 85cc classes, Read the interview with Nate and his Dad after winning two classes at Holeshot's Halloween bash October 28...

Pictures are posted from the October 28 Halloween race at Holeshot MX in Loranger, LA. Great weather, good racing, a sweet track - followed by a pumpkin race, dunking booth, costume contest and hayride gave kids a fun and safe place to celebrate Halloween. Read the Race Report and results here.

Pictures are up from the October 21st race at River's Edge in Giesmar. The race was called during the first race of the second moto due to a monsoon. Read the Race Report.

Pictures are up from this weekend's race at Gravity Alley in Breaux Bridge. Track owner Mike Shea returned to apply new magic to the track and it showed. Read the Race Report here...

MS rider Johnny Moore is on fire! He went up to the National race at Branson this month and scored 1st 250B stk...1st 250 Open....2nd Open 4stroke and 2nd 250B mod classes. Check the official Results...

Stone "Zone" Edler just signed a contract with Team Green. The Destrehan, LA racer will be racing KX65's and KX85's for Kawasaki. Congratulations Stone!

Ricky Carmichael, aka the GOAT (Greatest of All Time) MX champion just announced that he will be moving to NASCAR for 2007. The 15 time AMA National Champ just signed a contract with Team MB2 Motorsports, which currently fields Nextel Cup teams for Joe Nemechek, Sterling Marlin and Mark Martin. Read More...

Congratulations to local Pro racer Kevin Windham who just dominated the prestigious Jeremy McGrath Invitational Supercross in Los Angeles. He won every moto and each head to head bracket race. Press release.

The pictures are up from the October 1 race at Wildwood MX in Kentwood, La. Read the Race Report here.

Local rider Hunter Hilton represented the US team recently in the Mini Motocross Des' Nations in France. These Mini riders scored first place. Read his interview here.

America wins the Motocross Des' Nations again! They now hold the record of 17 wins, which is tops among all nations. Even with Ricky Carmichael sidelined with an injury (replaced by Ivan Tedesco at the last minute), James Stewart crashing (then charging back up to catch the World Champ Stefan Everts) and untested youngster Ryan Villoppoto representing for the US team, they were victorious! Read the story. The MX Des' Nations is Motocross Racing's version of the Olympic Games. This international event will be held on American soil next year.

What do Kevin Windham, Trey Canard and Ashley Fiolek have in common? They were all on hand to help raise money for the children of St. Jude Hospital at River's Edge Motocross Track on September 16. Read the race report or get downloads of the pix. Read the interviews with Ashley Fiolek and Trey Canard. Also included is part of the tsrmxracing.com video interview with Kevin Windham. The whole event was videotaped and can be purchased as a 3 DVD set. It will be edited and televised locally at a future date. For more information go to www.tsrmxracing.com.

A Christmas card from me to you - Click here.

Update on Wesley Bandemer from his Dad with good news. Wesley was the rider that suffered a back injury at River's Edge MX a couple months ago.

The pictures are up from the Randy Benoit Memorial race at Down South MX in New Iberia on September 10. Race report and Results are here. Also check the Interviews with Lance Vincent, Jeremy Domingue and Chase Romero.

Johnny Moore is the fastest B rider in LA & MS. He recently raced with the big boys and came up with a good report card. Read his interview here.

If you like Vintage motorcycles you'll love the big event on the weekend of October 20-22 in Birmingham, AL. The 2nd annual Barber Vintage Festival will highlight the American Historic Racing Association (AHRMA) - vintage motorcycle racing's last race of the season. This festival will  include a swap meet, flea market, vintage demos and auction, including the largest motorcycle collection in the world at the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum. Click here for details.

Holeshot Magazine is expanding into LA. This full-color TX/OK/NM/AK magazine has been in existence 5 years and is growing fast. Issue 4 of 2006 includes the Top Dog Shootout report from June 10 at REMX. I will have a few copies at the races and the cover price is $3.00 each. Ask your favorite shop to carry them or get your own subscription at www.holeshotmag.com.

The High School Motocross Team went up to Steel City Raceway in Pennsylvania and raced Friday. This is the same track the pros will race on Sunday. Mac Edmonston won both his motos in the 45+ Senior class on his G2G Honda and Johnny Moore won the 250B class & scored 2nd in the college class on his Got Gear Kawasaki. Congratulations to the HSMX team!

MX fans were treated to some skillful racing at Holeshot MX in Loranger as the $2500.00 money purse drew pro riders from as far away as Texas. Matt Lemoine returned to his home turf to claim fastest rider among a class that held Nathan Davenport, Gills brothers, Manuel brothers, Blake Kennedy and others. Link here for complete results.

Loretta Lynn AMA National Championship results are complete. Congratulations to area riders who cracked the top 5: Johnny Moore, Jon-Murry Barr, Branden Miller & Chris Craft...

Other top 20 finishers in AMA from La/Ms include: Stone Edler (10th), Tyler Stewart (8th), Alex Lejeune (20th), Lance Vincent (12th), Kyle Gills (15th/8th), Kyle Forrester (13th) & Wendell Simmons (11th).

Other top 20 finishers from the NMA in La/Ms include: T-Don Lerille (19th), Brendan Harp (20th), Nyree Simmonds (14th) & Nicholas Fisher (20th). Check all riders of local interest here as of Aug 6...

In light of the escalating conflict in the middle east, the question comes up: "Are we living in the last days? What does the Bible say?" Click here for prophecies from the New and Old Testaments of the Bible...

MotoProgram will be hosting a two day class September 23rd and 24th at Holeshot MX park. Sat 23rd from 9am till 12 will be Pee Wees only. Sat 1-6 and Sun 9-1 will be 65s and up. The cost for the Pee Wee class is $100 per rider. Big bike class is $250 per rider. Spots are limited and a deposit is required. Go to http://www.motoprogram.net to sign up. Classes will cover riding technique, line selection, proper body position, mental aspect, corners, jumping and much more.

 

New Iberia hotshoe Gregory "Tee" Hebert is retiring from racing. His last race was this weekend. He hung up his boots this week to devote more time & effort to his career with his Dad's landscape business. Now the fast #825 Honda you see will be Lance Vincent only.

Motocross Des Nations team announced: Ricky Carmichael, James Stuart and Ryan Villopoto will try to bring the world trophy back home again. Team USA and Britain are tied with 16 wins apiece on the world MX stage. They could put USA on top before it comes to America in 2007. More

The August 23, 2006 (#33) issue of Cycle News is a keeper, especially for LA readers. It has the River's Edge Mud race report with the Scanlon/Pizzuto battle and Heavy D's coined phrase: "He almost lapped himself" when he saw Damon Arceneaux's performance. On the cover is Travis Pastrana's back-flip hart attack, and a giant two-page image of TP's history making double backflip at the X-Games in multi-frames. Also included is the story of Ricky Carmichael's dominating performance at the Millville (Spring Creek MX) National when he lapped everybody! Also included is the report on Loretta Lynn's National Championship that has pix of Matt Lemoine and Trampas Parker.

What's it like to have a national caliber MX race in LA? The Wildwood Motocross race on July 9th was the closest to it in years. Read the report here...

Doc Melloy's reports and pix of Loretta features lots of good browsing.

On Saturday, August 12th, Holeshot MX held the final round of the "Lil' Britches" Series. It was a tale of 2 different experiences for competitors. The dry practice, then the deluge and the muddy race. Read the Race Report with Results here. Or view the Pictures here...

We won't be seeing local Pro rider Chad Kennedy for 4 years because he just joined the army. Our thoughts and prayers go with #55. He'll always be part of our family.

Wesley Bandemer is home from re-hab! He has finished the first stage of rehab and is home with his family as they get his sisters back in school and resume their lives. His Dad gives us a good report on August 10th...

Congratulations to Ricky Andre who rebounded from a 1st moto crash at Ponca City to capture 3rd in the second moto for 5th overall in Senior +30 B class. He will be holding round 3 of the Little Britches Series at his track (Holeshot MX) in Loranger on Aug 12.

Rider Directory for LA/MS now up. Check the list to see if  your name is on it. Click on "racers" pic at left.

Champion Cycle's Suzuki Grand Opening. For pix look here.

What's the latest news from Loretta's? Link here...

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Legendary southern rock band visits injured rider in hospital. Click here for more info...

South LA rider Hunter Hilton took a 2nd place behind teammate Coleman Martin to lead USA to victory in the "mini MX des Nations" in France last month.

Pro rider Chase Romero was taken home last week to heal up from two broken femurs. Click here for latest info...

Kevin Windham was spotted a River's Edge MX practicing on recently. Go here for pix.

Holeshot Motocross Park held it's 2nd annual "Little Britches" Series Saturday night June 24. Lots of new riders got their first taste of racing...

Doc Melloy's reports on Freestone MX & 3 Palms MX in Texas.

2006 National Amateur Championship Qualifiers wrap up. Area riders prepare for races at Lorretta Lynn's (AMA) in Tennessee & Ponca City (NMA) in Oklahoma.

River's Edge Motocross was ready for race day... until the rain came and ruined everything. Or did it? The July 1 race was postponed one day and the racers who hung got wrung. But the track dried out. Read about the mud race...

The Top Dog Shootout  was held on June 10. Two new "Dogs" were crowned, but the Open Money class almost stole the show. Read more...

Many top racers from LA/MS area have qualified and are on their way to the big show. AMA's National Amateur Championship will be held July 31 - August 5 at Loretta Lynn's ranch in Hurricane Mills, TN. Click here to view the list...