It was Cal Crutchlow (LCR Honda Castrol) on Day 1, Marc Marquez (Repsol Honda Team) on Day 2 and Dani Pedrosa (Repsol Honda Team) on Day 3 to make it three days in a row on top for Honda at the #ThaiTest. Pedrosa is quickest overall with a 1:29.781, with…
Tomac Does Dallas
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Eli Tomac had a perfect night after posting the fastest qualifying time, leading every lap of his Heat Race, and all 25-Laps of the 450SX Main Event for his third Monster Energy Supercross win of the season—this time in front of a crowd of 57,421 fans inside…
NSRA Hot Rod Drags at Shakey
A big crowd turned out for what could be the last Hot Rod Drags at Shakespeare County Raceway, and the weather got better as the weekend went on. Outlaw Anglia This year the Outlaw Anglia class celebrates 25 years, and there were over twenty cars entered for the event. Weather…
Ain’t No High Winds Stoppin’ Urban Downhill in Chile
This shit looks neck-breaking dangerous enough, but get this—the track in the Chilean coastal city of Valparaíso is built overnight so the riders do not get to see it until race day ahead of their runs. Mull on that over your morning coffee. The urban downhill track is more technical than your normal…
Vancil Gets Down the Track—Always
The season-opening event of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series concluded Sunday at the 58th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Doug Vancil (Top Fuel Harley), Matt Hagan (Funny Car), Doug Kalitta (Top Fuel) and Bo Butner (Pro Stock) were victorious in their…
Anderson Withstands, Roczen Breaks Hand
photos and video courtesy of Supercross, story by Supercross and Tim Hailey. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Jason Anderson captured his second-straight 450SX Class win after leading 12 of the 24-Lap Main Event, when San Diego’s Petco Park hosted Round 6 of the 2018 Monster Energy Supercross in front of 41,237 fans. A first-turn…
Open Sports Nationals at Shakey
story by Steven Moxley, photos by Julie Moxley. The 2017 Open Sports Nationals at Shakespeare County Raceway will go into the history books as one of the very best. Three days of glorious California weather with temperatures in the 70s, and no oildowns on the track during the three days.…
National Finals at Santa Pod
report and photos by Steven Moxley The final round of the 2017 ACU Championships was held at the National Finals. It has been a few years since it was last held at this event, and there were many personal bests set over the weekend. Top Fuel Bike The top two…
Anderson Pips Roczen in Oakland
story and photos courtesy of Supercross Monster Energy Supercross, an FIM World Championship, hosted Round 5 of the 2018 season in front of a crowd of 48,146 fans inside Oakland Alameda County Coliseum. Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing’s Jason Anderson rallied from a sixth-place start to meet Team Honda…
New MotoGP Bikes Spanked in Sepang
story by MotoGP and Tim Hailey, photos by MotoGP. With most sprouting some form(s) of fairing winglets, the 2018 MotoGP bikes were bullied about in the first three days of open testing at Sepang International. Here’s the rundown of who ran best. Pedrosa, Dovizioso, Lorenzo: the fastest three on Day…