Innholdsfortegnelse for August 2016 i Transworld Motocross

“SOMETIMES YOU WILL NEVER KNOW THE VALUE OF A MOMENT UNTIL IT BECOMES A MEMORY.” — DR. SEUSS Can you remember your first race? For some odd reason (concussions, perhaps?) I can’t remember my first motocross race. I know that it was at the now-defunct Ascot Park on my brother’s old ’83 Suzuki RM125, but the specifics escape me. What I can remember, however, is my first race ever, which was on an ’82 Suzuki ALT125 three-wheeler. Prep for the big night included affixing numbers to my trusty trike. Stick-on numbers were the norm back then, and they fit nicely on my two rear fenders. The Corona Raceway rulebook, however, also required front and rear number plates. Because my ALT125 was by no means built to be a racer, I…

Hometown: Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico Years Wrenching: 12 Rider: Ryan Dungey Past Riders: Davi Millsaps, Ken Roczen In the world of dirt bike racing, Ryan Dungey needs no introduction. Behind the most dominant rider of the current era is a crew of hard-working KTM team members, along with his right-hand man/ace mechanic, Carlos Rivera, who is responsible for keeping the number-five KTM 450 SX-F purring like a kitten. Hailing from Puerto Rico, Carlos has always been passionate about racing motocross and working on his own bikes. At age 20, he and his new wife, Thelma, took the plunge and moved to Florida so Carlos could attend MMI and pursue a career as a professional mechanic. While in Florida, he met Cole Gress, who ran Suzuki’s amateur program, and he introduced…

GETTING THE JUMP PROPER START TECHNIQUE W/ BLAKE BAGGET T There’s only one place on the racetrack where you can pass the entire field at one time, and we all know it’s that important piece of real estate just beyond the starting gate. Just how crucial is the start? Ralph Sheheen and Jeff Emig mention it literally every weekend during the Keys To The Race segment of each Supercross telecast, and oftentimes we see the start dictate the outcome of many professional races. But for your average weekend warrior it remains just as important, and there’s no better position to be in than out front on lap one at your local race with clear vision and every reason to pin it to the checkers. This is where winners are born,…

Scott Genius 900 Tuned Although cross-country mountain bikes are the best choice for hammerheads who wants to utilize their time in the saddle specifically for cross-training, a trail bike with more relaxed geometry and longer suspension travel can provide a lot more entertainment to go along with the pain. The Scott Genius 900 Tuned is Scott Sports’ latest and greatest, and it boasts several technologies that make it a truly versatile machine. An adjustable chip in the shock linkage allows you to choose two different bottom bracket heights: In the lower setting the bike will be more stable at speeds, while the higher setting will yield greater ground clearance and quicker handling for tight conditions. The Twin-Loc Lever System on the handlebar allows you to select from three suspension settings:…

WITH a hard rain falling atop the nylon canopy sheltering the Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki pit area, everybody beneath it scrambles. An abnormal midday thunderstorm has crept up and stationed itself above Sam Boyd Stadium, the bleached asphalt-hued sky wringing itself of all of its moisture and subsequently wreaking havoc on the grass fields surrounding the NCAA college football stadium. Ultimately, the Pro Circuit mechanics, as if they don’t have enough to do already, work in unison to get a tarp down before their particular pit area is totally flooded out. Welcome to the final round of the 2016 Monster Energy Supercross Series in Las Vegas, Nevada. Standing back behind the big toolboxes and pit carts and trying to stay out of the way of the chaos is Austin Forkner, taking…

The glory days of the WMX Championship series may seem like a distant memory, but it was only a few short years ago when the fastest females in the sport shared the spotlight with the men on the Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship. Sadly, recent changes in the sport have left female racers with a diminishing series—one that now piggybacks off several Amateur National events and carries far less prestige. During its most successful years, the WMX series saw many prominent teams recruit women to complete their squads’ lineups. Jessica Patterson, Ashley Fiolek, Tarah Gieger, Sara Price, and Mariana Balbi were among the fastest female racers in the world who traveled the circuit with the luxury of paid rides with major teams. With the recent evaporation of opportunities for women…