Former Supercross Rider Jimmy Button Completes Emotional Ride at Daytona International Speedway

Once paralyzed, motocross rider completes ride across America with victory lap around Daytona DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Jimmy Button reached his goal on Sunday – standing on top of the box inside Gatorade Victory Lane at historic Daytona International Speedway spraying champagne in celebration. Jimmy Button at the head of the pack on his victory lap around [...]

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Mickael Maschio Connor McGechan

RJ Says: Moving to Pro 4 Off-Road Truck Racing in 2011

Last year I won the TORC Pro 2 Off-Road Truck racing championship. This year I'm moving to the Pro 4 class.

What's the difference between Pro 2 and Pro 4? Pro 2 is two wheel drive. Pro 4 is four wheel drive.

With Pro 4 you can drive more aggressively - you can get on the gas more, because you have much more traction with all four wheels.

Also in 2011, I'm with a new team - Menzies. Plus I have help from Dodge, and Red Bull.

In this video below, this is one of the first times I started testing for 2011. It's a track at Glen Helen Raceway! (Home of the US MX GP)

Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-moving-to-pro-4-off-road-truck-racing-in-2011

Josh Coppins Cody Copper

The Dignity Memorial Wall Experience

This past Saturday we took some time to visit a unique site that has some significance for our family. The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall Experience is a traveling three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and it was recently installed at Resthaven Cemetery here in the Des Moines area. Since 1990, the [...]

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Pierre Renet Marc de Reuver

RJ Says: Ride with me at A Day In The Dirt Motocross Grand Prix video

I've spent the past four days out at Pala MX Raceway for the annual A Day In The Dirt Motocross Grand Prix. It's three days of fun, family ... just a really great event. Where else can you ride with both your daughter and Jeremy McGrath?

But instead of telling you what it's about, I thought I'd share with you what it's like to do a lap in one of the Team races. A Team race is where you have a partner (I raced with Louis Franco) and you switch off each lap. You have to 'hand off' a wrist band to your partner - and then he takes off to do the next lap.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/rj-says/rj-says-ride-with-me-at-a-day-in-the-dirt-motocross-grand-prix-video

Clement Desalle John DeSoto

Houston AMA Supercross 2011 - Flashback to Round 6

Bet you don't remember who won his first ever 450 AMA Supercross Race at Houston? Here's a hint - it wasn't Ryan Villopoto, or James Stewart, or Chad Reed, or Ryan Dungey, or Kevin Windham. Give up? Read on!

Trey Canard wins his first ever Supercross Main Event! Justin Barcia wins 250 East Regional Supercross Main Event! Round six of the 2011 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, an FIM World Championship, at Reliant Stadium in Houston. Ryan Villopoto takes over Supercross series points lead.

Reliant Stadium

Supercross Series heads east! Will James Stewart and Ryan Villopoto will continue their personal battle for the 2011 Championship? 16 year old Ken Roczen will give the Supercross class a try on the KTM 350. And it's the first round of the East Regional Lites - Justin Barcia, Dean Wilson, Malcolm Stewart (James younger brother), Blake Baggett, Ian Trettel, PJ Larsen, and more!

In the first timed practice of the day for the the Supercross class, it was James Stewart with the quickest lap time - 48.60 seconds, on a track that looks great, has moist dirt, and started to develop some ruts in the corners. Second fastest in the Supercross class - defending Champion Ryan Dungey 48.67. Then Ryan Villopoto, Trey Canard, Kyle Chisholm, Justin Brayton, Andrew Short, Davi Millsaps, Chad Reed, Kevin Windham, Brett Metcalfe, Ivan Tedesco, Thomas Hahn, and Ken Roczen. Roczen's time - 50.5.

In the East Supercross Lites Region first practice - it was Blake Baggett with a 50.344 lap as quickest ... but Australasian Lites Supercross Champion P. J. Larsen also had a 50.344 lap time. Then Dean Wilson at 50.5, then Justin Barcia, Ryan Sipes, Darryn Durham, Blake Wharton, and Ian Trettel.

In the second timed practice, the East Lites had Ryan Sipes on Yamaha on top with 49.58, Blake Baggett at 49.97, Dean Wilson at 49.99 ... then Durham (on a Honda), Izzi (on Honda), PJ Larsen, Matt Lemoine (on Kawasaki), Wharton, Trettel, Barcia, and then J Anderson (Trettel's team-mate on Rockstar Suzuki).

In the second timed practice for the Supercross class, James Stewart on top with 48.56, Ryan Villopoto next with 48.7, Ryan Dungey 48.8, Trey Canard at 49 seconds, Then Kyle Chisholm, Andrew Short, Kevin Windham, Ken Roczen, Chad Reed, Brett Metcalfe, Davi Millsaps, Justin Brayton, Mike Alessi, and Ivan Tedesco.

The crowd is filling nicely as the first 250 East Lites Heat race of 2011 takes off. There is a big pile up in the first corner, but the early leader is Justin Barcia (17) on the GEICO Honda team. Bubba's younger brother Malcolm Stewart, riding the 139 Suzuki is running second in his first ever professional supercross race and Nico Izzi is third. Blake Baggett was involved in that first corner mishap, but is moving thru the pack quickly.

Barcia has stretch out a big lead already as they complete lap four of this six lap qualifier. Malcolm Stewart in second, Nico Izzi third, Blake Wharton is next and Blake Baggett on the Pro Circuit team has moved up to 11th.

At the finish it's Justin Barcia with the win, second goes to Malcolm Stewart, then Nico Izzi, Blake Wharton, T Futrell, and A Cantanzaro on Honda. Blake Baggett finishes ninth.

Source: http://www.supercross.com/features/houston-ama-supercross-2011-flashback-to-round-6

Jaromir Cizek Guy Cooper