Kicking off the 2010 Score-International Series is the San Felipe 250. This year the 30+ pro team of Javier Hernandez (Rider of Record) Mike Crawford, David Topete, & Earl Roberts, would be piloting a Nextel/United sponsored Honda CRF450X. Javier Hernandez says the team's goal for this year is to win a Pro Championship. With several other top level & factory backed teams competing in the series would be a challenge to say the least. The team's goal for this race is a top 5 finish. With a pill draw of 1st off the line (#301X) in class they were excited to take the green flag.
The team is noticeably pre-pared with several chase trucks, scheduled pit stops, visual checks, impressive bike prep, set up & strategies. Hernandez explains that each rider on the team has duties several months before events like this and takes a lot of hard work. He has recruited Crawford as the team manager, rider & to over-see the race bike preparations. "The San Felipe race course is very dangerous and really more of survival for the racers & equipment. This year is as bad & whooped out as ever" Crawford continues about how the course has been beaten in from the Baja 1000 & all the rain prior to the event.
On race day the 301x team had a consistent day. A few small set backs early and then an unexpected rear tire change at race mile 165 kept the team from top 10 overall. At the end of the day the team pulled off a podium finish 3rd in class and 20th overall. "We are happy with the finish and its great momentum going into the Baja 500. The 500 course is faster and our riders know it well, we are stoked & will be ready. Thanks to Nextel for making everything possible & stepping up big, says Crawford. Hernandez, who is healing from lower back surgery, says he will be 100% soon. Topete, was also happy with the results and is stoked for the next race.
The next event for the team will be in the 42nd annual Tecate Score Baja 500. Team Nextel will be race number 303x for the next event and friends & sponsors will be able to track them live during the race. The team will continue training and working hard to be competitive against the worlds best Baja Racers.
Nextel, United Distributing, LegPegs, Yaque, Maxima Racing Oils, RK/Excel, Maxxis, MTA, IMS, SuperSprox, Decal Works, BOR Racing, SIDI, One Industries, Heatshield Products, HotCams, Wiseco, Oakley.
VICKERY MOTORSPORTS - Denver, Colorado
OPEN HOUSE - SAT. MAY 22nd, 9-5
Big Savings on Yamaha's and Parts and Accessories
Free dogs, burgers and drinks noon-2
Vickery Motorsports
2231 S. Parker Rd. Denver CO 80231
303-755-4387
May 22nd and 23rd 2010
KTM Cycle Hutt will be holding "Motofest" Saturday May 22nd and 23rd, 2010 at the KTM Cycle Hutt parking lot on the strip Mandan.
May 22nd - Jason Britton, Team Faith and Kenny Bartram
SHOW TIMES: 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm
Jason Britton Featuring Team NO Limit and Team Faith Featuring “The Cowboy” Kenny Bartram from X-Games! Also riding with Team Faith will be Terry Russell, Tim Wilson and Kevin Johnson
This event will feature the return of Speed TV's Jason Britton along with Team No Limit! If you missed the show over the 4th of July 2 years ago, or just want to see these guys in action again make sure you save the date!
For this event we decided to step it up and bring in Team Faith featuring Kenny “The Cowboy” Bartram (You know him from the X-Games) to give you something to look up at! Team Faith is from the world of Freestyle MX... Big ramps, back flips and all kinds of things that shouldn't be done on a motorcycle. Also riding with Team Faith will be Terry Russell, Tim Wilson and Kevin Johnson There will be a total of 4 shows throughout the day!
Between shows there will be live music by Devious You and Dakota Drive!
$5 gets you in the gate for an event that promises to be bigger and better then the 4th of July show 2 years ago. Kids under 6 get in FREE with a paying adult. Open seating, get here early! Show times are 11am, 1pm, 2pm and 3pm. This is a pet friendly event! We will be gathering donations for the Central Dakota Humane Society between shows so bring some change!
Motofest is being held in conjunction with the Sport and Recreation Show on Main Street in Mandan.
Dever Colorado, don't miss the annual open house at Fay Myers this Saturday, 5/15/2010
Stunt shows by FTR's favorite stunter, Jason Britton and team No Limit will be performing.
LINKS: www.jasonbritton.com
Jason is the host of SPEED Channels show, SUPERBIKES. Be sure to check it out if you haven't seen it. It rocks!!!!!
http://www.speedtv.com/programs/super-bikes/episodes/
Photo of Jason by FTR founder: PETEMASTER5000.
Contratulations Ryan Dungey
2010 Supercross Champion and winner in the season finale Las Vegas tonight!
An incredible story : Rookie from Minnesota (Bell Plain, MN) takes 1st place overall in the 2010 Pro Supercross season.
"Hes a supercross natural" and "A good Midwestern kid' with a strong work ethic and close-knit family rockets to the top."
Normal for a 20-year-old would be frat parties and term papers, sleeping late and chilling with friends. Dungey's life includes little or none of that. His days are filled with hundreds of miles of bicycle riding, dozens of laps in a pool and end-of-day weightlifting sessions. All of that surrounding six hours or more of practice on his Suzuki 450." (full article - Star Tribune)
5/08/2010 LAS VEGAS, NV
"After 20 laps of racing, Ryan Dungey has put a cap on his Supercross Championship winning season by winning tonight's finale in Las Vegas. He led from start to finish! Chad Reed finishes second, Kevin Windham third, Kyle Cunningham fourth, followed by Andrew Short and Davi Millsaps" (full article - supercross.com)
Ryan Dungey led all 20 laps en route to his sixth AMA Supercross main event victory Saturday night, capping his championship season.
"It has been an incredible season, and I am very proud of the championship," said Dungey, the Suzuki rider from Belle Plaine, Minn.
FTR says: I love this kid and his gold rims!!!!! Can't wait to see my fellow MINNESOTAN tear it up for many seasons to come!
Supercross Las Vegas 2010 Press Conference With Ryan last week:
Ryans Links: www.ryandungey.com | twitter.com/ryandungey
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/sports/motor/2010-05-09-3263012073_x.htm
International Female Ride Day occurs every year on the first Friday of May.
It's a synchronized day for women motorcyclists, worldwide, inviting women to join together on their motorcycles, not matter the type, size or style and --JUST RIDE! ***2010 Friday 7 May JUST RIDE ! *** INTERNATIONAL FEMALE RIDE DAY was created by MOTORESS International's Founder and Director, Vicki Gray with the aim to HIGHLIGHT the many numbers of women actively enjoying motorcycling;
HEIGHTEN awareness of women riders, and INSPIRE those who have not yet taken it up. Each participant is a role model for women in motorcycling!
The campaign expands country by country, rider by rider each year in hopes of a truly synchronized, celebrated day just for female riders--WORLDWIDE!
This information, along with more details, can be found on http://www.motoress.com/femalerideday.asp
UK drivers had better stay under that speed limit, because the traffic authorities are watching… from outer space. According to The Telegraph, an American company called PIPS Technology has developed a system that uses two cameras on the ground and one mounted on a satellite in orbit to catch speeders.
The system – called “SpeedSpike” – figures your average speed between two points, captures an image of your license plate and reports you if you’re going faster than the law allows. Oh, and if you’re hoping Great Britain’s notoriously gray weather will save you, you’re out of luck; the system works even when it’s cloudy or dark.
SpeedSpike will be tested in two places: the London borough of Southwark, and along the A374 between Torpoint and Anthony in Cornwall. If the trial is successful, the tech may be used to enforce speed limits near schools, to reduce the need for speed bumps, and for “main road enforcement for traffic reduction.”
The 2010 FIM MotoGP World Championship gets off to a spectacular start this weekend in Qatar, with the floodlit Losail International Circuit the setting for the opening round of the new season of the world’s premier motorcycling series.
Millions of spectators across the globe will enjoy television coverage of the sport this year, with MotoGP broadcast worldwide by more than 65 TV networks in over 200 countries, delivering the thrills, excitement and passion of the sport to a truly global audience.
This season, broadcasters will have access to live coverage of all races in full HD quality. More than 15 of commercial rights holders Dorna Sports broadcast partners will start the season offering viewers the opportunity to follow the World Championship in HD with further broadcasters expected to come on board during the season.
Continuing the expansion achieved over recent years, Dorna Sports have extended TV agreements with existing partners for the 2010 season and have also secured new agreements with several new broadcasters across the globe.
MotoGP on SPEED air date and times (subject to change):
* Grand Prix of Qatar – April 11 (4 p.m. ET, Live)
* Japan – April 25 (Late night Saturday, April 24, 2 a.m. ET, Live)
* Spanish Grand Prix – May 2 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
* French Grand Prix – May 25 (2 p.m. ET, taped)
* Italian Grand Prix – June 6 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
* British Grand Prix – June 20 (9:30 a.m. ET, Live)
* Dutch Grand Prix – June 26 (9:30 a.m. ET, SDD)
* Catalunyan Grand Prix – July 4 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
* German Grand Prix – July 18 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
* U.S. Grand Prix – July 25 (TBD)
* Czech Grand Prix – August 15 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
* Indianapolis Grand Prix – August 29 (TBD)
* San Marino – September 5 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
* Hungary – September 19 (9 a.m. ET, Live)
* Malaysian Grand Prix – October 10 (6 p.m. ET, SDD)
* Australian Grand Prix – October 17 (Late night Saturday, October 16, 1 a.m. ET, Live)
* Portugal – October 31 (5 p.m. ET, SDD)
* Valencia Grand Prix – November 7 (8 a.m. ET, Live)
Get ready Lake Havasu, this weekend is XDL again!!! If you don't know what it is you will want to know.
Everyone loves to watch stunt bikes right? right. Havasu is the funnest event I've been to lately.
Here's a video preview of clips from last year, and I have a little challenge and a prize to give away.....
I (petmaster5000) am in this video at least once. The first person to send me a message and tell me accurately where I am in the video, what I'm doing, and how many seconds into the clip you see me.... wins a prize.
What is the prize you ask? Probably a big pack of FTR stickers and who knows what else, but it will be cool!!!!!
Have fun at Havasu everyone. FTR wasn't able to represent this year, but we are cheering the stunters on in spirit!!!! Good luck to all the competitors!!!!
The new version of FireFox (get it here for free) is really slick. Not only is it the best browser (please stop using Internet Explorer), and it's fast, and stable, they now have a new feature called PERSONAS.
Basically you can skin your broswer with custom graphics. I have an R1 on mine right now that looks like this:
Get Your Skins
Just install the browser and then you'll be given the option to pick your own persona from litterally thousands of choices. They have a lot of motorcycle ones, and i'm sure more are coming.
You can even create your own skins.... FTR will be making some custom skins in the near future. If anyone wants to help us make some let us know.
Here's a link to some of the motorcycle ones currently available.
http://www.getpersonas.com/en-US/gallery/All/search?p=motorcycle&search.x=6&search.y=9
They definitely need better motorcycle ones, and I'm sure they will be coming soon as artists create more, but look through the categories and do some keyword searching to find on you really like.
ENJOY!
