Ballet on dirt

Grant Langston aboard his number 8 Yamaha YZ450F raced into the record books as the first blue mounted rider since 1998 to take an AMA Outdoor title. This year saw James Stewart’s bid to become the next dominate rider after Ricky Carmichael fall short as he suffered injuries that forced him to sit... Sign in to see full entry.

Formula One engulfed in scandal. NASCAR chasing it’s tail. I tuned in to see if Lewis Hamilton would take another win, but alas, it seems the Williams team was involved in some spying. So his parent team was stripped of it’s constructor’s points and fined a whopping $100 mil. Now that’s a fine that... Sign in to see full entry.

I am now a RC car racer. I won a Jammin' CRT.5 mini truggy at a raffle. Now I have to get all the ancilliary stuff to go with it before I can launch it off of a jump for my official entry into ballet on dirt as a participant. Now, when we go to the races with my son, I can sweat the race order,... Sign in to see full entry.

Once again we found ourselves trackside at the Extreme Motorsports complex in Airway Heights west of Spokane Washington, taking in the sights, sounds and smells of Supercross. This time, NAPALM Racing was there in a spectator capacity due to lack of a bike and lack of insurance coverage. The event... Sign in to see full entry.

The art of ballet on dirt involves a lot of airtime. This photo demonstrates the trick of perspective, by lowering the point of view of the camera, height can be “added” to the picture. One can do this by lying on the ground, not the greatest idea where the possibility of getting hit by an errant... Sign in to see full entry.

The AMA, Amp’d Mobile Supercross series final round in Las Vegas, Nevada brought surprises and confirmed predictions. In the Lites class East-West shootout, mechanical failure brought the biggest surprise of all. East champion Ben Townley and West champion Ryan Villopoto fell victims to mechanical... Sign in to see full entry.

Just call him King James. The final two races saw him victorious as Chad Reed finished second in Detroit and out of the top three in Seattle after a first lap crash that forced him to move from last place to his eventual finish in sixth place, enough to bring second in the points, but a... Sign in to see full entry.

Bristol motor speedway saw the introduction to racing and the trial by fire of the much ballyhooed “Car of Tomorrow” or COT as insiders call it. What is it? Well, the top of the car or “greenhouse” has been made taller and wider to give more room inside for the driver. They also moved the driver... Sign in to see full entry.

Chad Reed was the first bike across the holeshot line at Indianapolis with James Stewart buried back in the pack, 2 nd to last. This in itself is a rare occurrence, but set the stage for what fans knew was to come. Stewart began moving through the pack and by about mid race was in second place. From... Sign in to see full entry.

It was billed as the “Spring Mud Fling” but it turned out to be more like the “Great Dust Bowl” as brisk winds and mild temperatures provided a fairly dry racing surface at the Airway Heights racetrack. Inside the clean rider waits to take on the elements. Racers talk it over before the race starts... Sign in to see full entry.