Ballet on dirt

The desire to be the best. The will to endure physical pain. The ability to concentrate fully on the task at hand even if the race is three hours long. That is what it takes to compete in the rough and tumble world of dirt bike racing. I am looking at a photo of my son after he had completed a... Sign in to see full entry.

Ryan Villopoto captured the Motocross Lites National series crown in the first moto at Glen Helen. Coming from an 8 th place start, Ryan sliced and diced his way through the field until with only a few laps remaining, one rider, Mike Alessi remained ahead of him. All Villopoto had to do to clinch... Sign in to see full entry.

The dust has settled on the Northwest Championship Tour for Radio Control racers. We went to all but two rounds and it was fun. My son finished 8 th in Super Monster Truck series, right where he finished last year. He had wanted to improve, but a broken frame was causing all kinds of grief in the... Sign in to see full entry.

Millville in Minnesota is another track in a park-like setting. For the first motos of the day, the track was in good shape with the sandy surface rutting up to the joy of the hard-core pros. I don’t know why they like rough tracks so much, but they at least claim to. The first moto saw a good... Sign in to see full entry.

Hanging onto a fierce four-wheel drift, the driver tucks in hard for an inside line, preparing for the hard left hand turn that is bearing down hard now. He stabs the brakes, pivots around on the front wheels, then bangs the throttle hard as he lines up for a three-story table-top jump just ahead.... Sign in to see full entry.

After winning 1-1 in Colorado, Ricky Carmichael and company journeyed to the foothills of the Cascade mountains to do battle amongst the mighty forests of Washougal Washington. The track, known for its scenic setting and dramatic elevation changes also has a very tricky surface. Lurking just below... Sign in to see full entry.

There was nothing lite about the hot and heavily contested motos in the Lites class during the round of competition at Unadilla N.Y. The contestants, Mike Alessi, Ryan Villopoto, Josh Grant, Kelly Smith, Nathan Ramsey and others put on a class demonstrating just how exciting motocross can really be.... Sign in to see full entry.

The bikes line up on the starting gates, ready to fend off Unadilla’s notorious rocks and each other. Missing from the lineup is the man everyone pegs to be the next reigning force in dirt bike racing, James Stewart. James took a fall in practice and got up shaking his head, never a good sign. The... Sign in to see full entry.

Yes, once again it was Ricky Carmichael winning with a sweep of both motos. James Stewart did get ahead when Ricky stalled, but it didn’t take the Suzuki mounted rider much time to make James green with envy. Post race had Ricky saying he had beaten James “straight up”. Ok RC, but I don’t think... Sign in to see full entry.

When last we left our boy racers, Ricky Carmichael was in the lead, and that’s where he stayed. Chad Reed finished some 30 seconds back. The second moto saw Ricky miss getting the hole shot and Reed was ahead of him, quickly moving through the pack. It wasn’t long before Ricky was off in pursuit of... Sign in to see full entry.