James Stewart made a strong statement at the Hangtown 2012 outdoor motocross season opener. After shocking the motocross community by leaving the Joe Gibbs JGRMX Yamaha Team, Bubba silenced critics with a solid 1-1 victory at Hangtown, aboard his factory Yoshimura Suzuki. The Hangtown track was gnarly, with some seriously deep ruts, dust, roost and heat. Andrew Short got the holeshot in Moto 1 but slipped i ...

The 2012 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross season starts on May 19th at the infamous Hangtown Raceway. One of the biggest highlights of the race will be seeing how James Bubba Stewart performs. Stewart will be racing his new Suzuki. Stewart recently shocked the motocross community, when it was announced that he was parting ways with the Joe Gibbs Yamaha JGRMX team, in order to ride for Yoshimura Factory Suzuki. Chron ...

The 2012 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross season starts on May 19th just outside of Sacramento, California ... at the infamous Hangtown Raceway. The 2012 Hangtown Classic marks the 41st time the gate will drop for an AMA sanctioned pro motocross race at this historic venue. In the 1970's 'Hangtown' was famous for drawing massive crowds of spectators to witness some of the best motocross racing the country had to off ...

If you are a motocross enthusiast, most likely you have had to replace the steering head bearings on your dirt bike at some point. You'll know when it's time to replace them, when your handle bars will not turn from side to side as smoothly as they used to. Instead, the steering from side to side feels very 'notchy'.  That 'notchy' motion is caused by the bearings not moving smoothly around the steering ste ...

Justin Barcia fans got a big surprise during the 2012 Las Vegas Supercross. Erik Kehoe, manager for team Honda Muscle Milk, announced that Barcia would be joining the Honda Muscle Milk team for 2013-2014. Barcia will race the AMA Supercross and Motocross Championships aboard a factory Honda CRF450. Barcia absolutely dominated the 2012 Supercross Lites East class while riding for Team Geico Honda...proving t ...

Ryan Villopoto is up and walking around less than a week after his ACL knee surgery. The reigning 2012 Supercross champion was present at the Las Vegas Supercross, signing autographs and assisting his Kawasaki teammate, Jake Weimer. Check out this interview between the sidelined supercross champion, and our good friend Jim Holley. Villopoto suffered a serious, season ending, knee injury during the 2012 Seat ...

In August of 2011, Chronic MX first reported that James Stewart was possibly testing factory Suzukis back at his Florida compound. We heard numerous reports from trustworthy insiders that Stewart was seriously considering a factory ride with Team Suzuki for 2012.  Bubba, however, soon announced his decision to ride for Joe Gibbs' Team JGRMX Yamaha instead of Suzuki ...claiming the decision was a win-win for ...

Close your eyes and for the next ten seconds ... think positive. My guess is you're a little confused, and don't know what exactly you are supposed to think positively about. Right? Well that's part of the problem with the term think positive. It is a very 'abstract' idea, and difficult to process effectively. No question that a positive attitude will make you happier and healthier  ...improving both your l ...

Throughout the history of professional motocross racing, there have been a handful of select riders that can repeatedly win at muddy events. One reason is because they have tremendous riding talent. But another reason, is that these winning mud riders learned how to ride both fast and smooth in deep mud. Take Kevin Windham for example. Windham is known to be an incredibly talented mud racer ...with numerous ...

Eli Tomac was the big celebration of the night at the 2012 Salt Lake City Supercross, as the team Geico Honda lites rider clinched the win and earned the 2012 Supercross Lites West Champion title, his first ever. Eli was all smiles, stating that his SX championship win felt as good as when he won his very first professional outdoor motocross race at Hangtown a year earlier. Pro Circuit's Dean Wilson charged ...

If you are an Andrew Short fan, there sure has been a lot of celebrating lately! Shorty just won his first ever premier supercross on April 21st at the 2012 Seattle Supercross. We are proud to announce even more good news for the like-able Texan pro racer. Andrew Short has apparently signed a contract to ride for Team Chaparral Racing. The news was officially announced to Chronic MX earlier today. Chaparral ...

The 2012 AMA Outdoor Pro Motocross season is rapidly approaching, and we couldn't be more excited. On May 19 the best motocross riders in the world will line up on the starting gate, at California's infamous Hangtown Classic...eachwith hopes of being crowned the 2012 outdoor national motocross champion. A lot of things can change in just one year. The 2012 Supercross season was a somewhat bizarre supercross ...

The 2012 Seattle Supercross proved to be a major turning point for Ryan Villopoto. RV's two year wining streak came to an abrupt halt in front of his hometown fans. Villopoto had already claimed the 2012 Supercross championship in Houston, the earliest any rider has clinched a Supercross title in 39 years. Unfortunately, as posted in an earlier ChronicMX.com report, RV took an odd first turn spill, in front ...

Last night's 2012 Seattle Supercross proved that anyone who lines up on the starting gate these days, is vulnerable to both good fortune and bad.  Ryan Villopoto, easily the most dominant rider of the last 2 years, saw bad fortune last night. Villopoto had already claimed the 2012 Supercross championship in Houston with four races still left, the earliest any rider has clinched a SX title in 39 years. Unfor ...

Ken Roczen is not your average motocross rookie! The 143 pound German "Wonder Boy," already has a MX World Championship under his belt and a full blown coveted factory ride. Roczen had an awesome night at the 2012 Seattle Supercross, finishing an astonishing second place in the premier supercross class aboard a KTM 350f. He seems to be living up to his reputation in Europe as an MX sensation. Roczen is skil ...