Macc Racing Preparing for the 2010 Dana Point to Avalon Sprint

Macc Racing Preparing for the 2010 Dana Point to Avalon Sprint

Race Date: March 28, 2010

Location: Dana Point, California to Santa Catalina Island

Professional watercraft racer, Chris Macclugage will be competing on a Macc Racing prepared Yamaha Waverunner at the RPM Racing Enterprises ‘Dana Point to Avalon Sprint’. This PWC Offshore race covers a 40 mile open ocean transit through unpredictable water and weather conditions.

The Sprint is the first race in the prestigious APBA ‘Triple Crown of Offshore’. A three race offshore series; recognized as America’s only Offshore National Championship with the infamous LB2CAT.

Chris Macclugage is the 13 time IJSBA Pro Ski and Runabout World Champion. He’s competed extensively in national and international offshore and endurance races. Chris brings with him the Championship quality of excellence and race experience covering over two decades of world class podium finishes.

Yamaha Waverunners are known for their performance on the race track and for their durability to hold up to the grueling offshore experience. Chris will be pushing his Waverunner to lead the charge and set the pace for the Triple Crown event.

Come join us at Macc Racing at the first PWC offshore race of the season!

Triple Crown of Offshore Schedule

1. Dana Point to Avalon - March 28

2. LB2CAT - July 18

3. Dana Point to Oceanside and Back - September 28

Tucker Hibbert to Race FIM Snowcross World Championship in Sweden

Tucker Hibbert to Race FIM Snowcross World Championship in Sweden

Goodridge, Minn. (March 4, 2010) – Monster Energy/Arctic Cat’s Tucker Hibbert is proud to announce that he will represent the USA at the FIM Snowcross World Championship in Mala, Sweden March 27. Hibbert hopes to become the first American rider in history to win the World Championship at his first attempt competing outside of North America.

Hibbert recently finished his scheduled race season with nine national victories. The season was highlighted by his 50th career win and fourth-consecutive gold medal at ESPN Winter X Games 14. He made the decision to race the World Championship the beginning of February and is not something he has taken lightly. Unlike the national series he competes in, the World Championship has sound and fuel restrictions and does not allow the use of traction products. These restrictions have forced him to change his sled set-up and riding style dramatically. To properly prepare, he built a track at his home to resemble past World Championship courses. He has pounded out countless laps and implemented different riding techniques that he believes are crucial to being competitive on a European style track.

The FIM Snowcross World Championship will take place at a ski hill in northern Sweden and will feature three 15-minute races with an overall score crowning the World Champion. The highest an American rider has finished in the past is fourth overall. For the first time in the event’s 11-year history, it will also feature an national team challenge. Hibbert’s score, along with two other rider’s scores from the USA, will count towards the national team title.

Stay posted to www.tucker-hibbert.com and the Tucker Hibbert Official Facebook Page for up-to-date information on Hibbert’s first experience traveling and racing overseas. The event will be broadcasted live on www.freecaster.tv.

Tucker Hibbert - #68 Monster Energy/Arctic Cat

“I’m honored by the opportunity to represent the United States at the World Championship. I’ve never traveled overseas so to prepare for this race has been a completely new experience for me. I guess this is my Olympics. I always go into a race focused on winning but now I feel an obligation to win for my country.

I’m confident that we (the team) have done our homework and are prepared to win. We’ve spent countless hours testing and tuning my Monster Energy/Arctic Cat. We’ve learned a lot but are still at a disadvantage because we’ve never raced there. My dad raced in Finland at one point in his career and he was in Sweden a couple years ago, so he has some insight on what to expect. We’ll give it our all and hope for the best!”

Resources: tucker-hibbert.com • monsterenergy.com • arcticcat.com • worldsnowcross.com • freecaster.tv

Monster Energy Pro Circuit's Steven Frossard

Monster Energy Pro Circuit's Steven Frossard Category: Sports Steven Frossard in action - Kawasaki image Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider Steven Frossard is for sure the rider who many are counting out of the World Championship. While names like Musquin, Roczen, Herlings and Paulin are the riders people are looking at to battle for the title not too many take the Monster Energy Pro Circuit rider too serious. Frossard showed glimpses of brilliance last year, but inconsistent results cost him a chance to battle for the MX2 World title. With a change to the Pro Circuit engines Frossard is now confident he has the tools to win a World title, and join the likes ofChristophe Pourcel and Marvin Musquin as a World MX2 champion. MXlarge: Steven, thanks for taking my call. Last year you looked great at times, but other times you made mistakes. Can you explain how that went for you last year? Frossard: Sometimes I did a podium and sometimes I crashed, but it was my bike, not me that the problem was. I had many problems, but now with this new bike it’s much better. This bike is so much better, it’s not the same bike, this bike is unbelievable, the suspension is better, the engine is so much better. Many changes and that give me confidence. MXlarge: On your new bike in Valence you showed really good speed. Can you tell me about your race in Valence a couple of weeks ago? Frossard: Valence it was a good race for me, I tried my new bike, and first it was difficult because I didn’t have a good feeling at first. I start very bad, but I had good speed and came back to fifth or fourth. The second race I started in 8th and came back to Musquin and another rider it was a good race for me. MXlarge: Where are you now? Frossard: I am now in Netherlands , training with the team, I also did a good test on my condition and my condition is very good now. MXlarge: I understand you train for the sand with former Grand Prix racer Kees Van Der Ven, how does that go? Frossard: Kees is very good, I work with him when I am in Holland and he is a great coach in the sand. He doesn’t speak a lot, but when he tells me something it’s good. I have improved a lot because of the help from Kees. MXlarge: How was your winter training? Frossard: I had a program and we did a lot of work, also good work with my physical coach, we did a lot of running and cycling. MXlarge: What about this year, what is your goal? Frossard: I want to win, I don’t go for second or third this year. I work for winning the World title this year. For the moment I don’t think about the other riders, in my head it will be easy, doesn’t matter about Musquin or Roczen, I don’t have a problem with them, in my head I want to be World Champion. MXlarge: Do you like the circuit in Sevlievo? Frossard: I like Bulgaria , I won a heat there last year, and the second heat I broke my engine, normally I should have won there, but...Before Bulgaria I have two races in France , then I have another race, it is good before the World Championship, it is good preparation on hard pack circuits.

The 11th Episode Of The Winter Of Wells Online!

Here it is folks, the eleventh episode of the Winter of Wells is now online, containing exclusive content from the third round of the Dew Tour at Mt Snow, in Vermont. Join Jossi Wells, Byron Wells, Andreas Hatveit, Elias Ambuhl and many other riders as they compete in Big Air, Slopestyle and Halfpipe. Check it out!

Winter of Wells Episode 11 - Dew Tour Mt Snow from Tim Pierce - Zeros&Ones on Vimeo.

Monster Energy Weekend Wrap Up, Feb. 6-7

Monster Energy athletes kick off the Vancouver Winter Olympics this week; Weimer’s back in the winning track with Monster/Pro Circuit/Kawi; AX guys sweep Tulsa, Okla.; Hibbert finishes his snocross season with a win.

THIS JUST IN … Monster’s athletes wrap up final Dew Tour stop in Vermont – Horgmo nails Snowboard Slopestyle & Wells locks down o/a Ski Superpipe win!

The world’s top winter sport athletes – including four representatives backed by Monster – gather this week for a near month-long competition in a wide range of events known as the Winter Olympics.

American’s Nate Holland, Louie Vito and Elena Hight, along with Norwegian Kjersti Østgaard Buaas – all snowboarders – will boot up for halfpipe (Vito, Hight & Østgaard Buaas) and boardercross (Holland) competitions in hopes of capturing one of three precious medals in their respective events. And though to many Monster drinkers the Olympic Games play second fiddle to last week’s X Games, Monster’s only recent involvement in the Olympics is paramount in spreading the Monster brand globally.

Holland competed in his first Olympics at the inaugural boardercross event in the Turin (Italy) Games. Placing a disappointing 14th, Holland would go on a tear after that and win arguably the world’s biggest boardercross event – Winter X in Aspen, Colo. – four more times (five straight if you include 2006) and is one of the favorites to mine gold in Vancouver.

“I’d like to think I’ve got the momentum going for me after winning the World Cup stop in Austria, then coming home and winning a fifth-straight Winter X,” said Holland. “Heading up to Vancouver for a good time, take in as much as I can and when it comes time to run our event I’m just gonna pin it.”

On the women’s side both Hight and Østgaard Buaas bring Olympic experience with Hight placing a respectable 6th at the Turin Games and Østgaard Buaas scoring a bronze medal in Turin and a 4th at the previous Winter Games in Salt Lake City (’02).

Vancouver Winter Olympics TV schedule for Monster’s athletes (consult local listings for time and channel)

Boardercross

Feb. 15 – Qualifiers, 1/8th, quarter, semi and finals

Halfpipe

Feb. 17 – Men’s qualification, semi and finals

Feb. 18 – Women’s qualification, semi and finals

Monster Energy AMA Supercross, Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego

Monster’s Jake Weimer (Pro Circuit/Kawasaki) won his fourth Monster Energy AMA Supercross Lites race of the season this past Saturday night in a rainy San Diego - building a 26-point advantage in the championship standings. Monster-backed teammate Josh Hansen fought back from an early collision to finish 11th.

With rain showers threatening all day, practice was shortened to just one 12-minute session. As has been the case all season, the team’s riders sat atop the leader board with Weimer setting the fastest lap and Hansen finishing third fastest.

Both riders lined up in the second heat and Weimer blasted to the holeshot, leading wire-to wire. With the heat win – his fifth-straight heat race of the season – Weimer laid claim to the all-important first gate pick for the main event. Also in the second Lites heat Hansen came out of the first turn mid pack and quickly moved up to third in the heat to transfer to the main.

In the main event Weimer got a good jump off the gate and took advantage to grab the lead on the first lap. Hansen again got a mid-pack start, and then he collided with Trey Canard’s bike sending him to the back of the field. While Weimer continued to pace the race, Hansen started working his way through the field getting up to 11th by the checkered flag. Weimer led from start-to-finish to earn his fourth main event win in five races.

“The track was slippery and muddy,” said Weimer. “It seemed to get better from practice to the heat and then from the heat to the main, but it was still tricky all night. San Diego is always a technical track and when you add in the weather, tonight was difficult. It always feels better to bring a trophy back to the truck and I’m glad I got the win.”

Added Hansen: “San Diego was a tough race,” said Hansen. “It just wasn’t my night. I know we can get better results and I’m working to get that first win next week at Anaheim.”

In the SX class main event Monster/Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto just missed out on a podium, placing 4th. RV’s new Monster/Kawasaki teammate, Nick Wey, would be on it as well, placing 9th.

AMA Supercross Class Results: San Diego

4th - Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki
8th - Nick Wey, Murrieta, Calif., Kawasaki

AMA Supercross Class Season Standings

3rd - Ryan Villopoto, Poulsbo, Wash., Kawasaki, 95

Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class Results: San Diego

1st - Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki

Western Regional AMA Supercross Lites Class Season Standings

1st - Jake Weimer, Rupert, Idaho, Kawasaki, 122
8th - Josh Hansen, Elbert Colo., Kawasaki, 56


Take a lap of this weekend’s Anaheim 3 SX track right here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoAx0Aq9QAU

Monster’s Ash Hodges serves up Rd. 2 of his “Dirt Shark” SX video blog

Monster's Ash Hodges, the 2-Wheel Motor Sports Coordinator, continues his behind-the-scenes documentation of Monster’s athletes on the 17-stop tour with Monster Supercross. Check out our guys at San Diego.

http://motocross.transworld.net/1000090295/news/monster-energy-supercross-video-blog-san-diego/

Finally … the weekend totals are in from the Monster Energy/Road 2 Recovery fund raising effort:

Monster Raffle- $665
Rider Number & Ticket Holder Lanyards $703
Rider Wristbands $5
VIP eBay Auction $1,300
Regular Ticket Auction $500
Total: $3,173!

2010 AMA Arenacross, Tulsa, Okla.

After making a stellar debut one year ago, the AMA Arenacross Series’ sophomore outing at Tulsa’s state-of-the-art BOK Center returned and kept the thousands of Oklahoma fans on their feet as Babbitt’s Monster Energy/Ti Lube Kawasaki’s Tyler Bowers, of Danville, Ky., bounced back from a tough outing last week to win his sixth race of the 2010 season.

The Tuf Honda duo of Brock Sellards, of Sherrodsville, Ohio, and reigning series champion Jeff Gibson, of Thornville, Ohio, were the first riders through turn one in the 25-lap AMA Arenacross main event and looked strong through the early portion of the race, but the Babbitt’s Monster Energy/TiLube Kawasaki trio of Bowers and teammates Josh Demuth, of North Richland Hills, Texas, and Chad Johnson, of Rhinelander, Wis., kept the pressure applied and eventually worked their way by. The top three riders in the premier AMA Arenacross class championship went on to sweep the podium – Bowers, Demuth, Johnson. It marks the second time in 2010 that the Babbitt’s squad swept the overall podium.

The AMA Arenacross Series continues next weekend from Youngstown, Ohio at the Coveli Center this Friday and Saturday (Feb. 12-13) at 7:30 p.m. ET.

2010 AMA Arenacross, round eight of 19, Tulsa, Okla.

Saturday

1st – Tyler Bowers
2nd – Josh Demuth
3rd – Chad Johnson

Overall Points

1st – Tyler Bowers, 181
2nd – Chad Johnson, 161
3rd – Josh Demuth, 147

AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series (ACSS), Farmington, N.Y.

Monster Energy’s Tucker Hibbert (Arctic Cat) rolled into his sixth and final snocross event of the season with one goal - to win. Cold temperatures along with snow showers didn’t stop thousands fans from pouring into Finger Lakes Racetrack to watch Hibbert sweep the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series (ACSS) Eastern National in Farmington, New York.

It had been three years since Hibbert last raced on the East Coast. That year, he swept a national event for the first time - winning all rounds of qualifying and both pro finals. He set a goal to repeat his 2007 performance this year but a tight, rough course made it a challenge. He had a couple intense battles in his qualifying rounds after getting poor starts but ultimately won both pro finals without a challenge. He took the earlier lead in both finals and checked out to take home his 54th and 55th career wins.

Hibbert’s 09/10 season was a season to remember. He lost his first final event in two years but captured milestone victories, re-writing history in the process. At the season opener in Duluth, Minn., he became the first rider in history to sweep the event two years in a row. The next weekend, at the historic Milwaukee Mile, he took his 100th career start and went on to win his 50th career pro final. Mid-January, in Salt Lake City, he lost his first final in nearly two years. That lose sparked a fire inside him that fueled an unforgettable charge in Pro Open final at Canterbury Park. The following week, in his eleventh appearance at ESPN Winter X Games, he made history by winning his fourth consecutive gold medal, becoming the most decorated snowmobile athlete with nine overall medals.

The multi-sport athlete will now turn his focus to motocross and cross-country mountain bike racing. He’s looking forward to taking a couple weeks off to rest then will dive into preparing for a summer packed with racing. Stay posted to www.tucker-hibbert.com
for details on his summer racing plans.

ACSS, Farmington, N.Y.

Pro Open

1st - Tucker Hibbert

Pro Super Stock

1st – Tucker Hibbert

AST Winter Dew Tour, Mount Snow, Vermont

Monster athletes wrapped up the 2009-’10 AST Winter Dew Tour series this past weekend at Mount Snow, Vermont, capturing one overall Dew Tour Cup and 1st place in an individual event at the final stop of the popular three round series.

Capturing the overall title – the Dew Cup - in men’s Ski SuperPipe was Monster’s New Zealand-born ripper, Jossi Wells. The Kiwi overcame a first run fall and put up a solid, stylish ride on his second and final run to secure the overall Dew Cup – topping Red Bull athlete Simon Dumont by five points for the title!

“I fell on my first pipe run so I was really nervous on the second one. Just had to stay on my feet for the Dew Cup—I got fifth—so stoked,” said Wells.

Keeping it on skis Wells’ Monster teammate, Justin Dorey, locked down a podium finish in the Mount Snow SuperPipe (3rd). An encore performance to his silver medal at last weekend’s X Games SuperPipe High Air, Dorey qualified in first place (which he’s done often this year) and managed to hold on to a podium finish despite the burly icy conditions. “The pipe wasn’t very steep, so we all had to change our runs and really float everything down the wall,” said Dorey. “Less hits, but it worked out.”

Also on skis, Monster’s Tom Wallisch would finish 7th in Ski Slopestyle at Mount Snow, but held on for an overall podium spot (3rd) in the Dew Cup chase. And Monster’s Xavier Bertoni would place 3rd overall (behind Wells) in the Ski SuperPipe Dew Cup.

On snowboards it was all Torstein Horgmo as the Norwegian cult hero backed up his X Games Big Air silver medal with a Slopestyle win at Mount Snow. According to reports from out guys on point in Vermont, Horgmo wisely put down a safe opening run on the East Coast ice, then threw hammers on his second run with a lethal switch backside 12 to backside ten-cork combination to seal the win easily.

“I am really pumped to survive the final Dew slopestyle event and win too—it was so icy and sketchy out there! It feels real good to back up that second place Big Air last week at Winter X,” said Horgmo.

Monster’s soon-to-be Olympian, Kjersti Østgaard Buaas, threw caution to the wind and – at risk of wadding up and jeopardizing her health for the upcoming Vancouver Games – sent it in true Viking spirit on the icy 18-foot Mount Snow halfpipe. Highlighted by a 540 corked and huge air on the opening hit, Buass closed her run with a stylish air-to-fakie to lock down 3rd in women’s SuperPipe.

Said Buass: "The pipe was so hard and scary at night—I'm really happy I didn't fall!”

AST Winter Dew Tour Mount Snow, Vermont, results:

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle

1st – Torstein Horgmo

Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe

3rd - Kjersti Østgaard Buaas

Men’s Ski SuperPipe

3rd – Justin Dorey

Overall Dew Cup standings

Men’s Ski SuperPipe

1st – Jossi Wells
3rd – Xavier Bertoni

Men’s Ski Slopestyle

3rd – Tom Wallisch

Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle

2nd – Torstein Horgmo

Women’s Snowboard SuperPipe

3rd - Kjersti Østgaard Buaas

Monster’s Gordon and Carmichael suit up for NASCAR/Daytona opener

At risk of getting lost in today’s snow sports and dirt bike headlines, arguably the biggest event in U.S. auto racing kicks off this weekend with two Monster-backed athletes competing in both the Sprint Cup and Camping World Series contests this weekend at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla.

Robby Gordon will open his Cup season in the No. 7 Monster-livery Toyota on Sunday, Feb. 14, at 1 p.m. EST, while Ricky Carmichael gets things going in his Turner Motorsports/Chevrolet this Friday, Feb. 11th, in the Camping World’s season opener set for 7:30 p.m. EST.

Last year Gordon, who won the SCORE International Trophy Truck championship, placed 34th overall while Carmichael placed 22nd in the NASCAR Truck series – the fourth-highest rookie and was elected as NASCAR Trucks’ most popular new driver.

In an effort to maximize seat time, Carmichael will also compete in ten ARCA Re/Max Series races in 2010. This past weekend he placed 6th at the ARCA season opener at Daytona.

For loads of info on this weekend’s race, check out www.nascar.com

Monster’s Valentino Rossi dominates MotoGP testing season opener in Sepang

Monster Energy’s road racing star Valentino Rossi (Fiat/Yamaha), the defending MotoGP champions, opened the 2010 MotoGP testing season with a strong statement as he topped a field of 17 participants running practice laps yesterday and today at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

Rossi, running a new chassis and engine on his Yamaha YZR-M1, uncorked a session-best time of 2:01.411 before rains delayed the testing round until this morning. Then today Rossi knocked a half second off his time on Friday, clocking a Day Two best time of 2:00.925.

“Today (Thursday) was very important because this year we have just six days of testing in which to set the bike, so we cannot waste any time,” said Rossi. “This first day was very positive. We tried the new bike for 2010 with a different chassis and new engine and it is quite fast. Now we need to spend time on setting some electronics and other things. This is only the start but it seems we’re already in good shape.”

Rossi then commented on Friday’s even better results: “After yesterday this second day has been very good as well, even though we lost a few hours to the rain. And the end we were still able to finish all our work. We worked on the new bike to find a better setting and I was happy to be the fastest overall - even though this is just testing this is important for me. At the next test we will have a few more new things, but we're already happy because we're fast and strong. There is room to improve of course; Sepang is always a good track for the Yamaha so we will have to wait until Qatar to get a better understanding of our level, but we have made a great start."

Monster Energy/Yamaha/Tech 3’s Colin Edwards also participated and ran well, posting the third-fastest time on Friday (2:01.932), seventh-fastest time on Friday (2:02.479). Edwards’ Monster Energy-backed teammate, Ben Spies, was 12th fastest on the day on Thursday, then wicked things up on Friday with a fifth-best time of 2:02.266.

Said Spies: “I rode as good and as hard as I could considering how I've been feeling. I'm not wanting to make any excuses but I didn't feel really good with the jetlag. It was still a good test because I learned a lot about improving my riding and adapting my style to suit the Yamaha MotoGP bike. It is hard to break some of my old superbike habits at the moment, but I made some big improvements in a couple of places on the track where I was really struggling, particularly in the braking.”

For more information link to www.motogp.com

A teaser video of Rossi is at: www.yamaha-racing.com

Monster’s BMXer/Mic man Rick Thorne checked in with this update …

“Hello to all hope your doing great I am excited to announce that my band Good Guys In Black is now having it's third single spun on Sirius/XM's "Faction" Channel the track is "Moving On" I have attached the song take a listen and take care!!!!”

To check out Thorne’s latest track, link to: www.rickthorne.tv

As Seen Online …

Ken Block’s got his new Monster/Ford rally car over in Paris:

http://www.monsterworldrallyteam.com/blogs/mwrt-wrc-2010-season-launch-monster-girls

Ricky Carmichael on last Saturday’s ARCA race and this Friday night’s NASCAR Truck race:

http://www.racerxonline.com/article/between-the-motos-ricky-carmichael-2-10-10.aspx

Monster wakeboarder Harley Clifford wins Aussie Pro/Am:

http://www.theliquidcircus.com/index.php?page=blog&post=harley-clifford-takes-out-the-australian-pro-am

Good interview with Nick Wey by Eric Johnson:

http://www.racerxonline.com/article/5-minutes-with-nick-wey-2-3-10.aspx

Check out a few shots of the Monster/Rinaldi/Yamaha team over in Europe on both MXLarge.com and VitalMX.com:

http://www.mxlarge.com/news/3316-monster-energy-yamaha-black-is-beautiful

http://www.vitalmx.com/photos/features/2010-Yamaha-Monster-Energy-Motocross-Teams,3944/David-Phillipaerts-and-Gautier-Paulin,22560/GuyB,64

Here’s some shots from Daytona of Ricky Carmichael’s ARCA effort:

http://picasaweb.google.com/jhleale/DaytonaARCAWeekend2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCPHelICT5LCxAg&feat=email#

Monster’s David Philippaerts talks about the recent Mantova Starcross International:

http://www.mxlarge.com/news/3303-philippaerts-and-de-dycker-talk-about-mantova

Upcoming: Monster Energy AMA Supercross, Feb. 13, Anaheim, Calif.; AMA Arenacross Series, Youngstown, Ohio, Feb. 12-13; Vancouver Winter Olympics, Feb. 12-28; NASCAR at Daytona International Speedway, Feb. 12-14, Daytona Beach, Fla.

One more reminder…

Monster Energy’s multi-talented four-wheel competitor Robby Gordon will take on the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway this Sunday, February 14, 2010, as part of the 52nd Annual Daytona 500. The race will be televised live on the Fox Network at 1 P.M. (EST) and 10 A.M. (PST).

Sled Necks Invasion Tour

The Monster Energy Slednecks Invasion Tour makes it return to New Hampshire this weekend at the New England Nationals at Rockingham Park. It has been over two and a half years since our last NH Invasion Tour stop, and this weekend’s show is not soon to be forgotten. This marks the sixth stop on the tour and the guys are more dialed than ever!


In you’re in the area come out and watch the Slednecks freestyle team as they perform their high flying stunts on Friday and Saturday night as well as witness the top snocross racers in the world battle it out during the AMSOIL Championship Snocross Series.

There will also be a special Slednecks autograph signing at the HK Powersports booth at the event, Saturday Feb 13th, at Noon, featuring Paul Thacker, Jeff Mullin, Matt Tingstad, Dylan Harju, and Eric St. John.

TORC Racing Finale at Vegas ON ABC Sunday Nov. 8th

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yynFw2i_jSo

Championship Showdown at Las Vegas Motorspeedway Tune in on ABC, Sunday Nov. 8th 1:30pm EST / 10:30am PST

Rick THorne/ESPN Action Sports Podcast

Hello to all I wanted to invite you all to take a listen to ESPN Action Sports Podcast that I host each week we have athletes, bands, different tours, news, updates, reports and all around the lifestyle of action sports here is the link the subscription is free at ITunes or the ESPN Podcenter or you can click the link as well thanks hope all is rad and take care!!!!

http://sports.espn.go.com/espnradio/podcast/archive?id=2604930

THE TRAXXAS TORC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES GOES LIVE ON NETWORK TV!

EXPERIENCE THE MOST INTENSE RACING ON EARTH

LIVE ON ABC!

THIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 6TH, 4 PM EASTERN - 1 PM PACIFIC

THE BEST OFF ROAD TRUCK RACERS IN THE WORLD RACING BATTLING FROM "THE BIG HOUSE" - CRANDON INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, CRANDON, WI!

TUNE IN TO WITNESS HISTORY AS AN ALL STAR FIELD LED BY JEREMY MCGRATH, RICKY JOHNSON, RICK HUSEMAN, JOHNNY GREAVES, KYLE LEDUC ALONG WITH NASCAR STAR ROBBIE GORDON AND X GAMES LEGEND BRIAN DEEGAN

For Immediate Release
The Traxxas TORC Off Road Truck Championship Series, Presented by AMSOIL, also featuring the race for the BorgWarner Cup (the sister to the trophy for the Indianapolis 500), takes its next great leap forward as a major American motorsport with its innagural live broadcast on ABC Network, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at 4 PM Eastern/1 PM Pacific.

Produced by Paul Taublieb and Media X International, Inc. (MXi), coverage of a collection of the premier off road racers in the world, led by the likes of Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Johnson, Rick Huseman, Kyle LeDuc, Rob MacCachren and Johnny Greaves, joined by NASCAR star Robbie Gordon and FMX icon turned racer Brian Deegan, among many others, will take to the fabled Crandon International Speedway for the 40th Anniversary of men and machine testing and besting each other in this full-contact, motocross-on-four-wheels, gasoline-gladiator showdown LIVE from fabled Crandon, WI.

“This will be the first time that the Traxxas TORC Truck Series will be live on a major network and it represents the next step in the evolution of our sport and our series, the premier off road series in the world coming to you from the biggest, best and most historic racetrack in the sport,” said Ricky Johnson  AMA motorcycle legend, and co-owner of TORC, as well as  point leader as a driver in the PRO 2 class. “All season long we've had great ratings and a great response to our programs, and with this live show expect intense racing and a phenomenal show."

“This will be another groundbreaking weekend for the TORC series - it's amazing what we've accomplished in a just a few short months, and it just keeps getting bigger and better," added Mitch Covington , co-owner of TORC.  “Labor Day weekend and two days of off-road racing will draw an expected crowd of more than 40,000 spectators - add live network TV and it just doesn't get any better than this."

TUNE IN THIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 6, 2009, 4 PM EASTERN/1 PM PACIFIC. 

For further information about TORC, including full schedule of upcoming races, go to:  www.torcseries.com

For further information about MXi, go to: www.mediax.tv or email paul@mediax.tv

Malibu, CA-based Media X International, Inc. (MXi) is an acknowledged leader in producing television coverage of motorsports and action sports, and is the exclusive television production company of TORC.  Headed by founder/CEO Paul Taublieb, the company also is the official Moto X Sport Organizer for the ESPN X Games, and has produced award-winning content and live events for NASCAR, ABC, ESPN, Fuel TV, NBC, Showtime, among others.   In partnership with Rob Dyrdek and MSInteractive, MXi has also creatred the proprietary ISX - Instant Scoring eXperience, a real-time scoring system judged action sports event (www.ISXScoring.com)

World premier of Standard’s Black Winter with Torstein Horgmo, Lonnie Kauk, Leanne Pelosi, Haldor Helgason in Seattle

World premier of Standard’s Black Winter with Torstein Horgmo, Lonnie Kauk, Leanne Pelosi, Haldor Helgason in Seattle

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Hibbert to Race Final Three Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Nationals

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Goodridge, Minn. (August 19, 2009) - Monster Energy’s, Tucker Hibbert, is set to race the final three Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship events starting with Budds Creek this weekend.  The Monster Energy Triple Crown Finale in Mechanicsville, Md. marks Hibbert’s fourth pro motocross race of the summer and the beginning of a busy month for the multi-sport athlete.   
 

Hibbert hopes to break the top-ten for the first time this weekend in the highly contested 250 class.  His top finish of the summer was in the first moto at Red Bud, where he finished 13.  He backed that up with a 14-place finish in the second moto at Spring Creek.
 

Racing action begins at Budds Creek on Saturday at noon.  Watch the first 250 moto live on www.allisports.com.

 

Noteworthy: Hibbert is known worldwide for his success on a snowmobile and is currently the only athlete in the world to race both motorcycles and snowmobiles at a premiere level. He recently added a third sport to his resume - mountain biking.  Throughout the summer, Hibbert has been racing mountain bikes in preparation for the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival’s Cheq 40 on Sept. 19.  The Cheq 40 is a 40-mile, 1700-rider cross-country race that runs between Hayward and Cable, Wisc.  Last year, this event was his career-first mountain bike race and proved to be the most physically demanding race he had ever entered.  

 

Tucker Hibbert - #69

“I can’t wait to get back to racing this weekend.  My last motocross race was a month ago at Spring Creek but I’ve stayed busy with riding, training and racing mountain bikes.  I did five mountain bike races in the past four weeks.  I feel like adding another form of racing to my schedule has improved my overall fitness and mental strength.  I hope that by diversifying my racing, I’ll become a better all-around athlete and will be able prolong my racing career.” 

 

Hibbert’s Up-Coming Events
 

August 22 - Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship Round 10

     Mechanicsville, Md.

August 29 - Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship Round 11

     Southwick, Mass.

Sept. 5 - Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship Round 12

Delmont, Penn.

Sept. 12 - Hay Days Appearance - “Official Start of Winter”

          Forest Lake, Minn.

Sept. 19 - Fat Tire Festival, Chequamegon 40 Mountain Bike Race

      Cable, Wisc.

Rossi takes second despite difficulties in California

LONDON, (July 6, 2009) The eighth round of the MotoGP World Championship brought the world’s premier motorcycle series to the Californian coast and the Mazda Laguna Seca Raceway for its first stop off on US soil this season. With idyllic weather all weekend, and a crowd of nearly 50,000 packing the grandstands, the scene was set perfect for the 32-lap race.

Monster Energy’s reigning World Champion Valentino Rossi (Fiat Yamaha Team #46) took an impressive second position in the race after a fierce battle with his main title rivals, despite suffering from technical glitches throughout the weekend. The Italian had been struggling to find a comfortable setting on his Yamaha M1 that would see him able to make the challenge at the front, battling fiercely with title rivals Jorge Lorenzo and Casey Stoner before coming close to passing eventual winner Dani Pedrosa in the final corner.

“I came down the hill in the last lap like a crazy man but it was too risky to overtake!” said Rossi, an eight-time MXGP world champ. “I thought there was a chance to pass on the final corner but unfortunately I was just too far off and it was too much of a risk. Second is good today because we were not in perfect shape here, we missed something in the setting and this is always a hard track anyway, so we have to be happy with these 20 points. We have extended the championship lead so it’s a good result for us.”

On the weekend of US Independence Day, it was another positive top seven finish for Texas the Tornado Colin Edwards (Monster Energy Yamaha Tech 3 #5). Like Rossi before him, Edwards had also battled against technical issues on the M1 throughout the weekend, but sealed a comfortable seventh place which moves him up to fifth overall in the championship standings.

His Monster Energy Yamaha Tech 3 team-mate James Toseland (#52) did not have such a happy day, having been disqualified from the race after missing the call into the pits for a ride-through penalty. He was harshly adjudged to have jumped the start, and unable to see the warnings, he was forced to bring the bike in to the pits.

The MotoGP World Championship reconvenes on European soil in two weeks time, for the German GP at the Sachsenring.

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TORC Racing @ Bark River International Raceway

TORC Racing @ Bark River International Raceway

Thackers Summer Update

Thacker's Summer Update

SLDNX: What’s going on in the world of Paul Thacker ? PT: Well, I am back up in AK taking a little time off. This past season was one of my busiest by far and it’s been great to get home for a bit, heal up all the seasons’ bumps and bruises and enjoy the house that I never see! SLDNX: How did your 08-09 season end up? PT: Overall I had a great season. I stayed fairly healthy and accomplished some big things. The most obvious being the 300 footer, pretty stoked on that. It’s been a goal since I started jumping… to jump a football field… and it was awesome to make it happen for Monster Energy, Slednecks , and all of my great sponsors and supporters. It was really good to go to X Games again as well. I was pretty confident coming in that I could medal this year, especially in Speed N Style, but it just wasn’t meant to be. I had some bad luck or really good luck considering I walked away from a couple bad get offs. It’s just more motivation to come back stronger this year. We also had the Monster Energy Slednecks Invasion Tour that found much success, big crowds and great entertainment. I’m definitely looking to get that rolling again next year and hopefully on a bigger scale. SLDNX: Your Slednecks family, so it should be no surprise that you inked a contract extension with us recently and have some cool stuff rolling out. Why don’t you tell everyone what’s up… PT: Yeah, I am pretty stoked on the whole thing really. The most exciting part is we are looking to expand my signature line and start adding some other pieces to it. I’m stoked to get to work with the designers and put my own personal spin on a few items like hoodies and such. I am pretty confident that we can come up with something that the folks out there will dig. SLDNX: Slednecks 12 is coming out in August, what’s the word on your segment? PT: Well, I have been talking with Clay a bit and he seems pretty stoked on my part in the new flick. There will be a lot of lifestyle and behind the scenes this year as well as some solid freestyle and backcountry. I am stoked for folks to get a chance to get to know us as riders with this film. All the film guys rip but I like it when you actually get to see what makes them tick in addition to the hucking. It should be a really good film this year. SLDNX: It’s June, is it finally summer yet in Alaska ? Are you riding and racing moto? PT: Man, I have been treated to an epic summer already. We have had a bunch of 80 degree weather. I actually have a full AK tan right now! Haha. Summer solstice was this past weekend and we had over 22 hours of daylight. It’s crazy really. You go out at night and the suns up and you come out at closing time and the sun is up. It takes a bit to get used to, but overall it’s pretty cool. I have been riding some, just getting into the groove on the bike again. I hadn’t ridden much since last summer so it takes a minute to get back up to speed. It’s coming and so is the fitness. I will ride pretty much everyday for the next month or so. SLDNX: What does a professional snowmobiler do in the summer months? PT: To be honest, I am not used to being at home this much at one time. But I had a good enough year that I am fortunate to be able to take a little time and enjoy this amazing place I live in. I have been doing some fishing and a little jet skiing. Basically, I’ve been just relaxing a bit. But that time is just about up, I am starting with a trainer here in the next couple weeks and its going to be 100 mph till the snow flies. This upcoming season I have a feeling is going to be a break out year for snowmobiling in general. We have some amazing stuff in the mix and it sounds like a lot of things are going to really happen. Its only June and I’m already looking forward to snow again. Thanks all and keep it rubber side down! PT11

Hibbert Heads North of the Border for First MX Race of the Season

Hibbert Heads North of the Border for First MX Race of the Season

Goodridge, Minn. (June 24, 2009) - Monster Energy’s Tucker Hibbert heads to Canada this weekend to kick off his motocross season at the Monster Energy Motocross National in Modern, Manitoba. Shadow Valley Raceway will host the fourth round of the series and is only a short drive from Hibbert’s hometown of Goodridge, Minn. Last year, Hibbert convincingly won the event after dominating both motos in the MX2 class. Similar to last year, Hibbert is competing as a privateer and after this weekend,
he’ll return to the United States to see where he stacks up against the 250 class in the AMA Lucas Oil Motocross Championship. He plans on racing five of the remaining seven events and hopes to break the coveted top-ten for the first time.

Hibbert is known worldwide for his unparalleled snocross performances at ESPN’s Winter X Games but actually started racing motorcycles before snowmobiles. Now the 25-year-old, duel-sport athlete spends his year balancing a career racing both motorcycles and snowmobiles professionally.
This summer marks his tenth year as a pro in both sports and he has no plans of slowing down anytime soon.

Racing action at Shadow Valley Raceway begins Sunday, June 28 at noon. For more information on Hibbert and this weekend’s event, check out
www.tucker-hibbert.com and www.cmrcracing.com.

Tucker Hibbert - #69
“I’m excited to get back to the races. I won both motos at Morden last year and hope to do the same this weekend. Shadow Valley Raceway is a great track and when the conditions are right, multiple lines develop which makes for intense racing.

It’s been a while since I’ve raced a national caliber motocross event but I’ve been busy with snocross, local motocross races, riding and training. I switched up my riding and training schedule this year so I’m anxious to see how it will affect my results. I had another really successful snocross season and that gives me a lot of confidence going into motocross. I feel strong mentally and know how to handle pressure. That’s a skill I think few riders have.

My goals this summer are to win this weekend in Canada and to be in the top-ten in the United States. I’m trying to keep my schedule light so I don’t get strung out. I’m racing as a privateer again so by spacing out my races, I think I can perform better. Bottom line is, if I can learn something new and have fun doing it, it will be a successful summer.”

Noteworthy: Tucker’s 25 birthday is today, June 24.
Tucker just launched a blog that he’ll update during the week and while he’s at the races - www.tucker-hibbert.com/blog.

Resources: tucker-hibbert.com • monsterenergy.com • cmrcracing.com

Monster Energy’s BMX roster is STACKED for the upcoming Dew Tour opener in Chicago, June 26-27

Defending Dew Tour champs Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert), Cameron White (BMX Dirt) & BMX Park runner-up Mike Spinner headline the ’09 Monster BMX crew!

CORONA, Calif., (June 17, 2009) – Monster Energy’s roster for the upcoming Dew Tour opener, Chicago’s Nike 6.0 BMX Open, reads like a Who’s Who? of legendary BMX talent, all of which would end up in the BMX Hall of Fame should they ever build one. Names like Mirra, Bestwick, Guettler, Spinner, White and Cranmer – which stand alone to a BMXer like “Renaldo” does to a soccer player – will all be running the iconic M-claw logo this summer, beginning with next weekend’s (June 26-27) huge send-off to start the competition season.

The Chicago/Nike opener is unique in that it is purely BMX. No skate, which is a first for the Dew Tour. So added to the usual Vert, Park and Dirt event will be Street – making the weekend of June 26-27 pretty much the biggest BMX event in the world outside the X Games this year.

“I definitely feel this is a defining moment for BMX to stand on its own,” said Bestwick, who last year won four out of five Dew Tour BMX Vert overalls to win the Dew Cup, an unprecedented fourth-straight Dew Cup (the most in AST Dew Tour history) for him. “New city. New format. New fans. And all-new tricks for ’09. It’s going to be awesome.”

Added defending tour BMX Dirt champ, Monster Energy’s newly-signed Cameron White: “Dude, it’s gonna go off! So many guys are looking forward to this.”

As with Bestwick on the Vert ramp, White is the man to beat on the dirt jumps spanning the U.S. coast-to-coast in five Dew Tour events over five months this summer/fall. He says he’s coming back with some new variations on some of the tricks that won him the ’08 overall Dirt title, stuff worked on throughout the winter at his home in Australia. “I’ve got a big dirt jump set up back at home, along with a foam pit,” said White. “I put a little bit of time into the foam, mixed up my game a bit and want to come out with some tricks that people wouldn’t usually expect from me. Change up the image a little bit, few different stunts. Feeling confident for the year.”

Both Bestwick and White’s arch rivals are comic book-like. Chad Kagy is good enough to beat Bestwick – and did last year at Portland, Ore., - and White’s nemesis’, TJ Ellis and Dennis Enarson, are high on the list of numerous athletes White says can drop in and win Dew Dirt.

Running the M-claw and fitting that nemesis role in BMX Park is Mike Spinner. The likeable easterner did everything he could to topple Park’s Superman, Daniel Dhers. The two combined on a rivalry similar to that of Bestwick and Kagy – elevating the BMX Park competition bar to incredible heights along the way. And Spinner’s pumped on ’09 and getting things rolling in Chicago.

“It’s crazy right now. Daniel Dhers is the best park rider in the world,” said Spinner. “He’s super, super consistent, has the tricks and knows how to put it all together. With me, when I’m riding, it’s about doing tricks that nobody else has done. I’ve done the 1080. I’ve done the quadruple tail whip – and I’ve put them in the same run. But I tend to slack on the little things. So this winter that’s all I worked on. Fill the gaps, come on a little bit stronger and, hopefully, take one down.”

Add to the Bestwick/White/Spinner mix the greatest freestyle BMXer ever, Dave Mirra, and multi-event Dew Tour winners Ryan Guettler and new M-claw runner Scotty Cranmer, and the Monster Energy BMX crew looks to have an unreal shot at some serious hardware next weekend in Chicago!

For more on the Dew Tour hit up: http://www.allisports.com/tour/4450/overview

Monster Energy supports the sport. Be it BMX, skate, MX, rally, insane distance jumping, SX, MotoGP, road racing, supermoto, off-road, FMX, MTB, rock crawling, wake, mini bikes, surf, snow – name it – the athletes are rockin’ Monster Energy more than anything these days. Check out all the types – Original Monster Energy, Monster Lo-Carb, Monster Assault, Monster Khaos, Monster’s fruit juice hybrid dubbed “M-80,” the party-friendly MIXXD, the ground-breaking Java Monster premium coffee & cream drink line supercharged with our Monster Energy blend, along with the new Monster Energy “Hitman” energy shot. Monster Energy’s BMX guys runnin’ the Dew Tour dig ‘em – so will you. On the ‘Net at www.monsterarmy.com and www.monsterenergy.com