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Hard to believe Justin Barcia is starting his 17th season as a professional.
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Reason For Being
Reason For Being
The one-off 1975 “American Motocross Finals” were the first visit to the Big A, and there have been 82 races since then.
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Voicebox
Voicebox
James Stewart said his whole life was about January 8th. Really, all of our lives were about January 8th.
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Racerhead - Five Guys, One Question
Racerhead - Five Guys, One Question
What storyline are you most interested in seeing play out in 2025?
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Racerhead - Buzz
Trending topics in motocross and supercross.
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Racerhead - The Goods
Racerhead - The Goods
The latest offerings from Sidi and Fly Racing.
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Motocross Crossword Puzzle - Racerhead
The motocross crossword puzzle.
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Triumph & Tribulation
Triumph & Tribulation
After their somewhat tumultuous but impressive debut in American SuperMotocross, the British brand Triumph has doubled down for their second season.
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Double Agent
Double Agent
Once fully immersed in the world of personal watercraft racing, Red Bull KTM Factory rider Julien Beaumer now has his sights locked on succeeding on two wheels.
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The Never-Ending Race
The Never-Ending Race
The THOR Mini O’s, first run in 1972, has grown into the single largest—and longest—motocross race in the world.
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From Down Under to the Top
From Down Under to the Top
Team Australia’s win at the 2024 FIM Motocross of Nations was a victory 40 years in the making.
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Garage Build
Garage Build
We wanted to build a vet racer KX450 that can give the older rider a little more confidence and feel out of their Kawasaki.
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Shop Talk
Shop Talk - Kawasaki's Uni-Trak Monoshock
There’s a time-honored tradition in our sport that fans new and old embrace: the souvenir program.
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One Race, One Page
Wallace Fincher and his Honda XR600R at Loretta's.
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2 Tribes
2 Tribes
There are plenty of similarities between MXGP and AMA Pro Motocross. That goes for the tracks, and the people who operate them, too. Micke Andersson runs the show at Uddevalla in Sweden, while Greg Robinson and his sister, Jill Robinson, run Unadilla. We got in touch with both parties (Greg answered most questions, with input from Jill) for some insight into their parallel worlds.
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10 Minutes With
10 Minutes With
Ahead of the Anaheim opener, we sat down with the O’Show, Johnny O’Mara, to check in on how it has been working with Honda HRC Progressive’s Jett and Hunter Lawrence for the last five years.
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Inside Motocross
Inside Motocross
Every New Year’s Eve, on the last day of each year, we post a Racer X Online column titled “The Lives They Lived” where we pay homage to the moto friends and strangers we lost on the previous lap around the sun.
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