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World Speedway in SoCal

World Speedway competition came to Southern California last weekend and after 23 events involving 18 of the world’s fastest riders Americans swept the podium at the Monster Energy World Invitational. In front of a record crowd inside Industry Racing’s Grand Arena, Americans Billy Janniro, Greg Hancock, Ricky Wells and Billy Hamill (pictured above) took the four top spots in a night of fierce racing. Withstanding sub 50-degree temperatures the capacity crowd enjoyed the drama and excitement of the 20 events leading up to the semi-finals and final. Throughout each set of heats, the crowd was on its feet,  and giving the riders all the support they could ask for.

2014 AMA Supercross – Detroit Results

Yoshimura Suzuki‘s James Stewart captured his third win of the 2014 AMA Supercross season and 48th 450 class victory of his career, tying him with Ricky Carmichael for second on the all-time win list behind Jeremy McGrath‘s 72. Racing before a crowd of 50,856 fans at Ford Field in Detroit, Stewart took the lead from holeshot-taker Cole Seely shortly before the end of the second lap and led the rest of the 20-lap race for the win. Stewart led by as much as 7.1 second but eased off at the end, crossing the finish less than two seconds ahead of Kawasaki‘s Ryan Villopoto.

2014 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb Rulebook Now Available

The Pikes Peak International Hill Climb organizers have finalized the 2014 rulebook and have made it available in .pdf form online. Click here to download the 93-page document. Don’t fret about the number of pages, moto-specific stuff starts on page 70.  Now that the course has been fully paved since 2011, this has opened the doors for sportbike riders who wish to tackle the mountain.