Oakland scores...

Tickle before the rains fell.

Suck, suck, suck it suckers! HQ claims this one.

No one picks the 10th placer this week.

Exact choices are highlighted in Red.

Riders that scored no points are in Grey.

1. Me - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Reed 5. Windham 10. Wey = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Tickle 2. Hansen 3. Roczen 4. Seely 5. Tomac = 30 pts. for 60 pts. total

2. Boxcar - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Canard 5. Reed 10. Windham = 25 pts. / 250's 1. Tickle 2. Seely 3. Tomac 4. Hansen 5. Paluzzi = 25 pts. for 50 pts. total

3. Rider Down/MOD - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Canard 5. Reed 10. Wey = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Seely 3. Tickle 4. Rattray 5. Morais = 15 pts. for 45 pts. total

3. Herman - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Canard 4. Dungey 5. Reed 10. Metcalfe = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Seely 4. Morais 5. Roczen = 15 pts. for 45 pts. total

3. KBK - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Canard 5. Reed 10. Hahn = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Seely 4. Morais 5. Roczen = 15 pts. for 45 pts. total

4. Star 753 - 450's 1. Villopoto 2. Stewart 3. Reed 4. Dungey 5. Canard 10. Regal = 20 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Seely 3. Tickle 4. Morais 5. Tomac = 15 pts. for 35 pts. total

4. dr336g - 1. Dungey 2. Villopoto 3. Stewart 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Metcalfe = 20 pts. / 250's 1. Tickle 2. Morais 3. Hansen 4. Davalos 5. Seely = 15 pts. for 35 pts. total

On to A2 !

Overall totals...

Hey, who's that handsome fellow in the lead?

Steve begins the march towards the front.

Four rounds down and it looks like this -

1. HQ - 195 pts.

2. KBK - 190 pts.

3. Herman - 185 pts.

3. Rider Down/MOD - 185 pts.

4. StarJay - 175 pts.

5. Boxcar - 155 pts.

6. dr336g - 150 pts.

Three different leaders in four weeks. Who gonna be leading next week?

A musical interlude...

One for Herman.

...Portland is a city where young people go to retire...

...in Portland you can put a bird on something and call it art...

And a follow up...

Plus one for Kenner (rated PG)...

...I ain't gonna touch 'em, I ain't gonna kiss 'em...

- watch more funny videos

FANtastic!...

Lately it's been tank top weather...

thank you Jeebus.

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Oakland rider list...

Do you think finishing second in L.A. might motivate Stewart...

a pissed James Stewart is a fast James Stewart.

450's -

The Contenders - Brayton, Canard, Chisholm, Dungey, Metcalfe, Reed, Short, Stewart, Windham, Villopoto

The Challengers - Wey, Stroupe, Millsaps, Blose, Simmonds, Regal, M.Alessi, Thomas, Tedesco, T.Hahn, Durham, Borkenhagen, Martin, Boni, J.Alessi, Lamay

The Injured - Albertson, Byrne, Goerke, Grant, Hill, Weimer

250's -

The Contenders - Cunningham, DeCotis, Hansen, Marmont, Morais, Paluzzi, Roczen, Seely, Tickle, Tomac

The Challengers - Davalos, Baker, Balbi, Rattray, Blair, Bright, Canada, Hinson, Champion, Gilmore, Rutherford, D. Tedder, Vallee

The Injured - Craig, W.Hahn, Reardon, Swanenpol

Please pick your top five 450 riders plus who you think the 10th place 450 rider will be.
Also pick your top five 250 riders in the order you believe they will finish.

Good luck in Oakland!

You can enter your team in the comments section below or e-mail me your team atsergio.heartburn@gmail.com

Oakland Track Map...

Take a virtual lap around this Saturday's track. The over-under bridge is back! Dig it!

L.A. Scores...

Windham taking a shot in the dark.

Tight, tight, tight, 15 points separate 1st and 4th place. Jay makes the Canyon Lake community proud this week and tops the leader board.

Whiteshoes picks the big boy trifecta. Well played Sir. Corky and Ken pick the 10th placer for some extra points.

Exact choices are highlighted in Red.

Riders that scored no points are in Grey.

Correct 10th place choices are in Yellow.

1. Star753 - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Reed 4. Dungey 5. Canard 10. Chisholm = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Tickle 2. Hansen 3. Morais. 4. Seely 5. Tomac = 30 pts. for 60 pts. total

2. MOD - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Millsaps = 25 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Morais 4. Seely 5. Tomac = 30 pts. for 55 pts. total

2. Herman - 450's 1. Villopoto 2. Stewart 3. Dungey 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Short = 35 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Tomac 4. Roczen 5. Seely = 20 pts. for 55 pts. total

3. KBKenner - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Reed 4. Dungey 5. Canard 10. Chisholm = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Seely 4. Morais 5. Rattray = 20 pts. for 50 pts. total

3. HQ - 450's 1. Dungey 2. Stewart 3. Canard 4. Villopoto 5. Brayton 10. Wey = 30 pts. / 250's 1. Tickle 2. Hansen 3. Seely 4. Roczen 5. Tomac = 20 pts. for 50 pts. total

4. Boxcar - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Wey = 25 pts. / 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Rattary 4. Morais 5. Seely = 20 pts. for 45 pts. total

4. Mr. Reed - 450's 1. Dungey 2. Stewart 3. Villopoto 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Tedesco = 20 pts. / 250's 1. Tickle 2. Hansen 3. Morais 4. Seely 5. Davalos = 25 pts. for 45 pts. total

On to Oakland for the next round!

Overall Totals...

3 rounds in the books and the standings are as follows -

1. KBK167 - 145 pts.

2. MOD - 140 pts.

2. Herman - 140 pts.

2. StarJay - 140 pts.

3. HQ - 135 pts.

4. dr567gay - 115 pts.

5. Boxcar - 105 pts.

Plenty of folks in striking distance. Steve and Donny need a win ASAP in order to jump into the mix.

Oakland SX 1979...

It's been over 30 years since SX has been to Oakland Alemeda Stadium. The last time they raced there Jimmy Weinert won the race. It was a very, very sandy track. Just before the main Weinert had his mechanic mount up a paddle tire on his bike. It was equal parts psych game and performance advantage. Weinert wound up winning the race and the AMA banned paddle tires from competition a few days later.


Interesting character that Weinert, the neck brace you see him wearing was something he showed up wearing on race day. He wasn't hurt at all, he just wanted the competition to think he wasn't at 100%. Good times.

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Bunker shot...

Fox 11 L.A. reporter Phil Shuman at LASX...

Reporter Phil Shuman at Dodger Stadium for press day on Thursday. This is AWESOME. Click on image to view the video.

Appearances by Jimmy DeCotis, P.J. Larsen and Jeremy Albrecht.

10 things to watch for at Los Angeles

Click the title above to get some insight and info from the good folks at Racer X.

L.A. track map...

Ken keeps saying it looks small but what does he know.

Looks like the whoop sections will be good this weekend.

L.A. rider list...

Trey Canard goes all Evel Knievel during the Phoenix opening ceremonies.

450's -

The Contenders - Canard, Dungey, Reed, Stewart, Villopoto

The Challengers - Brayton, Short, Metcalfe, Chisholm, Regal, Millsaps, Wey, Peick, M.Alessi, Tedesco, Blose, Hahn, Windham, J.Alessi, Boni

The Injured - Byrne, Hill, Weimer, Goerke, Albertson, Grant

250's -

The Contenders - Hansen, Morais, Seely, Tickle, Tomac

The Challengers - Rattray, DeCotis, Baker, Roczen, Craig, Davalos, Cunningham, Evans, Rutherford, Balbi, Paluzzi, Hinson, Marmont, Champion, Canada

The Injured - W.Hahn, Reardon, Swanenpol

Please pick your top five 450 riders plus who you think the 10th place 450 rider will be.
Also pick your top five 250 riders in the order you believe they will finish.

Good luck in Los Angeles!

You can enter your team in the comments section below or e-mail me your team atsergio.heartburn@gmail.com

FANtastic!...

Hello Sunshine, how ya doin'...

The Orangemen...

Pretty much this one's for Mo...

Phoenix Scores...

Uh - oh, things are already getting interesting. Those exact picks make all the difference. Birthday boy takes this week, nice jerb Ken.

There sure were a lot of people that picked Davalos.

Exact choices are highlighted in Red.

Riders that scored no points are in Grey.

1. Kenner - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey. 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Hahn = 40 pts. 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Davalos 4. Seely 5. Rattray = 30 pts. for 70 pts. total

2. HQ - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Dungey 3. Villopoto 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Wey = 35 pts. 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Roczen 4. Rattray 5. Tomac = 30 pts. for 65 pts. total

3. Move or Die - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Canard 5. Reed 10. J. Alessi = 35 pts. 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tomac. 3. Tickle 4. Roczen 5. Seely = 25 pts. for 60 pts. total

4. Herman - 450's 1. Stewart 2. Dungey 3. Villopoto 4. Canard 5. Reed 10. Tedesco = 30 pts. 250's 1. Hansen 2. Tickle 3. Roczen 4. Davalos 5. Rattray = 20 pts. for 50 pts. total

4. Star 753 - 1. Stewart 2. Villopoto 3. Dungey 4. Reed 5. Grant 10. Chisholm = 35 pts. 250's 1. Rattray 2. Hansen 3. Davalos 4. Seely 5. Tickle = 15 pts. for 50 pts. total

5. dr336g - 450's 1. Dungey 2. Stewart 3. Villopoto 4. Reed 5. Canard 10. Tedesco = 30 pts. 250 1. Tickle 2. Hansen 3. Rattray 4. Davalos 5. Seely = 15 pts. for 45 pts. total

6. Boxcar - 1. Villopoto 2. Stewart 3. Dungey 4. Canard 5. Reed 10. Alessi = 25 pts. 250's 1. Tickle 2. Hansen 3. Davalos 4. Morais 5. Baker = 15 pts. for 40 pts. total

Overall Totals...

After A1 and Phoenix, the early results are in and who would've guessed it -

1. KBK167 - 95 pts.

2. MOD - 85 pts.

2. Herman - 85 pts.

2. HQ - 85 pts.

3. Star 753 - 80 pts.

4. DR336g - 70 pts.

5. Boxcar - 60pts.

On to L. A. !

Bits & Pieces... Phoenix

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The Nike boots that Stewart and Dungey run are looking more and more like production models.

Tye Simmonds (semi) privateer KTM 350

Jimmy DeCotis (#66) will be riding Wil Hahn's bike until Hahn returns. Me thinks DeCotis might be good for a top five in L.A. this Saturday.

Digging the matte finish on Stewart's lid.

The factory Honda's ALWAYS look spotless.

Hansen's 2 for 2 so far this year. Will he keep winning?

Think Stewart was pumped on his first win in a year?

Yep, I'd say he's pumped.

10 things to watch for at Phoenix...

Click the title above to get some food for thought from the good folks at Racer X.

Phoenix rider list...

I'll be rooting for Cedric Soubeyras, who'll be racing the lovely machine pictured below.


450's -
The Contenders - Canard, Dungey, Reed, Stewart, Villopoto
The Challengers - Windham, Tedesco, Metcalfe, Grant, Short, Chisholm, Wey, Regal, Soubeyras, M.Alessi, Thomas, Brayton, Blose, Millsaps, Boni, J.Alessi, Hahn, Borkenhagen, Durham, Sleeter, Martin
The Injured - Albertson, Byrne, Goerke, Hill, Weimer

250's -
The Contenders - Davalos, Hansen, Rattray, Seely, Tickle,
The Challengers - Morais, Roczen, Baker, Paluzzi, Tomac, Balbi, Evans, Cunningham, Marmont, Gilmore, Rutherford, Bright, D.Tedder, Craig, Ingalls, DeCotis, Vallee, M. Tedder
The Injured - W.Hahn, Reardon

Please pick your top five 450 riders plus who you think the 10th place 450 rider will be.
Also pick your top five 250 riders in the order you believe they will finish.

Good luck in Phoenix!

You can enter your team in the comments section below or e-mail me your team at sergio.heartburn@gmail.com

TWMX A1 Pit Pass...

A couple quick videos from our friends at Transworld MX...

FANtastic!...

I'm told there are Troy Lee motorbikes in this photo somewhere.

A1 Scores...

It's early and it's close. Ties abound, check it.

Uncle Timmay takes the lead. America!

Exact choices are highlighted in Red.

Riders that scored no points are in Grey.

1. Timboots -1. Dungey 2. Reed 3. Villopoto 4. Stewart 5. Canard 10. Short- 35 pts.

2. Star 753 -1. Stewart 2. Dungey 3. Villopoto 4. Windham 5. Reed 10. Hahn- 30 pts.

3. DR336g -1. Dungey 2. Stewart 3. Reed 4. Villopoto 5. Canard 10. Tedesco- 25 pts.

3. KBK 167 -1. Stewart 2. Dungey 3. Reed 4. Villopoto 5. Canard 10. Hahn- 25 pts.

3. Maurice -1. Dungey 2. Villopoto 3. Stewart 4. Short 5. Canard 10. Millsaps- 25 pts.

4. Boxcar -1. Stewart 2. Dungey 3. Villopoto 4. Windham 5. Short 10. Lamay- 20 pts.

4. HQ -1. Dungey 2. Stewart 3. Canard 4. Villopoto 5. Brayton 10. Wey- 20 pts.

TWMX "How was your weekend"

Reed and Villopoto talk about how their night went on Saturday...

Nick Wey's response to "How was your weekend?" was "Well, today didn't go so awesome, but we still got Sunday."

Your 450 class choices. Choose wisely ...

The BIG FOUR - Dungey, Stewart, Villopoto, Reed

The CHALLENGERS - Grant, Short, Canard, Metcalfe, Tedesco, Brayton, Hahn, Stroupe, Regal, Millsaps, Alessi, Chisholm, Windham, Goerke

The REST - Wey, Thomas, Friese, Blose, Boni, Partridge, Borkenhagen, Collier, Sleeter, Gosselaar, Albertson, Lamay, etc...

The INJURED - Weimer, Byrne, Hill

For this week, pick the Top Five 450 guys in the order you think they'll finish plus pick who you think the 10th place 450 guy will be.

For the complete Rules please read the column to the right of this post.

Pick carefully and good luck to ya.

You can enter your team in the comments section of this post or you can e-mail me at sergio.heartburn@gmail.com