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Supercross Update: 2010 Team Rosters

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:33:50 -0800

Vince Friese blowing up a berm at the Yamaha track. Different teams test under different conditions...or maybe Nico Izzi still had the remote for the Yamaha track's sprinkler system. Anyway, Vince has shed the long hair that he's run in the past, and looks like he's getting dialed in on the Yamaha.

Matt Goerke will be 450-mounted again in 2010 like he was at the end of '09. Here he's hanging with Will and Craig Decker, who are taking care of the on-track Enzo KYB support while Ross Maeda's recovering from his back injury.

Depending on what stage the tracks are in, they're anywhere from freshly rebuilt to blue-grooved, marbly, and beat down. We'll let you guess what stage this one's at. A couple weeks ago we spotted Nico Izzi and Martin Davalos, who were doing a bit of track touch-up with a Bobcat that they'd rented themselves.

Former racer and Kawasaki test rider Michael Young (who was most recently at DRD) is involved with the MotoConcepts team now, and is helping to coach the riders. Look for the whole team to be sporting a unified look and wearing one (or maybe two for 250 and 450) brands of gear next season.

Now that things are slowing down on the silly season front, here's a first crack at team rosters, numbers, and coasts. If you're working with a rider or team and have updates that should be here, you can send them to GuyB. Also, if you're a rider looking for a team, let us know.

Constantly updated as we learn more. If you're working with a rider or team and have updates that should be here, you can send them to GuyB. Also, if you're a rider looking for a team, let us know.

San Manuel / Yamaha / JSE

250

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450
1 James Stewart (Oscar Wirdeman & Paul DeLaurier)
75 Josh Hill (Chris Rhodes)

Women
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Monster Energy Kawasaki

250

•

450
2 Ryan Villopoto (Mike Williamson)
22 Chad Reed (Dana Wiggins)

Women

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Rockstar Makita Suzuki

250
45 Austin Stroupe (Lee McCollum)

450
5 Ryan Dungey (Mike Gosselaar)
Matt Moss (Mark Valcore)

Women

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J-Law Racing / Boost Mobile / ampm

250

•

450
8 Grant Langston
338 Jason Lawrence (some East coast SX, and focus on outdoors)

(Note: Expect additional riders to be named later)

Women

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Monster Energy Pro Circuit Kawasaki

250
12 Jake Weimer
28 Tyla Rattray
108 Dean Wilson
377 Christophe Pourcel

(Note: East/West will be determined the week before the start of the season.)

450
100 Josh Hansen

Women

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Geico Powersports Honda

250
17 Justin Barcia
21 Blake Wharton
24 Brett Metcalfe
38 Trey Canard

450
14 Kevin Windham

Women

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Honda Red Bull Racing

250

•

450
18 Davi Millsaps
29 Andrew Short

Women
1 Ashley Fiolek

Factory KTM USA

250
19 Tommy Searle (W)

350
800 Mike Alessi

(Note: Internationals, GP, and U.S. Nationals only)

Women

DNA Shred Stix Star Racing Yamaha

250
20 Broc Tickle (Dave Feeney)
48 Max Anstie
341 Nico Izzi
577 Martin Davalos
Gautier Paulin (First four rounds of Supercross only)

450
•

Women

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JGRMX Toyota/Muscle Milk/Yamaha

250

•

450
23 Justin Brayton
33 Josh Grant (Alex Ewing)

Women
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MotoConcepts Yamaha

250
46 Ryan Sipes (E)
53 Jeff Alessi (W)
61 Vince Friese (E)
Travis Baker (W)

450
35 Matt Goerke
59 Dan Reardon

Women

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Hart & Huntington

250

•

450
47 Matt Boni
67 Chris Blose

Women

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Team Suzuki City

250
31 Matt Lemoine (E)
36 Darryn Durham (E)
43 Steven Clarke (E)

450

•

Women

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Valli Motorsports

250
41 Kyle Regal

450
41 Kyle Regal (on East Coast)

Women

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BTOSports.com/BBMX/Palmetto Suzuki

250 42 Ben Evans (W) 68 Robert Kiniry (W) 95 Lucas Crespi (E) 130 Kyle Keylon (E) (Note: One more top east coast rider TBA in Dec.)	450 62 Jason Thomas	Women •
Mechanics: Jarrod Johnsgaard, Josh Marsh, Dan Truman, Mark Gianantonio

Troy Lee Designs Honda

250
49 Wil Hahn
72 Christian Craig
220 Cole Seely
TBD

450

•

Women

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Red Seven Ride Co.

250
711 Ronnie Goodwin (W, plus 450 at E rounds)

450
644 Kyle Partridge

Women

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Riders Looking
9 Ivan Tedesco
15 Timmy Ferry
26 Michael Byrne
27 Nick Wey
58 Weston Peick
77 Josh Summey
87 Les Smith
Tyler Bright
Mike Mcdade
Jarred Browne
Kyle Cunningham
Kyle Chisholm
P. J. Larsen

Mechanics Looking (Click to download resume)
Matt Winters
Brian Uebel
Andrew Bauer

Gautier Paulin Coming to The U.S.A.

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:10:25 -0800

Nope, it's not a long-term deal, but look for fast Frenchman Gautier Paulin to race the first four rounds of the Monster Energy Supercross season under the DNA Shred Stix / Star Racing / Yamaha tent.

A little background? He'll be racing the 2010 World Championship series for Rinaldi Yamaha, and he was the winner of the second moto (MX2 and Open combined) at this year's Red Bull Motocross of Nations in Italy. Unfortunately he was injured in the final moto that weekend, but has made a full recovery and has begun riding again in preparation for next season.

Pro Circuit Joins FMF in Exhaust System Discounts

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:07:24 -0800

Price wars are all the rage right now. Whether it's a copy of Going Rogue at amazon.com or WalMart (which was supposed to be around $30, but has been discounted to under $10), or performance parts for your bike, it's a good time to be shopping.

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A week or two ago, FMF surprised quite a few people by offering a "Take 20" discount on their exhaust systems, and now Pro Circuit has matched that with an offer on a new exhaust system of their own. Be sure to read the fine print, and get ready to save a few bucks. Call it sponsoring yourself, but without all the negotiations, contracts, and agents.

Signs of the Times

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:36:04 -0800

But overall, this is pretty cool on FMF's part. Call it your own moto stimulus package.

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Canberra SX Results

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:07:01 -0800

Here are the results from round four of the 2009 Australasian Super X Lites Championship.

Pro Lites:

Final 1: 1 Matt MOSS (Suzuki RM-Z250), 2 Lawson BOPPING (Suzuki RM-Z250), 3 Kirk GIBBS (Yamaha), 4 Ryan MARMONT (Yamaha), 5 Luke STYKE (Yamaha), 6 Lewis WOODS (Kawasaki), 7 Danny ANDERSON (KTM), 8 Brenden HARRISON (Yamaha), 9 Taylor POTTER (KTM), 10 Luke ARBON (Kawasaki).

Final 2: 1 Kyle CUNNINGHAM (Yamaha), 2 Brenden HARRISON (Yamaha), 3 Matt MOSS (Suzuki RM-Z250), 4 Ryan MARMONT (Yamaha), 5 Luke STYKE (Yamaha), 6 Danny ANDERSON (KTM), 7 Lewis WOODS (Kawasaki), 8 Taylor POTTER (KTM), 9 Jarryd McNEIL (Honda), 10 Michael MENCHI (Suzuki RM-Z250), 11 Lawson BOPPING (Suzuki RM-Z250).

Final 3: 1 Matt MOSS (Suzuki RM-Z250), 2 Lawson BOPPING (Suzuki RM-Z250), 3 Kyle CUNNINGHAM (Yamaha), 4 Ryan MARMONT (Yamaha), 5 Luke STYKE (Yamaha), 6 Kirk GIBBS (Yamaha), 7 Brenden HARRISON (Yamaha), 8 Luke ARBON (Kawasaki), 9 Geran STAPLETON (Honda), 10 Luke DAVIS (Yamaha).

Championship standings: 1 Matt MOSS 100, 2 Lawson BOPPING 78, 3 Ryan MARMONT 75, 4 Kyle CUNNINGHAM 75, 5 Brenden HARRISON 59, 6 Kirk GIBBS 56, 7 Lewis WOODS 47, 8 Danny ANDERSON 46, 9 Adam MONEA 46, 10 Luke ARBON 36.

Pro Open:

Final 1: 1 Chad REED (Kawasaki), 2 Jay MARMONT (Yamaha), 3 Jeremy McGRATH (Honda), 4 Dan REARDON (Honda), 5 Daniel McCOY (KTM), 6 Tye SIMMONDS (KTM), 7 Cameron TAYLOR (Suzuki RM-Z450), 8 Craig ANDERSON (Kawasaki), 9 Michael BYRNE (Honda), 10 Troy CARROLL (Kawasaki).

Final 2: 1 Chad REED (Kawasaki), 2 Daniel McCOY (KTM), 3 Jay MARMONT (Yamaha), 4 Tye SIMMONDS (KTM), 5 Dan REARDON (Honda), 6 Michael BYRNE (Honda), 7 Cody MACKIE (Kawasaki), 8 Cameron TAYLOR (Suzuki RM-Z450), 9 Craig ANDERSON (Kawasaki), 10 Troy CARROLL (Kawasaki).

Final 3: 1 Jay MARMONT (Yamaha), 2 Cheyne BOYD (Yamaha), 3 Michael BYRNE (Honda), 4 Daniel McCOY (KTM), 5 Dan REARDON (Honda), 6 Troy CARROLL (Kawasaki), 7 Jeremy McGRATH (Honda), 8 Todd WATERS (Honda), 9 Craig ANDERSON (Kawasaki), 10 Michael ADDISON (Honda).

Championship standings: 1 Dan REARDON 89, 2 Jay MARMONT 88, 3 Chad REED 82, 4 Tye SIMMONDS 68, 5 Daniel McCOY 62, 6 Cody MACKIE 54, 7 Cheyne BOYD 54, 8 Craig ANDERSON 48, 9 Cameron TAYLOR 47, 10 Troy CARROLL 45.

Rumors of the Day

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:37:02 -0800

Jon Mitcheff as Kyle Regal's mechanic at Valli Motorsports? Regal practicing Supercross on both a 250 and 450, and looking fast on both? Michael Byrne to Valli?

How about some new team staff at MotoConcepts?

That's what's burning up the rumor mill today.

Ashley Fiolek on Last Call

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:34:05 -0800

Set your DVRs, or plan to stay up really late to catch Ashley Fiolek on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly Thurday night.

She's been busy lately, with a trip to Belgium this week. Go, Ashley.

Öhlins

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:26:33 -0800

Christian Craig Back Surgery

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:58:03 -0800

When you see images like this, all you can do is say, "Ow," be thankful you're not in his spot, and be glad that it wasn't worse.

Then you maybe wonder when we're going to see some really awesome spinal protection...and if/when it's available, will pro riders actually use it?

The good news is, Christian's surgery apparently went well, and he'll undergo a second operation in a few months to get all that hardware removed.

With Christian on the mend, you have to wonder who the Troy Lee crew will pick to join the team. When we saw David Pingree last week (before Christian's crash at the KTM track, which they share with the TLD team), he was quizzing us on who was available, and would make good additions to their team.

There are still some opportunities out there...

The "Other" Silly Season

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:12:12 -0800

With race teams tightening their belts there's not just riders looking for work, but race teams as well. That means there are plenty of talented wrenches on the market looking for new gigs. We were out shooting some video with Nico Izzi yesterday, and spotted Dave Feeney (formerly of the Rockstar Makita Suzuki squad) working with the DNA Shred Stix / Star Racing / Yamaha guys.

Just about all the Rockstar Makita Suzuki guys were let go after the MXoN and U.S. Open, and it sounds like Ryan Dungey's mechanic for the last couple years, Mark Valcore is among them. It sounds like Dungey will be matched up with Mike Gosselaar for the 2010 season.

It'll be interesting to see where some of the other talented mechanics and techs (and truck drivers) land as we get closer to the season.

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