MDK Motorsports is Back...

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Well, sorta. I was looking at some semi trailer stuff last night and came across a new trailer that Evolve (formerly Hi-Tech) had built with MDK branding all over it. Jumped onto IG and found this: https://www.instagram.com/mdkmotorsports/

http://www.mdkmoto.com/

Apparently Mark Kvamme has brought back the MDK branding and is racing Porsches now, doing some sort of arrive and drive/race program.



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ML looking for a semi again? Looking to get kicked in the nuts again and light yourself on fire? 😂
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3/8/2022 6:31am
soggy wrote:
ML looking for a semi again? Looking to get kicked in the nuts again and light yourself on fire? 😂
Ha! No...God no...

I have friends looking for semis. I found one, which was oddly enough an ex-MDK trailer that a buddy in Canada is trying to lock down now.

Still looking for one-to-two more for other people looking.

I got bored of looking through trash on Racing Junk and was seeing what new manufacturers there are at the moment.

Featherlite is something like 12-20 months out I've heard...

Evolve is the new name for what was Bruce Transporters...which was Hi-Tech. They're making a comeback.

Competition and T&E are both solid, but more known for Drag Race setups or winged sprint cars (especially T&E). There's a couple old Competitions here and there in moto, but no one has gone to them for a new trailer.

ELITE is drag racing and snowcross mostly. That's what the last Geico trailer was from them, which is now in the hands of the ClubMX guys.

Pegasus is relatively new to the game. They seem to be able to get trailers out right now so a couple drag guys went to them this year to get stuff done in tighter timelines, I think they did a new one or two for Nascar as well.

5150 is know for like late model dirt stuff, good tagpull trailers. The couple full sized semi trailers I saw from them are ehhh...

There's another new company called Turn Key Industries getting into the business but I've never seen one in person yet.
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That office/race monitor station is sweet
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Doesn’t MDK still owe some ex riders and staff some money??
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3/8/2022 7:58pm
mxtech1 wrote:
Doesn’t MDK still owe some ex riders and staff some money??
Your checks in the mail
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3/8/2022 8:00pm
Looks like he bought that with TP and NYK’s owed salary
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3/8/2022 8:10pm
mxtech1 wrote:
Doesn’t MDK still owe some ex riders and staff some money??
Never heard about that, like Johnny said, TP and Wey? What about DV?
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The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK KTMs up here. That guy is filthy rich. He was a partner of Sequoia Capital, which did early funding on Apple, YouTube, Google, etc.
3/8/2022 11:16pm
Am I nuts or did JT post on this thread?? Now it's gone....
I'm no insider but I have heard many times about failure to pay a few salaries along the way. Racing Porsches is a few multiples more than running a moto team.
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Ahh ... Mark Kvamee. I always wanted his take on the Searchme.com deal/ company. I was involved in spec ' ing some of the data center equipment... then the company vanished. Fast.

Don't forget about his father Floyd Kvamme who was at Kliner Perkins the VC firm. Take a look at this link below. They are both though of as good guys and very well connected. Too bad about MDK closing shop... they were very close to breaking through. They could have changed the aftermarket moto industry in a big way. Just needed two or so key people and some good advise to push it over the top. It was right there...... If you buy from Motosport.com - well you're dealing with one of Mark's funded companies.

https://charlierose.com/video/player/16049?autoplay=false

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3/9/2022 12:49am
ML512 wrote:
Ha! No...God no... I have friends looking for semis. I found one, which was oddly enough an ex-MDK trailer that a buddy in Canada is trying...
Ha! No...God no...

I have friends looking for semis. I found one, which was oddly enough an ex-MDK trailer that a buddy in Canada is trying to lock down now.

Still looking for one-to-two more for other people looking.

I got bored of looking through trash on Racing Junk and was seeing what new manufacturers there are at the moment.

Featherlite is something like 12-20 months out I've heard...

Evolve is the new name for what was Bruce Transporters...which was Hi-Tech. They're making a comeback.

Competition and T&E are both solid, but more known for Drag Race setups or winged sprint cars (especially T&E). There's a couple old Competitions here and there in moto, but no one has gone to them for a new trailer.

ELITE is drag racing and snowcross mostly. That's what the last Geico trailer was from them, which is now in the hands of the ClubMX guys.

Pegasus is relatively new to the game. They seem to be able to get trailers out right now so a couple drag guys went to them this year to get stuff done in tighter timelines, I think they did a new one or two for Nascar as well.

5150 is know for like late model dirt stuff, good tagpull trailers. The couple full sized semi trailers I saw from them are ehhh...

There's another new company called Turn Key Industries getting into the business but I've never seen one in person yet.
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In case ML buys semi we need to organise an intervention, for sure.
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Am I nuts or did JT post on this thread?? Now it's gone.... I'm no insider but I have heard many times about failure to pay...
Am I nuts or did JT post on this thread?? Now it's gone....
I'm no insider but I have heard many times about failure to pay a few salaries along the way. Racing Porsches is a few multiples more than running a moto team.
Yes, but likely either an admin or the op of the first comment calling out MDK for failure to pay out when they bailed from MX deleted the comment that JT quoted so it vanished too.
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Looks like Mark Kvamme is sponsoring Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen this year.

Magnussen's Helmet 

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The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK...
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK KTMs up here. That guy is filthy rich. He was a partner of Sequoia Capital, which did early funding on Apple, YouTube, Google, etc.

Guy has plenty of money but still owes people money in the industry. WTH.

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ML... Concept trailers out of Fresno... )

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-MAVERICK- wrote:
Looks like Mark Kvamme is sponsoring Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen this year. Magnussen's Helmet 

Looks like Mark Kvamme is sponsoring Haas F1 driver Kevin Magnussen this year.

Magnussen's Helmet 

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He was just supposed to race the 24Hr Daytona for them, recently, but he was injured.

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2/23/2023 11:34am Edited Date/Time 2/23/2023 11:35am
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK...
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK KTMs up here. That guy is filthy rich. He was a partner of Sequoia Capital, which did early funding on Apple, YouTube, Google, etc.

Guy has plenty of money but still owes people money in the industry. WTH.

The guy is as big a crook as they come

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2/23/2023 11:46am
ML512 wrote:
Well, sorta. I was looking at some semi trailer stuff last night and came across a new trailer that Evolve (formerly Hi-Tech) had built with MDK...
Well, sorta. I was looking at some semi trailer stuff last night and came across a new trailer that Evolve (formerly Hi-Tech) had built with MDK branding all over it. Jumped onto IG and found this: https://www.instagram.com/mdkmotorsports/

http://www.mdkmoto.com/

Apparently Mark Kvamme has brought back the MDK branding and is racing Porsches now, doing some sort of arrive and drive/race program.



Must be nice to have FU money…..

2/23/2023 2:11pm
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK...
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK KTMs up here. That guy is filthy rich. He was a partner of Sequoia Capital, which did early funding on Apple, YouTube, Google, etc.

How do we get to ride such tracks?

(I'm in missoula)

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The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK...
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK KTMs up here. That guy is filthy rich. He was a partner of Sequoia Capital, which did early funding on Apple, YouTube, Google, etc.

How do we get to ride such tracks?

(I'm in missoula)

That property was sold a couple years ago and the track was flattened.

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The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK...
The owner has a bunch of properties up here in Montana, one with a national caliber track. There are and were a lot of the MDK KTMs up here. That guy is filthy rich. He was a partner of Sequoia Capital, which did early funding on Apple, YouTube, Google, etc.

How do we get to ride such tracks?

(I'm in missoula)

avidchimp wrote:

That property was sold a couple years ago and the track was flattened.

The one along the river was, yes. But the one in the mountains north of Whitefish is still there as far as I know. That is the good one. 

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Vet57 wrote:
 

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Looks like everyone that got paid showed up for this team photo....

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2/24/2023 8:08am

How do we get to ride such tracks?

(I'm in missoula)

avidchimp wrote:

That property was sold a couple years ago and the track was flattened.

The one along the river was, yes. But the one in the mountains north of Whitefish is still there as far as I know. That is...

The one along the river was, yes. But the one in the mountains north of Whitefish is still there as far as I know. That is the good one. 

Would that happen to be hungry horse mx?

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2/24/2023 10:42am
soggy wrote:
ML looking for a semi again? Looking to get kicked in the nuts again and light yourself on fire? 😂
ML512 wrote:
Ha! No...God no... I have friends looking for semis. I found one, which was oddly enough an ex-MDK trailer that a buddy in Canada is trying...
Ha! No...God no...

I have friends looking for semis. I found one, which was oddly enough an ex-MDK trailer that a buddy in Canada is trying to lock down now.

Still looking for one-to-two more for other people looking.

I got bored of looking through trash on Racing Junk and was seeing what new manufacturers there are at the moment.

Featherlite is something like 12-20 months out I've heard...

Evolve is the new name for what was Bruce Transporters...which was Hi-Tech. They're making a comeback.

Competition and T&E are both solid, but more known for Drag Race setups or winged sprint cars (especially T&E). There's a couple old Competitions here and there in moto, but no one has gone to them for a new trailer.

ELITE is drag racing and snowcross mostly. That's what the last Geico trailer was from them, which is now in the hands of the ClubMX guys.

Pegasus is relatively new to the game. They seem to be able to get trailers out right now so a couple drag guys went to them this year to get stuff done in tighter timelines, I think they did a new one or two for Nascar as well.

5150 is know for like late model dirt stuff, good tagpull trailers. The couple full sized semi trailers I saw from them are ehhh...

There's another new company called Turn Key Industries getting into the business but I've never seen one in person yet.

Don't forget Spevco in NC.

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2/24/2023 2:38pm
avidchimp wrote:

That property was sold a couple years ago and the track was flattened.

The one along the river was, yes. But the one in the mountains north of Whitefish is still there as far as I know. That is...

The one along the river was, yes. But the one in the mountains north of Whitefish is still there as far as I know. That is the good one. 

Would that happen to be hungry horse mx?

Lol no. Hungry Horse is a shit hole. Love that place though. Spun many of laps there. Hungry Horse is north of Columbia falls and Kvammes is north of whitefish. 

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Anyone remember NorCal fast dude Eric Mcrummen? Kid ripped and had one of the first MDK rides. 

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