Army

Summer Heat Man this is the time of year where living in what I call the arm pit is pure hell! I call Houston the arm pit because it is usually REALLY hot and REALLY humid. This year going into Ponca City, we were more than ready for some heat. The only thing is, the weather was actually nice. I don’t think the temperature got over 85 the whole week. But, as they say,” The racing on the track was HOT”! You know the weirdest thing happen at these National races! Brad Frace has been on fire this year! Nobody really expected him to do as well as he has. I knew that he would be near the front, but I thought it would be next year that he would be fighting for championships. Brad has really been putting in the work, and it shows on the track! He won the overall at Ponca in the 250 B Mod class over some really fast kids, including Eli Tomac! Tanner Krahenbuhl has always been fast, but this year he has shown that he is a front runner. He has been spending a bu... [More]

Los Angeles, CA – Red Bull/KTM rider Ronnie Renner took home X-Games gold in the Moto X Step Up event – only he didn’t plan on sharing it with another rider. Six competitors started the Moto X Step Up competition when it kicked off at 7:00pm Thursday night. Kevin Windham was up first with the bar set at 25 feet. He cleared it and so did the following five riders. The riders repeated that action at 26 feet. It was time to raise the bar. The third round saw the bar lifted 3 feet higher now at 29 feet. Metal Mulisha freestyle rider Bryan Deegan was the first to go out unable to clear the bar. With five competitors left they raised the bar to 30 feet. Each competitor easily clears the bar. They move up to 31 feet. Kevin Windham is up first. Windham taps the bar and knocks it to the ground both times – he’s out. Renner steps up, and easily clears 30 feet on his KTM two-stroke and he and the remaining riders move on. All riders clear 3... [More]