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Glen Helen Raceway, in collaboration with Fasthouse and 805, is excited to announce that all pre-entered riders to the 38th Annual World Vet MX Championships on November 5-6 will receive a complimentary World Vet beer stein!
Racers who sign-up online by November 2, 2022, will receive this limited 2022 commemorative beer stein. In addition, the first round of 805 beer will be on us at the Edison Dye Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony for Jeremy McGrath, held on Saturday evening, starting a 5:30 p.m. in the Glen Helen Museum on November 5th. To pre-enter go to www. glenhelen.com
The World Cup trophy will be awarded to the winning nation and will have your name and country engraved on it. The trophy will be displayed at the Glen Helen Museum throughout the entire year and each rider on the winning team will receive a commemorative medallion.
Press release: Applications for the Dubya World Vet MX Cup of Nations must be submitted before the October 1, 2022 deadline! We can’t wait to see who will be crowned this year’s World Vet MX Cup of Nations champion. The race will be run in conjunction with the 38th Annual Dubya World Vet MX Championships on November 5th and 6th.
Each participating country entered in the Dubya World Vet MX Cup of Nations is allowed three different teams – each team must consist of three riders from the home country: one rider must be over-30, one over 40, and one over 50 years old (the three riders can be of any skill level and a team could be made up of all over-50 riders—because that would be legal). Riders will receive race bibs to represent their country and colors to indicate their age group. Moto 1 will be held on Saturday and moto 2 will race on Sunday. The scoring will be based on all three riders over both motos with the lowest score of the two-moto format determining the winning team and country. The entry fee is $100 per team. Enter and sign up your team by Clicking Here
Justin Muscutt (116) hangs his Yamaha YZ250 two-stroke out as far as humanly possible in this banked Glen Helen berm. What you can’t see is that it is 6 feet down to the rock-hard ground below (where photographer Debbi Tamiett is standing). Justin has his rear wheel hung over the backside of the berm just about as far as it can go. In fact, if you look closely, of the 38 rows of knobs on Justin’s rear tire, only two rows of knobs are actually in contact with the dirt. This is the edge of disaster.
The key phrase here is, “Never surrender, never shut off!”
Debbi Tamietti shot this photo by standing directly in the path of where Justin’s bike would have headed if his rear wheel had gone any farther over the berm. But, after seeing how far Justin hung his tire over the edge, she backed up — largely because she got the shot.
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Back in 1975 Maico had the best forks in the sport and pioneered long-travel twi-shock rear suspension when they moved the shocks forward on the swingarm to deliver an unheard of 6-1/2 inches to travel.
Kota-Toriyabe was was 13th in the B-Main
Kota-Toriyabe’s (99) day ended early when Team Japan failed to win the B-Main. To be the lucky team to transfer to the three-motos of the MXDN, your two best scores in the B-Main were counted. Japan had 19 points. Venezuela took the B-Main with 9 points, but their day was doomed from that point on because they only had 3 riders instead of 4. So, they had to take last place points in several motos. Venezuela was scored in 20th place.
Yuki Okura was the highest placed Japanese rider. Yuki finished 8th in the B-Main, three spots in front of Jo Shimoda.
Yuki Okura and Jo Shimoda first-bumped before the start of the B-Main. They should have been a shoo-in to make the main events, but it didn’t happen.
Team Ireland is often a contender to make the Big Show at the MXDN by winning Sunday morning’s B-Main—in which the winning team gets the last spot in the Motocross des Nation. Stuart Edmonds has been a stalwart of the Irish team and was fifth in the one-moto B-Main qualifier. John Meara in 9th and Martin Barr was 27th, and with that the best Stuart could do was thank his sponsors with the decals on his helmet. We recognize Arai, Pod knee braces and MotoKlik.
Stuart Edmonds was one of many riders to sacrifice a rear wheel to LaRocco’s Leap.
Originally founded as a bicycle accessories manufacturer, Rieju is best known as a motorcycle manufacturer. Rieju was started by Luis Riera Carré and Jaime Juanola Farrés, in 1934. The name Reiju comes from the founder’s names— the first three letters of Riera (RIE) and the first two letters of Juanloa (JU). Back in the formative years, growth of the Rieju brand was halted by the Spanish Civil War, but Rieju eventually got back to making motorcycles in 1947. It was a still a hard climb to find buyers for the first ten years, but then, in 1958, the 125cc Jaca Sport model rolled down the Rieju assembly line. It was exactly what young Spaniards were looking for. Easy transportation and some off-road fun. It seemed very modern with its aluminum rims, swept-back handlebars, two-tone paint and air-cooled front brake drum.
It may have been what young Spaniards wanted, but these added extras raised the price too high. Rieju decided to pull the Jaco 125 Sport model from the showrooms, but keep the more economical, street-oriented, no frills 125 going because it sold 3000 bikes in the first five years.
It wasn’t until Rieju entered into an engine deal with Moto Minarelli to replace the original AMC engine with Minarelli 125 engines that 125 Jaco Sport sales took off. The new Jaca produced 3.5 horsepower and had a top speed of 43 mph, but under Spanish moped regulations it was limited to 24 mph. The 125 Jaca Sport put Rieju on the map—not the same map as Bultaco, Montesa and Ossa, but the future looks bright since their prime Spanish competitor GasGas was taken over by KTM in 2020.
Following KTM’s 60 percent acquisition of Gas Gas’ parent company, the EC, XC, and GP lines of enduro bikes from GasGas were moved to Austria and replaced by KTM’s in-house platform sharing engine and chassis technology. As a result, GasGas’ previous range of Spanish-made enduro bikes faced certain death. However, Rieju stepped in to take over the defunct Gas Gas models.
Rieju’s production of the former 250cc and 300cc Gas Gas EC, XC and GP bikes are now Rieju-branded bikes filling the demand. Rieju currently manufactures 12,000 small motorcycles annually in its facilities in Figueres, near Barcelona, and exports 85% of its production to more than 40 countries.
KTM owns the Gas Gas name and trials bikes, but Rieju has rebranded the former Gas Gas off-road bikes as Riejus. Adding the no longer offered GasGas line to Rieju’s line of dual-sport and play bikes gives Rieju a solid line of full-size, off-road-ready, dirt bikes. The first sign that Rieju has jump-started is that they have an American distributor. Central Powersports Distribution (CPD), located in Watertown, South Dakota, who are helping Rieju make their first appearance in the USA. Visit www.rieju-usa.com for mor einfo.
The October 1, 2022, Pasha 125 Open two-stroke race is the last chance for riders under the age of 30 to race for big purse money because the World Vet will only have Over-30 and Over-50 125 Pro races (not to mention a $10,000 purses). The $5000 October 1 warm-up race will pay the 125 Pro Class $2500 for first, $1500 for second and $1000 for third. The Over-30 125 Pros and Over-50 125 Pros will not have a purse for this race, but at the World Vet race on November 5-6 they will split $10,000 in purse money (with the top three in the Over-30 class getting paid and the top five in the Over-50 getting paid. For more info go to www.glenhelen.com.
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Currently signed up riders for the 125/150cc and 250cc classes are Ken Roczen, Aaron Plessinger, Justin Barcia, Marvin Musquin, Cooper Webb, Gared Steinke, Tyler Bowers, Josh Hansen, Robbie Wageman, Ivan Ramirez, Carson Brown, Ryan Morais, Casey Cochran, A.J. Catanzaro, Josh Varize, Derek Kelley and Dylan Woodcock.For more info go to www.redbull,com/straightrhythm
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The track layout will be the same as what the riders will face at the 38th Annual Dubya World Vet Motocross Championships on Nov. 5-6. The pre-entry is $30 per class and $25 for youth classes. Post Entries on the day of the race will be $40 and $30 for youth classes. The gate fee is $10 per person. This race is a great opportunity to get some laps in before the Dubya World Vet Championships! For more info go to www.glenhelen.com
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The 2022 World Vet Motocross Championship is shaping up to be a barn burner, as lots of former motocross stars from different decades are lining up to win the Over-30, Over-40, Over-50, Over-60 and Over-70 titles. Believe it or not, multi-time AMA 250 National Champion Gary Jones is now 70-years-old. He is the only rider to have won World Vet crowns in the Over-30, Over-40, Over-50 and Over-60 classes. If he can win the Over-70 title in 2022, he will have a Grand Slam in most of the important age groups. But Gary won’t be perfect because 1970s GP star Lars Larsson is the reigning Over-80 World Vet Champion and Gary Jones has to wait ten years before he’s old enough to get the clean sweep he wants.
2022 AMA ENDUROCROSS SERIES SCHEDULE Sept. 17…Salt Lake City,UT Sept. 24…Redmond, Oregon Oct. 1…Denver, Colorado Oct. 22…Prescott Valley, Arizona Nov 5…Boise Idaho Nov. 19…Reno, Nevada
2022 SATURDAY AT THE GLEN RACE SCHEDULE Apr. 2…Spring Series #1 Apr. 23…Spring Series #2 Apr. 30…Spring Series #3 May 7…Spring Series #4 May 14…Spring Series #5 (National Track) June 11…Summer Series #1 June 25…Summer Series #2 July 9…Summer Series #3 July 30…Summer Series #5 Aug. 13…Summer Series #6 & Pasha 125 Open (National Track) Aug. 27…..Fall Series #1 Sept. 10…Fall Series #2 Sept. 17…Fall Series #3 Oct. 1…Fall Series #4 & Pasha 125 Open (National Track) Oct. 15…Fall Series #5 Oct. 22…Fall Series #6 Oct. 29…World Vet Warm-Up (National Track) Nov. 5-6… Dubya World Vet Championship (National Track) Nov. 12..Winter Series #1 Nov. 19…Winter Series #2 Dec. 3…Winter Series #3 Dec. 10…Winter Series #4 (National Track)
2022 WORCS OFF-ROAD SCHEDULE Jan. 21-23…Primm, NV Feb. 18-20…Glen Helen, CA Mar. 11-13…Lake Havasu City, AZ Apr. 8-10…Taft, CA Apr. 29-May 1…Las Vegas, NV May 27-29…Cedar City, UT Sept. 16-18…Preston, ID Oct. 14-16…Mesquite, NV Nov 4-6…Primm, NV
2022 MOTOCROSS DES NATIONS Sept. 25… Red Bud, MI
2022 WORLD VET MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Nov. 5-6…Glen Helen, CA
2022 PARIS SUPERCROSS Nov. 12-13… Paris, France
2022 AMA SUPERCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Jan. 8…Anaheim, CA Jan. 15…Oakland, CA Jan. 22…San Diego, CA Jan. 29…Anaheim, CA Feb. 5…Glendale, AZ Feb. 12…Anaheim, CA Feb. 19… Minneapolis, MN Feb. 26…Arlington, TX Mar. 5…Daytona Beach, FL Mar. 12…Detroit, MI Mar. 19…Indianapolis, IN Mar. 26…Seattle, WA Apr. 9…St. Louis, MO Apr. 16…Atlanta, GA Apr. 23…Foxborough, MA Apr. 30…Denver, CO May 7…Salt Lake City, UT
2022 AMA NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP May 28…Pala, CA June 4…Hangtown, CA June 11…Thunder Valley, CO June 18…Mt. Morris, PA July 3…Red Bud, MI July 9…Southwick, MA July 16….Millville, MN July 23….Washougal, WA Aug. 13…Unadilla, NY Aug. 20…Budds Creek, MD Aug. 27…Crawfordsville, IN Sept. 3…Pala, CA
2022 FIM GRAND PRIX CHAMPIONSHIP (TENTATIVE) Feb. 27…Matterley Basin, England Mar. 6…Mantova, Italy Mar. 20…Villa La Angostura, Argentina April 3…Agueda, Portugal April 10…Trentino, Italy Apr. 24…Kegums, Latvia May 1…Orlyonok, Russia (CANCELED) May 8…Maggiora, Italy May 15…Rio Sardo, Sardinia May 29…Intu Xanadu, Spain June 5…Ernee, France June 12…Teutschenthal, Germany June 26…Samota-Sumbawa, Indonesia July 3… Jakarta, Indonesia (CANCELED) July 17…Locket, Czech Republic July 24…Lommel, Belgium Aug. 7…Uddevalla, Sweden Aug. 14…Hyvinka, Finland Aug 21…St. Jean d’ Angely, France Sept. 4…Afyonkarahisar, Turkey Sept. 11…Oman (CANCELED)
2022 KICKER ARENACROSS SERIES Jan. 7-8…Loveland, CO Jan. 15…Amarillo, TX Jan. 21-22…Oklahoma City, OK Jan. 29…Greensboro, NC Feb. 4-5…Reno, NV Feb. 11-12…Denver, CO
2022 WORLD SIDECAR MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP Apr. 24… Holland May. 22…Czech Republic June 26…Belgium July 3…Estonia Sept. 4…Czech Republic Sept. 18…Germany
2022 CANADIAN TRIPLE CROWN SERIES June 5…Kamloops, BC June 12…Drumheller, AB June 19…Pilot Mound, MB July 3…Walton, ON July 10…Courtland, ON July 17…Ottawa, ON July 24…Moncton, NB July 31…Deschambault, QC Aug. 14…Walton, ON
2022 AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Mar. 27…Wonthaggi Apr. 10…Mackay May 1…Wodonga June 26…Maitland July 24…Coffs Harbour Aug. 14…Queensland Park Aug. 20…Coolum
2022 MICHELIN BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP Mar. 20…FatCat May 1…Landrake May 29…Lyng June 26…Cusses Gorse Aug. 7…TBA Sept. 4…Hawkstone
2022 REVO BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP Mar. 13…Culham Apr. 17…Foxhill May 8…Lyng May 22…Canada Heights June 19…Blaxhall July 10…Fatcat July 31…Whitby Sep. 11…TBA
2022 WORLD TWO-STROKE CHAMPIONSHIP April 16…Glen Helen, CA
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