2007 Motocross of Nations - Saturday Wrapup

It's on! RC leading Langston Saturday.


RC squeezes inside the first turn of his qualifying race.


Venezuela.


Australians hanging out.


This is where the Americans hang out.


Villopoto totally checked out of his qualifying race.


First turn of the MX2 race.


Leticia makes the cover of Playboy's Sexy Girl Next Door!


Cool crowd for a Saturday.


This T-shirt came from the MXoN at Unadilla 20 years ago!


RC is wrapping things up tomorrow.


Valejo checking out Factory Connection's holeshot gadget.


Team USA talking to press Saturday after sweeping all three qualifying races.


RV getting the 2-lap board.


MX2 racing.


RC and Langston race across the finish line early in their moto.


Costa Rica cooking at the WMR rig.


Everts' new biography in English and his new riding DVD, #1, on riding in sand.

Saturday Update - RC, RV, Ferry Sweep Saturday

The showdown between Cairoli and Villopoto didn't happen Saturday. RV got the holeshot in his qualifying race and totally checked out. Cairoli maybe 5th or 6th on the start but had too much battling to do to even see RV on the track. RV was maybe half a lap ahead after 20 minutes.

RC checked out in his qualifying race, even though Grant Langston made a move on him early, but RC got back by.

Ferry battled with J-Rod and Byrne to take the third and final qualifier, making the day a full Team USA sweep.

New Zealand is out of the event. Townley hurt his shoulder Saturday morning, and Hurley got a concussion, so that's a bummer for a very strong team.

Silly Season bit - Jeff Alessi to AMA Arenacross riding for Tuf Honda (Pre-confirmed rumor).

2007 Motocross of Nations - Friday

Lookin perfect. Today they cancelled the amateur riding on the MXoN track and sent everyone to the SX track instead.



RC and Everts chatting about things in the morning.


Team Italy - Philippaerts, Guarneri, Cairoli, and team manager Andrea Bartolini. The bikes did get released! The great wine and cheese scandal is over. As far as we can piece this together - The Martin Honda's were sent from Italy, and with one of them, some wine and cheese. Someone at US customs had a cow about it, and delayed a container holding up the Italian Yamahas too - including Cairoli's bike. At the time of the Friday afternoon press conference, they did not know for sure if they would get the bikes from customs for Saturday. Right after the press conference, the report came in that the bikes were released.


UK - Noble, Mackenzie , Searle, team manager Mark Eastwood.


South Africa - Avis, Langston, Swanepoel, and Albee.


New Zealand: Townley, Hurley, Cooper, team manager Russell Burling .


Jeannie Carmichael and "Thing 1" and "Thing 2."


Ferry's bike.


Team USA - Villopoto, Ferry, Carmichael, and team manager Roger DeCoster.


Speaking to the large press gathering on Friday.


Honda is hosting 2/3 of Team Japan.




Trevor Vines has it going on - hot wife, puppy, America, and a 2-stroke.


Tarah Geiger - Team Puerto Rico.


Moto XXX is hosting Brazil.


Beasley's Moto Woodstock is really filling up.


Goose gets RC's outdoor bike ready for the last time.


The Yamaha semi has two visitors.


RC holds "Thing 1."


Gotta use the right bike washer....


Here's our special salute to Chile and the three Israel brothers.

Motocross of Nations 2007 - Thursday

This track is wide, cut deep, and ready. It doesn't look anything like the "shithole" track RC was talking about after the national.


Doc Bodnar shows off the cool custom stretcher Asterisk brought for this weekend.


Bikes are getting un-crated and assembled today (Thursday).


This is part of the area Fox has set up inside the paddock for Team USA.


A view of the start area.


Villopoto's Team USA bike.


Setting up the semi that RC rides out of.


Track view.


The Thor/Parts and Red Bull setups.


Team Ireland people.


Putting a bike together out of a crate.


Close up of RV's bike.


Townley's bike.


Monster Pro Circuit Kawasaki, home of some of the fastest Lites guys.


Setting up.


KTM has bikes for about 10 countries!


An old sign and a new sign.


Scott Taylor has to model the team hat.


Everything you wanted to know about Maryland.....

Cody Cooper's Glen Helen Crash

Visiting Kiwi Cody Cooper, who set the fastest time in Sunday timed practice wadded in the second moto. Here is the crash. We didn't get a full status, but at least he got up.