Watch the Camburg Racing General Tire Trophy Truck race its way through the 2011 BITD Parker 425.
Ovl Pos Time On Course
28 9:05:34.230
75 Jerry Zaiden (38) Huntington Beach, CA,
Jason Campbell (38) Huntington Beach, CA,
Craig Hall (35) Hesperia, CA,
Scott Zindroski (33) Huntington Beach, CA.
Camburg General Tire, Lucas Oil, KC HiLites, Monster Energy, KMC Wheels, Scosche Industries, Fox Shox, Baer Brakes, Turnkey, Eibach.
As a follow-up to last year's successful tour, motocross superstar and X Games Gold medalist Ronnie Renner will once again head out to some of the coolest riding spots in the west for the Red Bull Ronnie Renner Freeride Tour.
Everyone is invited to come out and ride, hang out and rip up the desert with Renner and other FMX and off-road legends at a few of their favorite moto playgrounds.
The Rally Fighter races it's first off-road race in the Parker 425 on Feb. 5th, 2011. The Wildcard race team lands 3rd in class despite needing to replace the entire rear end halfway through the race! Visit www.local-motors.com for more information on this badass, street-legal, open source production vehicle!
The off-road community lost a great champion and friend when Nathan Woods passed away from injuries sustained in a crash while practicing for the opening round of the WORCS series.
On February 23, 2011 FMF/KTM's Kurt Caselli and former mechanic Charles Jirsa, both long-time friends of Nathan, organized a benefit ride day at Glen Helen.
Monster Energy presents: On-Board with "Ballistic" BJ Baldwin at the BITD 425. The Monster Energy off-road team attacked the Arizona desert at this years Best in The Desert Parker 425. Experience what it's like to ride on-board with "Ballistic" BJ Baldwin though the best of the huge high speed jumps, insane whoops, crazy rally roads, brutal rocky washes, and blinding silt beds that make up this insane course. Strap in and check out the insane desert racing action presented by Monster Energy.
Song: Deception of a Ghost, "John Draggin Force", Bullet Tooth Records
FMF/KTM Factory Team rider Kurt Caselli dominated the second round of the AMA Hare & Hound Series held in Ridgecrest, CA when he crossed the checkered flag 8 minutes ahead of the next closest competitor.
The weather was perfect for the second round of the series with temperatures in the high sixties. In typical Hare & Hound style the track was incredibly dusty as it had not rained at the race location in quite some time. The course was made up of three loops. The longest loop was the first at 48 miles with a second loop of 31 miles and the final loop a short 17 miles.
Caselli initially had a bad start, unable to fire his bike right away. He eventually got off the line about 5 seconds behind the group. The dust was so thick at that point, that he had to veer from the original line he had picked down the bomb run. As they neared the final stretch of the bomb he was able to move back into his original line. Feeling more comfortable in his chosen line, he worked his way up into 3rd place before they headed to the narrow single-track.
Shortly into the first loop Caselli caught and passed the 2nd place ride of David Pearson. A few miles later the leader was within his sight. As the race continued Caselli closed the gap on current leader Kendall Norman to about 10 seconds. As Caselli closed in, Norman took a spill and handed the lead to Caselli before the halfway mark of the first lap. Once in the lead, Caselli charged forward at an incredible pace. At the 48-mile mark, and the team’s first gas stop, Caselli had already laid down a 4 minute lead.
Caselli continued his pace on the second loop and doubled his lead before the next gas stop. Now 79 miles into the race, Caselli had an 8 minute lead on the competition. For the remainder of the race, Caselli maintained his pace and went on to safely cross the line and take the win by over 8 minutes on the rest of the field.
“It feels really good to get a win here after an unlucky result at the first round. My bike ran flawless today. Factory Connection made some suspension improvements between the last race and this round that helped a ton and overall it was a great ride today,” commented Caselli.
Caselli Round 2 - 2011
Caselli earned the lead before the halfway mark on the first lap and never looked back.
With two rounds down, Caselli currently sits 2nd in overall points just 9 points away from the lead spot in the title chase. The next round of the AMA National Hare & Hound Series will be held in El Centro, CA on March 6, 2011.
Monster Energy presents the Best in The Desert Parker 425: The most dominate team in all of off-road including five trophy trucks and one class one car, The Monster Energy off-road team attacked the Arizonia desert at this years Best in The Desert Parker 425. "Ballistic" BJ Baldwin guides you though why this race is one of the drivers and fans favorites, featuring huge high speed jumps, insane whoops, crazy rally roads, brutal rocky washes, and blinding silt beds. Strap in and check out the insane desert racing action with the Monster Energy off-road team.
Song: Memphis May Fire "Be Careful What You Wish For"
Headed to Parker AZ with my buddy JZ this year without a team to shoot and excited as ever. Was able to get back to highlight hunting and not having to worry about making sure i got a certain individual. Ended up working with Curtis and RDC on some same day videos for their website but most of this is unseen. Hope you enjoy the action from the 2011 BITD Parker 425
Two years in the making, Jay Schweitzer and Mike McEntire have gone all out for this latest Release of On the Pipe 6 "Pack it Up". With the sport of FMX having reached a global takeover, we decided to travel the world in search of the best compounds, freeriding and freeriders known to man. Join us as we travel to Alicante, Spain to Andre Villas training facility with the Pages brothers and Edgar Torrenteras while we capture the most technical ramp riding session in history. Minerve, France is next on the list to Jeremy Rounets European ultimate freeride line. Fly through the trees of Joe Gibbs private MX track in North Carolina with Josh Grant. Join team USA in Colorado while we defend our MX Nations title against the worlds best racers.
Head to the most remote freeride zones in California and Arizona with the Godfather Mike Metzger and witness an awe-inspiring display of natural terrain riding. Follow the up an coming freeride phenomenon Brody Wilson from California, Montana and finally his compound in Massachusetts for an intense look at the east coast riding scene. Witness the NVHC crew crush our newest tractor built freeride 6 pack line in Red Bluff, California. Get an exclusive look into the Metal Mulisha compound at Deegans house as Twitch, Potter and crew flip the biggest dirt jump in history. Hang with the Robbie Maddison from his brand new compound at his house in Temecula, California to Picton, Australia for his very own Red Bull X-ray event on the biggest freeride jumps in Australia.
With over seven helicopter shoots, brand new riding spots and the most elite FMX riders across the globe OTP6 is the most progressive FMX and freeride movie of the decade. OTP6 will make you want to get off the couch, pack it up and head to the hills.
Riders include: Josh Grant, Andre Villa, Charles and Thomas Pages, Edgar Torronteras, Robbie Maddison, Brian Deegan, Mike Mason, Adam Jones, Beau Bamburg, Todd Potter, Jeremy Stenberg, Taka Higashino, Brody Wilson, Mike Metzger, Paris Rosen, Jackson Strong, Robbie Adelberg, Javier Villegas, Dan Pastor, Levi Sherwood, Lance Coury and basically anyone else who is sick on a dirt bike we forgot to mention.
Bands include: Swollen Members, Rise Against, Strung Out, The Black Pacific, Steel Panther, Accept, Death Angel, In Flames and many more.
Enter for your chance to win a ride in a trophy truck with 3 time desert Champion "Ballistic" BJ Baldwin! This once in a lifetime offer is truly a special opportunity considering their are only sixty of these incredible vehicles in existence. BJ Baldwin welds this 850 horsepower machine like no other. With nearly three feet of suspension travel, and speeds over 120 miles per hour, this will be the ride of a lifetime.
To enter contestants must participate in a live auction by attending the 2011 "Keep memory Alive" Power of Love Gala, February 26th, at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Tickets are available here. All proceeds go to benefit "Keep memory Alive" foundation.
TRACTOR HARE SCRAMBLES- Santa Veronica, BAJA CA-In only his second appearance in Baja, Cory Graffunder (4) showed up solo in his pickup truck and took home the top honors at the 3rd annual “RACE” in the Tecate highlands of BAJA, CA, beating Ivan Ramirez (2) by 01:32 mn. Although Ramirez, who did confirm that he will ride on KTM at San Felipe with Curt Caselli next month, was leading Graffunder on the first lap by close to a minute but the fell victim to a tough break. His gas valve had been replaced and the petcock reversed, causing him to inadvertently shut his own gas off. When Graffunder passed him, he knew Ivan had a gas problem.
The native Canadian from Vancouver visited the “other BC” in December and took second in the Tecate Enduro behind fellow Zip-Ty Husky team mate Bobby Garrison. Asked point blank if he come to the race believing he would win, Graffunder nodded and explained that many of the other guys from So Cal would be at Adelanto going for $4000, he thought it would be fun to drive himself, solo with no race support, to represent Zip-Ty Husky Racing. Rounding out the top three was Brandon Prieto (9). Carlos Casas (7) rode with a broken toe he suffered early in the race after hitting a rock. Shane Esposito came down with something and got sick in the middle of “the race” and DNF.
C&D Cycle Center showed up with the regular crew and taking both the intermediate and vet classes. Owner Steve Grieb won the vet while team rider Ryan Baillargeon took the intermediates. Gilberto Gallardo (500) won the masters division and beat local hermano Alex Melero (508).
Local mainstay Gerardo Rojas showed up to promote his Chris Haines built “DAKAR” CRF450 he will ride in next years DAKAR RALLY. After the event was a typical Mexican-style party with everything for the whole family and a live band.
Here’s a well organized and very family oriented race called “The Race” put by a small club which never meant to promote and organize racing. After the sudden cancellation of the Los Ancianos Hare Scrambles in 2009, the club decided to fill the void since many of the locals would have raced it either way, so they cut a new course.
Tractor Racing needs to be credited with cutting a great course and mixing it in with some other stuff. There was a nice 8 mile south loop that wound through the areas famous granite and shrub filled rolling hills of the Tecate highlands. Many of the tracks gave option for the riders to take easy or hard sections. Even the easy sections were still trademark “TECATE” tough.
The Tractor guys emphasized that this is not a novice level race and that the course was designed to be challenging. The enduro cross section in the infield was the highlight and its only going to get better in the coming years.
