The crew at enzo racing has whipped up some T-shirts to help raise fund for their President Ross Maeda, who was injured in a motocross crash in late September. For more information, or to purchase a Ross T-shirt, call the shop at 714/541/0405
Kenny Alexander is the promoter of our favorite race in the entire world, the A Day in the Dirt Motocross Grand Prix. He’s got some tricks up his sleeve for 2010. Have you signed up yet?
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Guess who has an all-new web site?
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Josh Hill TV is back! Team San Manuel Yamaha’s Josh Hill sent us his video from the Paris Bercy SX.
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On December 6, 2009, a benefit ride for Ross Maeda of enzo racing will be held at Perris Raceway. Come one, come all!
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Stewart Sweeps Night Two
By Stephen Schultz
The second night of the Bercy Supercross took place with a sold-out crowd to see if James Stewart can continue his dominant performance from night one. It was easy to see in practice that the L&M Yamaha rider got a good night’s rest as he became the only rider to turn a triple/jump-on/off into a quad/single jump and he used this move one time to capture the fastest time in the second practice session.
It was not all roses for the American supercross champion as a mistake in the super-pole contest relegated him to 3rd in that competition. The track that was so tacky and a bit rutty on night one had hardened up a little bit and shiny spots developed here and there. It was one of these spots that caught Stewart and caused him to spin and bit and almost go into one of the walls. This tiny mistake allowed another American, Justin Brayton to win the contest with Frenchman Gregory Aranda putting his BUD Racing Kawasaki into second. Fourth was the French World Champion, Marvin Musquin who was outgunned on his KTM 250F but made it work in as he didn’t show much regard for the other pilots out on the track. TheBercy crowd loving every single pass that Marvin made.
The elimination races were exciting and thrilling at the same time as James continued to use a different line than the other races and if he wasn’t into the lead on the first straightaway, he soon was when he launched into the air. It was a disappointment to the fans to see Frenchman Ben Coisy ride off in the first 7 lap elimination race with an apparent ankle injury. Coisy was done for the night and it was a blow to the French team’s hopes. As the races got shorter and shorter, the riders got fewer and fewer until there was only Stewart, Musquin, Brayton and Matt Boni. In all three contests, Stewart proved to be too much for the other riders although a bobble by Stewart allowed Brayton to keep the second elimination race close.
In the thirteen man main event, it was Davide Espoti with the holeshot but James Stewart
quickly moved into the lead and checked out from there. Behind the number 1 Yamaha was Arnada and Stewart’s teammate Josh Hill. Musquin suffered a poor start and was forced to try and work through the pack. Stewart was taking it easy out front as the he managed to tame the treacherous whoops and add in a new jump combination that amazed some of the long time race watchers. Hill had a rough race as arm pump and unfamiliarity with the new 2010 YZ450F caused the youngster to fade to the back. Brayton suffered a horrible start and came from just inside the top ten to third by the midway part of the race. That was when Aranda made a mistake in the whoops and Brayton blitzed by and into second. Stewart was his usual impressive self but Brayton showed that 2010 might just be his year. He held onto second the rest of the way.
James Stewart took the win, Brayton second, Arnada third and Musquin finished fourth with a great ride in the main event. Here are the overall standings for night two with one day remaining in this great race.
Super-pole, Elimination Races, Main Event
1- James Stewart 3-1-12-Justin Brayton 1-3-23-Marvin Musquin 4-2-44-Gregory Aranda 2-8-35-Fabien Izoird 5-5-56-Nick Wey 9-6-67-Matt Boni 8-4-128-Josh Hill 6-10-89-Davide Espoti 10-7-710-Ben Coisy 7-9-15
We caught up with our friend Ernesto Fonseca today to see what he’s been up to recently. Check it out!
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Stewart Wins Night 1
By Stephen Schultz
The prestigious Bercy Supercross, held in the beautiful city of Paris France, offers the 12,000 fans a real show each and every year. The Supercross track is tight and provides lots of chances for passing back and forth among the pilots. The whoops in 2009 gave the riders fits all day as they were big and didn’t allow the Americans a chance to blitz the top of them like they do in the USA. The rest of the track was pretty basic for all the top riders, the soil was tacky and did rut up but for the most part, the course drew praises from everyone.
This year, like last, saw L&M Yamaha’s James Stewart top the field with a perfect run on the night. Stewart won the final race; he captured the super-pole fastest lap as well as the elimination races. The promoters pack the program with racing with all skill levels so that the fans are never bored and each night there is a tribute to four-time Bercy champion, David Vuillemin as well.
The superpole contest started off with the selected fourteen riders going out and getting a chance to record their best time. As the quality of the riders ramped up and up, it became apparent that the top two riders in each practice, Stewart and Joe Gibbs Racing’s Justin Brayton, would be battling for the top honor in this competition as well. The world class skills of Stewart came to the fore-front early in the night when the number 1 Yamaha rider bested Brayton buy one and a half second.
The elimination races were exciting for most of the riders as there were back-to-back-to-back races consisting of 5, 4 and 3 lap sprints where the bottom five riders were eliminated. Then the field was narrowed to just five total riders and Stewart sped off with the victory in this race as well as the other two. He was a master of perfection in Bercy and it was clear that no one was in his league.
When the main event came around it was all Stewart once again as he came around the first turn, tripled a section that no one else could and grabbed the lead for good. It was the end of the road for anyone hoping to try and stick with Stewart for even one lap. The whoops were the real dividing point between James and everyone else. The Yamaha rider came into them faster and exited them at the same speed. The other pilots could only dream of such perfection in these wheel swallowers.
Scary moment about half-way through the main even when Frenchman Steve Boniface crashed heavily over the finish line and the race was red flagged while Boniface laid there motionless. He eventually moved a bit but was carted off on a stretcher and the word is that Steve has a long road to recovery. Best wishes go out to the 141.
Upon the re-start, James was but a cloud of dust to the rest of the field as he finished off what started the first time around. The MX2 World Champion Marvin Musquin, on a 250F, was in second for a little while before getting overtaken by the Yamaha of Justin Brayton. Musquin who trailed only Stewart in the crowd’s eyes, was certainly up to the challenge of the Americans and maintained third for the rest of the race. Gregory Aranda was a surprising fourth; another Frenchman named Fabian Izoird was fifth. American Matt Boni sixth and Nick Wey, making his debut on a Kawasaki was seventh. After Wey it was Martin, Hill, Renet and Thomas. Ben Coisy pulled out early of the main event with an apparent leg injury.
This was just night one of three and there’s plenty more racing to go this weekend but if this night was any indication, the rest of the field will be battling for second as James Stewart is on a mission to prove that he was worth all the Euros that it took to get him to come over.
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