Courtesy of Sacbee.com

Alexah Pearson made quite a jump between the end of her amateur motocross career and the professional ranks. It was the equivalent of the 40-foot uphill jump at Hangtown. Heck, throw in a large whoop section, too.

The Rocklin resident finished second, first and second in her three motos at the American Motorcyclist Association’s Nationals last week in Hurricane Mills, Tenn., to claim first place overall in the women’s 14-and-older class.

Pearson, 18, is the best amateur female rider in the country and will now battle the likes of Ashley Foilek and Jessica Patterson full-time on the women’s professional circuit that runs concurrently with the men’s. Read More

Courtesy of UltimateMotorcycling.com

Women Motorcyclists

Leslie Porterfield, who was recently named to the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s fastest woman on a motorcycle at over 232 mph, has been signed an exclusive sponsorship agreement to represent Bazzaz, Inc at Speed Week Aug. 14- 20, 2010 and the BUB Motorcycle Speed Trials at the Bonneville Salt Flats Aug. 28 – Sept. 2, 2010.

Porterfield, one of racing’s brightest stars and favored to exceed her top run of 240.382 mph, will be competing on a Turbo charged Honda CBR 1000RR built by Al Lamb’s Dallas Honda. Porterfield is thrilled to partner with Bazzaz.

Leslie Porterfield says: “They are definitely the leader when it comes to engine management and electronics for professional motorcycle racing. It’s all about performance and I can confidently say that they have the market cornered in that arena.” Read More

Courtesy of Blogs.DirtRider.com

IRVINE, Calif., (Aug. 11, 2010) – As if GEICO AMA EnduroCross, presented by E3 Spark Plugs, isn’t tough enough – think if you showed up to race and ended up getting smoked by chick!

That’s entirely possible this weekend given Oklahoma’s Kerrie Swartz has signed up to contest the Amateur Open class at Guthrie’s (Okla.) Lazy E Arena on Saturday, Aug. 14th.

“Given the rough and rugged nature of GEICO EnduroCross we don’t usually get women competitors. In fact, it’s quite rare,” said Mike Karsting VP of Events for Source Interlink Media. “However, when we do have a woman sign up she’s usually pretty darn good.”

And such is the case of Swartz. The 33-year-old mother and professional ICU nurse picked up on the thrill of dirt bikes a little over a decade ago and has been WFO on the Oklahoma and Texas enduro scenes ever since.

“We eat, sleep and breathe dirt bikes,” said Swartz, whose son, Alex, and husband, Allan, both race as well. “We’re all seriously addicted!” Read More

Courtesy of ClutchandChrome.com

Bikers can add another name to the list of female riders to invite on the next road trip with the latest magazine appearance from NHRA Pro Stock Motorcyclist, Peggy Llewellyn.

Interested riders can look for Llewellyn in Heart & Soul magazine, hitting the magazine racks for August and September.  She shares her workout regimen, which helps keep her fit and fast on the quarter mile track. 

“A feature in Heart & Soul magazine is such an honor for me and the sport of NHRA drag racing,” says a flattered Llewellyn.  “I love to share my fitness routine, which allows me to stay in shape in order to handle the bike, which is like a missile going down the track at 190 mph in 6 seconds!”  Read More

The family of 19 year-old motocross rider Ashlee Sokalski made the difficult decision last night to pull Ashlee from life support after doctors told them there was nothing further they could do to save her.  

Ashlee was competing in her second race at the 29th Annual AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship in Hurricane Mills, TN when she came down after a jump and was thrown from her motorcycle, which ended up bouncing back and landing on top of her. Read More

Courtesy of VoiceNews.com

By Lisa Gervais, Assistant Editor

Friends and family of 19-year-old motocross racer Ashlee Sokalski say she is in the race of her life.

The Chesterfield resident is in critical condition after crashing Thursday during the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

“Ashlee’s a fighter,” her mother, Tanya Burgess, said from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville Monday morning. “This is the race of her life. You can just hear Ashlee saying, ‘Just give me two more laps, I can do this. Just give me more time.’”

Sokalski was going over a jump during a race Thursday afternoon when the accident happened. Read More

As we reported yesterday Elena Myers will to be racing in MotoGP of Spain here is more info courtesy of Racers-Republic.com.

The offer was made after 16-year-old Myers was invited to tour the Rizla Suzuki pit garage during the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca last weekend.

“We saw that she was doing quite well over here on her Suzuki,” said Tim Walpole, Rizla Suzuki MotoGP Press and PR Officer. “So we thought she might like to come by the box and get to meet the guys and have a look at how we do things.”

“It blows my mind that people like that are kind of looking at me and the AMA stuff,” said Myers, who rides for the Lucas Oil Roadracingworld.com RMR Suzuki team. “To get this opportunity is a once in a lifetime kind of thing.”

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