27th December 2008

Handi-capable holiday heroes, part II : When life gets tough the toughest roll on

Chris Blais pilots his #595 Polaris RZR with hand-controls while Project Walk’s director of research, development and training, Eric Harness, co-pilots a five-mile-lap race course at Pismo State Beach.

C.J. “Sparkplug” Stewart

Special to the Valley News

I did an Internet search on “American Motorcycle Racer” and Chris Blais was one of only 145 on the list that included famous names from various types of motorcycle racing, such as Malcolm Smith, Evel Knievel, Jeff Ward, Steve McQueen and Jeremy McGrath.

Blais didn’t race supercross; he wasn’t a daredevil, nor did he do X Games or Supermoto.

He was in a racing category more like Malcolm and McQueen – big open desert races.

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26th December 2008

MX hero’s no longer with us. This Is Your Chance To Watch “Motocross Immortals”

This video moved me.

http://motocrossactionmag.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=0B057D85C50C4F6AAC5E85FF449F5F29

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26th December 2008

Rebel X Freeride & METZGER’S NEW YEARS EVE PARTY

THROTTLEJUNKIE.COM PHOTO GUY FRANK GALANTE CATCHS UP WITH THE REBEL X CREW

http://www.throttlejunkie.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=137

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26th December 2008

Recreational Hill Climbing

by 7x ISDT/E medalist and 8x AMA Natl Enduro Champ, Dwight Rudder

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=726275

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25th December 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE CREW

FROM OUR FAMILY HERE AT THROTTLEJUNKIE.COM WISHING YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS

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24th December 2008

Fan of the Week

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24th December 2008

ROBBIE MADDISON’S NEAR MISS

http://www.racerxonline.com/article/maddos-near-miss.aspx

http://www.redbullusa.com/newyearnolimits

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22nd December 2008

CANIDAE® Pet Foods To Sponsor Canidae MotoSport Kawasaki Supercross/Motocross Team

CANIDAE® Pet Foods To Sponsor Canidae MotoSport Kawasaki Supercross/Motocross Team

Corona, Calif., Dec. 8, 2008 - CANIDAE® All Natural Pet Foods, a leading manufacturer of super premium dog and cat foods, has announced that it will be the primary sponsor on the CANIDAE MotoSport Kawasaki team for the 2009 Monster Energy AMA Supercoss, an FIM Championship and the Toyota AMA Motocross Series.

“CANIDAE Pet Foods was founded out of love for pets, the importance of family, and the belief in having fun and enjoying life,” said sales manager, Robert Bemis on behalf of CANIDAE. “Our new partnership as title sponsor of CANIDAE MotoSport Kawasaki and as the Official Pet Food of Kawasaki Team Green™ Off-Road presents a great opportunity for us. We’re excited to be able to share with the passionate fans of Supercross, Motocross and Off Road racing our philosophy of “Responsible Pet Ownership” through proper nutrition and care featured at www.canidae.com and on our motorsports site www.canidaeracing.com.”

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22nd December 2008

Handi-capable holiday heroes, part I When life gets tough the toughest roll on

Dan Barnett of Lake Elsinore loves to race his super-fast mini off-road car known as a Drakart.

Little would anyone know from watching him pilot his roost-throwing, track-shredding, attention-catching machine that Barnett is a paraplegic who rolls through his daily life in a wheelchair.

Paraplegics are defined as individuals with spinal cord injuries that limit their ability and walking function of their legs or muscles below where the injury occurred.