RJ Says: Bercy Supercross

I have raced at the Bercy Supercross. In 1984, we actually raced it twice. The first race was right after the Daytona Supercross in March, and then we raced again at Bercy in December.

The very first year was cool. But the track was an unknown. When we (the top American Supercross racers) got there, we realized they (the organizers) didn't know fully how to put on a supercross. The track was so narrow, it was hard to pass, it was a 'European' supercross.

But also that first year, I realized how awesome a 'show' can be. Their show was awesome in Bercy! All of us were surprised at how great it was!

My very first thought though, the first time I got to Bercy: "Wow, this is a small track!" But I raced there again in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989. I've also gone another time after I retired from professional supercross and motocross racing.


Bercy 2009

Cody Copper Gordon Crockard Craig Dack Roger De Coster Ken De Dycker Yves Demaria Gilbert De Roover Clement Desalle

RJ Says: State of Supercross

As the West Region ends for a while, and East region gets ready to start up ... In 250 West Supercross 2010, Jake Weimer and Trey Canard are showing a lot of confidence right now. I'm very impressed with both of these racers right now. This past race at Anaheim was a good example for both of them.

Series points leader Jake Weimer has a great heat race with a win, even after that heat was red-flagged. Jake had some trouble in the Main Event, but showed his smarts by charging hard the full 15 laps, coming up to eighth at the finish ... that could literally save his season and potentially the championship title.

Trey had some problems in his heat, but came back very strong in the final - he won the 250 Main in Anaheim. That shows a lot of maturity from him as a rider.


Trey Canard on top in Anaheim

Rene Baeten David Bailey John Banks Mark Barnett Jonathan Barragan Andrea Bartolini Willy Bauer Jean Michel Bayle

Watch the 2012 Monster Energy Supercross Season Preview this Sunday on CBS

Will Ryan Villopoto repeat as Supercross champion or will Ryan Dungey reclaim the thrown in 2012? Will James Stewart and Chad Reed write another chapter in their long continued rivalry? Get ready for the upcoming season by tuning into CBS Sports on Sunday, December 25, 2011 at 2pm EST/ 11am PST to watch the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, An FIM World Championship, 2012 Preview Show!

Mike Brown Rick Burgett Jimmy Button Michael Byrne Antonio Cairoli Trey Canard Håkan Carlquist Ricky Carmichael

Meet the 2012 MotoConcepts Team

Team MotoConcepts held their team introduction at Milestone MX Park, where team owner Mike Genova, announced the supercross and motocross riders for their 2012 program. This year's team includes: Mike Alessi, Jeff Alessi, Tommy Weeck, Jake Canada and Vince Friese. Tony Alessi, who joined the team as Technical Director for the 450 program, was very emotional as he spoke about working with both of his sons once again.

Greg Albertyn Jeff Alessi Mike Alessi Thomas Allier Håkan Andersson Victor Arbekov Les Archer Nicolas Aubin

A neat guest-blogging opportunity (thanks Allstate!)

I do have a couple of really neat rides to report on… more on those soon, but first a little horn-tooting if I may. I was recently offered the opportunity to write a guest post for the Allstate GoodHands Community website. They invited me to submit several topics for consideration, centered around motorcycling from a [...]

Alessandro Puzar Gaston Rahier Steve Ramon Tyla Rattray Chad Reed Warren Reid Pierre Renet Marc de Reuver