XSANTV Live Streaming at the 2013 Thor AMA Spring Classic
RPM Sports is excited to announce for the first time, live streaming will be available for the 2013 Thor AMA Spring Classic. XSANTV, one of the leading live streaming companies in the nation will be on hand bringing everyone across the country, FREE live streaming through USTREAM!
XSANTV will make it possible for family, friends, sponsors and racers across the nation and abroad to tune in and keep up with live bar banging action as the Spring Classic leads into the final motos and the crowning of every champion of the event. Downloading the FREE app is simple and easy! “We are so excited to venture into the world of amateur motocross championship racing”, stated Barry Braun of XSANTV. Being heavily involved in off road truck racing, snocross and flat track racing, we look forward to the opportunity to work with such an innovative company as RPM Sports in the sport of motocross,” continued Braun. By going to your APP store and downloading the FREE USTREAM app, live racing can be viewed on any handheld smart phone or go to USTREAM.com on any desk top or lap top computer.
RANDOM ATTACK!!!!
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Team Babbitt’s Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki’s Tyler Bowers Wins in Wichita and Leads the Race to the Championship
The AMA AMSOIL Arenacross Race to the Championship heated up on Saturday at INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas as Babbitt’s Monster Energy/AMSOIL Kawasaki presented by Maxxis rider Tyler Bowers took his ninth win of the season and reclaimed the points lead. Bowers won the first main event and recovered from the 16-rider inversion in the second main event to finish third, giving him the overall win. Teammate Zach Ames rounded out the podium in third with a 2-9 score and now sits third overall in the championship standings just three points behind Bowers. In the Arenacross Lites class, Tyler Villopoto was victim to misfortune, but still holds fifth overall in the points standings.
Hahn Grabs His First Career Victory
A sold-out crowd of nearly 70,000 attended round eight of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross, an FIM World Championship series this weekend in Atlanta, GA. Honda riders had a respectable showing with Team Honda Muscle Milk’s Justin Barcia placing fourth and teammate Trey Canard finishing fifth in the 450 Supercross class. It was also the second round of the East 250 class and Muscle Milk-sponsored GEICO Honda’s Wil Hahn lead wire to wire in the main event, clinching the first victory of his career.
450 Race
Justin Barcia had a noteworthy ride aboard his Team Honda Muscle Milk CRF450R, finishing just shy of the podium in fourth place. Following a second place finish in his heat race, Barcia launched off the line in the main event to a seventh place start. He quickly made his way into fourth only a few laps in and spent the remainder of the race trying to take over third but was forced to settle for fourth.
“Overall the night went okay,” stated Barcia. “This is basically my home race so I was really hoping for a podium finish but it is an improvement from last weekend. I felt good in the main and stayed close to (Davi) Millsaps but was never able to make a solid attempt at a pass. I know what we need to work on and am ready to head to St. Louis.”
ONE Industries // ONE riders battle it out in the Georgia clay
Rockstar Energy Racing and ONE Industries sponsored rider Davi Millsaps returns to home soil and claims his seventh podium finish of the series. After winning his heat race, Millsaps finished third in the 450 Main Event, holding on to the red number plate with a 22-point advantage over second position. Justin Brayton had a solid top five start, but the JGR Yamaha and ONE Industries rider was taken down in the sand section; he was able to battle his way back to a thirteenth place finish. This moves Brayton into ninth in the 450 Class as the series moves to St. Louis next weekend.
Introducing the Hookit Athlete Index
Hookit is pleased to announce the expansion of its partnership with TransWorld Business. Today, the all-new Hookit Athlete Index is being released that tracks top athletes’ digital exposure and engagement. Every month the top 10 athletes in motocross, surf, skate, snow and BMX will be announced helping build on the consumer magazine data provided in the TransWorld Exposure-Meter. In addition, Hookit will track athletes in ski, mountain bike and wake.
Every day Hookit tracks and measures key metrics such as: followers, likes, comments, mentions and re-tweets on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Hookit. Points are awarded for every interaction and broken into two categories for each site, Exposure and Engagement. Moving forward Hookit’s proprietary system will be used to quantify these metrics and report to the industry for the first time ever.
Dunlop Continues to Support GNCC Racing in 2013
Dunlop is pleased to announce that for 2013 it will continue to be a Feature Sponsor of the GNCC Racing series, providing support to bike racers at all 13 rounds. In addition, Dunlop has once again posted a GNCC Contingency Program to provide amateur racers with the opportunity to earn “Dunlop Dollars,” which can be applied towards the purchase of Dunlop Geomax® or other Dunlop off-road tires. Gear Racewear/MotoTees will be selling Dunlop off-road tires and providing installation services at all GNCC events. In addition, for the first time, Dunlop Mousse inserts will be sold at all GNCC events through Gear Racewear/MotoTees.
Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Villopoto Scores Runner-up Finish in Atlanta
Forkner & Walther Down to the Wire in Texas
With 26 different states and two countries represented in the 2013 Honda of Houston/FMF AMA Texas Winter Series, there has been no shortage of competition in just about every class at each round. The weather is always a factor but there is a reason it is called the Texas "WINTER" Series. Make no mistake, riders have become accustom to the series tracks making every effort to race no matter what the weather. It's no wonder the slogan "Roughest, Toughest ....." has been used for the Texas Winter Series in the past.
Coming into the last round of the AMA Texas Winter Series & Pro Am is always exciting. Many thousands of dollars in contingency product and certificates are handed out to the top 10 in each class. One of the highlights to the series is the BELL GOLDEN HELMET and the RENTHAL BRONZE BAR Awards. Additionally, the series gives out the ALPINESTAR VET HORIZON and
RPM Sports Welcomes all to the 2013 Thor AMA Spring Classic March 3-9, 2013
With the 2013 Thor AMA Spring Classic 10 days away, we are very pleased to have several new supporters and sponsors on board. With over $130,000.00 in factory contingency from Cobra, KTM, Honda, Kawasaki, Suzuki and Yamaha, RPM Sports welcomes our new supporters, BRAPP, Bottle Run Xtreme, Powerband Racing and Renegade Fuels to the lineup of vendors that will be present at the Spring Classic. Other sponsors on hand will be Dunlop, Pirelli JGR, Rock Star Suzuki, Factory Connection, KTM, FMF, Hyperlite, Triangle Cycle, Litz Racing, Alpinestars, Scott, Fly Racing, MTF, South of the Border, Club Mx, Izzi Training Camp, Matt Walker Mx Camp, PR2, Farren Racing, worship services provided by Mxers for Jesus. On the media side of things we welcome Vurb Moto and Motoplayground to provide daily coverage of all the racing action. During the event make sure to visit their websites daily. Also in the house will be eScore, providing all the riders with lap times and live timing and scoring on your hand held devices. Make sure to go by and see them about signing up for the free text messaging of your lap times and once again we will have M&M Concessions to provide all with yummy food, along with our ever so popular MillCreek Grill. We also welcome the new race team, Horton Racing with team manager Ed Torrence for their season debut.
