11-18-06 ENDUROCROSS TICKETS ON SALE NOW!!!

GAMBLER · 03-16-2006, 02:00 PM

Endurocross is some of the best racing I have ever seen in my life - better then any SX I've ever attended.
I have ten tickets in row B section 116 - Iz see you all there! Will sell out fast!

http://www.endurocrossusa.com/
http://www.orleansarena.com/event-schedule.html
http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=189

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GAMBLER · 03-16-2006, 02:06 PM

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GAMBLER · 03-16-2006, 02:17 PM

knarly obstacles

DEATH! KILL! KILL! KILL!

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GAMBLER · 03-16-2006, 02:18 PM

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GAMBLER · 03-16-2006, 02:24 PM

THE MAN TO BEAT...

http://www.knighter.net/

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R1_Demon · 03-18-2006, 06:40 PM

WTF...are they trying to kill these guys or what? LOL

vegaseric · 03-19-2006, 08:27 PM

I saw a feature on TWT about last year's race at the Orleans. That looks like it might be pretty interesting.

GAMBLER · 05-02-2006, 05:44 AM

besides the baddest Euro guys we gonna get to see one of our own SX Superstars...

McGrath Set To Ride EnduroCRoss
5/1/2006

The following is a release from Tim Clark:

The greatest supercross racer of all time, Jeremy McGrath, has announced that he will be competing in this year's Maxxis EnduroCross scheduled for November 18, 2006 inside the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas. McGrath, one of the most acclaimed motorcycle racers in American history, has proven his versatility racing motorcycles in several disciplines including the X-Games Supermoto and now, EnduroCross.

"I am very excited to be racing the EnduroCross this year," confirmed McGrath, a former two-time Motocross des Nations Champion. "Here's a chance to compete against the top off-road racers in the world in what has to be one of the most unique races in America. EnduroCross is a one-of-a-kind event that I plan to add to my list of great racing experiences."

McGrath is not the first motocross rider to take a crack at racing the Maxxis EnduroCross. In 2004 Ryan Hughes dominated an international field of riders to take the overall win. In 2005, John Dowd, put on an impressive ride to finish second behind World Enduro Champion David Knight. "This type of racing brings out the best in riders," states Eric Peronnard, co-promoter of the Maxxis EnduroCross. "You need to have tremendous riding skills and be both physically and mentally tough. It's obvious Jeremy has what it takes to compete at the top in EnduroCross."

The Maxxis EnduroCross takes place inside the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas on Saturday night November 18. There is a Qualifier Round on Friday, November 17 where the top ten riders on that day will compete on Saturday night against the best off-road racers in the world. For more information about the event and to register for the Qualifier Round, go online to www.endurocross.com. Tickets for the event are available by calling 888-234-2334 or they may be purchased on line at www.orleansarena.com.

GAMBLER · 10-24-2006, 08:32 AM

OFF-ROAD - Maxxis EnduroCross Goes Dark
Posted by Kit Palmer
A New Twist 10/23/2006

The promoters of the Maxxis EnduroCross have announced that there will be a special Baja Designs/NiteRider Night Race to be included within this year's Maxxis EnduroCross at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, November 17-18. Baja Designs will be providing the lighting systems for the riders. NiteRider will be providing helmet lights for the riders.

"We are very excited to introduce this new twist for the Maxxis EnduroCross crowd," said Eric Peronnard, co-promoter of the event. "Prior to the final race of the evening, the Orleans Arena will go dark and eight of our selected riders will line up behind the start gate to take on the EnduroCross track in the dark with the use of Baja Design head lamps and NiteRider helmet lamps. This should prove to be quite a challenge to the riders and great entertainment for the spectators. A perfect fit for an already action-packed event."

The riders to be selected for the Baja Designs/NiteRider Night Race will be the riders finishing in the second through eighth spots of the evenings LCQ. These seven riders will take on former Baja 1000 Champion, Jimmy Lewis (Baja Designs Wild Card), to make a field of eight.

"Baja Designs and NiteRider have kicked in $1000 and we'll toss in another $500 to make it total $1500 purse for the Night Race," said Peronnard. "That should give these guys a little incentive to put on a show for the crowd."

For more information about the event and to register for the Qualifier Round, go online to www.endurocross.com. Tickets for the event are available by calling 888-234-2334 or they may be purchased on line at www.orleansarena.com.

GAMBLER · 11-14-2006, 07:07 AM

sold out, but still can catch event on SPEED

OFF-ROAD - Maxxis EnduroCross To Air On SPEED Channel
Press Release
EX on TV 11/9/2006

Promoters of the Maxxis EnduroCross have announced today that the event will air on Speed Channel in January of 2007. "This is great news for the event and the sport of Off-Road racing," Explained Tim Clark, co-promoter of the Maxxis EnduroCross. "With the show being sold out two weeks in advance, there are a lot of people who are going to miss out. But now that it will be aired on SPEED it provides an even larger opportunity to introduce EnduroCross to the public."

There will be two telecasts of the Maxxis EnduroCross. The first showing is scheduled for Saturday, January 13, 2007 at 7:00pm Eastern. The program will be repeated on Sunday, January 14, 2007 at 11:00am Eastern (Note: Times are subject to change)

The Maxxis EnduroCross takes place in Las Vegas, inside the Orleans Arena on November 18 and is the only Indoor Off-Road race of its kind in America. This "Invitation Only" event boasts a $20,000 purse with $10,000 going to first place. The top Off-Road racers in the world are invited to attend... these riders will compete against the top ten finishers from the Qualifier round the day before.

The 2006 Maxxis EnduroCross is an AMA sanctioned event. Sponsors include: Maxxis Tires, Monster Energy Drink, Moose Racing, FMF Racing, Ride Now Powersports, Alpinestars, ThumperTalk.com, IMS Products, Motorcycle USA, Elka Suspension, American Crew, Christini Technologies, Motorex USA, KTM, Scott USA, Yamaha, TAG, Kawasaki, Division 7, Polaris Industries, Rekluse and DirtRider.

The Maxxis EnduroCross is a Pro-Motion Motorsports, LLC production. EnduroCross is a trademarked name.

For more information go to www.endurocross.com.

GAMBLER · 11-16-2006, 07:03 AM

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Articl...ID=3968&Page=1

MotoUSA EnduroCross Bike Build
11/16/2006
By JC Hilderbrand

EnduroCross - The concept of bringing an off-road race into a stadium for maximum spectator viewing has caught on quickly in the US since the promoters first attempted the event in 2004. In its third year at The Orleans in Las Vegas, NV, EnduroX has drawn the top competitors' names in the off-road world and is pre-sold out as fans flock to the gambling center of America to watch this relatively new form of extreme off-roading. Every type of obstacle normally encountered in the woods, and a few man-made obstacles, will be placed on the stadium floor: rock piles, log-crossings, water holes, heavy equipment tires and ruts. After watching the intense action and brutal carnage that has been the norm since Day 1 at this event, MotoUSA has decided to give it a try.

Event promoter, Tim Clark, extended an invitation to our Creative Director, Brian Chamberlain a couple months ago to join the ranks of off-road hopefuls that weren't included on the invited riders list. These regular Joes (or Brians) are competing on Friday in one or more of five available classes: Junior Class, Open 2-Stroke, Open 4-Stoke, Vet +35 and EX Qualifier. A complicated qualifying process, which you can see at www.endurocross.com, will make it difficult to reach Saturday's qualifying program to say the least. Our guy will contest the 4-Stroke Open and EX Qualifier in his bid for a spot on the Main Event Saturday night and a shot at the $20,000 purse.

Faced with the challenge of arranging a loaner bike on short notice, Brian elected to sacrifice his own machine for the project. His 2004 CRF450R was in need of a few upgrades so he took the event as an opportunity to validate the expenses to his wife. Knowing that he will be facing the likes of '05 champ David Knight, motocross hero John Dowd and AMA Hare and Hound champion Destry Abbott, among others, BC knew he'd have plenty to explain when balancing the checkbook.

We've spent the weeks since gathering parts from various sources of aid. Some were donated by generous (sympathetic?) companies, some were stolen from other machines in our garage and others were bought outright. All told, here's the fast and ugly on our EnduroCross Project Build.
Taming the Beast
Since lots of riders start building their off-road weapon for this race from a bone stock 2-stroke motocrosser, we felt that the moto-specific 450R sitting in out garage would be a solid platform to build from. We do know, however, that if we intend to stay on the stadium floor and not go launching into the top-dollar, front-row seats, controlling the abrupt motor is a high priority. BC has been riding his bike for a couple years now, primarily in the woods. His comfort level with the hard-hitting delivery is a result of his ability to yank the front end over obstacles at the mere inkling of thought. Not wanting to completely eradicate that sensation, we decided to leave the heavy enduro-izing to nothing more than an additional flywheel weight.

Steahly Off Road is considered an industry leader in this arena and it just so happens that the shop is right down the street from our offices. We swung by one afternoon and had owner Chuck Steahly guide us through a 13-ounce installation. Steahly's know-how and a little additional filing of the inner ignition cover had the bulkier flywheel mounted up in no time. Some initial testing has proven that the weight does allow the motor to chug down further in the rpm range without stalling, but Chamberlain is still getting used to the effects of the new hardware.

"It really enables me to lug the bike down more, almost to a stop," says BC. "I thought it would reduce stalling but I'm still having a little trouble with that in the really tight stuff. I think I'm just not used to it yet. It also tones down the motor so it doesn't have that crazy hit anymore and it's a lot more manageable."

One of Brian's strongest attributes is his ability to jerk the front end over obstacles with a twist of the wrist. Concern that the heavier flywheel might counteract that affect led to a gearing change that bumped the rear sprocket up one tooth to a 49. The extra grunt will help clear obstructions directly out of corners. The sweet, black anodized aluminum is not only lighter and stronger but matches well with a new set of black Pro Wheel rims.

The reasoning behind purchasing a whole new set of wheels was to have an 18-inch rim on the back to accept enduro-style tires - more exactly a trials tire. Trials tires have been all the rage with extreme off-roading in the past couple years so we made a running leap on to the bandwagon in our first bid for EnduroCross glory. Our hope is that the super-soft compound will get superior traction on the gnarly stuff and help reign in the hard-hitting power of our project bike.

The Dunlop D803 Trials tire we spooned carefully on to that shiny, black rim is the same rubber Geoff Aaron used to win the 2005 National Trials Championship, one of his 10. As it turned out, the balancing extraordinaire had a little more trouble at the '05 EnduroCross. Instead of claiming the title, Aaron failed to even make the main with stiff competition and an even tougher course. Dunlop boasts that the tire is great for trail riding which we're hoping it is with the fast straight and tight corners composed of dirt rather than the more common logs, rocks and tires.

One area of the race where we'll need all the power available from that CRF is at the start. Getting to the first corner in a good position will be crucial to a successful outing. Having to fight through the pack and finding alternate lines around downed riders can be tough in such cramped quarters. To help keep the front wheel down off the gate and headed to the front of the pack, we bolted on a Works Connection Holeshot Device. Common at any off-road, SX, MX, AX or other event that utilizes gate starts, the WC unit was a no-brainer.

"It makes sense to compress the front end like that," says Chamberlain. "It seems like a pretty simple device to achieve a better start. I don't think it's going to overcome a major error but it'll definitely help keep the front end down. I'm glad it's on there. If anything it's a psychological advantage to have one."
Survival of the Fittest
The first thing that came to mind when thinking about riding at EnduroCross was that damn rock pile. BC's poor, unprotected 450 was in for a rough time in its painfully stock condition so our initial priority was to beef up the armor to keep those case-cracking boulders at bay. Works Connection again offered their assistance by replacing the flimsy, plastic engine guards with a stout set of aluminum protectors. A skidplate also adds invaluable security for the soft underbelly which originally has nothing to stop a weekend-ruining collision.

"I'd say the thing I'm most stoked about are the skidplate and engine guards since the 4-stroke is a little more susceptible to damage," BC says.

Additional armor was strapped on as well in the form of a few MotoUSA standards. ASV unbreakable levers adorn both sides of the Renthal Twinwall handlebars and are covered by the uber-tough Acerbis Multiplo aluminum handguards. Anyone who thinks they are going to get through a full day of EnduroCross racing without crashing is either amazingly confident or blindingly ignorant. Two days would be an act of god. The protection is mainly to prevent as much crash damage as possible and whatever isn't covered falls under the J-B Weld umbrella.

Another small addition that makes a big difference is a set of Tag Oversized Bar Mounts with a 10mm rise. The extra height makes standing easier for our 6-foot rider who will undoubtedly be standing for the majority of the course. A dab of glue and twist of wire secure the fresh set of badass Renthal Kevlar grips to ensure maximum control. Even though it wasn't necessary for performance gains, TSS Graphics sent us a one-off MotoUSA/EnduroX decal package. The sweet deal gave us an upscale look that will turn heads in the pits regardless of our results.

Will it be enough? That is the ultimate question. Our hopes lie not only in the bike preparation but in the capabilities of our rider. Though Brian's training regimen has been targeted by occasional criticism, we'll be sure to point out whether or not he is up to par. Making fun of our good-natured comrade is almost as much fun as celebrating a successful outing. Either way, MotoUSA is finally taking more than a sponsorship role in the wildly popular EnduroCross. Stay tuned for results, not only of our efforts but of the competition as well.

2004 CRF450R EnduroCross Project Build:
Acerbis Multiplo Handguards
ASV Unbreakable Clutch w/Hot Start
ASV F3 Front Brake Lever
Pro Wheels 21" Front
Pro Wheels 18" Rear
Dunlop 739 Front Tire
Dunlop 803 Trials Rear Tire
Fly Racing HD Tubes
Works Connection Radiator Braces
Works Connection Holeshot Device
Works Connection Skidplate/Engine Guards
Steahly 13oz. Flywheel Weight
Renthal Twinwall Handlebars
Renthal 49T Anodized Sprocket
Renthal Works Chain
Renthal Kevlar Grips
Tag 10mm-rise Oversized Bar Mounts
Ceet Gripper Seat Cover
TSS Custom Graphics
White Brothers E2 Silencer

lvbike · 11-19-2006, 05:06 PM

I was there yesterday, the sickest thing I ever seen!! They raced in dark with headlights and helmet lights! was fucked up , aftre the race the crowd was quiet for like 5 minutes! The final was the best I ever seen , Knight was deknigted!!!
The Track was way more difficult what you see on the pix. We wre in the 3rd row amazing view great event! Don't miss it next year!

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:17 AM

http://www.rekluse.com

Rekluse auto clutch display

http://www.fmfracing.com/ booth

CRF150R getting all the FMF power bomb goodies
new KTM 450F SX on display, strange seeing no kick starter on an MX bike

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:21 AM

the Motorcycle USA pit

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:24 AM

http://www.ziptyracing.com/

Zip Ty Racing riding some trick Yamaha machines

&

Factory Team Green with Carter Powersports sponsorship
Marzocchi boingers BLING BLING

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:27 AM

privateer Gas Gas entry

&

http://www.husqvarnausa.com/
Husky 2smoke

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:28 AM

some trick details on this bike

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:30 AM

http://www.christini.com/motorcycle/

all wheel drive

supposed to only add 15lbs & only steal about 1 to 2 HP
to my untrained eyes it looked like the system was causing the rider more problems then it was solving, but maybe it has yet to be perfected

kewl bike

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:31 AM

for X amount of dollars you get these bikes, adventure ride in Nevada, chase truck, meals, VIP at race

KTM EnduroCross Adventure bike...

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:33 AM

YZ250F looks hawt in white plastic

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:34 AM

factory Orange ruled the grid
Mike Lafferty was MIA ?

Last years winner, David Knight running the #1 plate
http://www.knighter.net

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:36 AM

Nick Mantzoros - this guy is FN hardcore
he stuffed his trials bike in the back of his car & drove out from Pennsylvania

Friday he competed against 200 riders looking for a few spots in the big show, he hit all the LCQ's & got a couple W's to make it in

Saturday night he does well enough to make it threw the semis & into the main

finished in 9th place behind Ryan Dudek
crowd went bannanas for him including my son

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:38 AM

I just missed a shot of this guy flipping over & off the edge of the boulder pile

same thing happened to 4 other riders - one guy fell off, then a bike that was behind him did the same - right on top of him

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:39 AM

the man we all came to see, Knighter

not fast enuff tonight

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:40 AM

gate about to drop, for something new this year
they turned of the lights for one race - beams of lights shooting across the stadium, felt like you where in Mexico for the baja

can you see the thirty second gurl? shak'n that ass

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 05:57 AM

SPOILER

**** RACE RESULTS ****

The Main Event - Top 10:

1.) John Dowd - $10,000
2.) Nathan Woods - $4000
3.) David Knight - $2500
4.) Eric Rhoten
5.) Matt Karlson
6.) Homer Diaz
7.) Geoff Aaron
8.) Ryan Dudek
9.) Nick Mantzoros
10.) Nick Brozovich

Maxxis Endurocross Results
By Alex Edge

John Dowd (Suzuki) took an exciting win in tonight's Maxxis Endurocross at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, defeating Nathan Woods (Kawasaki) in a battle that went down to the last lap.

Dowd and Woods each won their respective heat races, as did defending Endurocross champ David Knight (KTM). At the start, Dowd and Woods were both out front, with Knight a few spots back in the pack. Unfortunately, the KTM rider was quickly tangled up in a pileup that, while it didn't put him on the ground, allowed numerous riders to get in front of him before he could get going again.

By the time Knight battled his way to third place, Dowd and Woods were well ahead, and Knight was unable to make up the gap. Dowd and Woods battled for the lead, with Dowd having a small crash that handed the lead to Woods, only to remount and catch back up to re-pass Woods for the final time.

It all came down to the last lap, and Woods was right on Dowd's tail. The Kawasaki rider made an all-or-nothing pass attempt that nearly succeeded, but instead put him on the ground while Dowd pulled ahead for the win. Woods remounted in time to retain second place, with Knight finishing third.

In a surprising turn of events, former Endurocross champ Ryan Hughes had a dissapointing night, crashing several times in his heat and failing to make the main.

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 06:00 AM

tickets on sale for next year

GAMBLER · 11-20-2006, 06:00 AM

couple of small videos...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h

ulhn4q0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq6AD2U-HeM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxYy0NRbiXk

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11-19-2006, 05:06 PM	#12
lvbike Speed Junkie Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 102	I was there yesterday, the sickest thing I ever seen!! They raced in dark with headlights and helmet lights! was fucked up , aftre the race the crowd was quiet for like 5 minutes! The final was the best I ever seen , Knight was deknigted!!! The Track was way more difficult what you see on the pix. We wre in the 3rd row amazing view great event! Don't miss it next year!