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We covered the 250 class already but this week Matthes, Weege and Rarick look back at the 2002 SX opener from the 125SX angle. We get Buddy Antunez on to tell us about his comeback to SX/MX for Suzuki, why he got dropped at the end of the year, his memories of this night, why he chose this race, his early days at Suzuki and more. --- CHAPTERS --- 00:00 Show open 01:36 Why we're covering Indy's 125 race 08:56 125 field breakdown: the gray beards return 11:30 Sponsor read & Buddy Antunez joins the show 16:08 Suzuki tryout, dropping the ego, taking a pay cut 24:12 Unfinished business & the Indy m
Weege, Matthes and Rarick get together to talk about the epic LA Coliseum race where Rick Johnson comes from last to first and we break it all down. RJ himself joins the show to talk about shoveling the whoops, the terrible track, his bad luck in '87 and other seasons, win bonuses and more.
Cooper Webb's first 250MX win, a close finish, Stew, Reed, RV, Dungy, Rocze in the 450's and more to talk about with Matthes, Weege and Rarick. Guest starring Matt Burkeen who was in the race that day as we'll!
Weege, Rarick and Matthes talk about the 2002 Phoenix SX where David Pingree's bike breaks in half, the great 250SX race, the announcers and more. The Ping himself comes on to talk about that night, his win the week before, racing Stew, his Racer X columns that got him in trouble, not getting signed by KTM and more.
Special edition of the show with Lewis Phillips joining Matthes to talk about Tommy Searle's epic day in front of his hometown fans, Phillips was there himself, the great battles him and Herlimgs had that year and then Tommy himself joins the show to tell us about that day, his lonely Monday, his relationship with Jeffrey now, that season as a whole, moving up to MXGP the next year and more.
This is it! Kelly Smith takes KTM's first ever win in AMA SX/MX on his Steve Matthes-tuned KTM125 and Rarick/Weege have to put up with Matthes talking about it. Then they get Kelly Smith himself to talk about that day, how much money he got, the mud, his history with KTM and more.
This is it! The episode where they guys get Jacob Marsack on the line to talk about his podium at Daytona in 2008! Matthes, Rarick and Weege recap the night of mud at the speedway, where they were, the track cutting by 22 and more.
RC's first 450SX win on a Suzuki and Matthes, Weege and Rarick talk about the thoughts of him going to Suzuki, this race itself, Windham pressing him, Ferry/McGrath battle and more. They then call up Carmichael's mechanic at that time, Mike Gosselaar, to talk about him going to Suzuki, what that was like, the bike and team and more.
Broc Tickle captures the 250SX west title in a great final race with Eli Tomac. Weege, Matthes and Rarick break it all down and have Tick himself on the show to tell us what that was like, what he bought with his title bonus, moving to 450's the year after and more.
Kevin Windham breaks RC's OA streak with a 1-1 day in New York. Matthes, Weege and Rarick talk about that day, the comeback of Windham, Tim Ferry, DC doing color, 125's and more. Oh and they even get Kevin Windham on the line to talk about that season and more!
Thanks to Fox Racing, GUTS Racing and Maxxis for the support of this show. Matthes, Rarick and Wil Hahn get together to talk about the great race that Atlanta 2014 was including Wilbur's 450SX best, his time at GEICO Honda on the 450, Tickle/Alessi heat race incident, Roczen taking the win, Stew losing his front end and more.
Matthes, Weege and Rarick get together to talk about Seattle 1993 which included Brian Swink's close second, talk about Swink's career, guys pushing the gate down, all the categories and then Marshall Plumb, who worked for Swink this night talks about Brian, Suzuki days, Rollerball and more.
Rarick, Weege and Matthes get together for a recap of the 1986 Houston SX main event. They're in person in Houston doing it ironically so please enjoy them talking about RJ's crash, Wardy's win, lots of discussions on Houston SX history and more.
In this episode the guys break down David Vuillemin's great ride to win '02 SD SX, Travis Pastrana, Art and David, all the categories and also call up DV himself to talk abut this night, why he went Oxbow gear, the photo shoot and more.
Bobby Bonds and the coulda, shoulda, woulda: Weigandt and Rarick find the long-lost Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider to discuss his best race ever, the 2001 Hangtown National. It was Bobby's second-ever pro motocross race...and the 16-year-old almost won! A day of battling for the lead with Grant Langston in both motos ended with a vicious take out by Langston that put Bonds on the ground and off the podium. By then, injuries were already starting to pile up for the rookie, and they only got worse from this point. This was Bobby's best race, it just happened at the very start of his career. Weigandt
It's sort of the opening round of SX in 1988 and Matthes, Rarick and Weege talk about it from all the angles and as well as Micky Dymond's Yamaha debut, the narrow RJ win, Brian Manley, Ward's training schedule, Hollywood and more. Then Dymond himself gets on the line to talk about this night, his time at Yamaha, regrets, Tommy Lee and more.
Phil Nicoletti joins the show to talk about this race as his teammate Weston Peick grabs his first 450SX podium on JGR Yamaha. We also talk to Weston about this race, his thoughts on coming into the year, how he got better, the tension between JGR and Yamaha nd more.
We're back with a new episode as Rarick, Weege and Matthes dive into a title deciding SX in Big D. Listen in as the guys show frustration with the TV show, Matthes was there working for Keith Johnson at KTM, they get Shae Bentley on the line to talk about this awesome night for him as well as Shawn Ulikowski to tell us about losing the title after being told they won the title.
Weege, Rarick and Matthes talk about the Tampa SX from 1999 where Kevin Windham wins 250's and Ernesto Fonseca wins his first ever 125SX. Plus the usual categories, Art and DB, the big triple and Ernesto himself joins to talk about the race and that night as well as walk down his career. Special guest call from Ryan Gauld talking about his memorable night in Florida also!
Matthes, Weege and Rarick look back at the winner take all 1995 125MX national with a great battle between Ryan Hughes and the champion Steve Lamson. We break down the no interview, track prep, Ryno's great first moto, Ryan Huffman and more. Also, Lamson himself joins the show to tell a story about a chain and more.
Matthes, Rarick and Weege look back at the privateer Scott Sheak winning the first moto at High Point 1996, the crazy 250MX race, Bob Varsho, chest protectors, Seth Enslow, Red Dog, Albee and then they also call up Kenny Watson who wrenched for Sheak that day with memories of that and more.
Alessi wins a moto on a 350! Reed wins the OA on a Kawasaki and more weirdness from this race. Weege, Rarick and Matthes get into this 2010 MX season opener and everything that happened and Chad Reed even joins the crew to ask about how he ended up at Kawasaki, his 2009 450MX title and more.
Weege, Rarick and Matthes cover the super weird Manny SX 2008 where Josh Hill wins, Ryan Dungy gets 5th, Reed is "sick", the tracks cool and much more. We even get Hill to call us to talk about that night, his early years at Factory Yamaha and more.
Weege, Rarick and Matthes talk about the Southwick national in 1995 that saw Honda teammates Samson and Henry go at it in 125's, the Mike's battle it out in 250's, Bernarndo has no shirt, NESC legend Mike Treadwell joins them as well to talk about his career best 6th OA! Go to https://www.foxracing.com/pulp-mx.html for some deals from Fox Racing
Matthes, Rarick and Weege look back at Foxboro 1990 with Barry Carsten who got his first career 125SX podium this night. Barry talks about that, his early days, Suzuki's, his support, taking a young James Stewart riding and more.
