Hey there and welcome to MXPTV’s Week In Review. We can check off another week this off season as the start of full racing action in the Northeast region is quickly approaching! In the Northeast region, the official start of the racing kicks off with the first Loretta Lynn area qualifier, which is at the Elizabeth City MX Park in Elizabeth City, NC for the third year in a row on February 20-21. Will MXPTV be there this year? As of now, for me, I have no clue as many things are scheduled on this date that include the 1st LL area qualifier in the Northeast. The first round of the East region Lites SX series is in Indianapolis is that weekend (which is Justin Barcia’s first SX race and a race I’m trying not to miss) and a possible non-moto video shoot could occur that weekend for me. It’s still silly season for me and MXPTV from to covering what races this year to doing other projects has got me rescheduling my schedule constantly. Even though we are in the heart of the off season, MXPTV is still brewing up new, fresh videos this month.
Speaking of new videos, it’s going to be really tough to get any new, fresh content the next couple weeks due to a very large snow storm making its way toward the Northeast region. But don’t worry! I already got some new videos to show off the next 2 weeks that include a couple of Rider Profile videos with footage I shot of certain riders throughout the past year and a new Products video featuring pro flat track racer and Pennsylvania native Johnny Lewis visiting the Penske Racing/Axis Shocks shop in Reading, PA. If you have been following my Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/MXPTV), I did throw out the term “Florida” a couple of times for this weekend. But with the huge storm heading this way, traveling will take way longer for a planned weekend trip. I was planning to do some filming of my brother, Tyler, and his all new ride for 2010 but if next weekend looks better, we will mostly head down to a couple track over the weekend and put together a cool riding video for all of you MXPTV viewers!
While working on these short videos for the MXPTV web site and hustling between other projects, I am still putting together a full length Best of MXPTV DVD of the 2009 season. I haven’t made much progress the past few weeks but my goal is to get it all done by the end of the month and have it out by mid March. I have fully completed two segments of the video so far and it is looking really good. Stay tuned for more information about the new DVD in the next coming weeks.
Also, I have been heavily planning an Atlanta/Daytona SX week with Johnny Lewis and a few others. The plan is to go to the Atlanta SX round on February 27th. Then, during the week, I’ll be in Daytona with Johnny as he gets his dialed in for the AMA pro flat track event next to the Daytona International Speedway, which is held on Wednesday and Thursday that week. Then, after covering the flat track event, plans are to cover both the pro and amateur supercross events from the speedway Saturday and Sunday. Details are being smoothed out and if all goes as planned, expect lots of photo updates and coverage the entire week from Atlanta and Daytona!
This Past Week’s Top Headlines:
RESULTS: San Francisco SX / Kansas City AX
Ryan Blizzard to Meredith MX for 2010 (LINK)
Lucas Oil Joins AMA Arenacross (LINK)
Suzuki City Announces 2010 Team (LINK)
James Stewart Injury Update (LINK)
Buy Tim Ferry’s House (LINK)
KTM Expands Amateur Contingency Program For 2010 (LINK)
Watkins Glen MX Information (LINK)
East Coast SX Bike Transport Available (LINK)
Daniel Blair Out For The Season (LINK)
Doug Henry Earns Bronze Medal at Winter X (LINK)
RIP David Bettencourt (LINK)
Let’s check out this past week’s content at MXPTV:
Random Riders: District 6 Awards Banquet
While I was wrapping up a fun night at the District 6 awards banquet in Reading, PA two weeks ago, two New Jersey riders came up to me and wanted to get in the video. I had just finished a closing piece with announcer Rich Trevelise and the mic’s and tripod were already set up. So, these two riders came over and decided to go all out on the mic in front of the camera. I hit the record button and let them do their thing and it turned out to be pretty funny. Kevin “Squigs5866666″ Quigley and Anthony “Sombrero” Faccone talked whatever hit their minds. From Mike Cepress’s “Jersey Shore” look to dissing Pennsylvania entirely to random ShopRite love, these two sure can turn on the comedy switch in a heartbeat (with a touch of my sound editing talent). Check out the video at the link below!
Billy Hauser Tribute: District 6 Awards Banquet
The District 6 awards banquet was missing a key rider this year and that was the most entertaining motocross racer in Pennsylvania, Billy Hauser. Billy has been a regular fixture to my videos ever since his Unadilla beatboxing session in July 2008 to his hilarious Richard Cranium skit in Moto Xposure 3. Since then, he has appeared here and there on MXPTV and viewers from all around quickly go in LOL mode whenever Billy opens his mouth and hears what he has to say. Billy isn’t just funny as hell. He is also a top running B rider in the Ultimate Series in PA and made Loretta’s in 2007 in the 250 C class. Billy has had a legendary past at the District 6 awards banquet that include interviewing riders with the question “How was the track today?” during the banquet to interviewing a local convenience store owner next door to the banquet hall. Billy did not show up for some reason this year and his friends were very concerned. So, we put together a short tribute for Billy and hoping he comes back in 2011! Check out the video below!
WEB: Ryan Dungey’s San Francisco Crashes
Thanks for reading along and check back Saturday morning for all of the SX Coverage links for this weekend’s next Monster Energy AMA Supercross round in San Diego, California!