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Monday Morning Coffee

It’s time to take a look at the San Diego Supercross in this week’s Monday Morning Coffee column about Motocross and more By Billy Rainford If you can get through your entire professional racing career and have a near non-existent number of detractors, I think it’s pretty safe to say you did something right. I say “near” because there must be at least one or two whack jobs out there

Frid’Eh Update #3 | Shawn Maffenbeier

Frid’Eh Update #3 | Shawn Maffenbeier Week #3 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update is a walk down Memory Lane with Shawn Maffenbeier as well as a chat about all things Motocross. By Billy Rainford Welcome to Week #3 of the DMX Frid’Eh Update. This was another week that I had a little check mark beside because I was looking forward to talking to the rider who currently owns the career

San Diego Supercross Preview

San Diego Supercross Preview Check out a review of round 1 of the 2025 Supercross season at Anaheim 1 and a preview of San Diego this weekend for round 2. By Billy Rainford Round 1 of the 2025 SMX World Championship / Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA was full of unexpected miss-steps by many of the top riders. When the dust settled, we had

Monday Morning Coffee

It’s time for the first Monday Morning Coffee of the 2025 season where we talk Motocross and usually much more. By Billy Rainford I’m sitting in the back seat “rolling” up the infamous 405 in an Uber on my way to LAX after a great weekend in California for Round 1 of the SMX World Championship / Round 1 of the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series in Anaheim. To be

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Happy New Year, everyone! Let’s see if we can make the Jimmy Kimmel Show by saying, “Can you believe it’s already 2025?!“ I saw one of those year memes the other day that pointed out that from now back to 1980 is just like from 1980 back to 1935. That’s pre-WWII! That one kind of sunk in because I remember 1980. I was thinking about dirt bikes

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford We’ve already had our final Frid’Eh Update of 2024 and now it’s the last Monday Morning Coffee. Josh Gedak tied Yanick Boucher in 2023 with 357 points, just 2 behind Anthony Spadaccini who grabbed the #52 and final spot with 359 points. We’re back to #1 this coming Frid’Eh and guess what? With all the career numbers we don’t have a #1. Are riders as excited to

Frid’Eh Update #52 | Anthony Spadaccini | Brought to You by RP Race Performance

Frid’Eh Update #52 | Anthony Spadaccini | Brought to You by RP Race Performance By Billy Rainford Welcome to the final DMX Frid’Eh Update of 2024, #52, presented by RP Performance. Every year when the numbers come out, I always check to see who got #52 for the year. I like to think getting an interview in one of these things is a big deal for most riders, so I

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Just grab yourself a small cup this week. It’s been a busy morning here at DMX World HQ. Emily got her winter tires on her car and Al Strickert sent over a great interview with MX191 track owner Josh Neptune, so I got off to a late start on the MMC. All the snow is actually melting here in London. It’s supposed to go up to 9

Monday Morning Coffee

Sit back and enjoy another Monday Morning Coffee where we talk about some of what happened in the sport of Motocross and usually more. By Billy Rainford And now the big thaw begins, apparently. After getting more snow than I can remember in the early part of December, it’s currently pouring rain here in London. The main roads have been fine the whole time, but the back roads, and little