Swapmoto Live Podcast Donn Maeda

The summer solstice lined up with the first weekend off of the Pro Motocross Championship! Our crew is everywhere right now, with swap in Whistler for days of downhill MTB action, Chase in SoCal at the SML HQ, ARay doing the 9-5 at O'Neal, and Anton at home in Illinois, but we got together to talk about what's happening in moto before the next big push. Press play!

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Round four of the Pro MX Nationals traveled to the East Coast and visited the legendary High Point Raceway in Mt. Morris, Pennsylvania. And while the 450 class results were the same as they were are, we were treated to a special victory by Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki's fill-in racer Ty Masterpool. There's something special about a racer's first career win, but making this one even more memorable was that it was the Pro Circuit race team's 300th victory!

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Bill's Pipes has a rich history in off-road racing that started in the dirt track arena with legends like Wayne Rainey and Kenny Roberts, then ventured into ATV racing before finally landing in the motocross and Supercross disciplines, where it rose to prominence and earned several motocross championships with riders like Doug Henry, Steve Lamson, Travis Pastrana, Damon Bradshaw, Jason Lawrence, Buddy Antunez, Mike Brown and more. With founder Bill Cervera taking a step back, his step-son Jeff Springman and Brandon Dunn took over the reins and are guiding the brand back towards the top of the sport.

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The Thunder Valley MX National produced the same overall results, but the action in the motos varied radically from what we've seen thus far in the young series. Big congratulations to first-time moto winners Hunter Lawrence and Chance Hymas, as their performances were the weekend highlights in the Rockies. We recap that and a whole lot more in this week's Kickstart Podcast, presented by Pro Taper.

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The Hangtown MX National was hands-down, one of the best motocross races we've seen in years, and definitely the best performance of Chase Sexton's career. Fortieth to First is going to be a catchphrase when it comes to the Red Bull KTM rider, no doubt! We talk about everything that we saw and learned at the second round of the great outdoors!

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Round 18 of the Supermotocross World Championship got underway at Fox Raceway yesterday, and it looks like the Pro Motocross Nationals are in store for some amazing action! Will it be the Summer of Jettson again? Yesterday's 1-1 scores might indicate that it will be, but we saw some inspiring performances from Chase Sexton, Hunter Lawrence, and Aaron Plessinger that give us hope for some different winners.
In the 250 class, the battles between race winner Haiden Deegan and runner-up Levi Kitchen kept us on our tiptoes as they matched each other's every move throughout the two motos. Tom Vialle, Joey Savatgy, Chance Hymas and more, kept both motos super exciting. We had a lot to talk about this morning! Enjoy a special Sunday installment of the Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast, and enjoy your Memorial Day holiday!