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Christian Weiss Wins the International German Cross Country Championship on a...

Schefflenz, Germany September 4, 2010 – Christen Weiss was able to win the Cross Country Championship for the second year in a row on his TM 300 two-stroke.

FMF Supports Two-Strokes with Humor

The guys over at FMF continue to push boundaries with their fabulous ad series for the two stroke. Utilizing creative ideas and sensible ad copy they continue to support the two-stroke. This ad is the latest from the FMF crew.

2010 Unadilla 2 Stroke Challenge

Some photos from the Unadilla 2 Stroke Challenge held on August 14th, on the same day as the Pro National motocross race.

The following video was shot and edited by Paul Sanders of IV Films.

Bill Gates invests in two-stroke engines

Bill Gates has invested a whopping $23.5 million US in engine producer EcoMotors International.

According to Green Car Reports;

Taddy Blazusiak wins Indy EnduroCross on Two Stroke

Indianapolis, IN (August 27, 2010) – Round three of the GEICO AMA EnduroCross series presented by E3 Sparkplugs made its inaugural visit to Indianapolis Indiana on Friday night to kick off the MotoGP weekend. The vocal contingent of European fans got to witness one of their own take the win as Taddy Blazusiak showed off his amazing talent.

The Polish KTM rider battled early with Mike Brown and had pressure from Geoff Aaron but proved to be the only rider to avoid serious mistakes and slowly left the other riders behind. The battle for the final podium spots was amazing as no fewer than six riders battled hard for the positions. In the end, GEICO backed Kyle Redmond took second for his first ever EnduroCross podium. The California rider has been the top American at Extreme Enduro events such as Erzeberg and Romaniacs multiple times and finally made his skills pay off on the intense EnduroCross course. He was joined by another first time podium finisher as RPM KTM backed Kevin Rookstool, a journeyman motocross racer that has made all three main events this season stole the position from some established stars.

The 125 Grand Prix class becomes the 250cc four-stroke Moto3 class...

MotoGP’s new rule change eliminates two-stroke Grand Prix road racing with the announcement that in 2012, the 125cc class will use 250cc, single-cylinder, four-stroke engines (with a maximum bore of 81mm). Tentatively to be called Moto 3.

According to the Moto Matters web site;

Devin Watson needs your help…

Our good friend and two-stroke National racer Devin Watson needs some help.

He wants to race at the Pala National on his YZ250, but he finds himself a bit low on funds to get to the race. He is a newly married young man, paying his own way.

Project Two 50 to Race Unadilla

Pleasant Valley, NY., (Aug. 10, 2010) – Team Project Two 50 is happy to announce their participation in the AMA Pro Motorcross Outdoor National Series race at Unadilla on Saturday, August 14th. Both machine and man are in top shape and looking forward to a great race! Stop by, say “Hi”. We’re easy to find in the pits, just look for the Kinetic/Project Two 50 race canopy. We’d love to meet our fans face-to-face!

Project Two 50′s goal is to successfully race a 250cc two-stroke machine in the Outdoor Nationals this summer.

Unadilla 2 Stroke Challenge – Saturday August 14th

Get ready for the echoes of two-strokes reverberating around the hills of the legendary Unadilla Motocross track. The promoters of the Unadilla National added a 2 Stroke Challenge that will run just before the national program on Saturday.

The schedule is as follows;
11:50-12:00 site lap
12:00-12:15 2 stroke race

Cobra sweeps 50cc titles at Loretta’s – add company’s first-ever 65cc...

HILLSDALE, Mich., (Aug. 10, 2010) – The big news out of Hurricane Mills, Tenn., this past week was Cobra Motorcycles sweeping all of the 50cc titles at the 29th running of the AMA Amateur National Motocross Championships, presented by AMSOIL, at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

But possibly the biggest news for Cobra as a company was the CX65’s first-ever 65cc overall podium at Loretta’s with Illinois’ Chase Sexton bringing home a 3rd place finish in the 7-11 Modified class, going 6th/3rd/5th.