"Top" Jimmy Albertson discusses his season abroad racing the the GP's. From his confident preseason, to a severe case of home sickness and his parting with the Martin Honda Team. Jimmy gives his impressions on the GP racers and the series itself.
Listen to what Mike Alessi, MX Lites Champ Trey Canard, (Monster)Tom McGovern and Andrew Short have to say about Pala's maiden voyage.
Matthes catches up with Roger D at Pala to discuss his departure from Suzuki and future plans.
Matthes catches up with K-DUB, Nick Paluzzi, Ice Trey, J-Law(Yep, that one), Justin Brayton and Jeff Emig after the Steel City National.
Listen as Matthes talks punk music and motocross with the drummer for the legendary SoCal punk band who came up with brilliant album names such as "White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean", NOFX. "Smelly" as his friends affectionately refer to him, Eric Sandin.
The Canadian motocross championships just wrapped up and I thought a nice little season recap with former top Canadian rider turned mechanic Ryan "The Newf" Lockhart was in order here. He was hung over so it worked out well...
Matthes catches up with John Dowd, Brett Metcalfe, Mitch Payton, Nick Wey and Wil Hahn after the Southwick National.
Motoconcepts Yamaha's Ryan Sipes was a front runner all year in both the 250 East SX series and now the 450 MX series. Matthes called up the uber-friendly Kentucky native to talk about this year, next year, his past years and much, much more.
Last weekend a race took place in Mexico that included such legends as Tortelli, Everts, Vuillemin, Huffman and Doug Dubach. There wasn't much fanfare about it but I decided to call one of the non-legends that was there and find out all about this race.
Matthes chats with Larry Brooks, Clement Desalle, Brett Metcalfe and more in this Unadilla podcast.
Steve Matthes, Jason Thomas and Jason Weigandt take a look at the National season thus far.
Matthes chats with Mike Alessi, Ryan Sipes, Jeremy Albrecht, Ryan Villopoto and Tyla Rattray at round 8 of the Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship.
This week Matthes calls up Troy Lee Designs Honda team manager David Pingree to talk about his motocross101.com instructional DVD, his upcoming career change, his musings, his team and much, much more.
As we get closer and closer to his return to racing, James Stewart and Steve Matthes have a little chat about Stewie's expectations, what he's been doing, his reality show, silly season and what he sees when watching the races from the couch.
Matthes calls up long-time industry veteran and championship winning mechanic Marshall Plumb. The tire guru and shop owner worked with Ross Pederson, Guy Cooper, Brian Swink, Larry Ward, Jeff Matiasevich and more and now you can witness his wisdom.
Matthes catches up with David Vuillemin at the RedBud national in this quickie interview. Hear what DV thinks of James Stewart, Mike Alessi and more.
With the announcement that Tim Ferry has hung up his boots for good, Matthes calls up Red Dog to get his thoughts on retiring, what he's going to miss the most, his regrets and coaching Trey Canard. This is part one of a two part show.
Steve calls up his pal Mark from back home in Manitoba to get the scoop on what their buddies are doing and to talk about his new 2010 YZ450F.
Jake Weimer is coming off his first supercross championship but is struggling a bit in the outdoors. Listen in as we talk about the outdoor season, staying in Florida, Tim Ferry, Nick Wey and much, much more.
Listen in as Mike Alessi, Andrew Short, Nick Wey, Kyle Chisholm and Tyla Rattray talk about their day at Mt Morris.
Ryan Villopoto suffered a gnarly crash during the supercross series that left him unable to compete in this summers nationals. I call up RV2 to get his take on the motocross season after three races, his rehab, when he's coming back and much, much more.
Listen in as former top pro turned mechanic to Eric Nye and Matthes preview the Canadian nationals and discuss who's going to do what.
Matthes catches up with Kyle Chisholm and Josh Coppins after the Glen Helen U.S. Grand Prix.
In anticipation of this weekends USGP at Glen Helen, Steve calls up long-time GP journalist Geoff Meyer. MXGeoff and Steve talk about how the GP season is going, his thoughts on this weekends upcoming GP, the Hangtown national and his roots in the sport.
Listen in as Mike Alessi talks about his 4-1 day, Stefan Everts talks about a bunch of stuff, Trey Canard talks about regrouping and Brett Metcalfe talks about being the surprise of the day in the 450 class.
Listen in as Jason Weigandt, Jason Thomas and myself try to predict what's going to happen this summer. And then we get 13-year old Adam Cianciarulo on the line to give us his take on things. I'll give you a hint: he really likes Jake Weimer.
Mike Larocco was one of the sport's top riders for a long time and a fan favorite. After hanging up the O'Neals it was assumed that Mike was going to go away quietly into the night. Instead, last year he stepped in as team manager for GEICO Honda.
Robbie Reynard burst onto the scene as the (still) youngest national winner ever. Factory rides followed, but unfortunately so did injuries. Listen in as RR chronicles his injuries, Unadilla '98, Tony Berluti and much, much more.
Matthes interviews David Pingree, Justin Brayton, Mitch Payton and Jeremy Albrecht before and after the 2010 Salt Lake City Supercross.
Ernesto Fonseca was in the prime of his career when he suffered a devastating crash while practicing. EF10 and Matthes talk titles, his career, what he's doing now, the 2010 SX season and more. Tim Ferry even gets on the line to talk about ramming Ernie.
