What makes a race car driver more angry than losing a race? Hearing some one say he or she is not an athlete, and the car does all the work. Today's racers train like athletes in any other sport, but to really hone in on their skills, custom gyms contain special equipment and exercises designed specifically for racers.

After a surprise entry in the 10 a.m. race at the Wild Boar GNCC on Sunday, Pastrana is now set to compete in the Super Hooligan Exhibition race at the opening round of American Flat Track on Thursday, and my goodness check out this bike he’s racing.

Looks like Ken Roczen, Marvin Musquin, Cooper Webb, Zach Osborne, and Cody Webb are pumped on the Ryan Sipes program.

Harley-Davidson is getting aggressive in pursuit of young riders, and building motorcycling for the future. Today the company announced it had acquired StaCyc, a small company that makes tiny electric dirt bikes.

An air-cooled 200 two-stroke in a motocross chassis. Cheap, light, reliable, capable, and one guy built it himself.

While KTM was busy trying to take over every segment of the motorcycle world (off-road, then supercross and motocross, now making attempts in MotoGP, and, oh yes, bringing the Husqvarna brand back to the top) it also dabbled in a race car project because...well we have no idea. Nothing about the KTM X-Bow really makes sense, it's a non-street legal car designed exclusively for track days. And, while it has existed for a decade, it was never available for sale in the U.S. until recently. You can get it in orange, though. So at least that part makes sense.

We've really enjoyed watching rally get 'hold of former motocross and supercross star Andrew Short, because it's led many moto fans to take a closer look at the long-running Dakar rally.

The KTM group can't find a racing discipline it doesn't want to dominate, and now its gaze has turned toward the American Flat Track (AFT) Championship for 2019. KTM announced last year that it would bring a factory team to the series, and now the lineup is official. 

A month ago, the racing family mourned the passing of Joe Gibbs' son JD, a key part of the Joe Gibbs Racing organization. At age 49, JD died of a degenerative neurological disease. It doesn't make much sense, and it is completely tragic. The NASCAR season just kicked off with the annual Daytona 500, and in a tale one would think could be scripted, the JGR Toyotas went 1-2-3, the victory earned by Denny Hamlin, the driver who was closest to JD, driving the  #11 car, which is the number JD ran during his brief foray as a NASCAR racer himself. Quite a few cars had a #doitforJD sticker on the windshield pillar, but only one car actually is #11. Hamlin drives it, and he won.

Moving the American Flat Track (AFT) opener inside Daytona International Speedway has made it look cooler, but cramming the course on the infield grass led to tight corners and tough passing. Can opening this up via a run on the paved banking be the key? AFT isn't afraid of change, and most of them, recently, have been for the good.

AMA EnduroCross Champion Colton Haaker is on a whole 'nother level compared to most riders on the media side. He's media company, Plaeco, is venturing well beyond social media or vlogs and blogs, and Colton has even become pretty handy with a camera and editing himself. Occasionally he spearheads big film projects.

Well this might be something. Intense Cycles USA has announced a new management team and some new investors, and even though this is still a bicycle company, the names are familiar to those around the moto scene. Jon-Erik Burleson, former President of KTM North America, and Christy Lacruelle, who spent over a decade at KTM running departments such as the Orange Brigade amateur program, join up with Intense as part of their Two Wheeled Group consulting firm. Also, Ryan Dungey is on board as an Intense investor, along with GEICO Honda co-owner Jeff Majkrzak.