After more than a week of training and testing since the Motocross Outdoor National race at Unadilla, a difficult decision was reached today by James Stewart and Team to withdraw from the remainder of the Outdoor National race series. Due to his abbreviated Supercross season, Stewart, with the full support of his Team, had hoped to return to the track much earlier in the Outdoor National Series.

Jeffrey Herlings, who burst onto the MX2 GP season in 2010 as the rising star of the Red Bull KTM Factory Team and has proved himself as a top rider in the most elite company, is out for the rest of the season to heal an injured shoulder.

Yamaha Motor Europe and KTM Sport Motorcycles were disappointed to learn of the press release on Saturday 7th August by the Italian Motorcycle Federation (FMI) revealing that Yamaha Monster Energy Motocross Team's David Philippaerts and Red Bull KTM's Tony Cairoli have been unable to be considered for the final selection for the team due to certain conditions to represent their country in the 2010 Motocross of Nations at Thunder Valley in Colorado on September 26th.

Team CLS Kawasaki Pro Circuit will have two new faces on their KX250F Kawasaki next season, after Tommy Searle and Max Anstie have signed with Kawasaki’s official team in the FIM MX2 Motocross World Championship.

Six weeks prior the 2010 Motocross of Nations, the French Motorcycling Federation revealed the names of the riders who will represent France on September 25th-26th in Thunder Valley (Colorado). Reigning MX2 World Champion Marvin Musquin (KTM), double US Supercross Champion in the ‘Lites’ class Christophe Pourcel (Kawasaki) and Xavier Boog (Kawasaki) ‘rookie’ in the 2010 MX1 World Championship will represent France during the 64th edition of the MXON.

With the Midwest's premier outdoor motocross national under its belt, Thunder Valley Motocross Park is setting its sights on the 2010 Red Bull FIM Motocross of Nations, the world's biggest professional motocrossevent, commencing on September 25-26. In just eight weeks, the entire motocross world will converge on the scenic mountainside landscape for what is sure to be an epic competition amongst the planet's most talented motocross athletes.

So it is really about time to hook you up with some updates! Here we go...

The circuit of Horensbergdam in Genk is the venue of the fifth edition of the ‘Everts & Friends Charity Race’. This unique motocross event will take place July 21, National Day of Belgium. As the event’s name indicates, all profits will go to charity

Max Nagl,one of the three KTM factory riders contesting the MX1 World Championship crashed during qualifying for the French MX1 GP on Saturday.

We were all saddened by the news on Sunday that Australian Motocrosser Andrew McFarlane had passed away due to injuries received during practice Round 3 of the Australian Motocross Championship at Broadford, Victoria.