I wanted to remind everyone of one the coolest and most rewarding "fun" races of the year,  A Day in the Dirt. It's right around the corner, taking place at LACR in Palmdale, California on Thanksgiving weekend. This year I will be at the event, but you will only find me trackside to make sure the Womens race, which goes down on Saturday, gets showcased here at MXGirls at Supercross.com.

The track layout is pretty sweet as you can see from the image below, and if you raced it last year (like I did) then get back on the entry list for 2009 because the track is going to be soooo fun!

If you are wondering why I am not racing it this year, its simple: I want to cover it better for MXGirls at Supercross.com, and ... I only have two knees and both have meniscus tears in them. And I will be cheering on my friends! Go Bridget Hill (first place last year in the womens intermediate class!) and Laurie Carey!!

Here I am having a BLAST at 'A Day in the Dirt' 2008, took 2nd place behind Bonnie Warch in the Womens 30+ Expert Class

This is the track layout for A Day in the Dirt 2009!

Whenever I start a conversation with one of our local Pro or Amatuer MXGirls ,we always get on the subject of how they need help getting more sponsors.

I just got off the phone with Ian Runyon at Answer Racing and he told me if you are looking to have your resume reviewed you BETTER hurry up and get it in, deadline is the end of November. Hint: Send a nice clean, to-the-point resume, highlight your race career and your 2010 race goals. Include an appropriate portait style photo and a action shot, and your done!!

Answer Racing email: ridersupport@answerracing.com
Pro Taper email: info@protaper.com
MSR MX snail mail: Attn: Rider Resume, 1055 Montecito Dr., Corona, CA 92879

Note: please make sure you always submit a valid email address with your resumes, you will be notified via email for sponsorship oppurtunity!

A couple of days ago I touched based with top female motocross racer and X Games 2008 Bronze Medalist Tatum Sik, so make sure you check out this quick little interview I did with her about what, when, why and how she is doing!

I always have one of our SoCal local riders on my mind because of her awesome engery and her infectous smile, not to mention, she does have one of the coolest names on the gate. Its been way to long since I've seen her in the headlines, so I reached out to Tatum Sik from for an update.

In 2008 Tatum had a great year - an invite to be part of the first-ever Womens Moto X at the X Games. And you could find Tatum racing at the AMA Women's National Motocross Series. Tatum was definitely on a high.

With this tremendous success, Tatum was gearing up for the 2009 race season .... but for some reason 2009 wasn't meant to happen as she wanted, and here is what Tatum has to say:

How would you best recap your 2009 WMX Outdoor National Season?

09 Outdoors was terrible! I went into the WMX Outdoors race series with a knee injury that progressively got worse with each moto. I had to re-look my race year and figure out how I was going to make something happen and heal up at the same time, so my plan went from going to all the WMX rounds to just getting through X Games.

You were looking awesome at XGames, ready to reclaim your position on the podium, what happened?

I was so bummed on X games! Supercross is my thing! I had almost everything dialed in on the track during our two practice rounds and my speed felt great as well as being really comfortable on the track. It all started with a bad start, the start killed it! And downhill from there! I had zero patience, I wanted my title back ... and it all ended when I did a really nice endo on a step up. The crash left me pretty beaten up, with some gnarly road-rash, as well as a broken wrist, collarbone, and dislocated shoulder.

No Tatum was not in the Best Trick Contest. WMA Racers = Harcore

Are you healthy now? Are you back on the bike? Training?

Not healthy yet. I still have a few more weeks left, but I'm back in the gym and doing some rehab so I'll be healthy when I can start to ride again. I had full knee reconstruction surgery, so thats why I've been sitting on the couch forever! Haha!

I think I saw you on a episode of Nitro Circus??

Yep. I was on Nitro Circus a while back but not sure what is goin' down in the future.

Plans for 2010?

2010 - Working on locking down sponsors, getting everything organized, so I can be fully prepared. I just wanna race as many local and WMX Outdoor Nationals as I can. Definitely X Games if they decide to invite me back, ... yes I have to be invited back to race. It's the real deal!

Oh ... and here is a follow up picture from my Halloween Festivities! I had a fun Halloween with my family! Kept it real and real fun! Here is my nephew Griffin aka Freddy Krueger trying to end Little Red Ridinghood's life! LOL - Goodtimes!

Here I am again, running behind on my blog updates here on MXGirls at Supercross.com. I think that whole concept of time flys when you are having fun applies to my life.

So Halloween is today and I really hope you are all gearing up for a very spooky night on the town! Last night I went out with the girls, as seen below, but tonight I will be escorting Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street and a Gedi Storm Trooper through the streets of Murietta, California.

Happy Halloween to everyone!

Left to Right: Paris Davis, Michele Johnson and Amanda Hippe

I wanted to share a couple picture highlights from the US Open in Vegas..  I was able to make it to the TWMX Awards show, it seems everyone in the mx industry was in attendence. The awards show was awesome, Rockstar kicked it into high gear with a hosted bar and the right vibe!

We started out in a limo bus from the MGM over to the Hardrock Hotel.  This crew was definitely pumped on attending the awards show.

Looking around our fancy limo bus, I noticed the Deft Family was representing; large and in charge. This crew is promoting and sharing the new product they are launching into the motorsports community, the Deft Gloves.  Nate Adams having a lil interview session with Chris Kinman from TWMX and in true entourage style you can see the men of the Deft Family in full support.

Since I am one of the biggest fans of womens motocross and this is MXGirls at Supercross.com, I highly suggest you visit the www.DeftFamily.com website, you will notice that one of our own MXGirls Tara Gieger is part of the family! Very cool. I took my 3 favorite things I found on the Deft Family website and made a collage [so girly of me], below you see Gieger, really cool gloves and super model Janelle McGuire showing off a cool thread for the ladies..

This blog would not be right if I was not able to locate a Professional MXGirl in Vegas to take a power picture pose with! So here I am with the one and only Kawasaki Monster WMA Professional Sara Price. Im sure everyone is aware that Sara rocked the 2009 WMX Outdoor Race season with a 4th place overall finish, not bad coming off the Amateur gate. Sara looked beautiful at the awards night, so I just had to snatch her up and take a picture with her.

Im so bummed I didnt capture a picture of the awesome moment, but Im going to at least mention it. Vicki Golden took the 2009 WMA Rookie of the Year Award! Awesome accomplishment from a very talented rider! I am looking forward to watching her race in 2010. You can check out some more cool details on Vicki at CRFSTUFF.com

I ran into another very fun yet inspiring woman, Docy Andrews, President of Impact Video and creator of the Impact Xtremey Awards here in Southern California. Docy lives for the sport of motocross and offroad racing. She is a huge supporter of womens motocross and I just adore her. From left to right: Docy Andrews, Kasey Brancroft, Cherie Kobiske, myself and Docy's best friend, shame on me for not remember her name!

Besides spending most the days checking out the action in the pits, watching the race, doing buisness and making sure the MGM pool was up to standards, I also made it a priority to visit the Sheckler Racing launch party, so we bounced on over to Club Blush for some festivities to launch Sheckler Racing into fortune 500 status!! Randy Sheckler hosted a premier party! Here is the only picture I could fine with Randy and I in it, I swear Im in there, my back is better than nothing! 

and to end the night and this blog, here is the cool red carpet picture with the 10 Designs girls, my friends Kasey Bancroft, Jeff Bell and Blake Morlet.

Here I am directly across from Stefy Bau as I know her 2x WMA Motocross Champion and you may know her as the Youthstream Womens' World Championship Manager and my BFF forever and ever Kasey Bancroft. Here they are below:

To the right of me I have Mike Story, President, owner of Big Daddy Media who supplied the internet service portol for us at the Action Sports Conference today.

Here are some quick shots from today:

Couldn't resist taking a picture of the "King" himself Jeremy McGrath, booty shot for the ladies!

Check out Sherri Cruse getting some advice from Travis Pastrana

Jessica Patterson is discussing the track and her 1st practice with her team.

Our local Southern California hero and X Games 2008 Bronze Medal Winner, looking happy and confident with her practice!

Jacqueline Strong is experiencing her 1st time at XGames, I'm sure her nerves are on edge! Lots of pressure on this track! 

Make sure you check out the over all day coverage, take the link below!! Lots of Photos of the men and womens of the X Games!

www.supercross.com/features/6-current-feature/1905-x-games-15-day-1-coverage

To see all the results so far from X Games, you can visit this link

Thursday, July 30, 2009:

• 9 a.m. – 10 a.m., Hometown Heroes Practice, HDC
• 9 a.m. - 10 a.m., Moto X Super X Women’s Practice, HDC
• 10 a.m. – 11 a.m., Moto X Super X Men’s Practice, HDC
• 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Skateboard Am Vert Practice, HDC
• 10 a.m. - 12 p.m., Hometown Heroes Street Elimination*, HDC
• 10:30 a.m. – 11:15 a.m., Skateboard Big Air Practice, SC
• 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., Rally Car Racing Tarmac Practice, HDC
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Skateboard Park Legends Practice, HDC
• 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., Skateboard Big Air Elimination, SC
• 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m., BMX Freestyle Vert Practice, HDC
• 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m., BMX Freestyle Street Elimination, HDC
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Skateboard Park Men’s Practice, HDC
• 1 p.m. - 5 p.m., Moto X Freestyle Practice, HDC
• 2 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Skateboard Vert Women’s Final, HDC
• 2 p.m. - 3 p.m., Skateboard Street Women’s Practice, HDC
• 2 p.m. – 4 p.m., BMX Freestyle Big Air Practice, SC
• 2:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., Skateboard Vert Men’s Practice, HDC
• 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., Skateboard Street Women’s Final, HDC
• 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., Moto X Best Whip Practice, SC
• 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., BMX Freestyle Park Practice, HDC
• 4 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Skateboard Street Men’s Practice, HDC
• 4 p.m. - 5 p.m., Skateboard Big Air Practice, SC
• 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m., BMX Freestyle Park Elimination, HDC
• 5:15 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Moto X Best Whip*, SC
• 5:45 p.m. – 7 p.m., Skateboard Big Air Final, SC
• 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Moto X Super X Adaptive Practice, HDC
• 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Skateboard Adaptive Park Practice, HDC
• 7 p.m. – 8 p.m., Moto X Step Up Final, SC

• 8 a.m. – 9 a.m., Moto X SuperMoto Practice, HDC
• 9 a.m. – 10 a.m., Moto X SuperMoto Seeding, HDC
• 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Hood Games Experience*, HDC
• 10 a.m. – 11 a.m., Skateboard Park Adaptive Practice, HDC
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Skateboard Vert Men’s Practice, HDC
• 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m., Moto X Freestyle Practice, HDC
• 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., Hometown Heroes Street Final*, HDC
• 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., Rally Car Racing Tarmac Practice, HDC
• 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., Skateboard Street Men’s Practice, HDC
• 12 p.m. – 1 p.m., Rally Car Racing Seeding, HDC
• 12 p.m. – 2 p.m., BMX Freestyle Vert Practice, HDC
• 12:15 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., Skateboard Park Adaptive Jam*, HDC
• 12:30 p.m. – 2 p.m., Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam Practice, SC
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., BMX Freestyle Park Practice, HDC
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Skateboard Street Men’s Elimination, HDC
• 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., Moto X Best Trick Practice, SC
• 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Skateboard Am Vert Practice, HDC
• 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., BMX Freestyle Big Air Practice, SC
• 3 p.m. – 4 p.m., BMX Freestyle Street Practice, HDC
• 3 p.m. - 4 p.m., Moto X Super X Men’s Practice/Seeding, HDC
• 3 p.m. - 5 p.m., Skateboard Park Men’s Practice, HDC
• 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Skateboard Vert Am Final, HDC
• 4 p.m. – 5 p.m., BMX Freestyle Street Final, HDC
• 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Skateboard Vert Men’s Practice, HDC
• 4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m., Moto X Super X Adaptive Practice, HDC
• 5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m., Skateboard Big Air Rail Jam Final, SC
• 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Skateboard Park Legends Practice, HDC
• 5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Moto X Super X Adaptive Final*, HDC
• 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Skateboard LA Shop Practice, HDC
• 5:45 p.m. – 7 p.m., BMX Freestyle Big Air Final, SC
• 6 p.m. – 7 p.m., Moto X Super X Women’s Practice/Seeding, HDC
• 7 p.m. – 8 p.m., Moto X Best Trick Final, SC

• 8:30 a.m. – 9 a.m., Moto X SuperMoto Practice, HDC
• 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Skateboard LA Shop Practice, HDC
• 10 a.m. – 11 a.m., Moto X Freestyle Practice, HDC
• 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Skateboard LA Shop Final*, HDC
• 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., BMX Freestyle Park Practice, HDC
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Moto X Freestyle Elimination, HDC
• 12p.m. – 1:30 p.m., BMX Freestyle Park Final, HDC
• 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., Skateboard Street Men’s Practice, HDC
• 1 p.m. – 3 p.m., Skateboard Vert Men’s Practice, HDC
• 1:30 p.m. – 2 p.m., Moto X SuperMoto Final, HDC
• 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m., Skateboard Park Men’s Practice, HDC
• 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., Skateboard Street Men’s Final, HDC
• 3 p.m. – 5 p.m., BMX Freestyle Vert Practice, HDC
• 3:30 p.m. – 5 p.m., Skateboard Park Elimination, HDC
• 4:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m., Moto X Super X Men’s Final, HDC
• 4:30 p.m. – 6:30p.m., Skateboard Street High School Practice, HDC
• 5 p.m. – 6:15 p.m., BMX Freestyle Vert Final, HDC
• 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Skateboard Park Legends Practice, HDC
• 6:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., Moto X Super X Women’s Final, HDC
• 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., Skateboard Vert Men’s Final, HDC
• 7 p.m. – 8 p.m., Moto X Freestyle Final, HDC

• 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m., Skateboard Street High School Practice, HDC
• 10 a.m. – 11 a.m., Rally Car Racing Practice, HDC
• 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., Skateboard Street High School Final, HDC
• 11 a.m. – 12 p.m., Skateboard Park Practice, HDC
• 12 p.m. – 12:30 p.m., Rally Car Racing Elimination, HDC
• 12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m., Skateboard Park Final, HDC
• 1:30 p.m. – 3 p.m., Rally Car Racing Super Special Final, HDC
• 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., Skateboard Park Legends Final, HDC

Ashley Fiolek is on a mission to sweep the WMA Series and she is going a fine job of it! Three out of three impressive wins and she is only looking stronger and her confidence is building!
 

Carl Stone Photo of Women's National Motocross Champion and Freestone winner Ashley Fiolek



One of my heroes, and Pro rookie Vicki Golden is making sure she is making me proud - she stays on that podium with a 3rd place finish! Go Vicki!
 

If you'd like to see all the results, and some photos, click here

 

And, on the other side of the world the women of the FIM World Motocross Series are racing as well!

The current Women's World Motocross Champion, and the current points leader, and the winner of her 'hometown' MXGP in France? Livia Lancelot! I don't want to say she hauls @#$, but she hauls @#$! She is FAST!

Photo of the French Grand Prix of Motocross, with winner Livia Lancelot on the top spot, courtesy Youthstream
 

Click here for detailed results & some photos from the Women's World Motocross event in France

Hope everyone had a great weekend, and is getting some good laps in :-)

 

Michele