Glen's party is over. Let's go to Budd's! -ozzy go- amamotocross.com

Glen Helen featured the final stop on your AMA Toyota Motocross
Championship Series – by FMF – and, granted it was minus a few
stars and it was at that spectacular track just up the street from
the women’s prison, yet it was still the end of the road for a
wonderful, exciting and unpredictable year of “outdoor” AMA
Motocross. South Africa’s Grant Langston (“Granite Langstone” in
Flintstonia…) was surely not the man in command all season, yet
for those watching at Southwick, Massachusetts, as Yamaha’s
Langston passed and briefly sparred with Kawasaki’s James
Stewart, these were signals that this fierce competitor with the
charming accent and bright resume was going to be making his
mark in this series.

At the hilly, difficult and incredibly breathtaking San Bernardino
course, Langston was granted a 1-3 finish that gave him the
overall and the championship and, indeed, it was well earned.
Naturally, admirable performances all season long from Mike
Alessi, Andrew Short and Tim Ferry made this one of the most
hair-raising series endings in a while.

Additionally, the Lites class came down to a near photo-finish, as
teammates Ryan Villopoto and Ben Townley went at it all season
long, while RV had five season overalls and more points Townley
had his share of victories, yet with RV coming in to California with
a small, yet comforting points lead, his 1-2 finish behind Townley
at Glen Helen was enough to gain the upper hand and the AMA
Lites class championship.

Who were the Surprise-STAND-Out riders of-the-year?

For me, I’d have to say Martin Davalos in the Lites and Gavin
Gracyk in the MOTOCROSS Class. Both had incredible seasons.

Next weekend is where we dust off our trophies in the garage,
use a cotter-pin to clean under our fingernails and think about this
upcoming WORLD CLASS FESTIVAL OF MOTOCROSS At Budd’s
Creek, Maryland.

September 22-23. Most of us pull in Friday and leave Monday. The
hardcores are already there, streaming past the Amish buggies,
the smoky fish-shacks and a sweating Jonathan Beasley – the
charismatic Budd's Creek...click on ozzy go to the full story
pictures from tedescophoto.com