Pit Pass Moto

07.09.19 | Featuring the following guests: Zach Osborne, Kyle Cunningham, Gus Rodio, Roger Hayden and Joey Limandri, Jr.

Listen as the guys discuss the latest news and happenings in the motocross world.

Joey Limandri Jr. is another young up and comer, currently placed 17th in the overall standings of the Liqui Moly Junior Cup, which has included a fifth place finish at Round 4 at Road America. Limandri is also currently seventh in the CCS Atlantic Region Championship overall points standings.

Roger Hayden announced his retirement in July 2018 after 20 years racing professionally. He returned to race American Flat Track at a hometown race, the Indian Motorcycle of Lexington Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky on June 1, 2019. Riding for Estenson Racing Yamaha for JD Beach, Hayden fell one position short of the main event.

Gus Rodio is a young, up and coming road racer and is currently placed 18th in the overall standings of the Liqui Moly Junior Cup. He is currently fifth in the CCS Atlantic Region Championship overall points standings.

Kyle Cunnigham raced at Red Bud and scored a 13 in M1 and 39 in M2 for 16th overall. He is in 31st overall in the 450 class after his first race of the season.

Zach Osborne, riding for the Rockstar Energy Husqvarna Factory Racing team, injured his shoulder ahead of Redbud. He is currently sitting at sixth overall in the 450 class in the Lucas Oil AMA Motocross Standings and 14th overall in the 450 class in the Monster Energy Supercross Championship. The hopes are that Zach may be back for the next AMA Motocross event at Spring Creek in Millville, Minnesota.

06.25.19 | Featuring the following guests: Roland Sands, Gary Sutherlin, Chris Vestal, Josh Strang, Thad Duvall and Steward Baylor

Steward Baylor has had four straight podium finishes in the Kenda National Enduro Series and is currently sitting in the top spot of the standings, through four rounds. The defending champion of the National Enduro Series is also sitting third in the GNCC XC1 Open Pro Standings, where he finished third in 2018. Baylor has not finished below fourth in the GNCC Series this year.

Thad Duvall is currently second in the GNCC XC1 Open Pro Class, with Overall and Class Podiums in 7 of 8 rounds thus far, including two first place finishes. A mechanical issue while on the fourth lap put Duvall in the ninth and final XC1 place position last weekend at Snowshoe. Duvall’s team worked hard to try and get his motorcycle back in running order, but a puncture to his radiator was found to be the cause. The next GNCC round is July 6th at High Voltage in Dunkard, PA.

2010 GNCC X1 and 2018 Kenda Full Gas Sprint Enduro champion Josh Strang is currently in third place in the Full Gas Enduro Sprint standings. He is signed on racing with Team Babbitt’s/ Monster Energy/ Kawasaki Team Green in 2019. Strang is also currently fifth in the GNCC XC1 Open Pro Class, finishing in the top 10 in each of the 8 rounds.

Chris Vestal is the Founder and President of MotoMinded, whose passion is to imagine design, produce, and sell clever products from their moto minds. They produce a variety of products from apparel to LED kits and on-bike storage. Local and conservation minded, the small but efficient MotoMinded sources supplies made in the USA and make large donations to the Colorado Trails Preservation Alliance.

Gary Sutherlin is currently top 10 in the standings of both the 2019 Sprint Hero Racing Series and WORCS. Unfortunately, Sutherlin suffered a broken foot at Canyon MX WORCS after setting the second fastest time in Pro qualifying. This injury has caused him to miss the fifth and sixth rounds of WORC.

Roland Sands is an American motorcycle racer and designer of custom high-performance motorcycles. Sands was the AMA 250 GP Champion in 1998. Sands has been featured in print and television for his motorcycle design. In 2005, Sands founded Roland Sands Design. RSD designs concept motorcycle parts and accessories and builds custom motorcycles. RSD works with major motorcycle manufacturers to design concept and prototype motorcycles.

06.18.19 | Featuring the following guests: Garrett Gerloff, Hayden Gillim, Dave Sulecki, Frank Fritz and Rome Ramirez

Listen as the guys talk with in studio guest Mark Bonell with Pole Position Raceway in Grimes, Iowa.  The guys also talk about the their top eleven picks for the best motorcycles.

Rome Ramirez from the band, Sublime with Rome, talks about how he became a part of the band and what he's been up to. He has a new song about dirt bikers called Light On. He also talks about making the video for the song Light On with current rider Cole Seeley.

Frank Fritz is one half of the popular TV Show “American Pickers”, and an avid motorcyclist. Fritz travels around the United States looking for “rusty gold”. He purchased his 1959 Harley Davidson Sportster by his sophomore year in high school and still owns that motorcycle. 2019 saw the American Pickers star inducted into the Sturgis Motorcycle Museum Hall of Fame. Frank still rides to Sturgis and camps in the same spot. The Sturgis Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony is set for August 7, 2019.  

Former Wise-Co designer/engineer of power sport pistons. Dave talks about life after working for Wise-Co and at the races.  He discusses what he is doing now and what it is like going to races now as a fan.

Hayden Gillim grew up in Kentucky, racing flat track from the age of three. The cousin of Nicky, Tommy and Roger Lee Hayden, he got his first motorcycle for Christmas at age six and in that same year he went on to win his first championship at the Amateur Dirt Track Grand Championships. Gillim is currently atop the standings in the championship standings of Supersport with six top-three finishes, including a second place finish at Utah.