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  • Wet January It wasn’t just the weather that turned crazy when Monster Energy AMA Supercross kicked off in California for 2024.
  • Endgame In the second part of our history of 125cc pro racing, which began in 1973, we go straight to the end of the line: James Stewart in 2004.
  • The Happy Man Forty years after beginning his extraordinary career as a helmet painter and graphic designer Troy Lee is still enjoying the art of making things look even cooler.
  • Fast @ 40 Twelve years after his last race, and ten months after his 40th birthday, Billy Laninovich found himself racing against Father Time in his quest to become the oldest supercross rider ever.

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