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    Haiden Deegan is doing what should be done, but is rarely done: winning at every level. Who can stop him?
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    Hard to believe it’s been 25 years—more than half his lifetime ago—that Travis Pastrana entered those first X Games for freestyle motocross.
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  • Racing to the Showroom Floor After finally getting back on top of the premier 450 class in Monster Energy Supercross and AMA Pro Motocross, Honda injected much of what it learned out on the racetrack into its 2025 CRF450R.
  • The Phenom Haiden Deegan is doing what should be done, but is rarely done: winning at every level. Who can stop him?
  • Splashdown Hard to believe it’s been 25 years—more than half his lifetime ago—that Travis Pastrana entered those first X Games for freestyle motocross.
  • The Bakersfield Boys Revisited With a healthy pack of fast young talent in the pipeline, Bakersfield, California, was once poised to take over the motocross world.

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Racing to the Showroom Floor

Racing to the Showroom Floor

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Hard to believe it’s been 25 years—more than half his lifetime ago—that Travis Pastrana entered those first X Games for freestyle motocross.

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The Bakersfield Boys Revisited

The Bakersfield Boys Revisited

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