Australasian Dirt Bike — January 2018

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Fear

IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE DAKAR

CHAMPION TOBY PRICE OR THE

HUMBLE ADB OFFICE JUNIOR, THE

FEAR OF FAILURE IS REAL

RONNIE MAC HAD been

talking smack to Ricky

Carmichael for weeks leading

up to the AUS-X Open in

Sydney but when it came to

crunch time, the hillbilly had

nothing for the G.O.A.T. The

two faced-off in a two-stroke

showdown with Ronnie riding

a 1998 Honda CR250 and RC

on his 2005 Suzuki RM250.

The G.O.A.T is still quick and

it only became a close race

when RC ‘made a mistake’ and

let Ronnie thru on the last lap.

From there he toyed with him

until the corner before the

whoops where RC got inside

and pushed Mac wide.

Mac whisky throttled and

ghostied his Honda off the

berm and it smashed into a

camera boom. RC rounded the

last turn and crossed the fi nish

line for fi rst while Mac was still

picking himself up off the dirt.

Mac then confronted RC and

pushed him off his bike before

RC’s 120kg security guard

levelled the smart-arse.

MAC GETS

SMACKED

THEMOSTANTICIPATED

match-up since Muhammad

Ali fought Joe Frazier was

set to go down at Red Bull

Straight Rhythm, with Chad

Reed, Ronnie Mac and Ryan

Villopoto throwing low

blows at each other via

social media in the months

leading up.

The two former

supercross champions and

the people’s favourite were

entered in the Ken Roczen

Two-Stroke Cup but, after

months of build up and

quality banter from all

parties, it would amount to

nothing, with Reed falling

victim to an ankle injury

after overshooting a jump

during warm up.

With Chad out, Villopoto

and Mac were the two

big-ticket riders left in the

two-stroke class but, as the

night played out, they

would never match-up.

Villopoto would lose to

Gared Steinke, who went on

to face Mac in the fi nal and

completely destroy him.

Makes sense, given Steinke

was the only rider in the

class who actually races a

two-stroke professionally.

ANTI-CLIMAX

SERCO YAMAHA’S MITCH

Evans and Aaron Tanti were

involved in a horrible

accident during the second

SX2 heat on the Saturday

night of AUS-X Open. The

two crossed paths in the

rhythm section, with Evans

landing on the back of Tanti.

Neither rider moved

following the crash and

waited to be attended to by

the Racesafe medical crew.

The next day they posted

updates via social media.

Evans had fractures in his

L2, L3, and L4 vertebrae

and two fractures in his

pelvis. Tanti fractured his

scapular, L4 vertebra and

his hip. Wishing them a

speedy recovery.

IF YOU AREwondering

whether the human race is

getting dumber, these lads

have provided strong

evidence for the “Yes” vote.

These mechanical

engineers decided it would

be a good idea to rip a

massive burnout in a VK

Commodore while it was on

a trailer being towed down

the highway.

In their defense, we must

point out that it’s one of the

more foolproof ways to burn

rubber as the car is tied

down and you’d expect it

wouldn’t go anywhere near

a tree like so many burnout

attempts on YouTube. We

wonder who it was?

EVANS AND TANTI COLLIDE GENIUSES

AT WORK

SOIL SAMPLE LEGENDS OF THE FAIL