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Jeremy McGrath vs. Jeff Emig is a memory now. The animosity that fueled the hatred, and made for juicy Cycle News copy, died with the distance cleaved by time. McGrath and Emig have been husbands and fathers twice as long as they battled head to head in Supercross and motocross. It’s funny how detestation can … Continued
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A closer look into the night Ricky Carmichael’s first championship hopes ended. Jimmy Perry had seen enough and he let the teenager know it. Just 17 at the time, Ricky Carmichael’s chances of winning the 1997 125cc East Supercross Championship had plummeted to 0% and Perry seized on this teachable moment to launch into a … Continued
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In the spring of 1997, a mysterious 4×6-in. snapshot of Ricky Carmichael showed up in Oakley’s marketing department. Nobody knew who took the photo, yet it became a key marketing asset. With a camera slung over his shoulder, David St. Onge walked down an arena hallway looking for something to shoot, something worthy of a … Continued
