ATV-TALK A Motorsport Podcast

We welcome retired professional Joe Byrd for his fourth ATV-TALK Episode. We got to sit down and talk about what an amazing accomplishment it was for eight-time National Champion Gary Denton to be inducted in the AMA Hall of Fame. We talked about other champions in the industry and Joe also gave some instructions on teaching riding schools. We hope you like the episode as much as the rest and hope...

Welcome to ATV-TALK On The Road, a brand new series about the travels of the podcast team to different ATV & Motocross events. For this episode, the team of ATV-TALK got a rare opportunity to spend time at the ATC addiction compound a museum full of ATC/ATV/MX memorabilia. Dave Wylie (Owner) and friends gave us a walk through tour of the amazing place. We saw different machines and pieces of i...

The ATV-TALK team decided it was time for a section dedicated solely to ATV/ATC History. Industry Legends Mike Coe and Danny Duncan start us off by co-hosting a two-part episode and taking a walk down memory lane to teach the history of the industry. We talked about ATCs, their evolution, and building these great machines! Please listen to our new segment ATV History for a good dosage of amazing H...

On October 2nd 2021 the ATV-TALK team traveled to San Bernardino California to assist the Glen Helen WORCS race. During the event we had the opportunity to collaborate with WORCS and held a live press conference with the East and West Pro Racers before their race. I sat down with Joel Hetrick, Jacob Stevens, Grayson Eller (East), Kenny Sanford, Logan Huff, Travis Damon, Mike Sloan, and Beau Baron(...

Ian Harris is owner of SSI Decals and an ATV enthusiast. Launching in 2005, SSI Decals sets the standard for after-market graphics in the off road industry! During the episode Ian tell us his story about how he took over the family business which started all the way back in 1947 and combined it with his hobby of ATV racing. SSI Decals carries complete lines of graphic kits for an assortment of dif...

Keaton Sterk is an up and coming influencer in the ATV World. He’s developing new products for his own racing quad, and he is mechanic and quad dulcet for three-time WMX Champion Andrea Berger. This combination is really helping him with product development and advertising! Here at ATV-TALK we hope to give him another platform to extend his career. Please enjoy the episode.

For Inspired episode 20 I invited ATV-TALK inspired Dr Robert Wye Cheatham. He is an ICU Doctor that has seen many ATV related cases. His medical career is unusual since he took a different route to become the Doctor he is. He failed out of school and worked jobs that did not challenge him enough until he finally understood he needed to apply and push himself to succeed. During his episode we got...

Holly Carroll is relatively a new comer to the ATV Nationals scene. 2021 was her first full year of the atv nationals, Holly was hoping for a top five finish. She reached her goal an ended up getting fifth. Holly has pro riders like Andrea Berger watching her progress, she must be doing great! Listen in to Holly talk about her first year in the atv nationals!

Pablo Copetti is a quad racer from the Yamaha Rally Team and Del Amo Motorsports. He races the Dakar Rally and has come in 3rd in both 2017 & 2021. He’s a pretty interesting man always chasing new dreams and fun fact he’s originally from Argentina. We believe It takes a special kind of person to set out across any unknown desert on an ATV with limited fuel capacity and just a map (full version...

Tavis Cain is an ATV/MX up-and-coming racing star from the early 2000s. One day he just stop racing and we never found out why. Today Tavis is back riding again and he’s ready to talk. We decided to break Tavi’s story into a two-part episode and we’re sorry to inform the second episode was accidentally released first. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask you to still listen to part one. For...

Jeffery Rastrelli is a pro ATV/MX racer. He’s national #5 with an up and down season. Finishing strong was the motivation he needed to start prepping for racing in 2022, with the help of his father who also was a professional ATV racer. During his episode we talked to Jeffery about his career and his plans to put him self on top box soon!

Marsha Garcia is an ATV racer and Trigeminal Neuralgia Warrior! She is a strong survivor that refuses to let her desease define her. Marsha has been racing ATVs since 2008. She suffers from Trigeminal Neuralgia aka "The Suicide Disease". It is called the suicide disease because there is no cure and surgery is not always successful. Her focus on life is to bring awareness to this horrible cond...

Cain Smead is the long time editor for Dirt Wheels Magazine. Cain Smead así has a riding background he started riding 3-wheelers in his younger years and then switched to Quads later on. Racing lead to being a test rider for the magazine and that turned in to the position he holds today. If you love Dirt Wheels Magazine this is the episode for you!

Davis Ham is a 3-wheeler ATV racer. Back in the 80’s the 3-wheelers were the rage. In the 90’s quads became the machine to ride. Racing stopped for years and the old machines got pushed aside. Luckily guys like David never got off the 3 wheelers. David and a few people with a dream kept believing they would come back, and they are back with vengeance. Tune in if you want to learn more about 3-whee...

Josh Merrit is a pro ATV racer. He won the ten hour, he’s a cross country racer, and he does a lot of building as well. He learned his trade and by working hard he brought his race results up to the effort he was putting in. The heart land challenge was his goal for this year and the result proved he should keep trying for the Gold. During his episode we compared sport quads and formal drive quads...

Dustin Shuler is a former ATV racer. He’s an ATV enthusiast and builder. He builds from TRX250R to Hybrid super quads, and his other hobby is being an ATV historian. During his episode we talked about hybrid quads, stock frame quads, and the early days in the ATV industry. If you love history this is the episode for you!

On October 2nd 2021 the ATV-TALK team traveled to San Bernardino California to assist the Glen Helen WORCS race. I invited Beau Baron to be my co-host for the Glen Helen Race recap. Beau and I sat down to discuss about the pro-race and the current points leader. We broke down the eastern invasion, practice, pit strategy, the pro section, the course layout and more. Please tune in for this blow-by-...

Tavis Cain learned to ride ATVs in Northern California. He became a professional ATV racer and got to travel the world in the early days of freestyle MX. There have always been questions of why did Tavis leave the sport and where did he go. During his first and second episodes with ATV-TALK, he will be answering those questions snd more. Don’t forget to listen to the episode if you’re as curious a...

Daryl Rath is a three-wheeler racer and ATV racer in multiple disciplines with uncountable achievements. On top of that, Daryl, became a product developer in the ATV industry with a successful accessories company. I decided to invite him because he’s an innovator of the industry and I really think you will like his insight. Please enjoy the episode!

Paula Kwiek is a women TT specialist and she’s won multiple championships. She is a mother and wife. During her episode she let’s us in on what it takes to go through the directions life takes you and about her helping to teach the other women about her sport. Please listen do her amazon episode and find out more about her story.

Being an enthusiast in the ATV world has given me the opportunity to meet and talk with some really great people. On Facebook I found a group named the New York ATV Addicts. It is an amazing group of ATV enthusiasts. Their page is dedicated to those that love to ride ATVs. They promote events in NY and get people together in groups to ride and have fun in the mud. During their episode they told us...

Andrea Berger is the 3-time consecutive Woman’s Motocross Champion. During her second episode, Berger talked about adversity, life-changing moves, different jobs, and living status. How these things all affected her climb back to the top. Andrea also talks about future pitfalls with her new location and the weather. Also during the episode listen carefully because there is a special guest appearan...

Kirby Cooke is a former TT Pro Racer. During his episode, Cooke took me through his introduction to ATVs, and how he got started racing in the first place. We walked through the years and different types of racing and his desire to stand on the top of the box was very apparent. You're going to need to wait and listen all the way to the end, to be able to find out if he made it to the top step on t...

Gary Denton Chad Wienen have accomplished something amazing, they’ve both won eight national titles in the premier class in the nation. During the episode Chad and Gary talked about the what’s changed over the years, their careers, and about different machines. The incredible weight having the #1 plate and the great joy it brings is definitely a huge topic during the episode. Please tune in for a...

Gary Denton is one of the all time greats. He is the eight-time consecutive National champion. During his episode, Denton, talks us about his motocross life before ATV’s and his transition times. Gary is a great friend and I hope you’ll take the time to listen to the episode and get to know more about his career. Plus he also spoke about the pressure of holding on to the elusive #1 plate!