Swapmoto Live Podcast

Presented by FLY Racing The annual DUBYA USA Vet World Championships are this coming weekend, so we called up DUBYA USA's John Anderson to get the scoop on the well-loved event. This podcast is much more than an event hype piece, we also chat about the early days of the company, the late, great, Tom White, product secrets, and more! John is one of the coolest guys in the sport, and DUBYA USA is th...

Presented by Pro Taper The off-season is in full swing and there have been some interesting developments - some that we knew about in advance, and others that were a complete surprise. Our regular co-host Alex Ray was still recovering from Halloween weekend (kidding), so we invited Jeremy McGrath to fill in as today's co-host. It was a great time chatting about new stuff, old stuff, and other stuf...

Presented by FLY Racing Yesterday, the SmarTop/BullFrog Spas/Motoconcepts/Honda team announced its 2021 Supercross roster and Shane McElrath will make his 450-class debut on one of the team's Honda CRF450R race bikes. It's been a wild few weeks since the Fox Raceway National finale for McElrath and his wife, Joy, as they've been busy testing out a handful of different race bikes with teams that wa...

Presented by Pro Taper We're three weeks into the off-season and there are still a bunch of super-talented racers who have yet to land rides, team manufacturer deals yet to be finalized, and race schedules not yet announced. The 2021 Monster Energy Supercross Championship series is set to be announced tomorrow, and we talk about what we've heard and are expecting. Lots of nonsense in today's show,...

Presented by FLY Racing After a whirlwind year, we're well into the offseason and already looking towards 2021. This short lull between the last race and the start of preseason prep will be a busy time for teams, as they're already pulling together the parts and pieces needed for whatever series they're signed up for, be it Supercross or Arenacross. Our friend Jeff Crutcher was in Anton's area get...

Presented by Pro Taper The American racing series is over, but that doesn't mean there is nothing to talk about! Silly season, bike tests, local racing, and Anton's career crash highlight reel were just a few of the subjects we covered in today's bench racing session. Have an idea for a topic that you'd like covered in the Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast? Drop us a comment on swapmotolive.com and we'l...

Presented by FLY Racing The inaugural Mini Major East is set to go off November 6-8 at Silver Dollar MX in Reynolds, Georgia, and if the recent Mini Major West was any indication, we are in for a barn-burning good time! Catering solely to the mini bike crowd, the three-day event will run practice on Friday, and one championship moto per class on Saturday and Sunday. Classes for all minis will be a...

Presented by FLY Racing Next weekend Feld Entertainment will hold a two-day Monster Jam show at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas , their first event in front of an audience since the start of COVID-19. Why is that important for Supercross? How this goes will set the tone for the Monster Energy Supercross Series, which is set to announce a schedule for 2021 in the next few weeks. To learn more...

Presented by Pro Taper What a year! COVID-19 did its best to screw us over, but we got full Supercross and Motocross Championship series done thanks to some hard work by the promoters, sponsors, racers, and teams. Last weekend's Fox Raceway MX National went off without a hitch and both classes saw first-time National Champions crowned in dramatic fashion. We also had first-time winners, first-time...

Presented by Fox Racing This week, Fox Racing released the newest installment of its excellent UNPLUGGED series, featuring five-time AMA National Champion Jordan Jarvis. Intrigued by the video, we decided to track the 19-year-old down and find out a little more about her in this episode of the Fox Feature Podcast. Says Fox Racing: North Carolina native Jordan Jarvis has been spending time at a mot...

Presented by Pro Taper The penultimate round of the Lucas Oil MX Nationals went down last weekend at Lakewood, Colorado's Thunder Valley MX, and there was plenty to talk about in today's Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast! If you watched the race go down, you know that there were some spectacular saves, big crashes, and a stray muffler laying on the ground in the opening 450 moto. And guess whose that wa...

Presented by FLY Racing Monster Energy/Star Racing/Yamaha racer Justin Cooper earned his first 250 National win of the season this weekend in Lakewood, Colorado, at the Thunder Valley MX round of the Lucas Oil MX Nationals. Having struggled with a hand injury early in the series, Cooper has finally found his flow and looks like the number-32 racer we know. We phoned up the New York native to get h...

Presented by Pro Taper Man what a weekend! Our staff was split on opposite sides of the Nation: Anton at the WW Ranch National in Florida, and Donn and Chase at the fifth-annual Mini Major by Seven MX. While there was great racing at both events, the stories that came out of them far outweigh the on-track action. Tonight, the three of us - plus ad guy and donut connoisseur Dommer - bench race abou...

Presented by 805 Beer Last week, we concluded our 2021 450 MX Shootout. After our final day of back-to-back testing, we converged on Jeff Blackmore's Blackmore Ranch to hang out in his bar and bench race about the six bikes that we had just ridden. This was originally a video, but we also exported the audio so it could be consumed in podcast format. Featured are Donn Maeda, Mike Sleeter, Pat Foste...

Presented by OGIO Powersports The Lucas Oil MX Nationals rolled into Florida's WW Ranch last weekend and we saw points leaders Dyan Ferrandis and Zach Osborne both turn in perfect 1-1 performances. After the checkered flag, we tracked down as many of the racers as possible to ask them how it was out there for them.

Presented by FLY Racing Mike Sleeter has been a good friend of mine since he started testing for me at TransWorld Motocross way back in 2000. Through the years, we've worked side-by-side in many different capacities and it's been exciting for me to see him transition from Supercross racer to KTM R&D rider, to dad, to small business owner. Today, on the final day of racing at the Mini Major, I...

Presented by Fox Racing The fifth annual Mini Major is going down this weekend at State Fair MX Park in Perris, California, and with over 1000 entries filling a 34-moto schedule, there is plenty going on in the pits and on the track. Kawasaki Team Green's Ryder DiFrancesco is a former winner of the event and has recently made the jump to big bikes, and he is on hand to lead out the parade laps and...

Presented by Pro Taper What a weekend it was! From the epic battles at the Spring Creek MX National to the rough ride at the Ultra 4 National at Area BFE with Jeremy McGrath, all of us had a kickass weekend and we just couldn't wait to BS about things in today's Kickstart Podcast presented by Pro Taper. Alex Ray even came within one finishing positon of making swap pay up. Close, but no cigar, but...

Presented by Pro Taper With a break in the MX Nationals, we all got to enjoy some personal time this weekend. Anton went racing, Chase painted a house, Dommer ate some donuts, and Donn rode everything possible, motorized or not. There have been some interesting silly season rumors that have surfaced and we go through those, and our regular co-host Alex Ray called in to talk about scoring zero poin...

Presented by FLY Racing Chase Sexton has enjoyed a great rookie 450 MX season by all accounts, having finished second overall at the Red Bud One National and being a consistent front runner in qualifying and in most races thus far. With two Eastern Regional 250 Supercross Championships to his credit, the Honda HRC rider also moved out of the 250 class quicker than many, having spent only three and...

Presented by Pro Taper The Red Bud doubleheader over the Labor Day holiday weekend produced some great racing that was easy to bench race about on today's Kickstart Podcast! From Barcia's aggro pass on Marv, to Ferrandis and J-Mart touching (handlebar) tips, to Hampshire almost doing a Sonny Bono, last weekend's racing was all-time! SML Senior Test Rider Pat Foster joined us in the stu...

Presented by OGIO Powersports The first-ever motocross National double-header is in the record books, and the racing at Red Bud Two was spectacular! Though it was certainly odd to watch races at Red Bud Track N' Trail with no fans, both rounds went off without a hitch and produced some memorable results. After the checkered flags flew on the 250 and 450 classes, we headed to the pits to get the sc...

Presented by FLY Racing Tevin Tapia had a horrible crash one month ago at Fox Raceway and broke a few vertebrae in his neck. Luckily, the long-time privateer did not suffer paralysis. Instead, Tapia lost control of his left leg but maintained feeling throughout his body. After 10 days in the ICU, Tapia was relocated to a rehabilitation facility and has continued to make progress. We gave him a cal...

Presented by OGIO Powersports Temperatures were fair and the conditions were prime for Friday's fourth round of the Lucas Oil MX Nationals at Red Bud Track N Trail in Buchanan, Michigan, and Jeremy Martin and Zach Osborne topped the 250 and 450 classes, respectively, in grand style with 1-1 moto sweeps. After the races were over, we tracked down as many racers as we could to get the scoop about wh...

Presented by Pro Taper Man, there was a ton to talk about in this morning's Pro Taper Kickstart Podcast. The Ironman MX National produced some awesome racing, but there were also some bits of news that surfaced last weekend that will make things very interesting this off-season. Join Donn, Chase, and Anton, plus our regular co-host Alex Ray as we run down the sights and news from Ironman MX.