Volume 42 • I§§ue 5
Januarv 4, 2006
FEATURES
SUPERCROSS
I6
DEPARTMENTS
James Stewart takes Vancouver
By IGt Polmer
INTERVIEWS
24
4
By IGt Po/mer
32
I 29
74
AMA GNCC Champion Juha Salminen
I 30
S2
AMA 125 West Supercross/AMA 125 National
Motocross Champion Ivan Tedesco
By Shan Moore
S6
Amateur MX Open
By Robert Van Damme
78
Inside Line
134 Archives
Sellards & Johnson in Rockford
AMA Arenacross
I 36
By Pat Schutte
80
Bess gets his first
By David Walker
Repsol Honda MotoGP star Nicky Hayden
By Henny Roy Abrams
62
Captured
I 32
ARENACROSS
By Jason Weigandt
Leaderboard
PHOTO BY KINNY JONES
MOTOCROSS
By Kevin McKenna
48
Calendar
112 Want Ads
AMA Superbike Champion
Mat Mladin
NHRA Pro Stock Bike Champion Andrew Hines
Bikes of the Stars
I 04
By Henny Roy Abrams
46
Stuff
82
Grand National Champion
Chris Carr
By Scott Rousseau
40
In The Wind
72
MotoGP Champion Valentino Rossi
By Michael Scott
34
Voices
6
Rider of the Year Ricky Carmichael
REGIONAL EVENTS
AMA Supermoto Champion Jurgen Kunzel
86
Racing from around the country
By Scon Rousseau
OFF ROAD
64
Tecate Hare Scrambles
By Kandy Thornton
70
Henderson 400
By Mark Kariya
2
JANUARY 4,2006 • CYCLE NEWS
ON
THE
COVER
Who else could have been the Cycle News Rider of the Year? After
winning the titles in AMA Supercross, FIM World Supercross, AMA
National 250 outdoor and then adding the Motocross des Nations and
the MGM Grand Supercross to the list, Ricky Carmichael was a clear
winner. Photo courtesy of Simon Cudby.
Teardown
