MUMFORD TO PRO CIRCUIT KAWASAKI
T
he Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki Team
announced the Carson Mumford will fill in for the
injured Austin Forkner. Forkner suffered a knee injury
at Anaheim 1 and will be out of action for the entire
Monster Energy AMA Supercross Series, if not longer.
Mumford will make his debut on the number-52 Kawa
-
saki at the Oakland Supercross, February 18.
"I'm grateful to Mitch [Payton, team owner] and the
whole Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki team for
offering me this opportunity," Mumford said. "It's a
huge privilege to line up on the gate with the support
of the most proven team in the paddock, and I'm more
motivated than ever to show what I'm capable of on
the racetrack. The plan is to take a couple of weeks to
adjust to everything with the team before we line up in
Oakland."
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Carson Mumford will fill
in for the injured Austin
Forkner on the Monster
Energy/Pro Circuit/
Kawasaki Team.
AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAMER PASSES
A
MA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Ronnie
Rall, a top Midwest dirt-track racer in
the '60s and '70s, passed away on Janu
-
ary 20 at the age of 84.
Rall, who was born in Sandusky, Ohio,
about 100 miles north of the AMA Mo-
torcycle Hall of Fame, began his profes-
sional racing career at 21 years old.
Three years later he raced to his first of
five AMA National wins.
A dedicated farmer, Rall never raced
a full schedule of AMA Nationals except
for the 1964 season, when he finished a
career-best third in the championship.
Despite his limited opportunities,
Rall found success, including a win in
the 1969 season opener at the Hous
-
ton Short Track. The race, which was
held before a big crowd in the Houston
Astrodome, was televised on ABC's Wide
World of Sports.
Finishing his national career in 1973 and his
local racing career later in the 1970s, Rall retired
from racing and continued farming. In retirement,
Rall occasionally participated in vintage events.
Rall was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall
of Fame in 2001.
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AMA Hall of Fame dirt track racer Ronnie Rall passed
away at the age of 84. PHOTO: AMA HALL OF FAME
