First race of the outdoors Motocross season in the US was this weekend, here are some pretty cool photos from it!

Mike Alessi crashed just after the start of the last moto at the 5th round of the AMA championship in Red Bud.
According to his website, Mike fractured both scapula’s, his rib, and bruised his lung and will be out of action until he is 100% fit to ride !

Looking at the video of this the guy is clearly lucky to be alive and walking. The footage is the type that makes you go DAMN! so if you’re recovering from an injury or racing this weekend you might want to save it until after the weekend!

You can check for any news of Mike on his website

Last weekend saw the first race in the 2008 AMA championship.

Bubba Stewart showed the crowd how really really good he is when he stays on the bike by winning both motos in style. If he stays consistent through the upcoming races he will definitely be hard to beat!

In the “Lites” or MX2 as we know it, Austin Stroupe took the overall win with Ryan Villopoto breathing down his neck in 2nd place.

From the looks of things, the Lites is where the main action is, with several really strong riders fighting for the top positions. Sean Hamblin is one to watch but he got 7th overall this weekend. What separates Hamblin from the rest of the top 10 is that he is a privateer!

Since there are many better writers out there than me, I’ll just throw a few links at you and end it off with a video from VitalMX asking a bunch of the top riders what they’re looking forward to this season.

A race recap on the official AMA website

A race recap discussing the lap times at RacerXill