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Sa paraplegic Motocross rider Sampie Erasmus sold his Golf 5 GTI to raise the money to go and compete in the 2010 X-Games limb Difference class.
Sampie stated->”The X Games are the Olympics of action sport and it was worth selling that car. I can always get another. I’ve been working towards this for so long.”
He had to sell his set of wheels after no SA based company wanted to help with sponsorships. With his massive will to Win Sampie Erasmus won the X Games GOLD Medal.

Well done to Sampie Erasmus.
Keep posted to Racer Zone. We might just get a full one on one interview soon.

Meet Sampie Erasmus
The South African Born and raised Pro MX rider had a crash in 2004 while competing for the National MX Championship. Unfortunately he obtained a broken T4 vertebrae.
This did not stop him from getting back on a motorcycle. With his dad supporting him all the way he managed to learn his way around the disability and look where he is after just 6 years !
Sampie recently won the 2010 Extremity Games Limb-Difference Gold medal at Baja Acres motocross facility in Michigan, May 29, 2010, following his 2009 Extremity Games Bronze win.
The video speaks for itself.

Should you be interested in sponsoring Sampie with his racing please mail charlene@bowermedia.com

Supercross Rookie Ryan Dungey finished what he started last week in Anaheim. He won his first AMA 450 Class Main Event in Phoenix, Chase Field on his second try. Before the season started James “Bubba” Stewart predicted the two new rookies in the AMA 450 Class would make an immediate impact and
he was right.

Dungey has led 35 of the first 40 Main event laps.
Dungey riding his Rockstar Makita Suzuki and fellow AMA 450 Class rookie Ryan Villopoto riding his Monster Energy Kawasaki, are now atop the AMA 450 Class point standings. Dungey has led 35 of the 40 possible laps he has raced in his first two AMA 450 Class features. Dungey led the first 15 laps of the first event in Anaheim before being overtaken by hard charging defending AMA champ Bubba Stewart and led flag to flag in his Phoenix win.

Dungey gets the hole shot and never looks back.

In the Phoenix AMA Supercross, Dungey got the hole shot over fellow rookie, Ryan Villopoto and after Villopoto made a few attempts to take the lead, Dungey pulled away, never to be seen again. VIllopoto held on to second place and Josh Hill rode up through the field to make the podium. Ivan Tedesco just missed the podium finishing fourth and Andrew Short came home in fifth place.
Bubba Stewart had a rough night after his first week win in Anaheim. In Stewart’s heat race he took a nasty spill and ended up leaving the track on the back of a cart. Stewart came back for the Last Chance Qualifier and despite being in obvious pain, won the Last Chance Qualifier.

Stewart and Reed crash each other out.
Stewart got a bad jump in the main and came out of turn one in the middle of the pack. Stewart began racing through the field as was former AMA champ Chad Reed who also got off to a bad start. While both were racing for tenth place they both got together and Chad Reed gave Stewart a push and had words with Stewart. Reed left the track after the incident and an injured Stewart went on to finish a disappointing 15th.