2020 Primm NGPC

2020 Primm NGPC Report —  The Primm NGPC normally takes place toward the end of May, as the weather dries and the winds pick up. With this year’s event having been moved to mid-October, the temperatures were a bit milder. Moreover, the typical desert winds were calm. The result was arguably the best Primm NGPC…

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2020 29 Palms 1 NGPC

2020 29 Palms 1 NGPC Report —  The AMA National Grand Prix Championship went to 29 Palms for the first of two rounds being held at the venue in the season’s run-in. There’s one thing that the 29 Palms racecourse offers in abundance: speed. Easily the fastest course on the circuit, racers spend most of…

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2020 Glen Helen WORCS

2020 Glen Helen WORCS Report —  The WORCS series kicked back off with a double round at Glen Helen this weekend. This meant the Pro classes would have two separate rounds, racing both Saturday and Sunday. Because of the double round, the qualifying 450 and 250 A race would be cut to 50 minutes on…

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2020 Idaho NGPC

cover photo with jp alvarez on his kx250 at 2020 idaho ngpc

2020 Idaho NGPC Report —  After a long hiatus, the West-Coast GP season got back underway for what will be a frenetic schedule of racing to close out 2020. The AMA NGPC series headed just south of Napoleon Dynamite’s home of Preston, ID for their fourth round. What awaited the riders was a pretty unique…

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2020 Primm WORCS

Primm is a popular destination on the off-road and grand prix circuit. So, in a bid to change things up, the WORCS crew made two distinct adjustments for the season opener. First, they didn’t touch up the majority of the course after Saturday’s racing. This left the track quite rough and choppy, especially by the time the pro race got underway. Second, WORCS added a pro-only section where riders had to hop over two sets of K-rails…

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2020 Adelanto NGPC

The Adelanto grand prix has recently become the kick-off event for the new season of grand prix racing. Held at the Adelanto stadium, the event gathers much local interest, which brings in additional race entries and spectators and gives the event a grander feel. Though the race track is somewhat simple—winding and twisting through the surrounding flat desert—the volume of racers breaks the sandy terrain down rather quickly…

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2020 Team Intro Video

Ortiz Films captured footage and created an edit from the team’s 2020 photo shoot. Watch the video below featuring the updated 2020 roster of Zach Bell, Clay Hengeveld and JP Alvarez. Team Sponsors

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2019 Gorman NGPC

Photo of Zach Bell riding his KX450 at the 2019 Gorman NGPC

2019 Gorman NGPC Report —  The Hungry Valley ORV park hosted the seventh round of the 2019 AMA National Grand Prix Championship (NGPC). As it’s located in the mountains near Gorman, CA, this round is one of the more picturesque. In a departure from the desert terrain of the Southwest, Gorman offers undulating, hard-pack trails…

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2019 24 Hours of Glen Helen

2019 24 Hours of Glen Helen Report —  The 24 Hours of Glen Helen is the perfect battleground for testing the limits of both rider and equipment. In the Po class, teams are only allowed four riders. And while Sportsman teams can have a secondary bike in impound, Pro teams have to make one machine…

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2019 Grays Harbor WORCS

2019 Grays Harbor WORCS Report —  Gray’s Harbor, WA was host to the seventh and eighth rounds of the 2019 WORCS series. In a unique format, the rounds would be held mid-week, back-to-back, with one rest day in between. To explain, round seven was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, while round eight would be on…

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