The Steve Matthes Show on RacerX

Latest Episodes:

Guest: Andy Jefferson May 26, 2020

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Growing up in SoCal in the mid to late 70's, Andy Jefferson became a very fast pro and raced Husqvarna's for Mitch Payton. We dive into Andy's career in the sport, getting back into with Husqvarna, his greatest races, being a African American in the pits back then, riding a factory Honda works bike and more.

Guest: Gary Denton May 21, 2020

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The 8X Quad champion talks about his switch from bikes to quads, racing MX in SoCal in those early years, quads vs three-wheelers, factory Suzuki days, Quadzilla's, his transition to Honda's, what he's doing now and more

FXR Racing/Race Tech Privateer Island #121- Kyle Chisholm May 20, 2020

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We get the Chiz on to talk about the plan to go SX racing, the good and the bad, how long he's been riding, JS7 news, he breaks down the ET vs KR title battle and more. Pulpmx30 code to save at FXR Racing.com and Pulp20 code at Race Tech to save.

Guest: Pat Alexander May 18, 2020

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We call up Pat to talk about his over 40 years at American Suzuki, starting out as Laporte's mechanic, transitioning to manager, working with Mark Barnett, signing O'Mara and Hannah, amateur MX, factory bikes, DeCoster and more

Renthal Reaction: 2020 SX Starts Back Up! May 14, 2020

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Renthal's Paul Perebijnos joins Matthes to talk about the news that just dropped about the 2020 SX series starting back up.

Moto Fite Club Review May 13, 2020

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Weege and JT join Matthes to review all that went down at Moto Fite Club. the highs, the lows, the #1 jersey and we also look at the latest plan to re-start SX.

Guest: Kevin Windham May 08, 2020

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KW talks about his upcoming Moto Fite Club race, how his "prep" is going, what he thinks of the other racers in it, coming back to the races and we talk about his long-form Racer X story on his Suzuki years, coming to FC Honda.

Guest: Jeff Stanton and Damon Bradshaw May 06, 2020

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In advance of their Moto Fite Club race, we get Damon and Jeff to talk about them racing each other again, what their going to ride there, their history against each other, the 1990 SX series, riding YZ 490's and more

FXR Racing/Race Tech Privateer Island #120- Tevin Tapia May 06, 2020

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The long time privateer comes on the show to talk about how his season was going before the pause, what he's doing for work, his career, his friendship with Malcolm and James Stewart, the earth being flat and more. Pulpmx30 code to save at FXR Racing.com and Pulp19 code at Race Tech to save.

Guest: Ezra Lusk May 03, 2020

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I call up former factory Suzuki, Yamaha, Honda and Kawasaki rider to get some bench racing done, talk about Davi Millsaps, getting dropped by Team Green, leaving Yamaha for Honda, racing McGrath, those first gen aluminum frames at Honda, Tim Ferry, Mach 1 Yamaha and more