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Industry Insider Interview with Stillwell Performance

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

BE:Thanks for talking the time to do this interview for us and the members of ThumperTalk.com! AS:No worries! ThumperTalker’s are the best! I’m on there all the time; I am the suspension expert on their panel. BE:So tell us how you a little about Stillwell Performance… How did you get started in the Dirt bike [...]

National EnduroCross Round 2 Race Report

Monday, August 16th, 2010

I 70 Eastbound from Denver must rank as one of the most boring drives in the world. Stillwell Performance Pro rider In Blythe and I were barreling down the interstate headed for Round 2 of the National EnduroCross Series in Guthrie, OK just outside of Oklahoma City. I had been warned that Oklahoma in the [...]

National EnduroCross Round 1 Race Report by Ian Blythe

Saturday, July 24th, 2010

Alan Stillwell & I pinned it out of Colorado way too early on Friday morning and cruised into Vegas 12 hours later. I had no idea how hot it was getting outside until I reached for the air conditioner to turn it up and I realized it was already on max!  We rolled into the [...]

Stillwell Performance Riders Selected for USA Junior Trophy and Women’s ISDE Teams

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Stellar performances at the Idaho City 100 Qualifier secure spots for Ian Blythe and Nicole Bradford Franktown, CO – Stillwell Performance is proud to announce that its team riders Ian Blythe and Nicole Bradford have been selected to represent the USA at the 2010 ISDE in Morelia, Mexico as parts of the USA Junior Trophy [...]

Ian Blythe Race Report – WORCS Round 5

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Rocks! I love them but couldn’t ride them to save my life until about 1 hour 10 minutes into the WORCS Pro/Pro 2 main in Northern California this weekend. It was at that point when I finally started looking ahead, picking good lines, and flowing for the first time of the weekend. I have spent the last [...]

Lake Havasu WORCS Race Report

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

Stillwell Performance rider Ian Blythe walked into the shop Wednesday morning with a look that told me our upcoming trip to Lake Havasu might be off to a rocky start. Uh, I had a little problem with my van-it’s kind of stuck in the driveway. Well, not stuck exactly, more like wedged into the pine [...]

Shane Watts Steele Creek GNCC Report

Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Former World Enduro and US GNCC Pro Champion Shane Watts scored a sensational Overall victory, riding his KTM 200XCW in the hotly contested morning race at Round 3 of the 2010 GNCC series, held in perfect conditions near Morganton, NC on March 21. Watts had conducted one of his hugely popular DirtWise Riding schools in [...]

March 2010 Newsletter

Monday, March 15th, 2010

Wow is it almost spring already? Time has been flying by! We are into full swing for 2010 and having a great time at the races thus far. The first event of the year was the National Enduro opener in SC. Stillwell Performance speed merchant Shane Watts kicked off the season with a convincing win [...]

Sumter Factory Rider for a Day Report

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

It is not everyday that an individual gets the opportunity to ride like a full factory Pro on the same minute as Shane Watts at a National Enduro series event.  As the winner of the “Ultimate Full Factory Off road Ride with Shane Watts”, I was given that opportunity at the 1st round of the [...]

January 2010 Newsletter

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2009 is on the books, what a great year! Tons of great riding/racing this past year. We were pretty much pinned in 5th from January to December. The beginning of the year saw alot of testing with our resident fast guy Shane Watts. Wattsy started off the year great with a strong [...]