The Re-Raceables
The Re-Raceables
Steve Matthes
Phoenix SX 2002
1 hour 29 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2026 at 6:43 pm.
Intro and Ping coming on the show
Missing Chase Field
Announcers on James Stewart overload and the receipts
Big burly old tracks and where the dirt went
250 race, McGrath, LaRocco and Cycle News
Ping comes on the line
The piston, the triple and the broken clamps
How the crash ended Ping's career
Stew taking up all the oxygen
Signing with KTM and Selvaraj's laptop
Ping's Racer X columns and the pizza lawsuit
Unadilla mud and the 2001 outdoors
Dallas 2000 and losing to Shea
Wrapping with Ping and sponsor reads
Who really won and Who's That Guy
Lit Kit and S**t Kit awards
JT, Marsak award and WTF happened
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Show notes
Weege, Rarick and Matthes talk about the 2002 Phoenix SX where David Pingree's bike breaks in half, the great 250SX race, the announcers and more. The Ping himself comes on to talk about that night, his win the week before, racing Stew, his Racer X columns that got him in trouble, not getting signed by KTM and more.
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