Motocross podcast by Gatedrop .com
Gatedrop brings you the latest news, race reviews and interviews from MXGP, USA and British Motocross.
Jonathan McCready talks to Stefan Everts about riding Maggiora last weekend, his view Jett Lawrence and his success, Liam Everts strong MX2 season and his personal MXoN memories – including that pass on James Stewart at Matterley Basin!
Andy McKinstry talks to Stefan Everts, Jorge Prado, Jeremy Seewer, Maxime Renaux, Lotte van Drunen, Cas Valk and many more!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry catch up with Jago Geerts, Lucas Coenen, Liam Everts, Jorge Prado and Antonio Cairoli.
Jonathan McCready talks to Jamie Dobb about his long varied career from GPs to the USA and the journey to becoming a world champion!
Jonathan McCready talks to Mike Alessi about his storied career and that hyped Irish GP in 2005!
We catch up with Jeff Emig to talk some WSX plus his career, racing McGrath in the mid 90s and coming out on top in 96 US MX and 97 SX series plus the moment he retired from the sport.
We look back at the British WSX, what it was like being there, things we noticed, and a quick review of the Indonesian MXGP and AMA MX at Red Bud
Hear from, Roczen, Anstie, Wilson, Savatgy and Josh Hill after their WSX opener at Villa Park
We catch up with Stuart Edmonds who is having a good start to his British championship season - but he wants more! We also hear just how much effort it takes to run your own team, race at a pro level and work during the week!
Andy McKinstry talks to Seewer, Everts, Adamo, Benistant, Dixon, Duncan and more in France
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at a fantastic 2023 supercross season and Jeffrey Herlings taking the MXGP win record as well as who has the best technique in the sport.
Andy McKinstry talks to Prado, Renaux, Everts, Chambers, Coenen, Guillod, Fontanesi, Telliet and Doensen in Switzerland.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss an incredible AMA supercross season so far that sees Cooper Webb and Eli Tomac are tied at the top with Sexton still with an outside chance despite those crashes.
Jorge Prado leads the championship as Jeffrey Herlings takes his 100th GP win and Ruben Fernandez grabs his first. Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back on an action packed opening two rounds of MXGP
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready look ahead to the 2023 MX2 world championship season - does Jago Geerts finally lift the title?
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look ahead to the 2023 MXGP series - does Herlings win his sixth world title after a year off?
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready got the thoughts of Jeffrey Herlings, Jake Nicholls, Brent Van Doninck, Joel Rizzi and Henry Jacobi after their day at Hawkstone Park
Jonathan McCready talks to Larry Brooks about being a 450 team manager again, this time for HEP Suzuki working with Ken Roczen and his memories of working with Jeremy McGrath, Chad Reed and James Stewart.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at the first three rounds of AMA supercross and the first four rounds of British Arenacross
Shaun Simpson talks to Andy McKinstry about his long and successful career that saw the down to earth Scot work his way him on top of the podium in MXGP, the most prestigious motocross series in the world.
We caught up with Jake Nicholls at the Belfast Arenacross to look back on his career, the long road to a GP podium level racer and dealing with injuries that cost him a British Championship.
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready catch up with Tommy Searle, Conrad Mewse, Josh Gilbert, Martin Barr, Jason Meara, Jack Brunell and Joe Clayton at the Belfast Arenacross.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look ahead to what should be a pulsating 2023 AMA supercross series.
Andy McKinstry caught up with home favourite, Marvin Musquin, Prince of Paris, Matt Moss and impresssive young French talent, Quentin Prugnieres, after the two nights of Paris supercross action.
Jonathan McCready caught up with Tommy Searle to learn about his new deal with Revo GTCI Kawasaki and the races he plans on doing in 2023, we also look back at his 2022 British title winning season including the MXoN and talk about his 450 career in MXGP and why he stepped back to UK racing.
We caught up with Eli Tomac to discuss his career and an amazing 2022 season on Friday after WSX practice in Cardiff
We catch up with Harry Everts who has seen it all in the sport, to get his take on the riders who impressed him past and present.
Jonathan McCready talks to Davey Coombs, the main man in America, to learn more about the new World SuperMotocross series and a new AMA/MXGP combo race in the works for 2024 - this will be huge for the sport!
Hear from John Meara, Martin Barr, Stuart Edmonds and team manager Mark Mooney on a frustrating weekend at Red Bud that saw all three Irish riders on great form but just missing the A main both days with some bad luck.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry spoke to some of the leading riders after the MXoN - Geerts, Tomac, DeCoster, Evans, Lawrence, Sexton, Renaux.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look ahead to the biggest race of the year - the MXoN at Red Bud. Can anyone beat team USA?
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready review the 2022 MXGP season with that unbelievable MX2 title decider in Turkey as well as looking back at a great AMA season and 450 last round title decider between the rapid Eli Tomac and Chase Sexton.
Jonathan McCready spoke to former GP winner, Brian Jorgensen, to talk about his new "Consistent Coaching" venture that will give riders a chance to learn on and off the bike training directly from Brian that will set them up for going pro. He also has another coaching option specifically for hobby riders looking to maximize their bike skills and training opportunities.
We also talk about the exiting end to MXGP last year and get Brian's analysis on Jeffrey Herlings, Tim Gajser, Romain Febvre and Jorge Prado.
Andy McKinstry catches up with young Cailum Meara who will be helping out with the Irish MXoN team - that could feature at least one of his brothers on the team!
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready discuss a superb Lommel GP as the roughest track of the year threw up some great racing and interesting talking points from Tom Vialle's tough weekend and his decision to go to the USA to the speed of the Dutch and Belgian riders in the sand.
Jonathan McCready caught up with Antonio Cairoli, Tom Vialle, Dirk Gruebel, Frederic Vialle, Roan van de Moosdijk and Lucas Coenen at Lommel while Andy McKinstry spoke to Brian Bogers, Calvin Vlaanderen, Kay de Wolf, Mattia Guadagnini, Cole McCullough, Sacha Coenen and Lotte van Drunen.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at the Indonesian GP and discuss rider entries, the racing and the track. We also look back at the opening four rounds of the AMA Motocross series and the curious decision for KTM not to pay Cairoli to do the full championship.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the drama in France off and on the track plus round two of the AMA series at Hangtown.
Jeremy Seewer along with Jorge Prado and Glenn Coldenhoff, as well as Tim Gajser, give their view and reasons for not racing the qualifying race in the mud and the changes they want to see going forward - more respect for the riders.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the AMA opener, Honda's performance, Dungey and Cairoli plus the MXGP in Spain with Renaux's win and MX2 points leader changes plus Everts speed.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look ahead to what should be a fantastic US outdoor season with the addition of Cairoli and Dungey to the series alongside seeing Tomac on the Yamaha outdoors for the first time.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry dissect the shock win by an exceptional Calvin Vlaanderen as well as a blistering battle for the win in MX2 between Tom Vialle and Jago Geerts.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at the MXGP in Maggiora and discuss the end of supercross plus Dungey racing US motocross.
Andy McKinstry caught up with Tim Gajser, Stephen Rubini, Maxime Renaux, Justin Amian, Jago Geerts, Haakon Osterhagen, Eddie Jay Wade, David Braceras and Cornelius Toendel in Maggiora!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss some great racing in Arco, the brilliance of Tim Gajser, Vialle taking the red plate in MX2, that Seewer leap and AMA supercross from St. Louis.
Jonathan McCready gets the inside story from Andy McKinstry who was at the Portuguese MXGP and they also discuss the chances of Jeffrey Herlings racing the US Nationals.
A busy Andy McKinstry caught up with 11 riders/team bosses at Agueda in Portugal. Hear from Andrea Adamo, Brian Bogers, Dirk Gruebel, Jeremy Sydow, Jorge Prado, Kevin Horgmo, Lynn Valk, Mikkel Haarup, Rick Elzinga, Stephan Dasse and Steve Dixon.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry round up a busy weekend of dirt bike action with MXGP in Argentina, Supercross in Indy and that Barcia/Anderson clash plus a brutal MX National at Fatcat.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry talk about the MXGP at Mantova, some amazing MX2 performances plus should Herlings race the US nationals, Ken Roczen situation and that Stewart/ Anderson clash.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry speak to Tim Gajser, Jorge Prado, Simon Laegenfelder, Tom Vialle, Jed Beaton, Kevin Horgmo, Stephen Rubini, Stephen Sword and Cas Valk.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry review a brilliant British MXGP that kicked off the 2022 MXGP world championship in style - it had everything!
Jonathan McCready chats to the legendary Sebastien Tortelli about his role in the Stark Varg electric motocross revolution and we talk about his fantastic career that saw him win two world titles, a 250 supercross main event and race and beat arguably the two greatest ever, Ricky Carmichael and Stefan Everts, in their prime years.
Andy McKinstry speaks to Brent Van Doninck, Antti Pyrhonen and Kevin Strijbos at Hawkstone Park.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry review the action from a brilliant Hawkstone Park, look ahead to the British GP as well as thoughts on Anaheim 3.
Catching up with Conrad Mewse, Joel Smets, Stefan Everts, Liam Everts, Tom Vialle and Glenn Coldenhoff at the 2022 Hawkstone Park International
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look ahead to the new MXGP world championship season and discuss the contenders, the injuries and the rookies plus much more ahead of an exciting new MXGP season. They also look at an exciting MX2 series that is full of young talent looking to make their mark, including a certain Mr Everts as he starts his first full season in MX2 - but is Vialle still the favourite for the title?
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss Eli Tomac's win at Glendale, Vince Friese "pass" on Christian Craig plus the two international motocross races in Italy and France.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at Anaheim two, another unfortunate foot injury for Jeffrey Herlings and the first pre-season internationals in Europe ahead of the world championship beginning in three weeks.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry talk about the craziness of the 450 class in supercross, Sexton's first win and Tomac taking the red plate.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at the surprise-filled second round of the AMA supercross championship at Oakland.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry break down a wild night at the 2022 AMA supercross season opener at Anaheim stadium!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry catch up with Stark Future CEO and Founder, Anton Wass, to talk about the recently revealed Varg electric motocross machine that has sent shockwaves through the industry and could prove to be revolutionary for dirt bikes.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry preview the 2022 AMA supercross series, with lots of team changes and a younger generation hungry to take down the usual title contenders, there is a lot to discuss!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry talk to the legend that is Chad Reed at the Paris supercross on his career, RC and Stewart, Cairoli, Herlings plus AMA SX 2022 thoughts. There is some background noise but stick with it to hear some interesting insight from the Aussie who gives some interesting perspective from his many years of experience.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry review what just might be the great MXGP season of all time!
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready review the sensational final rounds of the MXGP World Championship at Mantova and they are joined by special guest, Dutch journalist Tim Gerth, to bring extra insight into the finale as well as inside knowledge on Jeffrey Herlings, who emerged victorious in the final nail-biting moto of an all-time classic MXGP series to be crowned World Champion for the fifth time.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss a truly remarkable MXGP triple-header at Arco that has just about everything and leaves three riders just three points apart with two rounds to go.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the French GP and the great battle between Jeffrey Herlings and Romain Febvre.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at a dramatic German GP, the Prado/Herlings collision, Gajser's great ride plus MX2 and EMX.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss a brilliantly dramatic MXoN at Mantova that saw Tony Cairoli finally get the elusive team world championship with team Italy!
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready catch up with EMX250 racer, Rick Elzinga, to talk about his unexpected two race opportunity in the AMA Nationals, his EMX250 season, injuries and where he could be racing 2022!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the race at Riola and the injuries as the MXGP championship chase tightens up and also look at some of the teams that could win or podium at the MXoN.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at the 2021 AMA motocross season, as Dylan Ferrandis and Jett Lawrence take the US titles plus some British Championship talk and looking ahead to the next round of MXGP at Riola!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss two brilliant Grand Prix events in Turkey!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry look back at the AMA National at Ironman and look ahead to the MXGP series getting underway again in Turkey plus Rick Elzinga racing a US national at Pala!
Young factory Red Bull KTM rider, Rene Hofer, talks to us about his career so far and the joy of getting a factory ride with such a prestigious team.
Andy McKinstry and Jonathan McCready discuss the current rumours of who will ride where in the 2022 MXGP season.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the current MXoN predicament, team USA and team Ireland, the AMA National at Budds Creek plus the UK MX Nationals.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry talk to Brian Jorgensen about his long and successful world championship career - despite some very tough times as a teenager.
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry cover the weekend's race action from Unadilla in the USA, the MX Nationals at Landrake and the Belgian international at Balen plus some MXoN chat!
We catch up with Mikkel Haarup and learn how the Danish talent became a factory star as a teenager!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the action at Latvia that saw Tim Gajser take the GP win after Jeffrey Herlings fell on the last lap!
Andrew Short discusses his successful AMA supercross and motocross career as well as his new rally career with Yamaha - plus he gives his thoughts on the MXGP round in Lommel!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss an amazing Grand Prix in the deep sand of Lommel!
Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss last weekend's Loket MXGP, including Gasjer's big crash, Prado's win and if Herlings will ride in Lommel plus Guadagnini's impressive MX2 win! Then we move onto Washougal and Sexton's win first win of the year plus team USA MXoN talk!
We talk to Stefan Everts about his illustrious career that saw him win a record 10 world titles and 101 GP wins.
After some great racing all weekend Jonathan and Andy get together to review all the action.
R5 Oss MXGP, MX2 and EMX Review
R6 AMA Millville Review.
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Jonathan and Andy take you through their thoughts on the upcoming sand MXGP at Oss, aswell as reviewing last weeks action from the AMA series at Southwick.
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In this episode of the GateDropPod Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the exciting Italian MXGP, MX2 and EMX races as well as the action across the atlantic in Redbud.
MXGP begins from the start, MX2 33m 45s, Emx 1hr 23m 40s and Redbud AMA talk starts at 1hr 23m 30s.
In episode 4 Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry discuss the opening round of the EMX125 and EMX250 championships which took place at Matterley Basin.
Jonathan McCready and Andrew McKinstry once again break down the action from a fantastic weekend of MXGP racing at Matterley Basin.
In episode two of GateDropPod Jonathan McCready and our EMX expert Andy McKinstry break down who they think you need to keep an eye on the always hotly contested EMX125 and EMX250 championships.
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Welcome to the GateDropPod, listen to our new podcast with GateDrop.com duo Jonathan McCready and Andy McKinstry as they discuss the first round of the long-awaited 2021 MXGP World Championship plus some AMA Motocross and British Championship thoughts.
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