Just over a year after Ross Maeda’s accident, a benefit was held to raise money for his continued recovery from his injuries.  Starwest Motocross donated their track for the day for the benefit ride, while a host of other sponsors and donors added raffle prizes, silent auction items and other merchandise to help raise money for the cause.   Several pro riders donated autographed gear and several others joined in the festivities of the day, putting in a lot of laps on the track.   Some of the pros in attendence included Nate Adams, Brett Metcalf, Josh Hansen, Ivan Tedesco, Nick Paluzzi and several others, while Team Suzuki showed a big presence in the pits with their race transporter.   The Starwest track was in excellent condition for the start of the day and the track was consistently busy throughout the day.    For more information and to track the progress of Ross’ recovery, please visit Rossiproject.com.  See the gallery below for photos from the day.

The benefit ride day for Ross went extremely well!  The amount of money raised to help in his recovery was huge with a great showing of people coming out to support the event.  There was a huge amount of items donated for the raffle and auctions, with my favorite item of the day, a framed set of jerserys from this years MXoN team, donated by Pro Circuit.   To top off the day, the track was in excellent shape, and other than a little crowded, it seemed to be a very clean day of riding with a lot of happy riders wandering the pits throughout the day.  For more information, be sure to check out the Rossi Project website for updates on his progress as well as news.