The first half of the 2012 Women’s Pro Motocross (WMX) Championship is in the books. Things seemed a little unstable for the women’s pro series during the pre-season when series promoter MX Sports considered dropping one moto to a less than ideal and totally unprecedented single-moto format....

Christie Cooley had a "vague notion," as she put it, that she wanted to be a chic who knew how to ride a motorcycle. When Christie found out that her "bad ass" college-aged niece was getting her motorcycle license, it pushed her off the sofa. Christie signed up for...